Important Things with Demetri Martin
7.8
2009
Comedy
Important Things with Demetri Martin is a sketch-variety show that aired on Comedy Central starring comedian Demetri Martin. Each episode examined a single theme, the "important thing", such as timing, power, control and money. All sketches, short vignettes, animated segments and stand-up comedy were loosely related to the theme of the episode. The show was produced by Jon Stewart's Busboy Productions, and contains stand-up, prop comedy and musical comedy by Martin, as well as taped sketches. Jon Stewart took an active role in editing the first few episodes.
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- Cast：
- Brian Berrebbi , Demetri Martin , John Oliver , H. Jon Benjamin , David Cross , Amanda Peet
Episode 10 : Control
April. 15,2010
Demetri wrestles with when it's good to be in control, particularly when struggling with a piñata.
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Episode 9 : Space
April. 09,2010
Demetri finds that spaces in a sentence are just as important as word choice and learns that space travel in the future is disconcertingly simple.
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Episode 8 : Nature
April. 02,2010
The natural world beguiles Demetri as he expounds on the cruelty of duck hunting and Bigfoot's mysterious sexual orientation.
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Episode 7 : Lines
March. 26,2010
Demetri demonstrates how adding lines to a drawing can change everything and laments the lack of pick-up line equivalents for breaking up.
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Episode 6 : 2, Too
March. 18,2010
Demetri returns to the number 2, shining a spotlight on Superman's duplicitous sidekick and how the shape of the number 2 conveys vital information.
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Episode 5 : 2
March. 11,2010
Demetri examines the number 2 from every vantage, from the biological -- as when two women hit the lavatory to dissect a blind date -- to basic but unnoticed social cues.
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Episode 4 : Money
February. 25,2010
Demetri finds there's more than one way to acquire wealth since it's not enough to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth -- sometimes you gotta shave a snake.
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Episode 3 : Strategy
February. 18,2010
Demetri knows that a man is only as good as his plan, so he explores the best strategy for seduction, suing your neighbor over a fence and reacting to alien life.
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Episode 2 : Ability
February. 11,2010
Demetri finds that people with special abilities -- unicyclists, amateur midwives and people who can simultaneously laugh and pee -- are in short supply.
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Episode 1 : Attention
February. 04,2010
Comedic dogs and patients who deliver toasts while handing doctors their urine samples need attention, just like Demetri.
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