Two AMAZING stand-up specials that I caught recently were Louis C.K.: Shameless and Demetri Martin: Person. Louis C.K. has written for Conan, SNL, and the talent cesspool that was the Dana Carvey Show. He's great in a relatable, but off-color way and is always funny when he's talking about his wife and kids, especially pointing out the asshole-ishness of 4-year-old daughter. I thought his short-lived HBO show, Lucky Louie, was really underrated: he took a huge risk in experimenting with an R-rated sitcom, a format which hasn't really been played around with yet.
Demetri Martin seems like he's often at the forefront of the alterna- comedy movement, which is not so alterna anymore, now that there's 100 spots on vh1 shows for them and infinite space on youtube. Martin used to do stand-up at UCBT, but has gotten some corporate sponsors to fund his Comedy Central special. It's well-deserved success since his irreverent sense of humor and quirky drawings are really hysterical. He's also got gorgeous hipster hair and ironic hipster T-shirts. Some of his bits remind me a little too much of Zach Galifanakis though. Tsk tsk.
Check out this College Humor interview with Paul Mecurio, stand-up comic and writer for The Daily Show. He's working on a show that will "be to Sports Center what The Daily Show was to the news." Doesn't sound that great to me, but maybe sportsfans will disagree.
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