Half the Tim & Eric thread is about this show so I think it deserves its own thread
Granted I'm only like 13 hours into this thing but it's possibly one of the best comedic achievements of the 21st century
also this video is wonderful and I watch it every day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUE5_Mnelwc
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 15:32 (one year ago) link
Worth looking for: the episode of The Best Show from a couple years back where Tim and Gregg take up about an hour of the show arguing over whether or not Tim actually saw the Tom Cruise remake of The Mummy.
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 15:44 (one year ago) link
I never really gave a shit about the Tim & Eric show but I am 100% on board with this as pure genius, Turkington hooking up with him was a godsend.I'm on season 9.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:08 (one year ago) link
feel like I'm doing a marathon to catch up but even then I can only watch like a handful of these in a row otherwise I will succumb to severe couchlock hypnosis
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:10 (one year ago) link
I think the guys using the mailbag to passive aggressively torment/spring surprises on each other is my favorite gag
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:11 (one year ago) link
best comedy on earth
― imago, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:27 (one year ago) link
when you've got movies like Tom Cruise in them
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:29 (one year ago) link
i watched the first episode of this afew days ago.....does it get better? or do you just have to immerse yourself in the voib for a few episodes before you can get into it?
― . (Michael B), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 17:16 (one year ago) link
It’s my favorite television thing. You really need to immerse yourself (similar to the Best Show).
― Allen (etaeoe), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 17:18 (one year ago) link
Immerse, my friend. Let it wash over you.Six seasons of uncritical plaudits for every film under the sun was a magnificent setup for Tim's excoriating Ant-Man review.
― I Ate Those Food (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 17:19 (one year ago) link
I got into it through the spin-off, Decker.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 17:34 (one year ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/news/tim-heidecker-and-greg-turkington-to-star-in-new-film-mister-america/
― VAR me to the end of yawn (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 17:43 (one year ago) link
Oh god there are Oscar specials and a 12 hour long youtube clip ;_; I am going to have to watch it, I'm afraid. These guys are unreal.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 17:48 (one year ago) link
didn't realize it until I went back but Tim's speech was a lot less garbled pre-brain surgery
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:03 (one year ago) link
for some reason the Oscar Specials are not on the Adult Swim streaming channel
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:18 (one year ago) link
i watched the first episode of this afew days ago.....does it get better?
at first it just seems like a shitty half-assed parody that does not feature any actual jokes, but as time goes on, the layers of comedy really accrue in an ingenious way
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:19 (one year ago) link
probably said this in the other thread but Tim's explanation of why he's paying for Ayaka's abortion despite being a staunch pro-lifer is the purest distillation of the right-wing ethos that I've ever heard
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:20 (one year ago) link
he just... he wasn't going to be in that situation
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:22 (one year ago) link
how come there are no animated gifs of Tim's guitar wanking faces, that shit is comedy gold
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:24 (one year ago) link
choices have to be on the table
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:27 (one year ago) link
I don't know how to explain this to you but the "Stump the Buff" segment where Tim nails Gregg on the Star Trek/San Francisco trivia question is just as dramatic as the scene in Breaking Bad where Hank figures out who Heisenberg is
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:34 (one year ago) link
you must be talking about Star Trek II
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:39 (one year ago) link
which as Trekkie and non-Trekkie alike knows, takes place in San Francisco
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:40 (one year ago) link
haha
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:40 (one year ago) link
This playlist seems to comprise the definitive chronology of the On Cinema-verse (countdown to exasperated sic post detailing, at length,what's missing from said hi playlist): https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRT5PdjVF-ipL5SPXbmZXzfBchXVR8JTo
― I Ate Those Food (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 06:15 (one year ago) link
(No idea where that rogue 'hi' came from so that would be sic gripe #1., I'm sure.)
― I Ate Those Food (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 06:18 (one year ago) link
I graciously accept your thanks for my recommending that playlist to you
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 06:53 (one year ago) link
I completely don’t get this
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 07:13 (one year ago) link
Popcorn Classic is a really useful term for a certain kind of movie.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 09:37 (one year ago) link
I thank u, sic, although I spent a long while watching a different, much less complete YT playlist (after starting on the even less complete playlist on that one website) so I just wanted to make sure no one else made my stupid mistake. I give this latest playlist five bags of popcorn and a hundred cups of soda.
