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so did Gregg tbqh!

Walter Brennan stars in this...really quite a career, sort of the Joe Estevez of the 1930s...his character, coincidentally, named Kingman

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from the fb group

https://i.imgur.com/dCfM6vO.jpg

I was worried they might not do the oscar special this year due to tim being on tour, but i guess it's happening

I was worried they might not do the oscar special this year due to tim being on tour, but i guess it's happening

― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Friday, February 7, 2020 9:02 AM (five minutes ago)

y'all know that as little as 2 years ago this exact same IRL logistical scenario has happened before, and it resulted in some of the most painfully awkward and insane performances in the series to date?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMIQEWdPaRA

sorry, that was 3 years ago.

The sleeper hit of the saga right there

Tim confirmed on Twitter that he's actually gonna be in this one

the Our Cinema special had some really funny bits but jfc I would not watch that again

tim's phone calls on the our cinema special were so good

Axiom calling Gregg worried that Tim had killed himself and Gregg asking if he had any picks for best actor is definitely one of my favorite parts of the whole series

guys, I think I might be coming down with a touch of Oscar Fever

Pouring some bub-lehh rn tbh

its Christmas time in tinsel town

Let’s explain my T&E Tour/Oscar Special travels: Saturday night double in DC / Sunday Morning Flight to LA / OSCAR SPECIAL / Sunday night red eye to Philly/ Monday night Philly show. I do this for YOU!

— Tim Heidecker (@timheidecker) February 7, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ker2MUqjkqc

stoked

very stoked

Imagine being germ-free

equam phillips

countdown to Tim drinking champagne out of, and then smashing, the promotional Arthur 2 tumbler (a type of glass)

ha

will toni save them from carbon monoxide poisoning

fuck

Mark imposter!

Looks like they’re all truly overcome with Oscar fever

nooooooooooooooooooo

rough night

Holy shit.

it's been a good run

the joker strikes again

Tough break for Dudley Moore

lol I missed the first half of this and tuned in just as everyone was passing out

somebody's going to end up in court again, right? maybe w Greg as co-defendent

Greg's turn to be convicted of murder via negligence

Gregg will pay. He is in big trouble . I am alive

— Tim Heidecker (@timheidecker) February 10, 2020

i made the mistake of watching the actual oscar last night so: when will this be streaming somewhere help my family is dying

Axiom arriving was such a perfect callback, I spent 15minutes fully convinced this was how it all ended.

My prediction is that Greg will be arrested for murder with much grandstanding and public moralizing by Tim, but DA Rosetti the Rat will drop charges or engineer an acquittal as a way of getting back at Tim

I really don't see how they do another full trial

I've just finished Mister America and am only five episodes into season 11, so apologies if this is addressed later in the season or the special: do you think are we meant to take at face value Toni's explanation that it was her own decision to acquit Tim? I always assumed he paid a juror off (presumably with Delgado funds or a job offer, hence campaign manager). OTOH, she seems like a Trump voter so could see her genuinely responding to his insanity.

my feeling is that she decided to acquit him and only after the trial did they hook up but i don't think it's clear

it's never cleared up - I assumed the juror payoff as well

my partner and i have spent the last year catching up on this and finished just in time for the special last night. some thoughts:

* we both agree that the funniest thing they've done so far is when gregg showed up in the giant suit at the end of season 1
* the victorville season was the best
* the trial was amazing-- the fly and tim getting gregg to lie under oath re: star trek was incredible
* this is the best comedy of the moment but it's a really hard sell to people. "no no no trust me, it's incredible. but you gotta hang in there for the first 25 episodes"

"here's my ticket stub, i'd like a seat in the front row!" is a close second for funniest thing they've done

do you think are we meant to take at face value Toni's explanation that it was her own decision to acquit Tim? I always assumed he paid a juror off (presumably with Delgado funds or a job offer, hence campaign manager).

hard to imagine Tim could pull something like this off without it getting immediately revealed during the trial. he is not exactly a cunning person. my view of it is that Toni is one of those people who gets really into stuff like QAnon - seems normal on the surface but has beliefs that are totally fucking crazy

i thought it was interesting that she liked Parasite and didn't think it was Chinese psy ops like Tim

Is the whole special up to watch?

my view of it is that Toni is one of those people who gets really into stuff like QAnon - seems normal on the surface but has beliefs that are totally fucking crazy

yeah this is my take too - she presents as normal/competent enough to be Tims liaison to the world as his campaign manager/assistant, but the more time spent listening to her the more clear it becomes that she is a complete mess

I think the fact that Toni was sucked into a prosperity church says a lot - the pastor is (was? lol) a bullshit artist like Tim (though maybe more self aware)