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I want to get the joke to work without having to put any words or to say anything. I just want the person to look at it, and quietly in their brain, they can just put it together and say, Cool, that one works.

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Demetri Martin
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 25
Comedian
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Television Actor
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New York City
New York
Demetri Evan Martin
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