― I Ate Those Food (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 14:28 (one year ago) link
The later seasons of Decker aren’t on youtube btw, but iirc they stop interacting directly with On Cinema episodes so it doesn’t stand out badly(The two Ant-Man movies also don’t appear in the playlist, but do very much affect On Cinema video and twitter content )forks if you were starting at an early point, try dropping in on a S4 or 5 episode, when the Tim vs Gregg tone is better established & there’s loads of backstory, to see if it pings any better with you
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:16 (one year ago) link
eh I think starting in the beginning obscures what a slow build this show is
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:17 (one year ago) link
er starting in the MIDDLE
the whole of season 9 seems to be an extended satire on how annoying having dinner service at the Alamo Drafthouses is
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:24 (one year ago) link
"Tastes like a mouthful of dirt."
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:27 (one year ago) link
Todd Rundgren appears in the last episode of Decker...I knew that voice was familiar!!
― frogbs, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:28 (one year ago) link
"Why was he fired, did he forget to wipe down the microwave?"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:34 (one year ago) link
if someone "completely doesn't get" the show at the beginning, pushing on through twenty episodes of more of the same is probably going to bore and annoy them
oh yeah, the full real-time Trial Of Tim Heidecker coverage isn't on youtube either, just 10-15 minutes highlights from each day (iirc that's all I watched, then switched over for the full verdict)
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:41 (one year ago) link
all 5 hours right here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YWJcqISKJ
― frogbs, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:44 (one year ago) link
oops. I meant right here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YWJcqISKJQ
― frogbs, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:45 (one year ago) link
the trial is astonishingly great. you HAVE to watch the full thing and not just the highlights.
― Vape Store (crüt), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:56 (one year ago) link
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, July 3, 2019 11:24 AM (forty-nine minutes ago)
the satire of the kind of fake fancy junk food you get in north america - e.g. everything coming with truffle aoili - was very good
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 19:16 (one year ago) link
I would say you can watch highlights of the trial until Tim fires his attorney and starts defending himself, then switch to the full thing
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 21:14 (one year ago) link
no!!!!!!!
― Vape Store (crüt), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 21:15 (one year ago) link
a couple of my old acquaintances recently started a video game podcast. I listened to one episode and thought about On Cinema the whole time. one of the guys has probably played 20,000 hours of video games but has absolutely nothing insightful to say about them, it's so spot on that I've almost come to view Tim & Gregg as real people
― frogbs, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 22:07 (one year ago) link
Has anyone started an On On Cinema at the Cinema podcast yet
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 22:35 (one year ago) link
lolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK_iydsYSiI
― Οὖτις, Friday, 5 July 2019 15:50 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVuw80sbFZA&list=WL&index=5
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Friday, 5 July 2019 16:59 (one year ago) link
I just watched shakey's clip the other day. It wouldn't be nearly as beautiful without the interviewer's overt lack of interest in Gregg's banalities.
― I Ate Those Food (Old Lunch), Saturday, 6 July 2019 00:08 (one year ago) link
Can you guess which album changed Gregg's life?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON4ZLquouHc
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Sunday, 7 July 2019 16:53 (one year ago) link
"You're 40 and all grown up" jesus fuckin christ
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Friday, 30 October 2020 17:13 (two months ago) link
"Well, it's been super visiting, but I must return to magical dust form now. I'll see you again before long, my voluptuous 40-year-old daughter! P.S. OJ sends his regards."
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 30 October 2020 18:13 (two months ago) link
I guess if I had one message to the world, it would be don't vaccinate BILL COSBY INNOCENT
― frogbs, Friday, 30 October 2020 18:18 (two months ago) link
Adult Swim had a huge wave of layoffs on Friday... I wonder who else would pick up OCatC?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 16 November 2020 03:19 (two months ago) link
Every division of AT&T is having massive staffing cuts; this was the second major tranche in Warner, and another is coming next quarter.
