Drawn Together

Normally we don’t find a guy and a sketch pad funny, but there’s something about Demetri Martin, his one-liners, and oversize sketch pad that keeps us cracking up and coming back for more. The former writer for Late Night with Conan O’Brien has become known for his unconventional stand-up style...

By Lauren Saira

October 25, 2012

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Normally we don’t find a guy and a sketch pad funny, but there’s something about Demetri Martin, his one-liners, and oversize sketch pad that keeps us cracking up and coming back for more. The former writer for Late Night with Conan O’Brien has become known for his unconventional stand-up style and not-uncommon musical accompaniment to his shows.

From regular appearances on The Daily Show to his New York Times best-selling book, This Is a Book by Demetri Martin, Martin and his sketchpad turn life’s simplest happenings into sidesplitting jokes.

Catch Martin (and a couple of laughs) as he and his drawing pad explore “important things” at Stand Up Live.

Fri., Oct. 26, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m., 2012

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