As a resident of LA, I can say that this perfectly captures its insanity in all of its glory.
@vapoet
Жыл бұрын
Especially of the time period. Who can forget the era of freeway shootings? That was so funny. Steve had a movie showing his love for LA on par with Woody Allen's love of New York.
@EricaGamet
Жыл бұрын
I lived in L.A. and O.C. when this came out and the theater was so loud with everyone laughing at the very LA-ness of it all. That and the scene from "Edward Scissorhands" when the father is stapling fake snow to the roof... very LA!
@JeffKelly03
Жыл бұрын
The love interest in this movie was Steve Martin's wife at the time. He basically wrote it as a love letter to her.
@0okamino
Жыл бұрын
And to L.A., with a generous jab in the ribs, of course. 😉
@TigerlilyWarrior
Жыл бұрын
Victoria Tennant
@JeffKelly03
Жыл бұрын
@@TigerlilyWarrior Yes! Couldn't recall her last name. I knew it was Victoria but was blanking on the surname.
@lassesaikkonen501
Жыл бұрын
@@TigerlilyWarrior Any relation to David Tennant?
@fabianmorales4203
Жыл бұрын
Truth. Then they split 2 yesterday later and he dated Anne Heche for a minute.
@Logan_Baron
Жыл бұрын
Steve Martin is a genius writer. “I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.” Is absurd yet relatable.
@etherealtb6021
Жыл бұрын
Such an L.A. thing to say at the time, as if you weren't happy in L.A., it was your fault.
@emilywilhite5807
Жыл бұрын
‘You’re taking a course in communication? Yes………..’. One of my favorite lines ever.
@timothylockard3846
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't it a course in conversation???
@justanotherdayinthelife9841
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact about Marilou Henner is that she remembers absolutely everything literally. Literally every moment of her life with perfect clarity.
@JeffKelly03
Жыл бұрын
I had read that but, ironically, forgot. She's got an eidetic memory.
@christhompson2006
Жыл бұрын
Meanwhile I hardly remember any of mine.
@oaf-77
Жыл бұрын
That sounds like a nightmare
@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures
Жыл бұрын
Apart from that fiver she owes me for a fish and chip supper, grumble grumble.
@pebblesanddirt
Жыл бұрын
She’s famous from starring in the popular sitcom,Taxi, with Danny Devito, Christopher Lloyd,Tony Danza et al in case you don’t recognize her
@alwayswrite2011
Жыл бұрын
I *LITERALLY* ran into Steve Martin, his wife, and Paul Simon on Amsterdam Ave. in NYC. My girlfriend and I were on the way to the Broadway Baby to see an acapella group, when the three of them came walking out of restaurant. The five of us collided, made sure everyone was okay while apologizing, and then went our separate ways. A few seconds later, my girl and I stopped and realized we'd LITERALLY crashed into celebrities. 🤣
@88wildcat
Жыл бұрын
It must have been the marbles on the soles of your shoes.
@Kaddywompous
Жыл бұрын
I almost bumped into Jeff Goldblum once. Dude’s huge!
@TimothySmiths
Жыл бұрын
Since we are telling ran into stories, coming out of a bathroom at a restaurant i ran into James Avery (uncle Phil) from Fresh Prince.We almost collided,he was a huge dude.
@tempsitch5632
10 ай бұрын
I elbowed Damon Wayans in the chest at a comedy club. It was my fault.
@NightRanger-lz6tp
Жыл бұрын
For more Steve Martin, you should try Parenthood (1989) also starring Rick Moranis and Keanu Reeves as well as My Blue Heaven which is another Martin/Moranis team up.
@justanotherdayinthelife9841
Жыл бұрын
My Blue Heaven was great
@trekkiejunk
Жыл бұрын
My Blue Heaven was hit and miss to me, but enjoyable. Parenthood, though? That is a classic. The comedy AND the drama is so well-written and so down-to-Earth. That whole extended family feels like everyone's family somehow.
@stephenolan5539
Жыл бұрын
@@trekkiejunk She would love the merry go round vs the rollercoaster speech. And the flashlight not working scene.
@Ariarosesmommy
Жыл бұрын
I love Parenthood
@osandoval5335
Жыл бұрын
Great suggestion. One of my favorite movies!!!
@terrelgeer7298
Жыл бұрын
I am so glad you saw this. It's a forgotten gem. Keep rewatching, there are so many subtle and hidden jokes to discover. For instance, the hotel they all go to is called El Pollo del Mer. That translates to Chicken of the Sea.
@Rmlohner
Жыл бұрын
That's John Lithgow as the guy staring at the sign at the beginning. He was supposed to have a whole character arc, which was totally cut except for this one brief shot.
@justwatching6186
Жыл бұрын
I never knew that. 👍🏻
@johnsmith8906
Жыл бұрын
just checked out the deleted dinner scene.
@ShortyLongstrokin
Жыл бұрын
Also, Patrick Stewart played the Maitre D' at L'Idiot.
@auntvesuvi3872
Жыл бұрын
If you enjoyed seeing Steve Martin and Victoria Tennant in this one, Ashleigh, I highly recommend you see both of them along with the incomparable *Lily* *Tomlin* in ALL OF ME (1984), one of my all-time favez. #AshleighBurton #MickJackson #LAStory1991
@88wildcat
Жыл бұрын
Along with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, one of my favorite Steve Martin movies and one I have never seen anyone react to before.
