The series came off the back of a well-received stand-up special and, before that, a stint on The Daily Show a weird job for him to be doing, in a way, since up-to-the-minute satirical comment is very much not what Demetri Martin is about. I was surprised when The Daily Show called me' I want to write jokes about chairs and dogs, not Congress. Nevertheless it was an excellent showcase for his wide-ranging talents. "I tell people it was my choice, and I got it in just before they cancelled it: 'Hi, this is Comedy Central …' 'Before you say anything, Comedy Central, I just want you to know that under no circumstances will I do the show any more.' I'm calling it a mutual break-up." He also says that one of the most important lessons the show taught him was "never to Google myself". If you're not yet familiar with this Greek-American's dry but highly crafted stand-up – revolving around top-drawer one-liners and a refined sense of the absurd – you should check out his solo TV series, Important Things With Demetri Martin, recently cancelled by Comedy Central after two excellent seasons. "I'm curious to see who shows up and how the shows go," he says. It's a hotly anticipated return but Martin is downplaying expectations. Now he's back over here for his first shows in more than five years.
It certainly didn't take the US comic long to adapt to UK tastes: he won the Perrier Award that same summer.
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