demetri martin

huge on the internet/youtube, has his own new show, used to be on the daily show, acolyte of steven wright...

so...

lemme guess, half of you hate him and half of you don't.

He's pretty hit or miss for me, but he has that Wes Anderson vibe that drives some people insane (both ways).

he is pretty twee a la anderson as far as deadpan absurdist comics go.

i liked the commercials
haven't seen the show but don't think i'd like

"Wes Anderson vibe" my ass

i saw him at just for laughs a few years ago, it was pretty funny.

Has john oliver and h. jon benjamin for his sketches, they're always funny

i've seen Jon Benjamin live and that wd be inaccurate

i saw him live once and he was pretty funny. not that interested in the show, tho

He's awful, but I think he has the same undergrad audience that Dane Cook used to have, so that's a big step up for them.

That sounded really smug, sorry! but really, he sucks.

Why does he play a guitar

blech this guy

can't believe this guy is being mentioned in the same breath as dane cook

he's not hilarious, but come on, a little perspective here

did that sentence up there just read as "ablahablahbalha DANE COOK abalbahbaba" to you?

to be fair, dane cook is kind of the godwin's law of comedy critique

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yes!

more like del amiti martin

does he have an "arty" less funny cousin who fucks japanese chixx in berlin?

I do think the idea that demitri and wes anderson's fanbases overlap significantly is OTM, though I'm not sure what it says about these guys' work.

i like him a lot. He throws a lot of stuff at the wall and only some of it sticks but those few moments that do nail it for me.

Little stuff like about having a clock with no big hand so he just writes "-ish" after all the numbers...

the chart showing how a cute a girl is in ratio with how willing he is to hear about her cats...

stuff like that.

That's pretty much exactly how I feel about him.

jeez i'd listen to him for 3 hrs before 2 mins of Cook

yeah the wright/hedberg-ish one-liner jokes are prob the best part of his act. Also, palindromes. hate the guitar and projections though (haven't seen the tv show).

jeez i'd listen to him for 3 hrs before 2 mins of Cook

― Dr Morbius, Sunday, March 8, 2009 11:02 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

For me they're both so loathesome in different ways, but I would actually go Cook > Martin because at least he has a unique energy that isn't boring despite being the worst thing that happened to comendy in 20 years. It's like going P.O.D. over Wolf Parade, where I have more in common with the latter's aesthetic and fanbase, but I'd pick the mooks anyday because at least they put on a show.

this guy is hot, i'm ok with him

i like that he uses flipcharts in his jokes, thats pretty cool. sometimes i get that whole "i do that" thing because i think i've made some of this jokes before to my friends but i cant remember any specific ones

nothing - NOTHING - is funny about this guy

Except his jokes and shows. Maybe you have to be familiar with the slightly obsessive nerd type thinking mode he's obviously in to get his stuff?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IbhWG2LLAA

never watched his show, only saw stand up in passing, wouldnt believe it if you told me but his book "this is a book" (yes rmde) is p funny, its all little short, clever things, some drawings but not many

"I love you," she whispered into my ear. I was quiet for a moment. Then I turned to her and said, "I love you too, darling," but I kind of burped it. It was all one long burp. I could have done more words with it too, but I decided to cut it short. I remember the look in her eyes. It wasn't a good look.

from the Tribeca Film Festival:

The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature: Dean, written and directed by Demetri Martin.

Jury Comment: "We have had the great privilege of seeing ten accomplished and ambitious films over the last seven days here at Tribeca. But we all fell in love with this film. It manages the near impossible task of breathing new life into a well-worn genre, balancing humor and pathos with an incredibly deft touch, and offering a unique perspective on the way we process loss."

http://deadline.com/2016/04/dean-tribeca-studio-demteri-martin-gillian-jacobs-1201742682/