@alisonrodger3360
Жыл бұрын
I think we need to get Ashleigh through a few more black & white classics before Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 😁
@tempsitch5632
Жыл бұрын
An LA Story reaction went up yesterday, coincidentally.
@danmonges1539
Жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@humperdinck
Жыл бұрын
Yeah this is a deep cut. Big favorite of mine!
@SareyGamp
Жыл бұрын
@@alisonrodger3360 Definitely, it would be wasted on her presently. She needs to be introduced to more legendary actors and actresses.
@gerstelb
Жыл бұрын
5:56 Larry Miller. Character actor; you might recognize him as the father in “10 Things I Hate About You,” he was also in “Pretty Woman.” 6:07 The British actress is Victoria Tennant; she and Steve Martin were married at the time this film was made. They met while making a previous film together (which I highly recommend) “All of Me,” also starring Lily Tomlin. 8:00 SJP had that hair pretty much throughout the 80s and into the 90s. Yeah, it has a life of its own. 25:04 Young Mel Gibson. It’s a shame you didn’t like “Roxanne” as much, but it’s like a Mel Brooks parody; if you never saw the original, it’s harder to get the jokes. (“Roxanne” is a takeoff of “Cyrano De Bergerac.”)
@les4767
Жыл бұрын
i'd recommend the version of Cyrano with Jose Ferrer(1950). He really captured his "fire."
@lisaclark1181
Жыл бұрын
Watch All Of Me...excellent movie! Steve was so physically funny in that movie!!
@raputathebuta
Жыл бұрын
He was so great in 10 Things. Seconding All of Me! Such a fun movie.
@mcgilj1
Жыл бұрын
Larry Miller as the "dean" in the Eddy Murphy "Nutty Professor" movies gets to use his natural biting venomous sarcasm and is hilarious.
@eighthdoctor
Жыл бұрын
Didn't he also play Paulo the hairdresser in _Princess Diaries_ as well? 😁
@shag139
Жыл бұрын
@13:08 is a nod to Shakespeare. In Hamlet there is a scene with a gravedigger who Hamlet talks to and he picks up the skull and find out he knew the deceased: Yorick the court jester.
@RobertSmith-kb3jl
Жыл бұрын
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.
@SUK2293
Жыл бұрын
And the English actress in this - Steve Martin's wife at the time - was Laurence Olivier's goddaughter
@mersmyth5280
Жыл бұрын
I also love Steve Martin, and this is a fun movie. The reason there are so many Shakespeare quotes and references (such as Rick Moranis as the grave digger, and the skull) is because this movie is (VERY) loosely based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Thanks Ashleigh, that was fun.
@RichardX1
Жыл бұрын
"I didn't realize [Steve Martin] was, like, a writer." Articles for The New Yorker, a number of books and plays, and a few screenplays. Seriously, I'm convinced he can do just about anything in the arts and humanities.
@Kaddywompous
Жыл бұрын
And writing for television before he wrote for himself as a standup.
@JeffKelly03
Жыл бұрын
@@Kaddywompous Yep! Big break was writing for the Smothers Brothers. Also: Ashleigh should definitely seek out some of his standup, if she's never actually seen it. It's so peculiar and specific, but so good.
@EssEll9791
Жыл бұрын
I know everyone loves Shop Girl but Pure Drivel is my favorite.
@trekkiejunk
Жыл бұрын
And years as a stand-up comic before al those things, including his first movie which came straight out of his act.
@dalegarraway9865
Жыл бұрын
"Who is Sam Spade?" I see another movie being added to the schedule.
@tskmaster3837
Жыл бұрын
The movie is Maltese Falcon, it's the stuff dreams are made of. That is, if your dreams include sweaty guys like Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre.
@NoHandleGrr
Жыл бұрын
You sort of zipped through the Rick Moranis Yorick scene that was inspired by HAMLET, cued by the gravestone for Shakespeare, and the skull of Yorick scene from the play: "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? Your gambols? Your songs? Your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? (Hamlet, V.i)" This has always been one of my favorite movies; it perfectly skewers the mores and quirks of Los Angeles of the day (which is relatively timeless). No comment on Woody Harrelson? "Let me see the menu with its prices." Um, any traditional good restaurant (that isn't for hicks) doesn't include prices on the menu. Or there may be two menus, one with prices and one without, but you only get the one with prices if you especially ask. Sam Spade is, of course, one of the most famous detectives in English language fiction, being the main character of one of the two creators of the field of "hard-boiled detective," Dashiell Hammett. Spade was the protagonist of THE MALTESE FALCON, one of the most famous detective movies and noir movies and American movies of all time, played by the great Humphrey Bogart. If you somehow haven't seen the movie, you must, of course. "What is that supposed to mean?" That he has clanging balls of steel, he said in a deadpan British voice. Colonics have been a popular thing in health-food circles since the 1960s, by the way. The whole movie is making fun of Los Angeles fads. It seems clear that you didn't recognize George Plimpton giving the weather. (Google him.) In real life, Victoria Tennant and Steve Martin were married for several years after this film.
