Demetri Martin

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May 25, 1973 in New York City, The United States

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http://www.demetrimartin.com/

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Demetri Martin is an American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer and humorist. Martin is best known for his work as a stand-up comedian, contributor on The Daily Show and for his Comedy Central show Important Things with Demetri Martin.

Martin is known for being an unconventional stand-up comic. He uses extensive wordplay (particularly paraprosdokians), one-liners, and drawings on a "large pad", as well as accompanying his jokes with music on either guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboard, glockenspiel, toy bells, ukulele, or tambourine, sometimes all at once. He has cited comedian Steven Wright as an important influence (both use deadpan one-liners in their acts) and he is also a fan of Bill Cosby.

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Demetri is about to do 3 live stand-up shows.

June 16 – Chicago (Chicago Theater)

June 17 – Minneapolis (Pantages Theater)

June 18 – Milwaukee (The Pabst Theater)

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Books by Demetri Martin

Average rating: 3.71 · 1,786 ratings · 381 reviews · 3 distinct works

	This is a Book 3.71 avg rating — 1,775 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	My rating:
	These Are Jokes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Point Your Face at This 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Demetri Martin

“I think the worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades...or a game of fake heart attack.”
― Demetri Martin

40 people liked it

“I like video games, but they're really violent. I'd like to play a video game where you help the people who were shot in all the other games. It'd be called 'Really Busy Hospital.”
― Demetri Martin

tags: comedians , demetri-martin , funny , games , helping-others , humor , shot , video-games

40 people liked it

“Sort of' is such a harmless thing to say... sort of. It's just a filler. Sort of... it doesn't really mean anything. But after certain things, sort of means everything. Like... after "I love you"... or "You're going to live"... or "It's a boy!”
― Demetri Martin

tags: comedian , comedy , equivocation , funny , humor

35 people liked it

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