When Dave Met Steve

Dave Barry writes about his experience helping come up with Oscar night jokes for Steve Martin.

Needless to say, I was excited. I’ve been a big Steve Martin fan since he had an arrow through his head. To have him ask me to work with him was an honor.

On the other hand, I worried that I’d embarrass myself. I’ve never tried to write jokes for somebody else, and I knew the other writers on Martin’s team would be show-biz pros. So I showed the e-mail to my wife, and told her about my concerns. She told me to think about it carefully, and make whatever decision I truly thought I would be comfortable with, as long as that decision was yes, because if I turned down a chance for us to go to the Academy Awards, she would kill me with a machete.

[Via Windowseat Weblog]