@alyxgriffen5073
Жыл бұрын
I am SO happy you reacted to this movie! LA STORY is one of my very favorite movies, but it flew under the radar for so many people. The two sections of the movie set to Enya songs (the scene where they revert to children in the neon flower garden, and the big Magical Weather Change climax of the movie) make me cry every time. (Oh -- and that "revert to children" wasn't because the sex was so great; it was because they were so in love that the magic of the moment reverted them internally to the innocence of childhood, where **everything** was magical; the regal lion statues bowing their heads to them as they passed by acknowledged this.) There are a LOT of decade (or even *year* ) specific cultural trends that this movie is making fun of; you caught many of them. YES, car-shooting on the LA Freeway was *real* ; this is actually where the term "road rage" came from. There was a period of time (months? a year??) where people were getting so mad at or during the notoriously bad traffic on the LA Freeway that yes, some were actually shooting at each other. It made national news for a while, including cover stories on *TIME* and *Newsweek* , IIRC. Yes, high colonics were a big New Agey sort of thing; they were the late '80s - early '90s version of "a cleanse." They're called "high colonics" because enough water is put up yer bum to reach into the upper part of the large intestine -- the colon -- instead of just the lower part which is the usual in an enema. It ~really~ flushes you out. The suction-cup Garfield cats were *huge* for a while. Everyone had them attached to the inside of the side or rear windows of their cars. Steve Martin's character having one on the *outside* of his rear window was really funny at the time. And just an in-movie joke, like the snooty restaurant L'Idiot -- the name of the resort they all went to, "El Pollo del Mar," translates to "Chicken of the Sea."
@trekkiejunk
Жыл бұрын
Alyx, I'm curious how old you are. You said the film "flew under the radar", but it was a HUGE film when it came out. It was well-received at the time as a classic, and played non-stop on cable in the following years. I'm wondering if maybe you are too young to remember this coming out, and weren't aware of the impact it had back then. Aside from that, i can tell from your comment that you really "get" this movie, and that's great, because i don't think Ashleigh really "got" it, except on a very surface level, and a lot of the jokes went over her head.
@alyxgriffen5073
Жыл бұрын
I'm old enough to remember when it came out; I saw it multiple times at the theater. Didn't have cable at the time, so I missed out on its run there. Huh.... I probably phrased that part of my initial comment poorly. It struck me at the time that the movie did make a splash when it came out, but then floated away pretty quickly, and didn't have any lasting cultural reaction (probably because I didn't have cable). I'm glad to find out I was wrong. 😊
@catherinelw9365
Жыл бұрын
@@trekkiejunk I’m old enough to remember and although this was critically well received, did well at the box office, it was totally overshadowed by Silence of the Lambs and Terminator 2.
@incredulousdisbelief9841
Жыл бұрын
"What? She'll be 27 in 4 years!" Haaaa, that line is still perfect after all these years. Steve has written a LOT of stuff over the years, his books are quite good. One of those was Shopgirl, which was made into a movie with him and Claire Danes. Then there are his short stories, which are ridiculously hysterical and I highly recommend. There's simply no such thing as a bad Steve Martin work.
@mikepaulus4766
Жыл бұрын
My favorite of Steve's books is How To Turn A Million In Real Estate Into $25 Cash.
@saytr4
Жыл бұрын
I read Cruel Shoes when I was 10. My sense of humor is Steve Martin's fault.
@richardb6260
Жыл бұрын
The female lead in this movie, Victoria Tennant, was married to Steve Martin. That was indeed Rick Moranis as the gravedigger. There are also cameo appearances by Woody Harrelson and Patrick Stewart (with a mustache). I think of this film as Martin's Annie Hall (another great movie you should watch). For me, Martin's funniest movie is The Man With Two Brains. Can't wait till you get around to that one. Another good Martin movie is All of Me co-starring Lily Tomlin. It's directed by Carl Reiner, who directed The Jerk, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, and The Man With Two Brains.
@marniejane11
Жыл бұрын
I loved this movie when it came out! Watched it countless times. To this day I still joke about the "half caf decaf with a twist of lemon" coffee order. 😆 You must watch Dirty Rotten Scoundrels!!!!!!!
@88wildcat
Жыл бұрын
You have to understand that this is a love story and the lovers are Steve Martin and Los Angeles. It is Steve Martin's vision of one of Woody Allen's homages to New York only with Los Angeles instead....and much funnier than Woody Allen has ever been.
@vapoet
Жыл бұрын
Woody had his moments, but it was often too intellectual to make it enjoyable. In Annie Hall, he had a scene where he pulls Marshall McLuhan to put down a pseudo-intellectual pontificating about media. The meta moment only works if you know about who Marshall McLuhan is.
@Paineinyourblank
Жыл бұрын
Aw I've always loved this movie ever since I saw it in my youth. Steve Martin has done just so many good movies. Parenthood and the Father of the bride movies are definitely ones to check out
@delauber
Жыл бұрын
You need to see “All of Me” with Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin.
@carlacriscuolo1732
Жыл бұрын
Another fun movie that stars and was written by Steve Martin (and that doesn't get nearly as much attention as it deserves) is "Bowfinger." It's a spoof about Hollywood and the film industry, starring Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, and Christine Baranski. I think you'd really like it.
@miraclefred
Жыл бұрын
CHUBBY RAIN!
@candicelitrenta8890
Жыл бұрын
I LOVE that movie, and back in the seventies, I lived in that same neighborhood as Bofinger's house. Also, I was an extra in Diggstown, which was Heather Grahams first movie. My friend and I sat and talked with her during a break in filming.
@doughbafett
Жыл бұрын
More people should react to this comedy classic. It's criminally underappreciated. It didn't even get a domestic Blu-ray release til a year ago.