― @oneposter (💹) (sic), Monday, 16 November 2020 06:06 (two months ago) link
this band featuring a young Gregg Turkington is really freaking me out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIhz_FzOVnU
― frogbs, Friday, 20 November 2020 02:20 (one month ago) link
That's an odd show, it must have been after Jon moved back to New England and Gregg was in town tour managing for either Von LMO, Mr. Bungle or Link Wray.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 20 November 2020 03:36 (one month ago) link
The Zip Code Rapists to me were funnier in theory than practice. The Trouser Press guide write-up of them is better than listening to them imo.
― Ape Hole Road (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 20 November 2020 15:05 (one month ago) link
They were much, much funnier live ime.
-An Old
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 20 November 2020 16:36 (one month ago) link
The show I saw them play as Zip Code Redemption last year was rather delightful and was pretty much all tongue in cheek covers (Back on the Chain Gang, You Oughta Know, and Wake me up before You Go-Go are the ones I nabbed some video of). As an added bonus, Gregg wore a Reese's Pieces T-shirt, which had to be a reference to the immortal Neil Hamburger E.T. joke.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Friday, 20 November 2020 16:38 (one month ago) link
in the new year HEI, Inc will be launching a new On Cinema which will feature cars, God, movies and health information with no Fraudulence (@greggturkington )— Lord Goo Goo (@timheidecker) November 23, 2020
HEI INC has licensed Farrel's Happy song and this will be our new theme song! for the new format of the show.— Lord Goo Goo (@timheidecker) November 23, 2020
― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Monday, 23 November 2020 21:56 (one month ago) link
Who cares, I will be on @abc @CBSDaytime @netflix @vimeo @cvs @hbo still deciding where to take My Our Cinema https://t.co/YREbgtq4ZW— #1 Ranked Movie Expertise (@greggturkington) November 23, 2020
― huge rant (sic), Monday, 23 November 2020 22:20 (one month ago) link
https://heinetwork.tv
― Babby's Yed Revisited (jim in vancouver), Friday, 11 December 2020 03:51 (one month ago) link
Tier One is just $299/month!
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 11 December 2020 04:09 (one month ago) link
OMGThe random Minion on the front page killed me.
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Friday, 11 December 2020 04:23 (one month ago) link
ok I really wanna see what's on that Parler account (if it even exists at all) but no way am I signing up
― frogbs, Friday, 11 December 2020 04:25 (one month ago) link
Axiom - aka "Mister Movies"
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 11 December 2020 04:31 (one month ago) link
even though the bible verses seem to be random they still make me lol
https://i.imgur.com/GGHGtz7.png
― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Friday, 11 December 2020 13:57 (one month ago) link
There was a moment when I began my Spotify year-in-music recap that I was certain Yellow River Boys were going to be my most listened music act.
I was close- it was the Grateful Dead.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 11 December 2020 14:14 (one month ago) link
lmao the Minions in the bible verses
― frogbs, Sunday, 13 December 2020 04:22 (one month ago) link
Western that is amazing, such dedication
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 13 December 2020 05:10 (one month ago) link
I am listening to that on piss yellow vinyl right now. that Huey Lewis & the News sax solo on "Honky Tonk Piss Club" is so fucking funny
― frogbs, Sunday, 13 December 2020 05:43 (one month ago) link
honestly these songs are in my head all the time.
― frogbs, Sunday, 13 December 2020 05:44 (one month ago) link
what i love is how it deals with every aspect of the piss-drinking lifestyle. when I get to "Hot Piss Drinker" I'm dying
― frogbs, Sunday, 13 December 2020 06:09 (one month ago) link
Oh oops I meant Hot Piss Blues
― frogbs, Sunday, 13 December 2020 16:03 (one month ago) link
Tantrum @timheidecker is at it again. Same old Tim. pic.twitter.com/oTASEGAHyH— #1 Ranked Movie Expertise (@greggturkington) December 16, 2020
― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 15:57 (one month ago) link
crazy that Tom Cruise rant ain't a part of OC
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 16:01 (one month ago) link
Is it fair to just call this performance art at this point? It's broken out of all of its frames.
