Demetri Martin Shares His Early Comedy Drawings

'Dean' star Demetri Martin has always had a fascination with visual jokes.
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[@zer0saber638]

One of my favorite jokes from him was: A great way to start a conversation is to ask, "What's your favorite color?" A great way to end a conversation is to ask, "What's your favorite color.......person?"

[@Teaganbear]

ahahaha that's such a classic clever Demetri joke and I love it

[@2bitanalyst39]

Miss this guy's show. Seriously underrated

[@dothedeed]

I disagree

[@exthechickenwing]

Sawyer Fulks goat

[@MasoTrumoi]

His stuff was great, it got much weaker when he did sketches with guests. I think that's what turned people off from it, a shame really.

[@MindCrime550]

Yep, seems like we live in a world were an idiot or dumpster fire get's more attention that the talented and hardworking people.

[@WendyWeedSeed]

Sawyer Fulks soon as I seen this i said the same thing. This show was awesome. i loved it.

[@TheTamrielDrunkard]

I've always appreciated Dimitri Martin's style of humor. His jokes are clever.

[@razkable]

i like how demitri doesn't try hard...its just effortless how funny he can be..as opposed to 90% of comedians trying to hard

[@Moondancin]

I used to do drugs, I still do but I used to, too.

[@jimshort4677]

That's Mitch Hedberg.

[@KevinUchihaOG]

@@Moondancin bill hicks?

[@jennhoff03]

Yes. Most comedians tell a story to get a joke and it's anywhere from 30 seconds to 6 minutes. His jokes go by SO quickly that he has to come up with waaay more! Which is really amazing and impressive.

[@tdubb3]

Demtri Martin's 43 years old

[@SailingSeignior]

I just looked it up too after he mentioned he was on _The Daily Show_ in '97. I am totally shocked. I thought he was early thirties max.

[@OKatsby]

He basically hasn't aged in the last 10 years.

[@MetalGuitarGuy]

crqzy, he looks like a kid still aside from the gray hair.

[@GrizDrummer25]

No friggin way!! O.o Although I guess so is Abbey from NCIS...

[@Rodimus_Prime]

I was fortunate it to meet him after a show and he looks older in person but yes barely aged IMO.

[@Richie_Godsil]

Demitri is so god damn funny, in that off-kilter "wait, what?" sort of way, just kind of an understated genius comedian in a way. I wish he were more popular...

[@chesterbesterfeild]

hes not "haha" funny. hes: "was I supposed to laugh at that? was there a joke somewhere in that incoherent rambling reminiscent of a middle schooler at a talent show who signed up to do comedy because mommy always said he was funny?" funny

[@DesVenin]

chesterbesterfeild No, you're right. All the people in and out of the business who think he's funny are wrong. You are correct, our mistake. If you don't find him funny, that's fine. You have a right to your own opinion. But don't belittle people because they find him funny or otherwise be a twat about it.

[@timithy4569]

chesterbesterfeild chesterbesterfeild If you have studied comedy, you'd know that Demetri's comedy appeals more to the intelligent crowd. Where his brand of comedy is more haha funny than the majority of American comedy, where comedians are just reacting to youtube clips, making jokes about hookers and blow, jacking off, being a minority, being white, and just trying to be ridiculous with their musical acts or antics.

[@kakashi392]

Richie Godsil I

[@timothygraham4304]

It would be great if he was more popular in the sense that he earned more money but wanting him to be popular just sounds like you want your opinion of him validated.

[@eweiser7354]

His comedy is fresh and unique in its own way. Can't wait to see what he has to offer as an actor.

[@steelberg23]

I had pretty high hopes for Taking Woodstock, so I was kinda disappointed. But it's not terrible.

[@AX02Crusnik]

That clip didn't really pique my interest in Dean... and it makes me fear that his style of comedy won't translate well onto the big screen.

[@Les342]

I can see that, but you should watch the trailer if you haven't. I think it gives you a better idea of what the movie is like, more so than this clip does. I, for one, will definitely be seeing it. I really like Demetri Martin and Kevin Kline is one of my favorite actors. I just hope it lives up to my expectations better than Taking Woodstock did. I agree with Evan on that one. It was just okay.

[@ConnerMello2]

Watch In A World. He plays Lake Bell's love interest/colleague. Tons of great comedians in it. like him, Nick Offerman, Tig Nataro. Rob Corddry, Ken Marino, and some others. It's a really good film.

[@Dowdyderrick]

everybody needs to watch him in flight of the conchords it's perfect

[@axnyslie]

Demetri is the voice of Ice Bear on We Bare Bears. A cute underrated show.

