Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (2007– )

Two comedians, average nobodies, and celebrity guest stars perform bizarre low-budget comedy sketches.

Creators:

Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim

Stars:

Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Bob Odenkirk

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tim Heidecker	...	Various (53 episodes, 2007-2010)
Eric Wareheim	...	Various (53 episodes, 2007-2010)
Bob Odenkirk	...	Announcer (27 episodes, 2007-2010)
John C. Reilly	...	Dr. Steve Brule (25 episodes, 2007-2010)
Richard Dunn	...	Himself (24 episodes, 2007-2010)

Storyline

Two comedians, average nobodies, and celebrity guest stars perform bizarre low-budget comedy sketches.

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Plot Keywords:

Guest | Celebrity Guest | Comedian | Celebrity | Monologue | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Adult Swim Adult Swim [uk]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 February 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tim and Eric, Absolutely, Williams Street

Technical Specs

Runtime:

11 min 22 min (series finale)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title of the show is a mixture of ideas. Bob Odenkirk suggested to have "Tim and Eric" in the title, Eric Wareheim suggested the name "Awesome Show", and Tim Heidecker suggested the name "Great Job". The comma (,) and the exclamation point were added then for comedic effect.

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Quotes

Dr. Steve Brule: If you're raking the leaves and it gets all over your driveway, just hose it off dummy.

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Crazy Credits

The clip at the end of the show's credit sequence is from a 1991 Heidecker family vacation where Tim's father was asked to sum up the vacation in two words. He looked at the camera and said, "Abso-Lutely".

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Connections

Featured in Conan: Who Will Cry for the Third Nipple? (2011)
Andy Ritcher announces and Conan O'Brien introduces actors Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim and mentions and shows a clip of this show

User Reviews

Great Job, Indeed!

There's no accounting for taste, and this show you'll either love to bits, or be stuck forever in "WTF" mode. I do sympathize with the WTF crowd, truly, but honestly I don't understand the level of vitriol. Let's all just admit to differences in taste, eh? The fact is, this show is exactly the way the creators want it. I don't in general like to condescend to non-fans by saying "you just don't get it". But truly, this is the one thing you should "get" before you criticize the show: It is what it is, and it's not too complicated. It's all right there in front of you.

Beyond that, it's all up to personal aesthetics. You don't like it? Fine! Me? I love it! I can't get enough of it! It makes me laugh my ass off every single time. I don't always know how to articulate what it is about it, but it just dovetails perfectly with my (and my friends') sense of humor. There's a through-line of sarcasm from beginning to end. Sarcasm not just with individual comments or ideas, but with the structure of "sketch" comedy shows in general, and a vast array of kitschy cultural threads.

Shoot, I crack up just seeing the faces Tim and Eric pull when they're grinning idiotically into the camera for long awkward stretches. That's another good word: awkward. There's a lot of awkward stuff in this show, and that's part of its bread and butter! For that reason, it rings more truthful than most shows on TV, despite its flagrant surreality.

Also, in my opinion, its vibe is a perfect complement to a lot of existing Adult Swim shows: Sealab 2021, Space Ghost, Venture Brothers, Morel Orel, Futurama, Family Guy, Frisky Dingo, Squidbillies, 12 oz mouse, etc etc etc. It more than fits the bill in that great pantheon, no matter how "animated" it is in the conventional sense. Another way I like to look at this particular show is: internet photo-shopped / you-tubed / flash-animated humor brought to your living room! In summary: Pure heroine! I'll be first in line when the inevitable (I hope) DVD box set comes out!