john c. reilly is pretty amazing on this show
― am0n, Friday, 27 July 2007 03:17 (sixteen years ago) link
his character reminds me of will farrell's "harry caray"
― am0n, Friday, 27 July 2007 03:21 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, but more vulnerable and insecure
Dr. Steve Brule here with a special report on cool cars. This is the coolest assignment I've ever had.
― iiiijjjj, Friday, 27 July 2007 03:28 (sixteen years ago) link
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y114/stevenmiller/Brule-1.jpg
― am0n, Friday, 27 July 2007 03:45 (sixteen years ago) link
GLOW BONES
― chaki, Friday, 27 July 2007 04:25 (sixteen years ago) link
chaki which one were you in again?
― am0n, Friday, 27 July 2007 13:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't really like Tom Goes to the Mayor, but this Tim and Eric business pulled me in with the aforementioned Dr. Steve Brule.
― mh, Friday, 27 July 2007 13:50 (sixteen years ago) link
This show is funny but I still hate the ad campaign.
― HI DERE, Friday, 27 July 2007 13:53 (sixteen years ago) link
GUYS TONIGHT AT THE TROUBADOR!!
SEE YA THERE!!
http://thecoming.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/timanderic.JPG
― chaki, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 18:30 (sixteen years ago) link
this is a minstrel show
― jeff, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link
u goin?
― chaki, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
of coz, i am capn save-a-dultswim
― jeff, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
dont beat me up, young elvis!
― chaki, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 20:43 (sixteen years ago) link
ok!
― jeff, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
AVC: In a way, it's like avoiding an actual punchline. It's like post-punchline humor.
Tim: We let the punchlines happen in people's heads. We just create a dead beat, then you know what to do. We don't need to spell it out. We joke about explaining it in a pamphlet, with explanations of why this should be funny to you.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 16 November 2007 23:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Ugh.
that muscles for bones show was so awesome
― Noise Board Moderator, Friday, 16 November 2007 23:36 (sixteen years ago) link
"Spagett!" killed me.
― Savannah Smiles, Monday, 10 December 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
yah season two has been a fucking treat. goldblum was on last night!
― chaki, Monday, 10 December 2007 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link
This show is so fucking fantastic. The wackiness is absolutely hysterical--Jan's facial expressions and nuances, the whole silent-"I know" head-nod bit at the end of the "Carol' episode, the glitchy bits they do (USE MY CLO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-OWNS)--I can't believe something like this is on television. It's utterly delightful.
― Stevie D, Saturday, 29 December 2007 06:24 (sixteen years ago) link
"post-punchline"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 29 December 2007 08:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd like to like this show, but it just doesn't work for me most of the time. The cameos get a laugh for sheer WTFery, and I like the creepy androgynous newscasters.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 29 December 2007 08:12 (sixteen years ago) link
i honestly feel bad for people that do not connect with this show
― chaki, Saturday, 29 December 2007 11:16 (sixteen years ago) link
-- am0n, Friday, 27 July 2007 13:39 (5 months ago) Link
im the episode "Salame"
― chaki, Saturday, 29 December 2007 23:34 (sixteen years ago) link
You know what show is REALLY bewildering in that is-it-terrible-or-entertaining way? XAVIER.
― nickalicious, Sunday, 30 December 2007 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, seriously.
It's like Mr. Show but with a more singular absurdity.
― Z S, Sunday, 30 December 2007 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
"....sigh...dammit..............goddammnit....sigh....dammit..........AWESOME!"
― Z S, Sunday, 30 December 2007 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link
the awesome tour was like the most amazing concert ive ever been too. so fucking fantastic. i was accosted by david libe hart at the end.
(this guy) http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q69/jeelde2/salame.jpg
― chaki, Monday, 5 May 2008 06:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Has anyone heard the soundtrack, Awesome Record, Great Songs?
IT IS AWESOME. I will summarize the first track:
[40 seconds of music similar to the menu screen from an EA sports game in 1994. Or maybe Smash TV, I can't remember] [25 seconds of wicked 8th grade drum solo] "SPORTS! SPORTS! SPORTS! SPORTS! SPORTS" End.