@mjwaldrep
Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you're getting back to the classics like this one! I hope you watch Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, maybe me all time favorite comedy!
@0okamino
Жыл бұрын
That would be a perfect follow up to this reaction. Ashleigh really needs to find out why the cork is on the fork.
@emmari0601
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Y e s ! Y E S !!!
@FantomPenguin
Жыл бұрын
My friend Andrew Amador is in this movie! He's the serious newscaster. He always spoke of how he loved the "pre-code" era of motion pictures. He loaned me his copy of Shanghai Lilly and it blew my mind.
@itzakpoelzig330
Жыл бұрын
Pre-codes are amazing!
@christopherwaldrop5293
Жыл бұрын
Now that you live in Nashville you should know that Steve Martin loves this town. He used to perform at the Exit/In on Elliston. He'd get the audience all excited, lead them out into the street and walk everybody down to McDonald's where he'd order two thousand cheeseburgers before suddenly changing his mind and saying, "No, just one small fries."
@TalesFromTheUnderside
Жыл бұрын
Had this movie recorded on a VHS tape and watched it all the time growing up. The fantasy elements and silliness were what brought me back, didn’t even get all the jokes and adult themes.
@stevensorrell1625
Жыл бұрын
I was 22 when this came out but I felt the same way. So much so I keep thinking it was made in 1982.
@VintageBeauty1313
Жыл бұрын
I saw this movie for the first time on tv by chance. And it quickly became one of my favorite movies!
@JustAMagicDuck
Жыл бұрын
This is such an underrated movie. Quirky in the best sense. Steve Martin is a treasure.
@macmcleod1188
Жыл бұрын
Yes this is a magical movie that's in my top 100 list.
@tanelviil9149
Жыл бұрын
Why is this channel watching the most boring movies ever??? Are all her patreon supporters 50 to 80 year olds ??? WTF. React to cool movies like SIN CITY 2005 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO 2011 WATCHMEN 2009 12 MONKEYS 1995 Actually cool movies not old lame stuff or wierd women movies.
@tempsitch5632
Жыл бұрын
You should know the definition of “underrated” before using the word.
@jculver1674
Жыл бұрын
This movie really reflects Steve Martin's personal sense of humor, probably more than any other. He loves highbrow stuff like art, film and poetry, but he hates the stuffiness and elitism of it, so he mixes it with absurdist humor to poke fun at those things. His books are all like that, too.
@itchyandred4131
Жыл бұрын
Loved him in Parenthood ✌️
@markh3271
Жыл бұрын
As an ex-resident of L.A., I can attest that everything you see in this movie has happened at least once in real life. I was born and grew up, from the mid 50s through the 80s, 20 miles south of downtown. To many, myself included, this was the "golden years" of Southern California.
@etherealtb6021
Жыл бұрын
Yup. Some of it is exaggerated for comic effect, but not always!
@larrytodaro8460
Жыл бұрын
LA Story is one of my top 3 movies of all time.
@shainewhite2781
Жыл бұрын
This movie is a satire. S Also I highly recommend THE. BIG CHILL, 1983 Comedy Drama where college buddies, Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Tom Berenger, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly and Jobeth Williams, reunite following a friends funeral and listen to old rock and roll records while reminiscing about the good times and bad.
@crashburn3292
Жыл бұрын
Great movie. Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
@tukke
Жыл бұрын
Dude, don't spoil it!
@tanelviil9149
Жыл бұрын
Why is this channel watching the most boring movies ever??? Are all her patreon supporters 50 to 80 year olds ??? WTF. React to cool movies like SIN CITY 2005 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO 2011 WATCHMEN 2009 12 MONKEYS 1995 Actually cool movies not old lame stuff or wierd women movies.
@justwatching6186
Жыл бұрын
And their friend was Kevin Costner (his dream sequence scenes were deleted) but he was in the casket.
@tukke
Жыл бұрын
@@justwatching6186 dude, now you really spoiled it!
@bkizmusic
Жыл бұрын
Love this movie. I think my favorite line is when he finds out his girlfriend is cheating on him and he says: “My agent? Frank? And this is how I find out? You TELL ME!?” Ugh so funny. And then he leaves and starts that little dance down the stairs. Love it
@manxdarcqpaw744
Жыл бұрын
I love this movie. It introduced me to the wonderful music of Enya, before she exploded with her second album. Also, the maître d' is played by Sir Patrick Stewart.
@mikeoxstiff
Жыл бұрын
Most people miss that the name of the hotel they stay at in Santa Barbara is "El Pollo Del Mar," which is Spanish for "The Chicken of the Sea."
@ElliotNesterman
Жыл бұрын
"Who kisses people hello?" The French, Belgians, Italians, and people in the theater. Or at least we did before Covid. "I know that guy. He's been in other stuff," was Larry Miller, who has been in lots of films and TV. The face in the thought bubble, "I don't know who that is but I get the joke," was Mel Gibson. Rick Moranis as the gravedigger was a parody of the graveyard scene in Hamlet. Steve Martin is extraordinarily erudite and will pepper his scripts with classical allusions. Richard E. Grant (Roland) who has had a long career, was nominated for an Oscar for _Can You Ever Forgive Me._ He's likely best known for the British cult film _Withnail and I._ Marilu Henner (Trudi) was in the great 80s sitcom _Taxi,_ along with Christopher Lloyd and Danny DeVito. The maitre d' at _L'idiot_ was Patrick Stewart. Woody Harrelson (Harris's boss) was in the long-running sitcom _Cheers_ along with Kirstie Alley. Kevin Pollack has been in many films, and most recently played Moishe Maisel (the ex-father-in-law) in _The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel._ The reason the film has so many fine actors in small roles is that everyone wants to work with Steve Martin.