[@Hangrid1]

That was really one of the most intelligent comedy ive heard. Simple and practical.

[@audreyh6628]

You should watch his stand up/his show The Demetri Martin Show - hours of one liners like these, its amazing

[@greatgoogily7911]

Hangrid1 yeah. his bit about memorizing the dictionary is hilarious. dude is crazy smart.

[@ljm792]

He also has a fantastic book, called "This is a book"

[@colinclark17]

ljm792 I bought his book it's hilarious

[@chesterbesterfeild]

Really? because your comment is grammatically atrocious so im guessing your judgment is questionable. Also because this guy is probably only funny to 5 year olds.

[@avereg_guy]

Important Things was so criminally underrated, one of my faves growing up.

[@chesterbesterfeild]

Dave Attel is "criminally underrated" Demitri Martin is criminally rated. How dare he share the earth with me. Fucking no material ad libs piece of shit

[@rippindrummer666]

Attell is great and so is demetri, different styles of comedian. Do you think Hedberg and Dangerfield suck.

[@EliasJWhite]

"Ice Bear has issues with letter M ... and also W."

[@nightwing4077]

"Ice Bear has all his teeth. Not crazy."

[@cthecanning]

Wait Ice Bear from We Bear Bears!? I don't remember that scene!

[@EliasJWhite]

Demetri Martin plays Ice Bear. It's a reference to Demetri's jokes in this video.

[@jskd2953]

"Ice Bear will never look at cinnamon roll the same way again."

[@katiekatbar777]

this dude is a national treasure 😂

[@MichaelAronson]

He's sort of a sober Mitch Hedberg.

[@plor1261]

I miss Mitch :( Definitely one of my favorites. RIP

[@chesterbesterfeild]

HOW DARE YOU

[@mr.glabalabadubeestuthemex3845]

Michael 마익흘 Aronson Spot on.

[@jasonmcdaniel345]

I've always thought their jokes had a similar style, though obviously Mitch's timing and delivery was different. Both are among my favorite comedians.

[@watercolourmark]

He’s more like a living Mitch Hedberg

[@eldukedrino]

god damn i forgot how funny this guy is! time to go through his specials again

[@garywhitelock4126]

Wow, haven't seen him in a while.

[@18JamesBlond]

I think Demetri Martin is completely ageless. He's 44.

[@davidmsirois]

I think Demitri's humor is a good barometer as to whether you should be friends with someone. If two people disagree about whether he is funny or not... they should not hang out whatsoever.

[@Walperion_Music]

Then I have no friends. :``(

[@Walperion_Music]

@John M No I just killed them all

[@cubeincubes]

lol ooo lol indeed I think he’s underrated but he does ok so it’s all good

[@davidmsirois]

@mellamosean not what i was saying at all... but yeah we definitely shouldn't be friends... but for many reasons

[@blamtasticful]

I disagree with that. OH NOW WHAT?

[@luckyjasonfan]

"Sorry, we're Clothed" outside a Strip Club during the day 😂😂😂😂 Amazing!

[@ranywayz]

I think Demetri says to Stephen 3 times 'thanks for having me' -- 1:04 and 1:18 and then 6:33 So I guess, thanks, Stephen, for having him!

[@kerrmic]

I want to thank Stephen too, now I know about Dimitri's movie and I'm definitely going!

[@Mr3Machine]

RanYwayZ 8

[@ianw8479]

RanYwayZ now it's my secret mission to find my way onto a talk show so I can sneak the most possible "thanks for having me"s into one interview

[@kerrmic]

ukulele 8 that reminds me of demitri martin's "word of the day" :'D

[@gitbint]

Why?

[@elliottkillian]

32 Teeth and 0 Pets. I'm OK

[@brokenwave6125]

Actually zero pets isnt ok. Its creepy and i dont trust you.

[@imnotacat5299]

Elliott Killian having pets if odd. we force animals to live with us against their will. but dogs need the stimulation of the wild, kinda like how killer whales get depressed when in captivity. pets only love us cause we feed them. why else do you think dogs run away.? they only come back for food/water but if someone else starts taking care of them, GG bro, he ain't coming back to you.

[@geico105]

What if I have 33 teeth?

[@transcendentape]

df- If humans had been selectively breeding orcas for thousands of years then your analogy would be valid. Instead, it's just ignorant.

[@AL-SH]

HighCat710 Cats are that way, they only like you when you feed them. Dogs on the other hand, they would take a bullet for you.

[@ChesuMori]

Never tacos before scuba.

[@Pedro-tl7jg]

Stephen looks annoyed that Dimitri gets more laughs with dumb drawings than he gets with a whole team writing for him.

