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season 7 does have the birth of dekkar (thereby forever tipping the scales in how much the show is "about" movies), the dr. san forgiveness special, and the untimely death of actor/model tom cruise heidecker jr., it's up there

also starts off with tim's ant-man pan

the our cinema special is the most magnificently unwatchable two hours of the entire show, i'm lmao whenever part of the set inevitably falls over

the dr san forgiveness special is incredible

S7 also has some of the best intro segments. in some ways that was my favorite running joke and I'm bummed the latest season doesn't have them. they just kept getting better and better.

seasons 7 & 8 are definitely where it turned from "this is really good" to "this one of my favorite things ever."

im sure i posted about it at the time, but the s11 "on defense" segments where tim was waving around guns and dry-firing them at himself and into the camera were some of the most unforgettably disturbing moments of the whole series for me. bc by that point the shows logic had been established where it was definitely not out of the realm of possibility that tims character would accidentally shoot himself in the head point blank on camera.

yeah it almost resembles a drama like Breaking Bad or the Sopranos more than a comedy show, there are very real stakes and it's constantly introducing new characters. that's what made the ending to the latest Oscar Special work so well, you legitimately didn't know if LaRue was gonna survive or if there would be major consequences for Gregg.

lmao when tim holds a contest for who's going to be donating skin to him

wanda skype

What’s incredible is that for the most part Gregg and Tim wing this.

Tim is just SO GOOD at this “Tim” character embodying a certain type of masculinity that I wish the real Tim’s mediocre singer songwriter music was also an elaborate “thing”, but alas.

his latest album is pretty good. having Weyes Blood on it helps a lot. also I will always rep for the Yellow River Boys

Yellow River Boys 1000% yes. Stuff under his own name? Not for me.

davidson's been captured by tourists... uhhh by terrorism

Season 9 will have my heart for the Mark as waiter gag’s and the episode of Mark and Gregg trashing Tim for Joe to come in and talk about his potatoes on the airplane. Dying thinking about it

i had completely forgotten about joe’s potato souvenirs, incredible

Gregg and Mark’s zoom in close ups. Good Lord

gonna try to watch as much of the trial as i can today :)

Watched for the first time a couple of days ago. Soooooo classic.

one of the great things about the episode where gregg and mark talk shit about tim is that... they never get around to reviewing the movies

i love how the credits in the later seasons of decker find increasingly elaborate ways of only sorta crediting gregg

location suggestions by gregg turkington

thematic content by tim heidecker

"one for sully 2. i saw the original the day it came out"

i forgot about dr. san's surprise appearance appearance in the mindwipe season of decker, incredible

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my name is WC3PO

i'm launching a retrieval pod to rescue agent kington... my little chickadee

I've pointed this out before I'm sure but the main alien is played by Todd Rundgren for some reason

i’ve got news for the parents—nobody’s coming back

can’t get the partnership with guitar center going

“objection”

“for a tongue twister?”

“is it officially a tongue twister?”

“if there’s anything you could say to your daughter right now, what would it be”

“objection! …….speculation”

^^ one of the best jokes in the whole thing

gregg’s facial expressions during the trial should be painted and hung in the louvre

otm

the full airing of the song, and all the solos, is brilliant

tim slapping the table in time with “empty bottle”

i have the right to call expert witnesses and pay them whatever i want

tim’s closing statement is a work of art, especially when he starts asking why the dead kids aren’t on trial

uhhh let’s give a shout out to the electric sun 20, we wouldn’t be here without them… unfortunately. i wish they were here, we could celebrate with them. but they’re not

has anyone dared drop the dkr “oscar fever” in the club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvPenlsYS4M

absolutely the most incredible gregg segment in the entire show

very curious where they got those video greetings from

i don't know... i just thought... i think billy graham is in hell

we have been watching your movies for decaaades. we have learned so much about the earth people and we have figured out a way to simulate popcorn on mars. it is called dollorrrrc. it tastes 99 percent like popcorn but it is made from intergalactic flowers grown on mars. but tell me, can you take meet the great one? your leader .... humphrey bogart

very curious where they got those video greetings from

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IIRC there was a tweet in the weeks before the special soliciting video greetings to celebrate a very special anniversary (not specifying who or what it was)

is it his death trip or is it his awakening? that’s kind of the mystery, it’s almost like an old sherlock gnomes movie

Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that this show's 2021 season is nominated in the ILX TV poll, with voting ending this weekend:

ILX's Best Television of 2021 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 31, 2022

If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (3 minimum, 25 maximum, ranked by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail. It'll take five minutes; get to it!

Is Bigfoot real? It's a question I've been hearing a lot lately.

latest Office Hours has Mark and Gregg on it

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

they're not playing their OC characters but the vibe is a lot like the Oscar Specials

its really fun seeing them doing basically the same bits but allowing themselves to outwardly laugh and enjoy it