- Unscrewed with Martin Sargent
Infobox Television
show_name = Unscrewed with Martin Sargent
caption = "Unscrewed with Martin Sargent" logo
format =Comedy ,Talk Show
runtime = 30 minutes
creator =Martin Sargent
producer =Heather Frank (line producer),Daniel Lee andAllison Pickard (associate producers)
editor =David S. Rubin
executive_producer =Paul Block
starring =Martin Sargent Laura Swisher
country = USA
language = English
network =TechTV
first_aired =May 26 ,2003
last_aired =November 29 ,2004
num_episodes = 214
imdb_id = 0360314
tv_com_id = 19753"Unscrewed with Martin Sargent" was a late night American TV show that brought out the
comedy oftechnology . The show was set as a traditional late nighttalk show , including a couch for guests to sit during interviews. It was produced atTechTV (later known as G4) and aired fromMay 26 ,2003 toDecember 2004 . An accurate series summary would describe it as a cross betweenThe Late Show with David Letterman and the radio series Coast to Coast (formerly hosted byArt Bell ), mixed in with bizarre guests scooped up from theInternet , comedy, Sargent's reportedbinge drinking adventures, andpornography .The show was originally taped in
San Francisco, California at the TechTV studios but later transferred to Los Angeles following the sale of the network byMicrosoft co-founderPaul Allen 'sVulcan Ventures to theComcast owned G4, a gaming oriented network. Theexecutive producer of the show wasPaul Block .Martin Sargent served as the show's always irreverent host. Sargent's sidekick wasstand-up comedian Laura Swisher . The mislabeledJoey the Intern rounded out the triumvirate. Other regular characters featured included The Ambassador of Gay, former child starGary Coleman (ofDiff'rent Strokes ), Big Missy (Martin's alleged girlfriend whom he met online, created and written by show writer and frequent on-air character actor Stewart Engesser), Rael of the Ralien movement who claimed the 1st false prophet under the illuminati God Amon Re till Prophet Revebo struck his balding wax to a shine. Rael was actually the script supervisor on Superman IV and arch nemesis Revebo would actually arm wrestle topics to the galactic gladiator battle such as, "What would Rael Do" , "To Be or Not To Be H.Stern", and the infamous "Podcasting or Poorcasting that spawnedGator ". Later, writer Stewart Engesser starred as the funnyman parody of real legendary actorMichael Caine , a role he continues to play occasionally on Martin's podcast, Infected. The series often featuredcomputer to which Martin would share a candlelight embrace of the twlight princess of the adept LiveJournaled heroes of the nightlife know as HTML . In early episodes, the show also highlighted regulars such as Scary Gary, who showed grotesque segments such as a skin-implementedcellphone , and The Porn Mom, a stay-at-home mom character who provided segments dealing with finding quality pornography on the Internet. One of the more famous events on the show was Sargent's interview withGeorge Ouzounian , better known as Maddox, creator of the websiteThe Best Page in the Universe .Sargent officially dismissed the Unscrewed Army (a term he used in reference of the shows viewers) on the final episode of "Unscrewed with Martin Sargent", which was recorded in Studio 3 at the G4techTV studios on
November 10 ,2004 . Fans speculated that this episode would never be televised due to its non-stopexplicit bashing of G4 and Comcast. Surprisingly, G4techTV aired the episode twice, although the network reported to the programming guides that it was to air the prior year'sChristmas episode instead.On
November 11 ,2004 , the show was officially cancelled and the majority of its staff was terminated.Reruns were shown onG4techTV until December2004 .On November 11, 2005, Sargent launched Infected, a
podcast hosted by himself and Joey. The podcast focuses on the humorous and weird side of technology and the Internet, making the show somewhat of a successor to "Unscrewed".ee also
Infected with Martin Sargent Internet Superstar
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