# Is Steve Martin a time traveler? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793 "2015-02-16T04:33:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/1 "2015-02-16T04:33:28Z")
I was watching the Saturday night live 40th anniversary special, and I realized he looks the same age in 40 year old clips as he does now! ---
**Author:** ![Nekosoft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@Nekosoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nekosoft)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/2 "2015-02-16T04:35:24Z")
Well, he _was_ born a poor black child. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/3 "2015-02-16T04:39:59Z")
> [@boffking](#): > > I was watching the Saturday night live 40th anniversary special, and I realized he looks the same age in 40 year old clips as he does now! He ate Dick Clark. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/4 "2015-02-16T04:42:07Z")
Technically, we’re all time travelers. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/5 "2015-02-16T04:48:09Z")
He’s got a few gray hairs now. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/6 "2015-02-16T04:49:30Z")
Most of the aged cast members slowly went gray then silver over the decades. Steve Martin’s hair was silver 40 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/7 "2015-02-16T05:01:22Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Most of the aged cast members slowly went gray then silver over the decades. > Steve Martin’s hair was silver 40 years ago. And while that’s lent him a somewhat ageless quality it’s clear that he’s aged over the last few decades. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/8 "2015-02-16T05:03:26Z")
He definitely looked older to me, but he has travelled the ages well. Now, Akroyd… ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/9 "2015-02-16T05:11:52Z")
See, this is why I’m happy I’m going grey early. Sure, I may look a lot older than I am right now, but it’s going to pay dividends when I’m 60 or 70. People who will not have seen me in 20 or 30 years will be saying, “you haven’t aged a day!” ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/10 "2015-02-16T18:55:33Z")
He went prematurely gray at a very young age, as did his father. His daughter better watch out. (And since he was 67 when she was born, she’ll always know him as being old.) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/11 "2015-02-16T19:49:13Z")
Martin clearly looks older, but since his hair was white when he came to prominence, it’s not as noticeable. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/12 "2015-02-16T21:15:27Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Martin clearly looks older, but since his hair was white when he came to prominence, it’s not as noticeable. Your mind is playing tricks with you. I thought the same thing. But if you go back and look at his “Wild and Crazy Guy” King Tut phase you will notice that he had salt and pepper hair. Although he was clearly graying prematurely he was not anywhere near [white](https://tenasillahe.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/steve-martin.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/13 "2015-02-16T22:06:32Z")
His hair is a lot thinner now than it was back then. But he has nonetheless aged well. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/14 "2015-02-16T22:09:59Z")
> [@Nekosoft](#): > > Well, he _was_ born a poor black child. You mean he’s going to stay this color? ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/15 "2015-02-16T22:11:00Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Technically, we’re all time travelers. You win the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/16 "2015-02-17T02:11:54Z")
I was thinking the same thing… but about Paul Schaffer. I told my wife “best decision that man made was to shave his head.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/17 "2015-02-17T03:15:15Z")
Yes, he is a Time Traveler. In 1954 he was reporting on the Invasion of Tokyo by Godzilla. His hair was dark then, but he looked _completely_ different. He looked like a lawyer or something. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/18 "2015-02-17T03:32:31Z")
He can only travel forwards through time…otherwise he’d be _going the wrong way_! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/19 "2015-02-17T03:38:39Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > You mean he’s going to stay this color? Well, he had his cock shortened. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793/20 "2015-02-17T04:11:48Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Yes, he is a Time Traveler. > In 1954 he was reporting on the Invasion of Tokyo by Godzilla. His hair was dark then, but he looked _completely_ different. He looked like a lawyer or something. And then he caught sight of Godzilla . . . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-steve-martin-a-time-traveler/712793.md?page=2)