I just saw — again — the trailer for The Pink Panther starring Steve Martin.
Look: Even if you can’t bring yourself to say that The Jerk was one of the most influential comedies of the last 50 years, you can at least concede that Steve Martin deserves better than he’s had in his last couple films.
It’s amazing to me that someone who can exhibit such pitch perfect comedic timing can end up in crap like Bowfinger, Bringing Down the House, Cheaper by the Dozen, and The Pink Panther. What happened to L.A. Story? Shopgirl? Little Shop of Horrors? The Man with Two Brains?! Not to mention (but I’ll do it anyway) his standup and the years he spent on SNL.
I guess he is still working, and that’s important. It’s more than Dice Clay can say.