This Is an AudioBook, Demetri Martin
This Is an AudioBook, Demetri Martin
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This Is an AudioBook

Author: Demetri Martin

Narrator: Demetri Martin

Unabridged: 4 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/25/2011

Categories: Nonfiction, Humor


Synopsis

From the renowned comedian, creator, star and executive producer/multiple title-holder of Comedy Central's Important Things with Demetri Martin comes a bold, original, and rectangular kind of humor book.

Demetri's first literary foray features longer-form essays and conceptual pieces (such as Protagonists' Hospital, a melodrama about the clinic doctors who treat only the flesh wounds and minor head scratches of Hollywood action heroes), as well as his trademark charts, doodles, drawings, one-liners, and lists (i.e., the world views of optimists, pessimists and contortionists), Martin's material is varied, but his unique voice and brilliant mind will keep readers in stitches from beginning to end.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fabian on December 04, 2019

I expected the usual, cynical you-are-sofunny-thus-give-us-a-sketch-book-of-your-most-zany-ideas type of deal... but was disappointed to realize that Martin is incredibly crafty at the most basic of comedic levels--word play, puns, kindergarten notes/drawings to pass to your best friend unbeknownst......more

Goodreads review by Scott on December 22, 2012

Read this if you... a) ...like to laugh out loud - not that disingenuous LOL stuff - real laughs. Here are some examples drawn from my own reading experience: Types of Laughs Experienced By Me While Reading This Book: i) Unexpectedly loud when I was trying to be quiet because my wife was sleeping i......more

Goodreads review by Brent on February 15, 2018

These pieces have that Effortlessly Hilarious vibe that tend to come only with long effort. Even the introduction is funny. Highpoints include: Protagonist's Hospital, Bee Sting, and Megaphone......more

Goodreads review by Garrett Cook on June 12, 2011

I'd seen his standup, I'd watched Important Things and I got an inkling of something I learned about Demetri Martin from reading this book. A lot of comedians have a love of words and everything about them. If it's just you and a microphone making people laugh, you have to develop an affinity for wo......more