[@klatenist]

his comedy is different, i like it

[@Adrian9oh9]

Aninto Jati Nugroho If you haven't seen his special on Netflix called "Demetri Martin Live (At the Time)" you should because he's massively underrated. He also has some comedy albums on Apple Music and Spotify.

[@chesterbesterfeild]

is "different"' a new, cool version of the word "bad" or "tallentless"?

[@getitstandswithukraine6637]

chesterbesterfeild You must have 4 pets and teeth. You just go through the comment section and make a negative comments about him on every compliment :D. Thats pathetic, especially when you consider that your comments are the exact opposite of witty.

[@BoogsterSU2]

Demetri is also a polar bear.

[@CNWhatImSaiyan]

"Ice Bear is I-Ice Bear."

[@nightwing4077]

"The world isn't ready for what Ice Bear can do."

[@b.l.o.o.d.m.o.s.e.s.]

"cup... cake"

[@avocadolover7459]

If someone comments one more ice bear quote, I think I'm gonna hurl.

[@sparklingsweet18aj]

"Ice Bear has ninja stars" ;)

[@Buenomars]

"Friendly fire isn't."

[@gitbint]

Buenomars Lmao 😂😭😂 Three words only! You win!

[@tyroniussupapookiemcleroy1403]

Nice

[@robert25606]

Venison's deer Dwarf shortage

[@brokenwave6125]

Problem is its not funny

[@eltrapo5404]

Broken Wave give us a better one

[@conciliator6440]

i love his vaguely 70s-detective style

[@ChazZeromus]

Conciliator more Carl Sagan

[@5ilver42]

I was thinking the same thing. Very Sagan.

[@ggt47]

Well he is from the 70's.

[@ggt47]

Well he is from the 70's. Also sorry for all the comments I have an anxiety.

[@Indarow]

My favorite was always his “Where’s Waldo?” Drawing. It includes Waldo’s hat, surrounded by sharks.

[@darcybhaiwala7057]

This dude was one year away from becoming a lawyer. You can tell he is whip smart

[@johnbaker7102]

His comedy is refreshingly unique from the mainstream comedy of rehashed one-liners. His brand of comedy is short yet still more thoughtful than most longer jokes. That's a unique talent. Reminds me of Mitch Hedberg.

[@TheKnicks2012]

Ice bear loves Colbert

[@execat]

Notice Stephen from 5:34 to 5:50. I laughed at all his jokes, but didn't find the crossbones one that funny, but Stephen is straight out giggling at that joke and has a straight face throughout the other jokes, haha.

[@timhulsizer]

Anuj More I think Stephen was purposely trying to stay straight-faced through the whole thing to match Dmitri's delivery. But that particular drawing got him to break

[@hkmv1]

I've seen that joke from him before, but that one still cracked me up.

[@makesnovideos]

Ya I thought the crossbones one was the best one haha

[@InsomniaS3S]

i would love to see him do these jokes on The Tonight Show and see Fallon's reaction. The juxtaposition of the two would be amazing

[@marone0324]

@@timhulsizer yeah, people thinking Colbert didn't like it don't get him matching the tone of his guests delivery

[@Bobabibu420]

Dat dry comedy xD

[@chesterbesterfeild]

you misspelled "shit"

[@DesVenin]

chesterbesterfeild Man, you must really hate this guy. So many comments to shit all over his comedy.

[@danielc9509]

@@DesVenin I mean remember that art is subjective. People have their type of humor. Maybe this isn’t the type of humor chesterbesterfeild enjoys. One liners are the best because the jokes are straight and into the point. The ones that are longer such as anecdotes/stories. Sort of like Gabriel Iglesias’ are good as well. But you have to keep the audience’s attention through the whole story. If you mess it up, the whole joke is ruined. Also one liners give you different sensations before you get the punchline. For example: “Instead of “for example,” I like to use words such as “such as” for example.” It’s smart, funny, and to the point

[@EthanVillanueva]

I like that he doesn't have to rely on vulgarity and shock value for the jokes. They're just clever and well delivered.

[@jjclv_]

Demetri Martin is pure genius.

[@simply.skyler]

Love Demetri Martin, he has great stuff. Loved his old show, too bad it's not running anymore. :(

[@KO-OG-Passport-Bro-1997]

I have always found this dude to be funny...

[@isaacb4955]

Great movie. Made me cry for mom like a baby, fell in love and broken heart just like real life, and made me laugh with his quick wit!!!!

[@jamesburgess2k]

Wow, never heard of this guy. This was quite funny

[@AnandTumurtogoo17]

His show was so fucking hilarious!