@SilentBob731
Жыл бұрын
I was just thinking about this movie (which I love) yesterday and lamenting the fact that I hadn't seen a reaction to it yet. Bless you, Ash. You are a Golden Goddess of the South, and a beacon of Light in these Dark Times.👍✌❤
@dailyrider2975
Жыл бұрын
WOW, took forever for someone to review this GEM of a movie. One of my favorites from Steve Martin.
@timvanarsdel
Жыл бұрын
For real. Shame it fell on a channel that needs a ball-gag and a valium.
@mcgilj1
Жыл бұрын
Got to love the "interview" with the restauranter at the bank.. Patrick Stewart was just pitch perfect in that cold clinical role. You just think, "yup . That gotta be how Wack-afornia" really works". Lol
@brettmarlar4154
Жыл бұрын
I don't remember if you've done "All of Me" or not, nut you get Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, and Victoria Tennant (the love interest from this film and his wife at the time). Steve Martin actually writes the majority of the projects he does (Movies, TV, and music).
@philrob1978
Жыл бұрын
I love this, the whimsical nature of it was very appealing, and the payoff with the signpost is still hilarious to me. Doesn't get enough attention if you ask me, so glad you watched this and also loved it.
@JonathanACarr
Жыл бұрын
Have you seen Grand Canyon? It's an amazing movie with this same vibe though more philosophical and less funny.
@momow1430
Жыл бұрын
Loved this video! My husband and I quote this movie frequently. Steve Martin is a writer - comedy, scripts, novellas, novels. All great. He is one of the smartest guys around. Roxanne was of course, a comedic rewriting of Cyrano de Bergerac. His comedy is multi- layered and he can write pathos, too. “Shopgirl” the novella (also a movie) was really great, as was “The Pleasure of My Company”, “Object of Beauty”, and of course the comedic masterpiece, “Cruel Shoes”. Get to reading!
@jaydisqus3353
Жыл бұрын
Steve Martin used to have a skit where he talks about owning kitty handcuffs. It's pretty amusing.
@tanelviil9149
Жыл бұрын
Why is this channel watching the most boring movies ever??? Are all her patreon supporters 50 to 80 year olds ??? WTF. React to cool movies like SIN CITY 2005 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO 2011 WATCHMEN 2009 12 MONKEYS 1995 Actually cool movies not old lame stuff or wierd women movies.
@jaydisqus3353
Жыл бұрын
@@tanelviil9149 not sure why you're asking me. She watches what she wants, we just watch along with her.
@tanelviil9149
Жыл бұрын
@@jaydisqus3353 no no she watches based on patreon pulls and wishes..
@jaydisqus3353
Жыл бұрын
@@tanelviil9149 again, not sure why you're asking me. Ask her.
@tukke
Жыл бұрын
You really should and must watch Martin's craziest and raunchiest film ever The Man With Two Brains.
@mikeaninger7388
Жыл бұрын
This is the film that put Enya on the map. I saw this in the theater when I was very young. A lot of jokes in there only if you know LA.
@roadrunner3100
Жыл бұрын
Love this movie, thanks for the reaction. I love the little throw away bits he put in the movie like L'Idiot and the name of the hotel by the beach, Pollo Del Mar, which is Spanish for Chicken of the Sea. Someone else here recommended Bowfinger, another movie Steve Martin both wrote and stars in. Very funny.
@anath7589
Жыл бұрын
Martin met his ex-wife, Victoria Tennant (Sara McDowel), on the set of “All of Me.” Tennant said that, after meeting him, she went home & broke up with the guy she was living with. They were married for about a dozen years. As for “All of Me,” both Martin & Lily Tomlin were nominated for Golden Globes for best actor & actress. His movie, “A Simple Twist of Fate,” is based on the novel by George Eliot called “Silas Marner”...just like “Roxanne” was based on the play “Cyrano de Bergerac” which was loosely based on Bergerac’s life. If you are looking for a Steve Martin drama, though it was panned by the critics, I recommend Twist of Fate.
@tempsitch5632
Жыл бұрын
Seen Novacaine ?
@marylawrence4724
Жыл бұрын
I Just mentioned Ashleigh Needs To watch All Of Me She'd Love it
@SareyGamp
Жыл бұрын
I love All of me. Ashleigh would too I suspect
@debbiek4951
Жыл бұрын
"All of Me" was very funny. "Back in bowl."
@trepearound3915
Жыл бұрын
I love all of me. I hope she watches that one day
@TSIRKLAND
Жыл бұрын
I had forgotten about Patrick Stewart (Jean Lucy Picard / Charles Xavier / Royal Shakespeare Company) being in this movie as the snooty French guy! Completely forgot about that. This would have been right in the middle of Star Trek: The Next Generation. What a fun cameo!
@diablodeltoro
Жыл бұрын
That’s what I noticed too!!!
@nortski78
Жыл бұрын
Can never get enough of Steve Martin. Try these: Bowfinger, The Man With Two Brains, and All Of Me.
