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my partner and i have spent the last year catching up on this and finished just in time for the special last night. some thoughts:

* we both agree that the funniest thing they've done so far is when gregg showed up in the giant suit at the end of season 1
* the victorville season was the best
* the trial was amazing-- the fly and tim getting gregg to lie under oath re: star trek was incredible
* this is the best comedy of the moment but it's a really hard sell to people. "no no no trust me, it's incredible. but you gotta hang in there for the first 25 episodes"

"here's my ticket stub, i'd like a seat in the front row!" is a close second for funniest thing they've done

do you think are we meant to take at face value Toni's explanation that it was her own decision to acquit Tim? I always assumed he paid a juror off (presumably with Delgado funds or a job offer, hence campaign manager).

hard to imagine Tim could pull something like this off without it getting immediately revealed during the trial. he is not exactly a cunning person. my view of it is that Toni is one of those people who gets really into stuff like QAnon - seems normal on the surface but has beliefs that are totally fucking crazy

i thought it was interesting that she liked Parasite and didn't think it was Chinese psy ops like Tim

Is the whole special up to watch?

my view of it is that Toni is one of those people who gets really into stuff like QAnon - seems normal on the surface but has beliefs that are totally fucking crazy

yeah this is my take too - she presents as normal/competent enough to be Tims liaison to the world as his campaign manager/assistant, but the more time spent listening to her the more clear it becomes that she is a complete mess

I think the fact that Toni was sucked into a prosperity church says a lot - the pastor is (was? lol) a bullshit artist like Tim (though maybe more self aware)

i can't find this year's special on adultswim or on youtube?

I think they said they’re going to try and have it on YouTube in the next day or two

unofficially official until otherwise notified:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnZ17AroD2w

^ that's missing the intro

like the first few minutes - gregg's entrance etc.

Was the car audibly running during the AS stream? I can't really tell from the capture^^

there are faint motor sounds being picked up by mics throughout

my fav thing about that capture is that it keeps the trivia questions intact!!!

I, uhh, was not previously aware of that charming bit of Cuba Gooding Jr trivia

One thing that impressed me were the "Gosford Park"-style multiple conversations going on at once, which I'd imagine is pretty hard to pull off live and they did it more than a few times successfully.

The trivia cards feel very...Neil Hamburger.

out of desperation i started watching that unofficial stream and immediately saw gregg in full jack nicholson joker makeup and i think i have to wait to experience this whole

@Brad

Relive the excitement of the On Cinema Oscar Special with a special encore presentation tonight at 9p est. @timheidecker @greggturkingtonhttps://t.co/sORZ4ierUk pic.twitter.com/cxEnGwhFeX

— [adult swim] (@adultswim) February 13, 2020

AT LAST

all i can do rn is stare at that still and think about how much i love gregg turkington

goddammit gregg's entrance

"and finally we have the salute to the munchkins in wizard of oz, little women"

"you're thinking of judy"

it's amazing how gregg's oscar special segments get worse and worse

the faint sound of the engine running is 👌

yes it's just humming along

tfw manuel starts opening a champagne bottle with a machete

tuo fratello

you are my smile

Mister America is on Hulu now FTTI

Officially official:

https://www.adultswim.com/videos/on-cinema-at-the-cinema/on-cinema-oscar-special-7-encore-presentation

'Kay, guess I know how I'm wasting my Saturday!

this one was really the biggest shitshow yet

gregg's wedding speech...

*everyone dying of carbon monoxide poisoning*

*"mt btl 2.0" plays*

i also love the way every oscar special somehow extends the chaplin's chili saga

gregg literally taking up all the oxygen in the room

incredible show, but yeh the 2.0 version playing next after the incident is all time

Little details that made me laugh:

- Tim thinking Adam Driver had something to do with Fast and the Furious franchise, conflating with him with Paul Walker, who Tim declared several seasons ago should be renamed Paul Driver in honor of the series.

- The Heidecker Quartet actually being a trio, and frequently breaking. (I always wonder if these non-acting extras know the full extent of what will happen, or even what On Cinema is.)

I always assumed Axiom and Manuel were just paid lackeys but their "brotherhood" talk seems sincere at this point.

My girlfriend and I were so anxious during the calm at the table before people passed out, when it was all fairly mundane and sullen: we knew something horrible was bound to happen, especially with everyone gathered together, but no idea what. I was bracing myself for some sort of shooting incident, especially when LaRue entered and I thought the fake Mark might get unruly.

I want to watch this forever but simultaneously wonder how much more things can escalate, considering the body count the show has accumulated. In the long stretch before Axiom burst in, I actually thought this might be the series finale, and would have been satisfied.

*Paul Car

always assumed Axiom and Manuel were just paid lackeys but their "brotherhood" talk seems sincere at this point.

Axiom & Manuel have true brotherhood - Axiom only comes to the studio due to Manuel’s entreaties, having spurned Tim, and saves Manuel first. (It’s up in the air whether Manuel believes most of what he’s saying or if he’s keeping good with Tim for next time he has money)

Oh, another detail I loved: Tim taking the name of Toni's ex-husband, rather than her maiden name.

lol yes

always assumed Axiom and Manuel were just paid lackeys but their "brotherhood" talk seems sincere at this point.

Axiom & Manuel have true brotherhood - Axiom only comes to the studio due to Manuel’s entreaties, having spurned Tim, and saves Manuel first. (It’s up in the air whether Manuel believes most of what he’s saying or if he’s keeping good with Tim for next time he has money)

the manuel and ax characters are used to portray the archetypal brotherhood/bro-dom exaggerated to absurdity. despite appearing as guitar center dwelling douchebags and being hired guns, manuel is still willling to give the skin off his ass for tim— and ax his hand! even through all the ups and downs of their relationships, they still say they'd be willing to do anything for tim, which is why i think ax eventually showed up at the end of the oscar special. at this point in their character development, they're that dumb kind of loyal like a dog. and they're some of my favorite characters because of it

IRL Tim claimed he really did meet those two guys at a Guitar Center, I wonder if that's true or not

OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THE 7TH ANUAL OSCAR SPECIAL pic.twitter.com/kW8PURtEYD

— Tim Newman (@timheidecker) February 18, 2020

mister turkgtin MUST be healed accountable for his crimes!

mister turkgtin hahaha

rip tom chaplin
may your final meal be your finest