Unscrewed with Martin Sargent

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Unscrewed with Martin Sargent (May 26, 2003 - November 11, 2004) is a former late-night American television show that brings out the comedy of technology. The show was set in a traditional late-night talk show, including special guests and the trademark of all late-night shows: a couch for the guests. The show started out on the network known as TechTV, and was later kept in a merger between Comcast's gaming-oriented network, G4 and TechTV in early 2004. As the name implies, the host of the show was Martin Sargent, and featured regulars such as his sidekick, Laura Swisher and their former-intern known as simply Joey the intern. In early episodes, the show also highlighted regulars such as "Scary Gary", who showed grotesque segments such as a skin-implemented cellphone, and "Porn tip Judy", a stay-at-home mom who provided segments that deal with finding pornography via the internet. Sargent officially dismissed the Unscrewed Army (a term that was used by himself in reference to the viewers) on the G4techTV channel which, in a surprising manner, aired the last taped epsisode (which was thought to never be aired due to its explicit messages of distaste to the network). The last episode was recorded in Studio 3 at the G4 studios on November 10, 2004 - one day before the entire staff of Unscrewed was officially terminated.