These Are Jokes is the first CD/DVD set from American

United States

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 comedian Demetri Martin

Demetri Martin

Demetri Martin is an American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer and humorist. Martin is best known for his work as a stand-up comedian, contributor on The Daily Show and for his Comedy Central show Important Things with Demetri Martin.- Early life :Demetri Martin was born to a Greek...

. Some of the jokes have previously appeared on his Comedy Central Presents

Comedy Central Presents

Comedy Central Presents is a half-hour long stand-up show that features various stand-up comedians in each episode.-DVDs:Starting in 2008, Comedy Central started releasing "Best of" compilation DVDs, with uncensored audio...

 special as well as his portion of the compilation Invite Them Up.

The attached DVD contains Demetri's Comedy Central Presents

Comedy Central Presents

Comedy Central Presents is a half-hour long stand-up show that features various stand-up comedians in each episode.-DVDs:Starting in 2008, Comedy Central started releasing "Best of" compilation DVDs, with uncensored audio...

 special, a few of Martin's jokes set to his animation, some short documentaries, some songs, and two very early performances.

The disc also features some of Demetri's friends, including SNL

Saturday Night Live

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cast member Will Forte

Will Forte

Orville Willis Forte IV, better known as Will Forte , is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and writer best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2002–2010 and for starring in the SNL spin-off film MacGruber.-Early life:Forte was born in Alameda County, California, the son of...

, who appears in "Personal Information Waltz," and comedian Leo Allen

Leo Allen

Leopold Rufus "Leo" Allen is an American stand-up comedian and writer from Detroit, Michigan, known as one half of the comedy team Slovin and Allen.- Career :Allen has been performing stand-up comedy since the late '90s...

, who appears in "These Jokes."

The album was certified gold by the RIAA in May 2009.

Track listing

1. The Start – 3:01
2. Some Jokes – 7:09
3. The Remix – 5:40
4. Other Jokes – 1:27
5. Sames and Opposites – 8:04
6. These Jokes – 5:50
7. Personal Information Waltz – 7:12
8. One Story – 6:55
9. Some More Jokes – 3:30
10. The Jokes with Guitar – 13:58
11. The Grapes Song – 2:42
12. The Wisdom Song – 3:09
13. Hidden Track – 2:15

Extras and Easter Eggs

• Includes two introductions: a CD introduction by Martin's grandmother and an onstage introduction by fellow comedian Arj Barker
  Arj Barker
  Arjan Singh , known by the stage name Arj Barker, is an American stand-up comedian and actor from San Anselmo, California. He has toured in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. He was born to an engineer father and artist mother, and is half-Indian, half-European...
  
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• The red letters on the packaging comprise a code. It says: "Demetri sea jokes" (on the front cover), "some see more seashores see the hue red" (on the back), "I am at a site it is demetri inthis .com" (behind the CD), and "the code is tides" (behind the DVD).
• Other messages in red on the back cover are "ego sum inconcinnus" (Latin meaning "I am awkward") and "double hawk"

Reviews

• Allmusic [ link]