Demetri Martin: Genius or Wildly Overrated?

[BurtWorm]

Poll question: Demetri Martin: Genius or Wildly Overrated?

[lizerdbits]

1. I didn't think he was very funny when he appeared on the Daily Show

I saw ads he has his own show and just wondered why.

[Z_I_Peevey]

2. Leaning toward genius on the Daily Show, but the new show

has me thinking "wildly overrated."

But the kid sure is cute, and I loved his standup special. Very clever.

[Iggo]

3. Who?

And has it really been that long since I've seen The Daily Show?

Yikes...

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. I think he's incredibly clever and smart. His is not a straight up kind of humor,

but a subtle wordplay, intellectual, high-concept kind of humor mixed in with a bit of random slapstick pure silliness that I find fucking hilarious, and intellectually insightful.

I love his show.

He's kind of a modern day Steve Martin: heady humor, not visceral.

It would be interesting to see what he and Eddy Izzard could come up with together.

[BurtWorm]

9. I wonder if he's related to Steve.

:think:

That's an apt description of him, although, I have only laughed out loud once while watching him. He was talking about how to get someone who says "tell me why I shouldn't tickle you," to not tickle you--because he said anyone who asks you that is going to tickle you no matter what you say. Must be from personal experience. Anyway he suggested answering, "I have a really bad case of diarrhea."

[Dr. Strange]

10. I caught a few minutes of his show.

Cracked me the hell up, but I had never heard of him.

A youtuber for people to see the man being discussed...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKnzPHtf9u4

[Initech]

5. I havent seen his new show but personally I think he's hit-or-miss.

[Forkboy]

6. In between. I like him, though.

Especially his graph showing his ability to draw mountains over time. :rofl:

[AlCzervik]

7. he needs more time, i haven't seen enough of his marterial to decide.

anyhow i liked what i've seen but he hasn't really been around that long.

David Cross, now that's good stuff.

[jpgray]

8. Dumb gimmicks, mostly, with a safety-net pretense of amateur cuteness

If something bombs, that way you can retreat into self-irony, rather than putting too much of yourself out there to be judged. Worked for a lot of greats, though!

[JitterbugPerfume]

11. he is a work in progress

I watched him a couple of times and he was ok

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. If tonight's episode doesn't convince you that he's brilliant,

then there is no hope for you.

[MrSlayer]

13. How about neither?

He's certainly not a genius but he's not overrated either. People have to know who the hell you are before you can be overrated.