Steve Martin appeared on “The Howard Stern Show” in 2021 alongside fellow comedian Martin Short to promote their television series “Only Murders In The Building.” During the interview, Stern asked Martin if he would tell the story of the time he met Elvis Presley (via The Hollywood Reporter). Martin said that it happened in 1971, while he was opening for Swedish actress, singer, and dancer Ann-Margret. Martin said that he knew Elvis would be coming to the show because he was friends with Ann-Margret, who appeared alongside him in the 1964 film “Viva Las Vegas.”
“My act was magic, I don’t think I played the banjo in that, but jokes and weird stuff,” Martin said, to set the stage. “First, I see a beautiful woman walking toward me and that was Priscilla. And Priscilla moves away and there’s Elvis all in white. He looked great and had the huge buckle. And he looked at me and said, ‘Son, you have an oblique sense of humor,’ which was kind of accurate.” Martin added, “He was absolutely dead-on, he really was.”
At this point in the story, there’s nothing particularly bizarre — although Elvis’ use of the word “oblique” was a little surprising — but it’s about to become the kind of weird Elvis story we’ve all come to expect from the man who used to try to move clouds with his mind and shot a TV that was showing a Robert Goulet performance (via Outsider).
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