Okay, so it's been a while since I posted, but it's only because I'm supposed to be devoting all my (medium) insight about comedy to my thesis. But some news re: comedy central-
Michael Ian Black, Demetri Martin, and Lewis Black are all getting their own shows on Comedy Central. The one I'm most looking forward to is Demetri Martin's, which is being produced by Jon Stewart. Martin has been a fixture of The Daily Show since 2005, and his Trendspotting segments always seem very popular with the audience. The show will premiere in late 2008, which seems very far away, considering I will be a grown-up at that point (i.e. not a college student).
I remember being very nervous about Stephen Colbert having his own show, wondering whether he'd be able to sustain the character four nights a week, but he pulled it off tremendously and now has a lovely Vanity Fair article written about him. I recommend the article immensely, as it actually gives you a perspective into what he might be like as a real person. And also, what he was like in previous incarnations (which apparently include a bearded poet).
A Demetri martin-related anecdote: This one time, I got interviewed for something called facebook diaries, which might be porn... unclear. The hot blonde interviewer asked me what I thought was sexy and I said comedians. So she said what comedians do you like, and I said (among others) Demetri Martin, which she kind of scoffed at. I asked her why she made a face and she said "Oh, um, he's my ex-boyfriend... I mean, a friend of mine." Unfortunately, she was also in charge of distributing the prizes for interviews, which means I got a t-shirt instead of the grand prize, a digital camera.