Check it out, it's necessary.
― Z S, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 01:07 (fifteen years ago) link
where is chaki in the salame episode?
― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 01:11 (fifteen years ago) link
R.I.P. chaki
"Doo Dah Doo Doo" stands up pretty well without the visuals. "have a glass of wine...it's ok kids, I won't tell."
"Time Travel" through "Petite Feet" is the most economic use of 4 minutes I've heard all year. Great job!
― Z S, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 01:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Dammit, I already blew my wad. Now I can't even mention "Hamburgers and Hotdogs"!
― Z S, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 01:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, no. I had no idea about this. Everyone is going to hate me even more now that all of the annoying songs are collected on one compact disc.
― Deric W. Haircare, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 02:19 (fifteen years ago) link
it better have I LIKE CRACKERS AND SNACKS, CRACKERS AND SNACKS, CRACKERS AND SNACKS
― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 02:42 (fifteen years ago) link
The first time it ever occurred to me to rate a song on iTunes: "Horse and Buggy Ride". 5 stars, obv.
― Z S, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 03:30 (fifteen years ago) link
has anyone hated on this show in this thread yet?
― Will M., Friday, 20 June 2008 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link
i have no respect for people who watch this shit -- and what (and@what), February 20th, 2007.
^^
― some dude, Friday, 20 June 2008 18:11 (fifteen years ago) link
hmm, well that's one.
i am still really surprised to see such (near) universal acclaim for something that is half-the-time hilarious and half-the-time fucking wretched.
― Will M., Friday, 20 June 2008 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
oh god i heard "sports!" out somewhere and it kind of blew my mind
― sleep, Friday, 20 June 2008 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm kind of surprised to see any acclaim for this at all. It's perfectly formulated for my sense of humor, but it seems like the sort of thing that maybe three people in the world would actually enjoy. I honestly can't imagine recommending it to anyone.
― Deric W. Haircare, Friday, 20 June 2008 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
This is sort of correct. But shit, the half the time that it's working makes me lol harder than anything else on tv, except maybe for Mr. Show.
― Z S, Friday, 20 June 2008 23:04 (fifteen years ago) link
SPAGHET
― iiiijjjj, Friday, 20 June 2008 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
YES
― David R., Friday, 20 June 2008 23:27 (fifteen years ago) link
YES. This show works on so many levels and even when it doesn't it just does. Always a win. http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa200/caseytatum/Tim_and_Eric_Dads.jpg I hate how shiny his face is, I'm torn between pity and fear for this character. I love the asexual news casters and all the random ads in between. EVERYTHING.
― VeronaInTheClub, Saturday, 21 June 2008 00:50 (fifteen years ago) link
it's for your health.
― Creeztophair, Saturday, 21 June 2008 01:12 (fifteen years ago) link
even though everyone who likes this show besides me is an idiot like VeronaInTheClub who doesn't actually get it like i do, it's my favorite show
― iiiijjjj, Saturday, 21 June 2008 01:28 (fifteen years ago) link
I wish that the one scene that had burned itself into my head wasn't the monumentally unfunny hacky sack one because there is some great stuff, I can only ever just rmeember that fucking hacky sack unfunny shit though.
― Will M., Saturday, 21 June 2008 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, but right after the hacky sack scene is the part where the loser of the tournament goes
which is pretty much one of the greatest things I've ever seen. IN MY ENTIRE LIFE SO FAR.
― Z S, Monday, 23 June 2008 02:30 (fifteen years ago) link
^ street team
― jeff, Monday, 23 June 2008 02:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow I laughed harder at that than uh anything in years
― silby, Monday, 20 April 2020 01:14 (three years ago) link
Don’t usually like their gross out humor but ep 2 had me dying
Let’s just say I blew two loads that night
― frogbs, Sunday, 3 May 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
This show is the funniest thing on TV right now.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
Looks like this was the season finale. What a cliffhanger!
