First, there was The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Then came The Colbert Report. And now… Important Things With Demetri Martin? Comedy Central announced today that they’ve picked up Martin’s solo series, which Stewart is producing. It sounds promising enough — the deadpan mop-topper’s "Trendspotting" segments have brightened many a Daily Show episode, and his own website has enough other funny clips to convince me to tune in when Important Things gets started.
Still, I can’t say Martin’s the most obvious choice for the second cast member to break out with his or her own show. Just imagine some of the other possibilities: Samantha Bee’s This Week in God, four times a week! Last night’s "Specularium" sketch, where the correspondents gathered for a nonsensical McLaughlin Group-style roundtable, expanded to its full potential! John Oliver, talking about anything whatseover for 30 minutes!
So which Daily Show spin-offs would you rather see, P-Dubs? Or should Stewart’s production company start developing some new shows that don’t involve stretching existing cast bits ad infinitum?
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Does John Hodgman have a show yet? If not, he should.
I love Demetri Martin so I can’t complain. But I think Samantha Bee is LONG overdue.
I know it’s not an official spin-off but where is “Chocolate News!” I can’t wait!
I’m with Jen – John Hodgman NEEDS his own show. That guy’s hysterical.
I was at the taping of the pilot for Demetri’s show. It’s a great format, and every single joke/video/bit was hilarious. Glad to hear it was picked up.
John Oliver should get however much time he wants however often he wants to talk about whatever he wants. That man is hysterical.
I second (third?) the Samantha Bee vote. Chick knows funny.
I’m actually kinda tired of all the good people leaving The Daily Show. I still miss Steve Carrell and Rob Corddry! I’m just getting used to the new people (although I hate Jason Jones’ junior high bathroom joke humor).
John Hodgman!!!
I kinda think that none of the current correspondents can bear a solo show. None of the current crop are my favorites. The best ones (Carell, Colbert, Corddry x 2) have been culled by other shows. I would love to see some new faces on there.
As someone who has seen some of Demetri’s work outside of The Daily Show, I wholeheartedly support this. He is an astonishingly funny guy and has amazing comic potential with the right format.
I love Demetri. His album, These Are Jokes, is hilarious. He also had a nice cameo on the finale of Flight of the Conchords.
i wish everyone would just stay on the Daily Show…i miss most of the alum
Demetri Martin is the obvious choice. But, he’s already done a couple of one-hour shows for comedy central. John Oliver would be next.
Comedy Central should slow down on spin-offs. After Stephen Colbert and a bunch of writers left the Daily show, it took awhile for it to recover. Don’t kill the golden goose.
I vote for John Oliver… His Qatar interview a few weeks ago was the funniest thing I’ve seen all year.
I’d vote for anyone besides the painfully unfunny Demetri Martin. He’s funny like a pothead college roommate. Hated his stand-up and cringed when I saw his face on TDS. However, if he disappears from TDS, that’s a bright spot. Maybe they can do Rob Riggle next.
John Oliver gets my vote. He is the funniest of all of them.
Samantha Bee doing her NILF segment was one of the funniest things ever
While Samantha Bee is great and all, lest we forget that it was Stephen Colbert who first started up the God Machine on TDS. I’m not a huge fan of Mr. Colbert on his show, but he’s spoofing the news shows that I find terribly annoying.
Oh, and John Hodgman does kind of have his own show. It’s called the PC vs Mac commercials. He’s probably making more money off those than he would from anything on Comedy Central.
John Oliver is amazing!
I have to say this I miss many of the alumi…Oliver bores me to tears.
I miss Ed Helms,Carell.
Wilmore, and Aasif Mandvi are way funnier than people give them credit for
Continuing to separate the good talent will work against the show; all of them together are funny and provide for a fresh show every time. I am against another spin off.
Great choice. Check out Martin’s Comedy Central special if you haven’t seen it. I think it’s called Demetri Martin: Person. Has to be one of the best comedy specials I’ve seen. I literally laughed the entire hour. Also saw him host a fundraising concert in NYC in which he did a good job. Can’t wait for the show.
I saw Demetri Martin’s stand up show that was turned into his Comedy Central special. I was crying so hard from laughing at one point that I couldn’t see anything. But I get that his humor isn’t for everyone. Still, his bit from These Are Jokes about sweater vests gets me everytime!
As a total addict of both the TDS and Colbert Report, I went looney when I heard the Demetri Martin will be getting his own show! I saw him on his tour last year and he was fantastic!!! The packed crowd loved him, I would definitely pay again to see him! love fellow-Canadian Samantha Bee too….should def get her own show!
Hopefully Demetri Martin will bring that awesome kid from The Schmaily Schmow on his show with him.
John Oliver is so dull and unoriginal. I vote for Samantha Bee because, if for no other reason, it would be great to see TDS/Stewart advance a woman into his little successful wisecrack pack. Even “I Love Showbiz’s” Nancy Walls is stuck being Carrell’s arm candy (albeit arm candy with killer one liners on the red carpet). Or Buck Henry…becuase every time he’s on, I say to myself “whaaaaa?”
Oliver should get an entertainment news show. Now that Comedy Central has pulled the plug on David Spade’s unfunny show. Oliver is briliant, his bit where he mocked the CNN british corespondent as a ‘Minstrel show’ is still one of my favorites.
John Hodgman is amazing. I’ve read his book over and over.
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