Demetri Martin

It is rare for a comedian to master the one-liner. Credit where credit is due. It is not rare for a comedian under ill-advisement to push his limited talents into another arena. Apparently Jon Stewart has been the promotional force behind Important Things and Martin's recent visibility, which reeks of artifice...The audience response in his Comedy Central Presents special is tinkered to be absurdly disproportionate.

The assumption seems to be that Demetri's minimalist drawings and musings are precocious, clever and adorable. The truth is that his act is a cheap novelty and I find him no more adorable than Zac Efron.

Mitch Hedberg spoke wisdom:

When you're in Hollywood and you're a comedian, everybody wants you to do other things. "All right, you're a stand-up comedian...Can you write us a script?" That's not fair. That's like if I worked hard to become a cook, and I'm a really good cook, they'd say, "OK, you're a cook. Can you farm?"