# The Winds of Whoopee

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1983 American TV series or program

The Winds of Whoopee Title screen Also known as Steve Martin's The Winds of Whoopee Genre Comedy Written by Steve Martin Directed by Alan Metter Starring 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 Country of origin United States Original language English Production Executive producers Steve Martin Ken Suddleston Producer Alan Metter Running time 60 minutes Original release Network NBC Release February 6, 1983 (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](/source/Television_special) on [NBC](/source/NBC), produced and written by [Steve Martin](/source/Steve_Martin). The title was a take-off of *[The Winds of War](/source/The_Winds_of_War_(TV_miniseries))*, which premiered as a TV miniseries on the same night on [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company). In a 30-second spot, [Orson Welles](/source/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."[1]

The show is a combination of old and new material compiled from past Martin specials and his appearances on *[Saturday Night Live](/source/Saturday_Night_Live)* and *[The Tonight Show](/source/The_Tonight_Show)*.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Article at Time.com, re. *The Winds of War*](https://archive.today/20120914052432/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923330-2,00.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [*Steve Martin's The Winds of Whoopie* at TV.NYTimes.com](https://tv.nytimes.com/show/62159/Steve-Martin-s-The-Winds-of-Whoopie/overview)

## External links

- [*The Winds of Whoopee*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1075089/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

v t e Films directed by Alan Metter Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985) Back to School (1986) Moving (1988) Cold Dog Soup (1990) Working Tra$h (1990) Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994) Billboard Dad (1998) Passport to Paris (1999) The Growing Pains Movie (2000)

v t e Steve Martin Filmography Awards and nominations Albums Let's Get Small (1977) A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978) Comedy Is Not Pretty! (1979) The Steve Martin Brothers (1981) The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo (2009) Rare Bird Alert (2011) Love Has Come for You (2013) So Familiar (2015) The Long-Awaited Album (2017) Singles "King Tut" (1978) Books Cruel Shoes (1979) Pure Drivel (1998) Shopgirl (2000) The Pleasure of My Company (2003) Born Standing Up (2007) The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z! (2007) Screenplays The Absent-Minded Waiter (short, 1977) The Jerk (1979) Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) The Man with Two Brains (1983) ¡Three Amigos! (1986) Roxanne (1987) L.A. Story (1991) A Simple Twist of Fate (1994) Bowfinger (1999) Shopgirl (2005) The Pink Panther (2006) Traitor (story only, 2008) The Pink Panther 2 (2009) Plays Picasso at the Lapin Agile (1993) The Underpants (2002) Bright Star (2014 musical) Meteor Shower (2016) Television The Winds of Whoopee (1983) Domestic Life (1984) Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills (1986) Only Murders in the Building (2021–present) Other Aspen Film Society Category

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