Demetri Martin in Hawaii - Oct 26, 2008 (hunting ghosts)

Well, they're not as big as the show I remember he played at Town Hall in like 2007, but roughly-600 person venues are much bigger than places like UCB, Rififi, Pianos and Sound Fix. Comedian Demetri Martin is headlining Bowery Ballroom on February 19th, and Music Hall of Williamsburg the next day. Tickets for both shows go on Am Ex presale Wednesday at noon.

Eugene Mirman also has two big nights of shows coming up. So does Aziz Ansari.

Demetri Martin was not a special guest at any of this year's Yo La Tengo Hanukkah shows, but Jon Benjamin was.

Demetri Martin reminds me of Mitch Hedberg (RIP) who had an album come out in 2008.

Comedy Central presents Demetri Martin, in the video below...

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Punchline Magazine's 10 best comedy albums of 2008
#1 - DOUG BENSON, Professional Humoredian
#2 - LOUIS C.K., Chewed Up
#3 - ANDI SMITH, Homeperm
#4 - ROBERT KELLY, Just The Tip
#5 - ROCKY LaPORTE, Who Knew?
#6 - TODD BARRY, From Heaven
#7 - MITCH HEDBERG, Do You Believe in Gosh?
#8 - LISA LANDRY, Put Your Keys in the Keybowl
#9 - DOV DAVIDOFF, The Point Is...
#10 - TOM McCAFFREY, Lou Diamond Phillips?

What are the best music albums?

Video of Doug Benson performing live in 2007 below...

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DOWNLOAD: Neil Hamburger - At Least I Was Paid (MP3)

Well, what else do we need to say about this? "America's Funnyman" ("The World's Funnyman," actually) has decided to sing America's music at last! The country crooning of Neil Hamburger (though some would call it moaning) fits the white blues that is country music to a T! Neil's life story is perfect fodder for the "tear in the beer" genre as well - and Neil's original tunes, such as "At Least I Got Paid," "Three Piece Chicken Dinner" and "The Recycle Bin" bring his personality to the fore. His crack "Nashville West" band includes such luminaries as Dave Gleason, Atom Ellis, Prairie Prince, Rachel Haden and Joe Goldmark, all of whom play and sing their country-fried hearts out to create a sound that is decidedly old-school honky-tonk. All this plus cover versions of John Entwistle, Mark Eitzel and Billy Edd Wheeler add up to a powerful singing debut from America's newest hat act, Neil Hamburger!

I recently mentioned that Bob Odenkirk and David Cross would soon begin work on a pilot for HBO. Lo and behold, production of David's Situation begins May 9th, 2008 in sunny Los Angeles, with a live audience and everything. This show can't be completed and devoured by my eyes and ears soon enough. If anyone goes to the taping, tell me everything.

In related news, not only is Bob Odenkirk co-writer and director of David's Situation, but it turns out he'll also be playing Mike Birbiglia's older brother in Mike Birbiglia's CBS pilot Mike Birbiglia's Secret Public Journal, a pilot you can read about here.

much, much, much, much more below.....

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