@oaf-77
Жыл бұрын
Bowfinger for sure. Dead men don't wear plad, man with two brains, my blue heaven
@justwatching6186
Жыл бұрын
She would like All of Me bc of Lilly
@SM-jg8fr
Жыл бұрын
@@justwatching6186 Seconded!
@caligirlmarti
Жыл бұрын
Yes great movies All of Me and The Man With Two Brains!
@JeffKelly03
Жыл бұрын
I love Bowfinger. I say this in all seriousness: Eddie Murphy should have, at a minimum, been nominated for an Oscar for that movie.
@brianstraight9308
Жыл бұрын
This is indeed a fun, cute, movie. Been a while since I've seen it. It's probably where first real crush on SJP began.
@WilliamTheMovieFan
Жыл бұрын
Such a cute movie. Steve Martin did a movie called The Lonely Guy. Really funny! You should check it out. Also Ashleigh, you should watch the 1954 movie Brigadoon, starring Gene Kelly. It is a delightful film about a magical Scottish village that appears only once every hundred years. It is a whimsical love story, and because it stars Gene Kelly it has songs and dance numbers in it.
@trekkiejunk
Жыл бұрын
My late mother loved Brigadoon. I love me some old musicals, but Brigadoon is a tough one for me. It's just too quaint. Although i did love the ending (I won't spoiler it for others). Singing in the Rain is lightyears better, as far as i'm concerned. I also love Anchors Aweigh, partly due to Sinatra's wide-eye innocent character.
@WilliamTheMovieFan
Жыл бұрын
@@trekkiejunk I’m not much of a musical fan, but those you mentioned are pretty good too. On the Town is another good one, very much like Anchor’s Away. Brigadoon is very quaint and I think it is timeless(pun intended) because everyone longs for a simpler time now and then. Maybe I just like Gene Kelly. He’s talented and fun to watch.
@bradleywalker8468
Жыл бұрын
Have you seen Schmeggadoon?
@kelly9876
Жыл бұрын
Brigadoon is my favorite too but I don't think it is as easy for people to get into. I think Ashley would like 7 Brides for 7 Brothers or the Gene Kelly/ Judy Garland movie, The Pirate. Those have more comedy and flash
@worstcaseofcrabsever5510
Жыл бұрын
Looks like Rick Moranis did his accent so perfectly he fooled you into thinking it wasn't him. Some clever writing from Steve Martin here. Steve was on a role in those days, cranking out the comedy movies. A lot of the same people wind up in these movies. It was Steve's crowd. Make no mistake, Steve Martin worked hard to become a great comedic personality.I will offer up 3 films as suggestions: #1 Down and out in Beverly Hills #2 Revenge of the Nerds #3 Annie(1982)
@jancw
Жыл бұрын
"My Girl", "L.A. Story" and "The Color Purple" still on the way?? Is it my birthday? This seriously gives me hope for "Working Girl".
@shoshanalewinfischer
Жыл бұрын
I am SO glad you got to this one. It is one of my absolute favorites - especially now that I live in the L.A. area. "I'll have a twist of lemon" - and we do get really rainy days sometimes. Just don't drive those days - yikes.
@JeffKelly03
Жыл бұрын
I completely forgot that Richard E. Grant was in this. First thing I ever saw him in. He's such a wonderful actor, and based on interviews, a positively delightful human being.
@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures
Жыл бұрын
If you're up for something fun and obscure with Richard E Grant check out the delightfully odd 1990s UK-Canadian cartoon 'Captain Star', where he plays a narcissistic space captain suffering a mid-life crisis. One of those rare cartoons back then secretly written for adults. They're up on KZitem and I think they're pretty funny. "His mission, to find new planets and civilisations, name them after himself, and sell them things "
@NicholasVargo
Жыл бұрын
You have to read Grant’s film diaries book With Nails. It’s a fantastic read.
@paulgunderson4721
Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite Steve Martin film. (Roxanne is next, but we can't all share the same tastes.) Such a delight! Excellent reaction!
@doughbafett
Жыл бұрын
He wrote the screenplay for both films.
@jonathanstempleton7864
Жыл бұрын
Ashleigh: "A deer!" Me: "A female deer!"
@warre1
Жыл бұрын
Sara's mother's voice was Terry Jones from Monty Python.
@davidpumpkinsjr.5108
Жыл бұрын
If you want to see Steve Martin play the straight man instead of the comic, I suggest "Housesitter". Martin plays a neurotic architect opposite Goldie Hawn playing a con artist who barges into his life by pretending to be his wife.
@SighDontWantAHandle
Жыл бұрын
Steve Martin is on the advisory board for the La County Museum of Art. That's why all the museum stuff and how he got permission to roller skate through the exhibits.
@MichaelAarons1701
Жыл бұрын
@Ashleigh Burton You really should try watching _All of Me_ from 1984. The cast alone sells it.
@John_Locke_108
Жыл бұрын
As a kid I couldn't stop laughing at the toilet flushing scene.
@MichaelAarons1701
Жыл бұрын
For a minute I thought you were talking this one before realized which scene you meant.
@mkang8782
Жыл бұрын
I was deployed to the Middle East August of 1990; we were fortunate enough to have Steve Martin and Victoria Tennant come through on a USO tour. He had been feeling poorly (lower G.I. issues were the rumor), so, his appearance was delayed. Eventually, he walked up on the stage that had been assembled, starting off with, "Hello, I'm Steve Martin and this is my wife, Victoria Tennant. [Beat] You can look, but *don't touch*." Very genuine, personal fellow; he just chatted with us - no comedy routine (which was fine).
