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'Crank Yankers' renewed for 20 additional episodes

TV // 4 years ago

'Crank Yankers' renewed for 20 additional episodes

Comedy Central ordered 20 more episodes of comedy series "Crank Yankers" from co-creator and executive producer Jimmy Kimmel.

New York Comedy Festival 2019: Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, Jenny Slate to perform

Entertainment News // 4 years ago

New York Comedy Festival 2019: Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, Jenny Slate to perform

Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, Jenny Slate, Bill Maher, Nicole Byer, Comedy Bang! Bang! and other stars will headline shows at the New York Comedy Festival in November.

Netflix: What's coming and going in August 2018

Entertainment News // 5 years ago

Netflix: What's coming and going in August 2018

"Gran Torino" and new seasons of "Ozark," "The Originals," "The 100" and "The Good Place" are headed to Netflix.

'Dean,' 'Junction 48' win top awards at Tribeca Film Festival

Movies // 8 years ago

'Dean,' 'Junction 48' win top awards at Tribeca Film Festival

"Dean," a movie written and directed by Demetri Martin, has won the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature at New York's Tribeca Film Festival.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

Dave Chappelle to perform during Funny or Die stage tour

Dave Chappelle, Al Madrigal, Brody Steven and comedy team Flight of the Conchords are booked to perform during a U.S. stage tour, Live Nation said Monday.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

Ferrell's 'Funny or Die' tour sold out

New Line Cinema said all eight scheduled dates on Will Ferrell's U.S. "Funny or Die Comedy Tour" have sold out.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

Stewart to stay on 'Daily Show' until 2010

Jon Stewart has extended his deal with the U.S. cable channel Comedy Central and will star on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" through 2010.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

Authors producing their own audio books

New Yorker Julian Rubinstein, who wrote "Ballad of the Whiskey Robber," is one of several U.S. authors who has taken audio publishing into his own hands.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

Windows Vista gets poster boy

To advertise its new operating system Windows Vista, Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp. has signed comic Demetri Martin.

Entertainment News // 2 decades ago

American wins U.K.'s comedy award

New Yorker Demetri Martin, who gave up law school to pursue comedy, has won United Kingdom's most prestigious comedy award, BBC reported Sunday.

Demetri Martin (born May 25, 1973 in New York City, New York) is an Emmy Award–nominated and Perrier comedy award–winning American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer, and humorist. Martin is best known for his work as a standup and prop comedian and as a contributor on The Daily Show. Currently, he is hosting his own show on Comedy Central entitled Important Things with Demetri Martin.

Martin graduated from Yale University in 1995. Despite objections from his family, he dropped out a year before graduating NYU School of Law to pursue a career in comedy. It was his best friend "Kro" that actually taught him to be funny. When asked this, "Kro" was quoted saying, "I mean I'm pretty funny I guess." Regarding the event, Martin has said:

He is known for his ambidexterity. His hobbies include constructing palindromes.

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