Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

A few weeks ago I was talking with a friend who is always up on good comedy and I asked him if he had found any good "tv show comedies" lately. He told me about this show called, "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!". He explained a few of the skits and they seemed funny. On Thursday my brother bookmarked a website in delicious about this show which reminded me that I needed to check it out.



I have just finished watching all of Season 1 of "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!". It is such a good show.



Synopsis
"Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" is a surreal sketch show created by Tim Heidecker [wp][pw][gi][imdb] and Eric Wareheim [wp][pw][gi][imdb].
The show consists of sketches, songs, and mock commercials. The Wikipedia entry for "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" lists Andy Kaufman and Monty Python as a major influence on the comedy of Tim and Eric, their humour is comparatively offbeat and surreal.



Each episode goes for roughly eleven and a half minutes (11:30).


Here she comes

The show premiered February 11, 2007. Stylistically, the show has been created to look like a late 80's/early 90's production. The graphics, audio, fashion, make-up and subject matter all hark to former years. The graphics are reminiscent of the (now outdated) instructional/educational videos that they showed (still show?) in schools. Video transitions popular in these decades give the show a great DIY feel with accompanying music and soundscapes popular in the same decades. A lot of the sketches spoof public access televisions' poor quality and often emotionless dialogue of its participants.

One sketch is a commercial where a family is listening to (and highly enjoying) midi files being played by the father on an old computer. MIDI file based sketch! brilliant!
I found this sketch on youtube, it is show here in this video following a sketch about "sports".


Sports Sketch / Midi File Organiser Advert Sketch

S01E08 (0:07:01)

The Doo Dah Doo Doo Sketch

(Low video quality), S01E02 (0:01:24)

Celebrities
The show features appearances from celebrities such as:
- John C. Reilly
- Bob Odenkirk
- David Cross
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Michael Cera
- Neil Hamburger
- Jeff Goldblum
- Rainn Wilson


Brule's Rules with Dr Steve Brule: An inept news reporter (played by John C. Reilly)


Season 1 is now out on DVD (US), coming soon to (AU)



Tim And Eric - Awesome Show, Great Job! - Season 1 - EzyDVD, AU$29.83 (Coming Soon! Pre-Order Now - Available Wednesday, 11 June 2008)
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! - Season 1 - Amazon.com, US$14.99 - IN STOCK


More Information
Tim and Eric.com - Official site
Tim and Eric Show - Adult Swim website
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! - Wikipedia


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