@kevinramsey417
Жыл бұрын
Steve Martin in his prime Silver Fox phase (I swear, this guy always had grey hair). Fun Fact: Steve did free banjo tutorials on his social media during the pandemic.
@thegingergyrl455
Жыл бұрын
Steve Martin went totally grey by 32 but started graying in his early 20’s. 👍🏻
@umainebearman
Жыл бұрын
I thought for sure she had gotten LA themed movies confused but it was me. I was thinking LA Confidential. 2 totally different stories. LOL
@jndaley
Жыл бұрын
Ashleigh, please add the Steve Martin film “All of Me” to your viewing list. Also starring the love interest from L.A. Story, and Lily Tomlin. One of my favorite Steve Martin films.
@ArtByDesign80
Жыл бұрын
9:55 the Harry Potter joke! 🤣😂🤣 nice reference!
@jonathanross149
Жыл бұрын
Steve Martin and his then wife who he met on the great film, "All of Me" You really should react to "All of Me"
@fjanson2468
Жыл бұрын
This was one of me and my wifes favorite movies. Our favorite quote whenever we encountered some sort of special stupid was, "Do you ever wonder why the water doesn't fly up into the sky?" and "Is it okay to spin here?". God we would laugh, and no one else would get it...
@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.
Жыл бұрын
Another great reaction, Ashleigh. This is one of my all time favourite films, I think that it's a beautiful fantasy, it deserves to be better known, I think that it will be a future cult classic.
@silverlobo2135
Жыл бұрын
Happy Weekend Ashleigh Though rare, LA does get heavy rains like in the movie. I am sure you heard of the mudslides and flooding of some houses / communities near the mountains and burn scar areas. High colonics are enemas in the ass. Hence colonics for colon. I could not afford a high one so I only got a low colonic. )))😁😆😂 The 'wife' is Marylu Henner. She is famous for tv series "Taxi" and many other roles. But us is also famous for being one of those very rare people that can remember just about anything that happened in her life, known as hyperthymesia. Yes, the gravedigger was Rick Moranis. The other guy you tried to remember who "was in other stuff" is Tom Miller. He can be recognized for "Pretty Woman", "Necessary Roughness", "Corrina, Corrina", "The Nutty Professor", "10 Things I Hate About You", "Runaway Bride", "Pros and Cons", "The Princess Diaries", "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" and several tv shows guest starring appearances. The 'boss' that fired him (Steve) was played by Woody Harrelson. He is famous for playing 'Woody' on "Cheers", 1994 film "Natural Born Killers", LBJ, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, People VS. Larry Flynn, Zombieland, White Men Can't Jump, Edge of Seventeen among many others. "Where do you spend your summers" guy is Patrick Steward of the famous Captain John Luc Picard of Star Trek series. The 'man' Sarah JP was thinking of was Mr. "Braveheart" himself, Mel Gibson. There are several other cameos of famous stars playing bit part in the movie that you missed noticing. But since you said you may watch it again soon, hope you pick up on some of the others that were there even for a few seconds of film.
@MasterBiffPudwell
Жыл бұрын
Ashleigh: "Are you talking about enemas for fun?" Everyone has a kink. LOL Also Ashleigh: "Who is Sam Spade?" Me: "Ugh, I'm a dinosaur." Do a reaction to the "The Maltese Falcon". You will have some idea. Another great Bogie movie from the 40s. I dare say may be better than his "Rick" character from "Casablanca".
@terweeme
Жыл бұрын
i concur..maltese falcon should be watched
@ryanmcgowan3061
3 ай бұрын
"El Pollo del Mar" is my favorite line, something I didn't pick up on until the third or fourth time I saw the movie.
@ochayethenoo
Жыл бұрын
I just wanna throw it out there and say I think you should react to "Withnail and I", which stars Richard E. Grant. Great dark comedy classic.
@laughinggravyuk
Жыл бұрын
THIS. THIS! A stone cold classic. Those pheasants are for his pot. These eels are for my pot.
@nordri9542
Жыл бұрын
I concur. A truly hilarious movie. I NEED and Awkward Ashleigh reaction to 'Withnail and I'.
@MrRay-nt6vb
10 ай бұрын
I remember this movie when it orignally came out. I told my friends this movie accurately portrais what LA is like. At that time I was traveling for work. Myself and another person traveling for the same project arrived in the late evening at our hotel. After checking in we went to a restaurant for something to eat. The matradee seemed to look down his nose at us weary travelers. We asked for a table for 2 for dinner. He said it would be a few minutes. And we should wait outside the restaurant. The restaurant was empty. Empty tables everywhere. That is LA.
@gotrunk25
Жыл бұрын
Ashleigh, you NEED to watch "The man with two brains" It's the funniest Steve Martin movie, and criminally underrated.
@itzakpoelzig330
Жыл бұрын
No one ever mentions it, but another Steve Martin movie (that I think Ashleigh could get into because of her religious upbringing) is Leap Of Faith, where Martin plays a con artist stage-evangelist who doesn't believe a word he's preaching, until he sees something that he can't explain.
@t0nyj0hn
Жыл бұрын
It's been a while since I'd seen this, so long that I had Steve's character mixed up with his character in Grand Canyon (also from 1991) and was expecting a really dark turn.
