Martin Sargent is Funny.

We're all web drifters, really.

Long ago, prior to the days of Digg and Revision3, I was bored watching television.  I wasn't busy watching Kevin Rose on TechTV, because I was at work, and heaven knows what I might think of him if I saw him in makeup.  I needed to find my fix of irreverent and ridiculous television.

I discovered Unscrewed with Martin Sargent close to its first episode, in the summer of 2003, back prior to Comcast's acquisition of TechTV and subsequent conversion to G4.  The show warmed my personal relationship with TechTV and the possibilities of unrestricted content.  Martin, for those not familiar, is insanely genius, and frankly could care less about traditional television and the conservative restrictions most talk show hosts find themselves conforming to in even recent years.

It probably comes as no surprise that as we developed Revision3, I couldn't wait for an excuse to include Martin in our sinister plans to entertain the gazillions...Though business rationale aside, I really was just a fanboy looking for an excuse to meet him in person.  I finally got my chance in October of 2005, and was happy to discover he was equally as irreverent in person as on camera, only perhaps even more hilarious.

Martin kicked into Revision3 with a podcast called Infected by Martin Sargent, co-hosted by Gator and a cast of crazy characters dreamed up by Martin and his cohort Jay Speiden.  Between the two of them, they kept the Unscrewed torch burning, but barely even tapped the potential of what these guys and their comic foil, Joey the Intern, could unleash upon the audiences. 

At the time we market launched Revision3 in September of 2006, Martin was ready to test his next project, Web Drifter.  This was either going to be pure comic gold or the Heaven's Gate of podcasting...but once again, to our audience's delight, his pilot episodes went over very well and paved the way for a new regular series once Revision3 scaled up to the size needed to support such a herculean effort.

Well tonight, October 9, 2007, is a big night for the folks at Revision3, as we mark the new premiere of Martin's new show, Web Drifter, in its official release...in High Definition.   Starting tonight at 7pm eastern, then offered every Tuesday for twenty weeks, it's a work we're quite proud of...Although we 're also quite a bit frightened...as we should be.  In fact, my theory is you have to be a little insane yourself to watch Martin, but then again, the best stuff doesn't take itself too seriously, right?

Well, for those interested in following Martin along his travels, you can watch his show in a bunch of formats at Revision3...but here are a few shortcuts for the folks less familiar:

For iTunes fans, you can subscribe to the show in an iPod compatible format via this URL:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=196505244

However, for folks like me who want to watch Martin on an AppleTV in earth-shattering High Definition, I recommend using this RSS link (which you can subscribe to using the Advanced/Subscribe to Podcast option in iTunes):

http://revision3.com/webdrifter/feed/quicktime-high-definition

You can get to the other Vidcasting Feeds for RSS subscription at the Web Drifter home page as well.

For those interested in just downloading the shows in various formats, you can go to the episode show page itself as each episode comes out.  Tonight premiere is at http://revision3.com/webdrifter/pastorjack.  The key is to click on "View All Video Downloads" on the right-hand column and you can see all the formats available to download, including both Quicktime and Windows Media.

Finally, we have a flash version available as well on the episode page, or you can watch the episode and the promo below.  I wish Martin the best of luck on his web drifting... I hope he stays out of trouble and makes it back safe.  Martin, we'll be riding along with you!

-Jay

Web Drifter Teaser Promo:

            

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