Not Very Interesting Things with Demetri Martin

I had seen ads for Comedy Central’s new show Important Things with Demetri Martin.  I think I’d even seen previews or trailer type videos and was actually really looking forward to checking this out so when my Rolling Stone came in the mail today featuring an ad for the show which started airing this week I was reminded to look it up.

I’m not personally very familiar with Demetri Martin or his comedy stylings but I am aware of his work with the Daily Show and The Flight of the Concords.  None of this previous experience or exposure helped him at all.  The show was terribly paced and for the most part just not funny.  Any of the quirkiness of the show had an already been done feel bringing to mind some of the great work on Awesometown or even some of Samberg’s better SNL stuff on the good side and an one man show episode of the Monkees on the weaker shorts.  He took his few good jokes and ran them well into the ground.  I maybe laughed 3 times in the half hour.

It’s a digital shorts meets stand-up meets variety show kinda thing with a cast of one and a few forgettable extras.  The format doesn’t work and the ‘live’ studio audience is definitely replaced by a laugh track.  I’m really disappointed with this project and wont be watching again.  I mean, it would have been bad for a one time special, at least that I could forgive but to present a whole season of this?  There has to be more talent out there.

-DoubleBitch

Dearest Fuckwads and Demetri Martin Enthusiasts,

Please note, this was my impression of the FIRST episode of said show.  I still stand on the comment that the first episode sucked sweaty balls.  The following episodes smoothed out and redeemed both themselves and the show.  If you’re interested in an article that agrees with you, please read : http://jerkdoublebitch.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/giving-important-things-a-second-chance/

Thank you, now stop leaving retarded comments.

-DoubleBitch

~ by doublebitch on February 12, 2009.