The Winds of Whoopee

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | alt_name = ''Steve Martin's The Winds of Whoopee'' | image = TheWindsofWhoopie.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = Title screen | genre = [[Television comedy|Comedy]] | based_on = | writer = [[Steve Martin]] | director = [[Alan Metter]] | starring = {{Plainlist| * Steve Martin * [[David Brenner]] * [[Bill Cosby]] * [[Antonio Fargas]] * [[Ron Leibman]] * [[Meredith MacRae]] * [[Strother Martin]] * [[Ed McMahon]] * [[Gary Mule Deer]] * [[Gilda Radner]] * [[Burt Reynolds]] * [[Doc Severinsen]] }} | theme_music_composer = | country = United States | language = English | executive_producer = {{Plainlist| * Steve Martin * Ken Suddleston }} | producer = Alan Metter | editor = | cinematography = | runtime = 60 minutes | company = | budget = | network = [[NBC]] | released = {{Start date|1983|02|06}} | related = ''Steve Martin's Best Show Ever'' (1981) }}

'''''Steve Martin's The Winds of Whoopee''''' (a.k.a. simply '''''The Winds of Whoopee''''') is a 1983 American comedy [[television special]] on [[NBC]], produced and written by [[Steve Martin]]. The title was a take-off of ''[[The Winds of War (TV miniseries)|The Winds of War]]'', which premiered as a TV miniseries on the same night on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. In a 30-second spot, [[Orson Welles]] says: "Why spend 18 hours watching someone else's war, when you know how it comes out? We win, and then have to buy all their cars. Watch Steve Martin's ''The Winds of Whoopee''. See it all in one hour on Sunday."<ref>[https://archive.today/20120914052432/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923330-2,00.html Article at Time.com, re. ''The Winds of War'']</ref>

The show is a combination of old and new material compiled from past Martin specials and his appearances on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' and ''[[The Tonight Show]]''.<ref>[http://tv.nytimes.com/show/62159/Steve-Martin-s-The-Winds-of-Whoopie/overview ''Steve Martin's The Winds of Whoopie'' at TV.NYTimes.com]</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|1075089}}

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