Graham ([info]tao_) wrote,
@ 2007-04-30 10:23:00
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Cats and Dads
Peter Serafinowicz tried to get me to watch Tom Goes To The Mayor a whiles aback, and I hippity hated it. However, Robert Popper sent me this last week and something clicked. But the following video is so funny that it makes me feel sick.


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(Anonymous)
2007-04-30 09:58 am UTC (link)
Okay, so not only does everyone in my office think I'm lazy because I watch videos on my computer when I should be working, they also think I'm a bit simple because I cry and snort as I do it.

I liked the ice-skating.

Jasper Goodballoon

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[info]nearside
2007-04-30 12:10 pm UTC (link)
They have a new show at the moment, which is what I think this is from. Moments of pure genius buried in the some of the weirdest shite on US Television.

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I WANNA MEET THAT DAD
(Anonymous)
2007-04-30 04:08 pm UTC (link)
Duh-duh doo-doo!

Yes indeed.

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"Looks like a Steven to me..."
[info]dives
2007-04-30 04:27 pm UTC (link)
My best friend's brother is trying very hard to get an internship with Tim and Eric (somehow he got to be an extra in the first episode of Awesome Show Great Job!.), and both he and my best friend are obsessed with them, so I've learned a bit about the shows by proxy.
I don't hate Tom Goes to the Mayor so much as find it overly strange.

Re: TGttM, did Peter show you Vehichular Manslaughter or the bear trap one? Those are the only episodes I actually like. If you haven't seen either of them, you might like them, but if you have, uh, nevermind.

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Re: "Looks like a Steven to me..."
[info]tao_
2007-04-30 06:55 pm UTC (link)
Thank you, I'll have a look. I do think my original dislike of the show was just a knee-jerk reaction to the scary weird grimness. I'm beginning to see what they're getting at now, and anyone who can make me laugh hysterically at the words "What's your Dad like?" has got to have something going.

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[info]savantesque
2007-05-01 10:40 am UTC (link)
I love them. This is perhaps the funniest clip I've seen (from about 4 min in and particularly from about 6.40):

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[info]ealaspada
2007-05-01 08:24 pm UTC (link)
That would be mainly because Bob Odenkirk is a genius! All hail the Odenkirk!

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[info]palali
2007-05-05 08:40 am UTC (link)
I believe Bob Odenkirk is just a 'consultant' on this new show, 'Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job.' They've just finished airing the first 10 episodes of it on Adult Swim in the US. If you live outside the US like me, and you're cunning, you can find places to download it from. Moments to look forward to are the hotdog parade (and pretty much everything else in that episode, called Abstinance) and the episode featuring the world's funnyman Neil hamburger operating his own taxi service.

I really enjoyed Tom Goes To The Mayor, but I remember being initially turned off to it. There were just moments like Jeffy the Sea Serpent and Pipe Camp that were so absurdly wonderful. it's not really surprising that Tim & Eric, while they enjoy a loyal fanbase, are the most vitriolically hated contributers to the Adult Swim lineup.

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[info]tao_
2007-05-05 09:30 am UTC (link)
I love that embedded clip partly because it's so sweet. Some of their other stuff tries too hard to push the viewer away, I think.

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[info]palali
2007-05-05 10:06 am UTC (link)
I think the chief criticism I've seen toward Tim & Eric is that they're for 'hipsters.' I'm not entirely sure what that means but I think I understand the sentiment behind it. I think it also (at least partly) reflects what you're saying. I wouldn't call myself a 'hipster,' and I would concede that a lot of their ideas fall flat, but moemnts like that in the clip you posted make it worthwhile.

Oh, and another highlight of Awesome Show is a great character portrayed by John C. Reilly called Dr. Brule.

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[info]tao_
2007-05-05 10:20 pm UTC (link)
Yeah. Love it.

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[info]tao_
2007-05-05 10:21 pm UTC (link)
Yeah. Love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR7o0kfM8OA&mode=related&search=

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