Demetri Martin

Demetri Martin Rules!







I feel it is my duty as an American and also a human being to inform you that Demetri Martin is one of the awesomest people on the planet, and if you don’t watch his show, you should start TODAY.





I stumbled across Mr. Martin a few months ago after the Firewall of Doom. There is a site that is like Pandora, but for comedy. I started a Lewis Black station (who is of course, also very awesome but not the subject of today’s PSA), and Demetri was one of the comedians on the station.




Not sure whether it was the first sketch of his I heard or just the first that grabbed me, but OMG OMG OMG if “Jokes for Guitar” literally made my jaw drop, over and over. I loved the way his mind worked, that anyone would even think to think of some of the things he was saying.




So Javier started DVRing his show, Important Things with Demetri Martin for me, and I have fallen in love with it. Part of this could be that Demetri is 36, and intentionally or otherwise, has basically created a very ‘70s-esque set and show, which of course appeals to my nostalgia and “Romper Room” memories. And seriously, the budget for this show must be like two dollars. That is the thing though. His brain alone is all that is needed to create magic.






Javier is the one who alerted me to Demetri Martin’s 224-word palindrome poem as testament to Mr. Martin’s astonishing brain. And dude.





Some of his humor is deceptive in its seeming simplicity. A lot of times I find myself laughing a beat later because my brain has to spin around and catch up. Like something is too funny and amazing for me to even fathom it at first. Other times I will watch something like his sketch about rats and religion and my jaw drops again. The man is brilliant. And I love dry, deadpan humor more than almost anything.





Besides all that, he is a humongous dork, or at least plays one in his comedy. He lacks the pretension of so many younger guy comedians, acting like he’s the shit and people should form a line out the door. He lets his awesomeness speak for itself. It’s really, really refreshing and makes me like him even more.






So do yourself a favor and check out “Important Things with Demetri Martin.” Because he RULES!!!


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