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 16:24 (one month ago) link
I think that would have been a fair characterization even years ago
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 17:17 (one month ago) link
when heidecker blended his real life name/persona with his comedy, it became performance life art, imo
there is no clear line between "real" or "performing" heidecker in any context now. i suppose that's true to an extent for all well-known artists, but i think he has taken it to a new level
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 17:31 (one month ago) link
I think it's just the likelihood that OCATC won't be returning to Adult Swim and yet will clearly continue to exist as A Thing even without an attendant show that caused the lightbulb above my head to pop on.
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 17:33 (one month ago) link
xp I think in some ways that distinction has actually become clearer these past couple of years, largely because of the podcast...he is more evidently in or out of character as "real" Tim gets more exposure, the curtain has definitely been pulled back a little
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 17:35 (one month ago) link
in the early days of the podcast I remember him refusing questions on air about On Cinema (not for exanple tour dates, but the process, what's in the works, etc.) but now he seems kind of open to it which bums me out a little
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 17:37 (one month ago) link
Hearing him talk for an hour about Paul Simon's Surprise is about as mask-off as it gets. Also that Office Hours episode when he had gotten targeted by Q folks.
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 17:59 (one month ago) link
https://heinetwork.tv/exclusive-interview-with-mister-movies-axiom.php
honestly the standard of expertise is much the same
― huge rant (sic), Thursday, 17 December 2020 09:33 (one month ago) link
I'm also excited about vertical movies
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 17 December 2020 13:47 (one month ago) link
The “real” Tim sadly has such corny taste in music.
― Yes Virginia, there really is a (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 17 December 2020 14:31 (one month ago) link
Tim is a bit over earnest as a musician and music lover, which is an interesting stark contrast against his persona in regards to comedy. I think he's been a little wrapped up in feeling like a Real Indie Rockstar this past year especially, but I don't fault him! Glad he's having so much fun.
― Evan, Wednesday, December 9, 2020 12:14 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
crossposting here from bill callahan thread.
As Hadrian said it wasn't that long ago when it was very rare to witness Tim out of (some sort of) character/performance.
― Evan, Thursday, 17 December 2020 17:13 (one month ago) link
I can't even imagine the musical crossover between IRL Gregg & Tim. Gregg is far more open-minded than he gets credit for, but he's long operated in some of the more extreme fringes of music to some of the more commercial (tour manager for Link Wray, Mr. Bungle, Faith No More... & VonLMO lol)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 17 December 2020 17:18 (one month ago) link
Tim's music influence is dad rock as far as I can tell but he seems to know a lot about top level indie stuff too. Is that corny in 2020? I don't think so. It is hip to un-ironically like music that was previously firmly cheese & corn. Who doesn't like Elote?
xps
― Evan, Thursday, 17 December 2020 17:18 (one month ago) link
I guess I’m corny for not appreciating dad rock and “top level indie” bores me silly.
― Yes Virginia, there really is a (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 17 December 2020 17:29 (one month ago) link
can't say i really care about tim's taste in music
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 December 2020 17:31 (one month ago) link
his taste in music is a big part of his public persona nowadays. I think his music is fine and I like 70s singer-songwriters but I guess it could irk otherwise
― Babby's Yed Revisited (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 17 December 2020 17:35 (one month ago) link
his latest album is pretty good and I don't normally like that sort of music
― frogbs, Thursday, 17 December 2020 17:42 (one month ago) link
― Yes Virginia, there really is a (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, December 17, 2020 12:29 PM (thirty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Was commenting more on the consensus these days. I do not care for much dad rock myself.
― Evan, Thursday, 17 December 2020 18:12 (one month ago) link
Everyone may I direct you (like Alfred Hitchcock!) to the launch of this website that will change the way movies and movie information is presented: https://t.co/bcw5c3VVNb— The REAL Mister Movies (@greggturkington) December 22, 2020
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 18:00 (three weeks ago) link
lol @ "expert" TLD
― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 18:02 (three weeks ago) link
perfect
"VFA Classic Movie Salt"
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 18:10 (three weeks ago) link
i like the theme of the movies picked here https://vfa.expert/marathon.html
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 18:50 (three weeks ago) link
The Joker and his sleeping gas has struck again! pic.twitter.com/ZgrgdgF19Q— Presidant of Hei Network (@timheidecker) January 13, 2021
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 20:32 (four days ago) link