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Important Things with Demetri Martin (2009)

Name: Important Things with Demetri Martin
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Demetri Martin, H. Jon Benjamin, Brian Berrebbi, John Oliver, H. Jon Benjamin

Comedy

Important Things with Demetri Martin is a sketch-variety show that aired on Comedy Central starring comedian Demetri Martin. Each episode examined a single theme, the "important thing", such as timing, power, control and money. All sketches, short vignettes, animated segments and stand-up comedy were loosely related to the theme of the episode. The show was produced by Jon Stewart's Busboy Productions, and contains stand-up, prop comedy and musical comedy by Martin, as well as taped sketches. Jon Stewart took an active role in editing the first few episodes.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (3,768 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2009)

8.00 avg 7 episodes 7.9 → 8.1 21 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Timing	7.9	105
2	Power	7.8	69
3	Brains	8.0	71
4	Chairs	8.0	58
5	Safety	7.9	53
6	Coolness	8.3	54
7	Games	8.1	47

Season 2 (2010)

7.19 avg 10 episodes 7.1 → 7.2 21 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Attention	7.1	36
2	Ability	7.5	34
3	Strategy	6.8	32
4	Money	6.8	32
5	2	7.1	32
6	2: Part 2	7.5	33
7	Lines	7.5	28
8	Nature	7.0	30
9	Space	7.4	28
10	Control	7.2	27

Important Things with Demetri Martin (2009)

Cast

Seasons

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