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
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 14 January 2022 17:14 (two years ago) link
also starts off with tim's ant-man pan
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 14 January 2022 17:16 (two years ago) link
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
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 14 January 2022 17:19 (two years ago) link
the dr san forgiveness special is incredible
― Karl Malone, Friday, 14 January 2022 17:20 (two years ago) link
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.
― frogbs, Friday, 14 January 2022 17:28 (two years ago) link
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.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 14 January 2022 17:29 (two years ago) link
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.
― frogbs, Friday, 14 January 2022 18:43 (two years ago) link
lmao when tim holds a contest for who's going to be donating skin to him
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 14 January 2022 22:13 (two years ago) link
wanda skype
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 January 2022 01:00 (two years ago) link
What’s incredible is that for the most part Gregg and Tim wing this.
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 15 January 2022 01:20 (two years ago) link
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.
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 15 January 2022 01:22 (two years ago) link
his latest album is pretty good. having Weyes Blood on it helps a lot. also I will always rep for the Yellow River Boys
― frogbs, Saturday, 15 January 2022 01:26 (two years ago) link
Yellow River Boys 1000% yes. Stuff under his own name? Not for me.
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 15 January 2022 01:44 (two years ago) link
davidson's been captured by tourists... uhhh by terrorism
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 January 2022 01:51 (two years ago) link
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
― hrep (H.P), Saturday, 15 January 2022 13:14 (two years ago) link
i had completely forgotten about joe’s potato souvenirs, incredible
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 January 2022 13:18 (two years ago) link
Gregg and Mark’s zoom in close ups. Good Lord
― hrep (H.P), Saturday, 15 January 2022 13:38 (two years ago) link
gonna try to watch as much of the trial as i can today :)
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 January 2022 13:44 (two years ago) link
Watched for the first time a couple of days ago. Soooooo classic.
― hrep (H.P), Saturday, 15 January 2022 13:48 (two years ago) link
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
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 January 2022 14:05 (two years ago) link
i love how the credits in the later seasons of decker find increasingly elaborate ways of only sorta crediting gregg
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 January 2022 17:01 (two years ago) link
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
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 January 2022 17:13 (two years ago) link
cf: On Cinema at the Cinema on ilxor.com
― aegis philbin (crüt), Saturday, 15 January 2022 17:39 (two years ago) link
my name is WC3PO
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 January 2022 18:53 (two years ago) link
i'm launching a retrieval pod to rescue agent kington... my little chickadee
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 January 2022 18:54 (two years ago) link
I've pointed this out before I'm sure but the main alien is played by Todd Rundgren for some reason
― frogbs, Saturday, 15 January 2022 18:58 (two years ago) link
i’ve got news for the parents—nobody’s coming back
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 January 2022 01:27 (two years ago) link
can’t get the partnership with guitar center going
“objection”
“for a tongue twister?”
“is it officially a tongue twister?”
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 January 2022 01:46 (two years ago) link
“if there’s anything you could say to your daughter right now, what would it be”
“objection! …….speculation”
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 January 2022 16:23 (two years ago) link
^^ one of the best jokes in the whole thing
― frogbs, Sunday, 16 January 2022 17:01 (two years ago) link
gregg’s facial expressions during the trial should be painted and hung in the louvre
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 January 2022 17:05 (two years ago) link
otm
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 16 January 2022 17:28 (two years ago) link
the full airing of the song, and all the solos, is brilliant
tim slapping the table in time with “empty bottle”
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 January 2022 18:13 (two years ago) link
i have the right to call expert witnesses and pay them whatever i want
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 January 2022 21:50 (two years ago) link
tim’s closing statement is a work of art, especially when he starts asking why the dead kids aren’t on trial
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 17 January 2022 00:04 (two years ago) link
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
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 17 January 2022 00:35 (two years ago) link
has anyone dared drop the dkr “oscar fever” in the club
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 17 January 2022 16:23 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvPenlsYS4M
absolutely the most incredible gregg segment in the entire show
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 17 January 2022 17:02 (two years ago) link
very curious where they got those video greetings from
― frogbs, Monday, 17 January 2022 17:06 (two years ago) link
i don't know... i just thought... i think billy graham is in hell
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 17 January 2022 21:06 (two years ago) link
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
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 17 January 2022 22:15 (two years ago) link
very curious where they got those video greetings from― frogbs, Monday, January 17, 2022 11:06 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― frogbs, Monday, January 17, 2022 11:06 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
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)
― aegis philbin (crüt), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 00:21 (two years ago) link
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
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 00:26 (two years ago) link
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!
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
Is Bigfoot real? It's a question I've been hearing a lot lately.
― frogbs, Friday, 28 January 2022 18:08 (two years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 19:15 (two years ago) link
its really fun seeing them doing basically the same bits but allowing themselves to outwardly laugh and enjoy it
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 19:28 (two years ago) link