Obviously Steve Martin wrote the song.
You linked the story about the Tut exhibit to his song. So did the New York Times.
It's the link between the exhibit and the song that wasn't original.
Yes, Martin's OP ED was published on the 5th. I bet you he wrote it a day or two before that, however. Maybe even before the 3rd.
Jeesh. Just trying to point out what I thought was an interesting similarity between your thinking and the thinking of the editors of the New York Times. I might have said great minds think alike, but then I know I'd be insulting both you and the Times editors by that comparison.
Well, EXCUUUUUUUSE ME!
I guess when you wrote, "Um, guys, you weren't the first to think of the Steve Martin song," which doesn't make any sense, you weren't trying hard to be insulting.
"Martin's OP ED was published on the 5th. I bet you he wrote it a day or two before that, however. Maybe even before the 3rd."
Alas, I don't have ESP, so I didn't know on the 3rd that Steve Martin was writing this NY Times piece for the 5th.