[@jamescampbell9236]

James Burgess He is great. I've watched a couple of his shows on netflix. Very good stuff.

[@Adrian9oh9]

Watch his Netflix special! His speciality is short form jokes and he's great at it.

[@CyanAnn]

James Burgess He was VERY popular a few years ago for the same stuff and also some music stuff. I think he was popular at the same time as Body Burnam, but I'm not sure

[@jasonmcdaniel345]

He is really smart, too. Check out his "If I" special. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ6nXnSXj7-nl9U

[@DarlingDarby]

Looooove Demitri Martin. so glad to see him back in the spotlight again

[@roberttaylor3613]

I'll never forget him for his battery jokes

[@TrueNovemberXXXVI]

Robert Taylor B Batteries

[@mdace34]

I'd like 2 C batteries..... They're right there!!

[@curehimeproductions4031]

Ice Bear approves.

[@vRED13vTTV]

i love his style of comedy, to this day one of my favorite comedy bits ever is when he had the big notepad "Material Enhancers" and he does the bit about spelling "Banana"

[@maximusorion]

It’s probably just me, but didn’t Stephen look like Dana Carvey doing a Stephen Colbert impression right in the very first couple seconds of this video when they come back from commercial lol

[@SM-kv4gr]

'If' by Demetri Martin will always be one of my favourites

[@transformersloverjon]

Skull and crossbones caused Stephen to corpse. (That was such a show business pun.)

[@gitsurfer27]

Wow Stephen Colbert is such an interesting and charismatic guy. The way he interacts with his guest by nodding and going "mmm hmm". That natural banter is just so entertaining. And the way he rarely, if ever, laughs, You can just see how comfortable that makes his guests. Deadpan, uncommunicative, and seemingly in a constant state of disinterest, that's what we want in our talk show hosts.

[@broku5765]

gitsurfer27 seriously. I can’t tell if he’s got massive judgements behind those stoic stares or if he’s just not good a being fun funny so he just passes when most would play along.

[@nebulousisgod]

He’s extremely charismatic. How do you think he got the job? You can have Robin Williams on coke for every talk show host. I think he’s fine. You’re too judgmental. All of you.

[@Rensoku611]

Lol you didnt understand anything of what happened here right?

[@Madvillainy91]

His Netflix stand-up show was hilarious. "I think Jesus was probably one of the first scarecrows." ~ Demetri Martin, 2015

[@HerSilkScarfGagsMe]

Demetri is the best

[@CMichael2276]

Underatted. Dmitri is hilarious!

[@Zlittlepenguin]

I love demitri. He's so random. He'll be talking about how many pets are ok to own, and then he's just like "but teeth are the exact opposite!" Lol

[@yateswebb]

Sorry, we're clothed

[@jjm0537]

Reminds me of XKCD humor.

[@faithfail]

Saw him live. So good. And Important Things was genius. He's too smart for mainstream

[@whatamiwatchingthis4]

FAITHFAIL I did as well about 10 years ago. Amazing show, after the show was over, he took suggestions for jokes for over an hour.

[@CricketAffanatic]

the reason why he's not so famous is cuz his jokes are actually quite clever and not everyone gets it. Also, he's not very vulgar which I think contributes to that as well

[@wurzelausc]

He is too intelligent to be a superstar.

[@bobob61430]

That is the most Stephen Colbert show I have seen in ever

[@bobob61430]

That is the most Stephen Colbert show I have seen in ever

[@eddyk3]

Jimmy Carrs 2 shortest jokes. "Dwarf Shortage' and 'Stationary store moves'

[@ssubhan9003]

This guy has always been great! His Netflix special is hilarious and witty.

[@cormacmaher2]

Steven colbert is so bad in this interview, he seems like he doesn't want to be there.

[@StephenMorganCanada]

We actually did the strip club sign in the 90’s. For real. Win an ad award too.

[@ficklepickle2495]

2:21 basically how Trump's success as president works

[@fabricator]

Demetri Martin is hilarious! Who the hell downvotes stuff like this?

[@bennydreieiei1014]

I loved his few segments on the Daily Show!

[@travismitchell1299]

Why is Stephen Colbert the worst host ever? Demitri killed the whole time and Stephen laughed at one joke

[@remyhavoc4463]

Ice bear's impressed.

