Thanks narwalace for sharing that story. That is what this group should be
about - sharing the wonderful humor of Martin! I don't have any direct
stories, but I sure enjoyed watching him in his guest appearances and his
"Fernwood 2Nite" shows.

Craig


>
> I lived in Huntington Beach, California and saw Martin at the Golden
> Bear. I had his musical comedy albums and I play guitar, so I
> appreciated Martin's guitar playing and weird songs. His back up
> band was Maria Muldaur's band that night. Maria was in the audience.
>
> After he was introduced, Martin took the stage. He started talking
> to the band with his back turned to the crowd. He kept talking, and
> kept talking. A few times he looked like he was going to turn around
> and start the show, but then he would turn around again and start
> talking to the band. A few people in the crowd started chuckling at
> how absurd it was that they had showed up to see MM and he was
> ignoring us. The chuckles turned into laughter and finally there
> were people who were crying they were laughing so hard. MM had
> broken up the whole room without saying a word!
>
> The music was great...and funny. He played a blues number on a uke
> and used a baby bottle as a slide (like on slide guitar). It
> actually sounded pretty good.
>
> When he and the band took a break he borrowed a five dollar bill
> from the guitar player and sat it on a stool on the stage. He said
> that they wouldn't come out and play again until someone from the
> crowd came up on the stage and took the money. After a while he
> showed up at the side of the stage and saw that no one had taken the
> money. He went right back to the dressing room for quite a while.
> Finally someone came up and took the money and the show started
> again.
>
> His opening act was a chick comedian who I liked and I think a lot
> of people would recognize. She has a big mouth and I believe she had
> something to do with Madonna in later years. She was just starting
> out and some people gave her a hard time, which she handled well.
>
> Oh yeah, He called the Band "Martin Mull and his Fabulous Furniture"
> and had living room furniture up on the stage. He noted that Bob
> Dylan stole his idea and was using it on his Rolling Thunder tour.
> He was really sarcastic and everyone was cracking up that he was
> going after Dylan. He ended by bringing a piece of paper out with
> the name and address of his taylor, in case Dylan would like to
> steal his wardrobe as well. (I am old, and don't want to talk down
> to anybody, but some of you may not know that it is an old showbiz
> insult to give someone the name of your taylor. It implies that you
> have stolen everything in your act from them and may want to finish
> the job by dressing like them too.)
>
> It was a great night. In my mind Martin Mull has it all. A truly
> great performer.
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> Your fellow fan,
>
> narwalace