@kelly9876
Жыл бұрын
Grand Canyon and Spanish Prisoner are two great Steve Martin movies
@gestaltdude
Жыл бұрын
It's been so long since I've seen this movie that I remember the plot but not the little details (apparently). I never knew there were so many cameos, from Rick Moranis to Chevy Chase to perhaps the most surprising of all (at least for me), Patrick Stewart as the restaurateur.
@Grim177
Жыл бұрын
Love this film. Still have the VHS tape which I bought new as a 14 year old over 30 years ago!
@betsyknox4745
Жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I grew up in So. CA and was going to school in Colorado when this movie came out. I was feeling a bit homesick. I never really liked So. CA but this movie reminded me of many of the good things about my home state. A lot of the comedy in this are based on real things that go on there: Shooting guns on the freeway, telling other people to go ahead at 4-way stops and then going all at once, sitting calmly through earthquakes and being able to estimate it’s size pretty accurately, etc. Some of my favorite quotes are from it, but I think the best is: “I don’t think you realize how unattractive hate is.” I’m glad you got to see it💕
@derekjinks5640
Жыл бұрын
allow me to recommend "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" as a Steve Martin movie for you. i think it's one of his best.
@danmonges1539
Жыл бұрын
As someone previously mentioned, Ashleigh should see a lot more old movies so she understands it better! Certainly more Bogie and some Cagney! Without that background I think she'll really miss out on how great it is!
@pillmuncher67
Жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Steve Martin studied philosophy at university. Reading Wittgenstein made him consider becoming a professor, but he later changed his major to theater. There is a Wittgenstein joke in L.A. Story.
@0okamino
Жыл бұрын
Because he’s circular, and goes downhill? No, wait. I’m thinking of the Guggenheim. 😉
@sonntagkristine
Жыл бұрын
Steve Martin in “All of Me” is where I was impressed with his acting ability. Hope you get to see that one someday.
@John_Locke_108
Жыл бұрын
Ashley is giving out prizes left and right. She's the operah of giving away stuff.
@paulcurlin2789
Жыл бұрын
"Oh my God! It's the first day of Spring!" Lol. This really is a good movie.
@shag139
Жыл бұрын
Sarah Jessica Parker never looked hotter than in this movie.
@CorsetGrace
Жыл бұрын
5:55 is Larry Miller, one of the nicest comedian/actor/writers out there. Truly, he is a very nice man, and it was my pleasure to know him a few years ago and spend some time together. Side note, Ashleigh. When it rains in Los Angeles, it absolutely pours. Then it stops and gets sunny for three or four months until the next storm. By the way, no humidity either.
@crashburn3292
Жыл бұрын
Colon Hydrotherapy; Very '90s Los Angeles and why we never took a walk in LA. - Btw, if you love Steve Martin read his book "Born Standing Up." It's great.
@Hellbane224
Жыл бұрын
LA will absolutely get rain like that. When I was a kid, we had a massive power outage that, I had heard, hit the whole west coast. 3 days without power, and it rained, heavily, the whole three days.
@AldenRogers
Жыл бұрын
L.A. STORY?? no, you need to watch "L.A. Confidential". Now that one is a superb film.
@timothyjohnson4890
Жыл бұрын
This movie hits on every level- slapstick, social commentary, romantic, absurdity, as well as being the best-photographed and best-scored comedy of the 90's. A great film and one of my two favorite Steve Martin movies. The other one is "Leap Of Faith". Very different but one outstanding acting job by Steve and a top-notch cast.
@jmwild1
Жыл бұрын
I love this film for all the Enya in it.
@NealMarchuk
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this reaction, Ashleigh! "L.A. Story" is a quirky favourite of mine, and I'm so glad it brightened up your day. The line that brightened up my day: "If I was a boy, I would play with my ...." 🤣💀 Another Steve Martin flick that you might enjoy is "Father Of The Bride". It's actually a remake of a black-and-white classic, so you might want to watch the original first, but Steve's energy brings a lot to the story.
@williamsanger9685
Жыл бұрын
thisis one of my favorite movies of all time. i am so excited to watch you watch this
@tanelviil9149
Жыл бұрын
Why is this channel watching the most boring movies ever??? Are all her patreon supporters 50 to 80 year olds ??? WTF. React to cool movies like SIN CITY 2005 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO 2011 WATCHMEN 2009 12 MONKEYS 1995 Actually cool movies not old lame stuff or wierd women movies.
@antoinesandoval
Жыл бұрын
Personally, I had always felt there is something special about this movie. There is a strange mystical romantic 'heart' to L.A. Story that really isn't seen in many movies, especially not quite like this, and unique - a quirky sonnet written by a hopeful poet. As far as films go it was a high concept film that took a lot of risk in its own skin. Much like another amazing Steve Martin movie I highly recommend called "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid". Martin's vintage noir exploration that was way ahead of its time.
@williamjones6031
Жыл бұрын
You, "And apparently stupid" Me, "It is L.A."🙄 It feels a little weird to see him not being a goofball. Like I didn't care for his character in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". It might be too late for this month's "Love Stories" February but a suggestion that nobody's done yet is "Witness" with Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis.😍😍
@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures
Жыл бұрын
I can second Witness. My fave Harrison Ford movie.
@greggburke7796
Жыл бұрын
Also, Roxanne was not a "concept." It's a film based on the classic Cyrano de Bergerac, a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostan.
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