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Monday, 4 May 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
I like how it's not spoofing sitcoms in general but rather the late seasons of sitcoms where it's not clear any more what the premises of the show is, half the punchlines are weird inside jokes, and all the characters are just one or two grossly exaggerated traits
― frogbs, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
quite ironical that the man famous for his song-and-dance cautioning about the gastrointestinal dangers of consuming spoiled meat would use a diarrhea pipe for his mayonnaise pipe
― the burrito that defined a generation, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link
this song from the new Tim Heidecker solo album is uh...really good?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvDssCCJT5c
― frogbs, Wednesday, 23 September 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
Yeah that's really nice.
But I generally have a hard time responding to Tim's music.
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 26 September 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link
Didn't know he had a new album out. That's a great track. Is that Weyes Blood on vocals (from a quick google)? He definitely writes some great songs. I absolutely adore 'When I Get Up' from the previous album.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 26 September 2020 21:50 (three years ago) link
"Fear of Death is a Serious Album about Serious Topics..."
On the basis of that one track, I'll take this statement at face value (perhaps not wise) and I'm keen to hear more.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 26 September 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
I think most of his music is pretty serious. the Heidecker & Wood stuff seemed to lean into its AOR campiness sometimes but I think his three solo albums are all pretty genuine. and based off one listen on Bandcamp I think this is clearly the best of the three
certainly he's not the first comedian to have a go at "serious" music but he might be the first one whose brand of comedy is particularly dry, where you kind of have to look for the jokes, which I think has led a lot of people to listen to his music for the wrong reasons.
― frogbs, Sunday, 27 September 2020 00:14 (three years ago) link
'What The Broken-Hearted Do' is the album I know, so commenting in terms of that, I take it as both serious/genuine and playful at the same time. I think there is definitely some of that dry humour you mention at work and a deliberate ambiguity to it, which I enjoy. Mainly when I listen to it though I just enjoy it at pretty much face value - I like the tunes etc.
― brain (krakow), Sunday, 27 September 2020 11:18 (three years ago) link
yeah agreed with that
listened to it a few more times, definitely made the leap from "pretty good for a comedian" to "actually good" on this one
― frogbs, Monday, 28 September 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
dare I say it is as good as the Yellow River Boys album
― frogbs, Monday, 28 September 2020 16:03 (three years ago) link
Even going way back to the music on Awesome Show - Great Job, Tim's music has always been decent to great. He can make a throwaway song like Decker's "Our Values Are Under Attack" an earworm for the ages.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 28 September 2020 16:29 (three years ago) link
you wave a flag on christmas day, they'll throw you in jail!
ah na na na na na naaaa
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 28 September 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
Decker's gonna get laid mon
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 28 September 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
listened to some of these songs and can't help wondering if ppl would be digging it if it weren't Tim
Really the vocals are so up front in the mix, which can be cool I guess with a good singer...but...I don't get it. His phrasing and emphases seem just kind of sloppy and rote. I appreciate some of the flourishes and other aspects of the production but I'm just not sure where the hooks are here that it's meriting so much high praise?
Anyway also not big into Warren Zevon or Randy Newman, and those seem to be his touchstones, so probably just me
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 9 October 2020 15:16 (three years ago) link
he kinda went all out on this new video, even got himself a snazzy vintage non-Padres San Diego ballcap
song is completely forgettable imo but video is fun to look at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR6tpI1_ASE
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 9 October 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
Yeah that song, I don't mind earnest Tim, but as <trenchant> lyrics go...oof
This guy has given me countless hours of joy over the years so I feel weird slagging him off, and he should do whatever he feels like doing...I just hope he doesn't become convinced that *this* is where his talent lies at the expense of so much genius elsewhere
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 9 October 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
Still haven't heard a note from the album that betters "Brick By Brick"
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 9 October 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say this guy is a big fan of Harry Nilsson
― frogbs, Friday, 9 October 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
Nilsson is his favoritev artist after the Beatles I think
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 9 October 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
lyrics are very DO YOU SEE? like, can someone really even ever *own* land, maaaan?
