Name the movie that title comes from.
Rick and I were watching Letterman the other night when Steve Martin was a guest. Steve Martin proceeds to tell a story about having to be the one to introduce playwright Arthur Miller for an award. As I think everyone knows, Arthur Miller was married to Marilyn Monroe. Steve says that as part of the intro, he was planning a joke that went something along the lines of “Which of these playwrights does not belong in this group: William Shakespeare, Edward Albee, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Steve Martin. The answer is Arthur Miller, because he is the only one who slept with Marilyn Monroe.”
The audience is laughing heartily at this one, but Rick and I look at each other aghast and say “Ooooh, Arthur would hate that!” Which is exactly what the punchline of Steve’s joke was, that Arthur Miller was dead silent when he ran the joke past him ahead of time.
I looked at Rick and said “Obviously we have spent too much time in the theater…everyone else was laughing and you and I were scandalized.” Yet another reason we’re made for each other.
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I don’t know, we aren’t theater people and we looked at each other with big round eyes like “Oh no, he did not say that!”
Sleepless in Seattle.
Snicky would be so proud that I know that. “You sound neat..”
My favorite Steve Martin appearance of all time – Flydini on Johnny Carson. Yet another reason to love YouTube, as chances are I wouldn’t have seen that skit again.
(I don’t understand comments 1, 2 or 5, but I also thought to myself, “Oh, no! Steve, don’t go there!”)
Steve Martin… I’d hit it. And that joke… I don’t get why it’s so scandalous. And like Aimee, I don’t understand what’s happening to your comments section.
Jamie~Arthur Miller was always very sensitive about Marilyn. Jokes about her were especially a no-no.
Aimee~Trackbacks from a spam site that linked me. However, they’re links, so I’ll keep ‘em.
Tot~Very good! “A woman in her 30s has a better chance of being killed by a terrorist-” “That is not true! There is a whole book about how that is not true!” (I heart Victor Garber.)
Geewits~Arthur’s aversion to that subject is legendary in the theater – I wasn’t so sure if people outside theater had heard of it, based on the audience’s reaction.
Ah, thanks for the tip. I’ll stay away from jokes about ex-wives who died prematurely and under questionable circumstances.
Is MFEO an acronym?
That reminds me of Steve’s “Things I beleive” sketch. My favorite was “I believe that women should be placed on a pedestal, just high enough to look up thier skirt”.
Seth~Yep, Tot got it. It’s “Made For Each Other,” which one of the kids in Sleepless in Seattle made up…actually, I think that movie might have been the start of txt msging.
Vince~Have you read his letter about having consentual sex with the sea turtle? Hysterical.