Demetri Martin was one of the funniest correspondents The Daily Show has had in a long time. (Which is saying a lot.)

He was the Senior Youth Correspondent, presenting hand-scrawed flip charts in segments called "Trendspotting" and then "Professional Important News with Demetri Martin." 

His new show starts tonight on Comedy Central after South Park. Times and more info.

He does flow charts and graps like a potential girlfriends hotness graphed against having to hear more about her damn cat. (And state shapes: it turns out that the more irregular the shape of the state, the more interesting it is to live there.)

His  one-night special, "Demetri Martin. Person." was intermittently brilliant. (A drunk driver is dangerous, we all know that, but so can a backseat driver, if he's persuasive . . . )

Lots of video of him here. Pretty clever stuff in this one:

"I think statues are wonderful. They show us what great people would look like . . .  if birds shit all over them." Hehehe. With pictures and drawings.

There, I wrecked one for you. Spoiler alert, ruining one more, for those too lazy to watch the youtube (I mean too pressed for time):

" 'Sort of' is a harmless thing to say. Sort of--it's just a filler; it doesn't really mean anything. But after certain things, sort of means everything. Like after 'I love you.' . . . Or 'You're going to live.' . . . Or 'It's a boy!'")

I sure hope the new show works. Could be a dismal failure. Sometimes extending clever bits into a half-hour show fails miserably. Most do. And they are adding acted-out scenes. Maybe.

I'm ever faithful. Definitely worth trying out tonight. Could be my new favorite show tomorrow.