Important Things with Demetri Martin

Part stream-of-consciousness sketch show, part stand up comedy, mixed with animation and music. Each episode showcases Demetri Martin's clever and bizarre comic talent as he explores one `important thing'. Demetri turns his attention to `timing' and puts his own spin on the expression, `timing is everything'.

Demetri waxes lyrical about power with segments on jokes, sketches, animation and music loosely based around power. Watch out for Demetri's differentiation between `gut instinct' and `balls instinct'.

Comedian Demetri Martin turns his attentions to `brains' in this episode, with jokes about naming presidents and ATM `machines'. Later, Demetri performs a sketch including William Shakespeare, Galileo Galilei and Benjamin Franklin trying to woo a waitress and raps a song based around thinking.

Demetri Martin explores the topic of chairs.

Comedian Demetri Martin stresses the importance of safety, with particular emphasis on fire and the perils of scented candles.

Comedian Demetri Martin turns his attention to coolness and makes observations on smashing instruments to look cool and how to get out of boring conversations the cool way.