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I really like Demetri Martin, but this episode was quite underwelming.

posted 16 years ago by Wackd_w_apostrophe
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It had it's moments, but somehow I expected more. Of course, he's used to doing more one-off jokes--perhaps he needed a bit of time to slip into the idea of each episode being themed instead of his usual random, grab-bag assortment.

That being said, I enjoyed his graphs (as I usually do) and his sketch on anger. There were a few other good bits, but if every episode is continuing in this direction than it's nothing to get excited about.

I hope it gets better.

Boring, boring, boring, boring, BORING!

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[–] drewschmidt920 16 years ago

I agree completely, I normally love Demetri Martin and was very excited for this show but I was a bit let down. Maybe it will take time for him to figure out where he wants to go with the show, but I'm afraid it won't last long if every episode is like last night.

I did find the anger skit hilarious though!

[–] seafarings 16 years ago

Yeah I kind of agree with you, I found the audience to be the most annoying, they should have taken them all out to begin with and just have him, they laughed non stop even when he wasn't telling jokes, I could see them having seizures on the front row too. Maybe for his stand up jokes during the show but not during the sketches

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[–] Meurglys3 16 years ago

I too was underwhelmed. There were a couple funny parts but far fewer than I expected.

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[–] Shaomoki 16 years ago

There are a lot of great stand up comedians who get the opportunity to do their own tv show, but it ends up falling flat, or canceled.

DL Hugley, Lewis Black, Colin Quinn, Wanda Sykes, Carlos Mencia, The Blue Collar guys. Just to name a few. Sadly most of the ones I can easily think of are from Comedy Central.

I loved his standup routine, but when I saw the advert hyping his show, I thought it was kind of tragic to see his name behind it.

But yeah I hope it does well, the critics love him, and the community here seems kind of divided about it, but I'm not a fan of the show and probably won't be watching it.

Ron White is getting his own show too. Wonder how that'll go.