''Demetri Martin. Person.'' is a 2007

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special featuring

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Demetri Martin Demetri Evan Martin ( el, Δημήτριος Ευάγγελος Μάρτιν, ''Dimitrios Evangelos Martin''; born May 25, 1973) is an American comedian, actor, writer, director, cartoonist and musician. He was a contributor on ''The Daily Show'' ...

. It was directed by

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and filmed at The Paramount Theatre in

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. It first aired on January 14, 2007, and a

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was released by

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and Comedy Central on September 4, 2007.

Segments

Intro

Martin sings a song about himself while walking backstage and showing his

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skills.

Large Pad/Findings

Martin uses his Large Pad to show some research or "Findings" with his Pointer. Among the topics discussed are "How Short a Person Is vs. How Drunk a Person Is and How Funny It Is", "Breakdown of

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Owners", "How Funny I Find Farts by Location", "Flow Chart Of Clowns", "People Who Live in Glass Houses Shouldn't Throw Stones", "Pony Tail Locations", "A Pie Chart About

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" (actually an empty circle), "The Cuteness of a Girl vs. How Interested I Am in Hearing About How Intuitive Her Cat Is", "My Ability To Draw Mountains Over Time", "State Shapes", " Half Full vs. Half Empty Based on Contents of Glass", and "Pillow Fights".

Hey Porcupines

In this animation made by Martin using felt and chalkboards, Martin thinks about

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The Jokes with Piano

Martin plays some

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on the piano and sings some one liners. This is also the introduction of the recurring theme of "unnecessary bells".

The Jokes with Guitar and Harmonica

Martin tells some jokes while playing

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and

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Art

Martin showcases some of his funny drawings accompanied by music on piano and harmonica.

Mythical Creatures

In this animated segment, Martin plays Professor Irwin Glands, a professor in "mythozoology". He discusses some lesser known

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, such as the "Vertimaid", the "Zebratard", and the "RexFidoBuster".

Getting the Harmonica the Cool Way

Martin is about to tell some jokes accompanied by his guitar when he realizes he doesn't have the harmonica rack around his neck and left it on top of the piano, so he gets up out of his chair and gets it "the

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way".

Where My Jokes Go

Similar to the end of his ''

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'' special where he talked about where his jokes came from, Martin discusses/hypothesizes where his jokes go while some friends and relatives of his act them out. In between, he tells some more jokes.

References

External links

Demetri Martin. Person. on IMDb
{{Demetri Martin Stand-up comedy specials and films Comedy Central original programming 2007 television specials 2000s in comedy Films directed by Jay Karas