[@ChillDfect]

THAT DAMNED CBS BUG SCREWING UP MARTIN'S JOKES :(

[@frauflusti]

He's definitely one of my favorite comedians. Always makes me laugh without fail.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

Take my wife, please. Everyone just uses it like that but doesn't it require some setup? Just "Take my wife, please." isn't really much of a joke but if you said maybe something like "Some people drive me crazy. Take my wife... Please!" Now that's funny. You can't start with "Take my wife." No one says that. No one says "Take my car." or "Take my dog.". It's not natural language. You have to set it up.

[@danteverduzco2440]

My original three word joke...Save it Hoarders!

[@ARWG]

I like this guy.

[@JohnnyLoves]

This dude's work is an inspiration. I really wanna see more of him.

[@RazCloset]

This guy makes me laugh out loud more than any usual comic

[@matthewanda7274]

I'm usually not a huge fan of stand up comedians, most stand up comics cant actually make me laugh out loud but demetri Martin certainly can make me bust out laughing. When I was in like 8th or 9th grade I bought a CD containing his standup comedy and I downloaded it onto my ipod and i listened to it on an airplane ride and I'm sure the people next to me thought I was crazy because I couldn't control my laughter.

[@juliuscaesart]

Ice Bear enjoys late night talk shows.

[@RealCoolGuy]

I kept wondering what the little smiley face was in the corner of his graphs and then I realised it was the CBS logo

[@SocksAndPuppets]

I can beat a four word joke. I can give you a two word joke! "President Trump."

[@robgalaxy7763]

Except that's the laziest subject for modern day conversation/comedy ever

[@4ourty5ive]

Demetri's been around for a while guys, what have you been you-tubing that you missed him? Go. Click on better things.

[@An_Arbitrary_Miscellany]

My favourite Demetri joke is when he says he likes to put loads of messages in bottles, then toss them in the sea. Then he goes down to the beach later and creeps up on people as they find the bottles and read the message. Because the message reads: "I'm standing right behind you".

[@Internatube]

Ice Bear voices Demetri Martin in Ice Bear's free time.

[@tunatoews]

That was so good. This reminds me of early KZbin days

[@thesemisadventures]

Raced to the comments to say how underrated he is, beaten by everyone

[@zachesherman]

Demetri used forearms for the skull and crossbones. If these were turned into bones, the forearms would each have TWO bones (radius and ulna). The more commonly used bones for the symbol appear to be the femur (upper leg), humerus (upper arm), and tibia (1/2 of the lower leg). I know this is nit-picking, but anatomy!

[@user-bt4jk2se6v]

Demetri Martin is the reason why I got into loving comedy so much

[@VianneyCreates]

Demetri has such a baby face. Adorbs.

[@GregRiceTarantulas]

What if you have 132 pets, and together they have over 1,000 eyes?

[@muninraven3327]

Regarding short jokes, Jimmy Carr has his wonderful "venison's dear, isn't it", and "dwarf shortage". Both a play on words. I love Demetri, and maybe his "if I" is the shortest palindrome?

[@blackfoot332]

I love both of these guys, but I can't even watch it through to the end cuz Colbert just shows zero appreciation for his drawing jokes and keeps rushing through them, moving to take the card away before the audience even reacts to the joke. He must've been seriously pissed at Martin for something.

[@shamus248]

yoooo remember that fuckin show he had on comedy central????

[@radishsayshi]

I'm almost angry at how unfunny steven seems to find him. C'mon now.

[@tristankennedy9673]

I miss his show so much...

[@ufotofu9]

I like him, seems like a nice guy, I think the concept of combing The Far Side type single panel cartoons with a stand-up is a great one, but for whatever reason I'm not a fan of his humor.

[@shawndiaz7528]

When he's going at his own pace, his delivery is much better. I recommend checking out his old specials. His show was just okay. His old specials killed though.

[@matthiasck]

Isnt he Ice Bear in We Bare Bears??

[@viveleshistoires4874]

Yup.

[@marcustenhaafus]

1 pet = O.K.; 4 pets = desperate; 32 pets = crazy; but then, if you have 100 pets, you are "farmer" and that seems O.K. again

[@TyFtI34]

I freakin missed this guy. So witty and smart

[@esotericVideos]

Demetri Martin? Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time... a long time.

[@Swordtee40]

It's been a while since I seen this guy

[@MilkHound]

He's rehashing old material, but it's still funny.. Go watch his Netflix specials. Live at the time is one of my favorite stand-ups ever.

[@pjdalton]

the shit they edit out of this show is so fucking obvious and bad. after demetri apologizes for not attending the daily show reunion they must've edited out like at least 30 seconds

[@lKurmeX]

john oliver has a son??? never knew...lmao

[@sandyogilvie6027]

Least words in a joke could possibly be the one where you just say someone's name. It's awful, but technically works.