I'm glad he's having fun but frankly I have more fun when his songs are about drinking your own piss
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 9 October 2020 15:31 (three years ago) link
His lyrics are so unwaveringly matter of fact that when he started making non-comedy music I think almost everyone was looking for his trademark drydecker parody underneath it somewhere. And part of it is the production as Hadrian said. The upfront vocals somewhat resemble how his comedy songs are mixed in Awesome show etc. So combined with the commonplace lyrics there's nothing transcendent. Just straightforward song arrangements and subject matter with a plain-speaking approach.
― Evan, Friday, 9 October 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
yeah I remember watching the video for "Work From Home" on youtube and it seemed like all the comments at that time were from adult swim fans who didnt quite get it, like "lololol this is hilarious, tim is the master of fucked up surreal satire, this is perfect!"
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Friday, 9 October 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link
Yes, everyone wanted to feel like they were in on it with him; as fans they totally "get it".
― Evan, Friday, 9 October 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
as a fan I'm ready to be disappointed by Moonbase 8 next month. between that, Space Force, and that new netflix doc series about the Challenger explosion, I feel like America is poised to be burnt out on astronaut comedy
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 9 October 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
Didn't expect the Challenger doc to be hilarious, but I haven't watched it yet.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 9 October 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
lol
I'm jusice for Moonbase 8!
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 9 October 2020 16:24 (three years ago) link
juiced!
xxp oh it's not! but for those willing to seek it out there are savory comedy undertones to the early-eighties fashion choices and NASA contractor office technology
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 9 October 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link
I'm confident it will be funnier than Space Force.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 9 October 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
hopefully space force was funnier than the challenger doc though
― Evan, Friday, 9 October 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
first episode is on YouTube. it's pretty good though it clearly seems like one of those pilot episodes that gives you no real clue what the show is gonna be like. reminded me a bit of Bedtime Stories actually
― frogbs, Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:06 (three years ago) link
i watched the first four episodes of Moonbase and I think it's terrible.
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
first two and same tbh
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
only saw the first and it seemed they were all playing it a bit too straight
― Evan, Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link
it's more of a slow-burn low-key character-driven thing like Baskets, but the characters just aren't there. Tim's xian father-of-12 guy was decent, and I think the only time I laughed was when he had his face stomped on by the interim 4th crew member after he tried to consummate their unspoken relationship after praying on it, but John was just John and Fred kinda bugs. I finished it last night and was mostly bored, but ymmv depending on how much you like dehydrated food jokes. It was nice to see Alia Shawkat get some work.
― the burrito that defined a generation, Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:47 (three years ago) link
btw not sure if this or the On Cinema thread is the designated thread for Office Hours talk, but replacing Doug "smoke drugs first thing in the morning" Pound with Megan Koester was a solid move for that enterprise
― the burrito that defined a generation, Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:52 (three years ago) link
Huh? Isn't Doug on Office Hours right now?
― Evan, Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
oh I dunno! he was semi-replaced with Megan the other week. I don't ever watch it live
― the burrito that defined a generation, Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:59 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L19yFfoDhYw
Tim playing harmonica on the first song during this "band got big but still plays a show at a local bar at the end of their tour - there's hardly room for the musicians after they've put all their pedals down" type thing
― StanM, Monday, 23 November 2020 01:36 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fKn0jR6ekc
― Evan, Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link
His Joe Rogan parody was a mere 12 hours long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Iyg9fznvM
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 29 November 2021 03:29 (two years ago) link
Larry texted me this and said “Hearing tim pitch ‘now tayne I can get into’ is like watching Paul McCartney riff get back into existence” https://t.co/YwFfAQsTfv— marge (@mags_mclaugh) May 2, 2022
for some reason a few BTS clips of this sketch have been making the rounds and they're all amazing
― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2022 19:29 (one year ago) link
That one sketch needs its own limited run prestige tv series about its making. Timotheee Cahalamet as Paul Rudd.
― DAMAGED by Black Flat (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 2 May 2022 19:41 (one year ago) link
Crossover show with Matt & Will from Chapo on Office Hours Live today, and damn has Tim dropped a lot of weight in the last few years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBRM2WouW78
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 6 October 2022 18:47 (one year ago) link