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and gregg's concept for the 7th special was perfect: dressed as the joker, the mobile vfa decked out with arthur memorabilia intended as a preview for the next year's 40th anniversary celebration...

i forgot to mention this at the time but one of the most amazing scenes in season x is when it cuts to a gregg segment and in the 360 vr view you can see mark in bed hooked up to machines

For me the “James Dean” reveal ending of one of the earlier Oscar Specials was the most shocking mainly because I wasn’t sure if the guy was aware what was going on, or if he actually believed he was James Dean.

that was the third one! which is probably my favorite after 5 and 7. mark as the three stooges is the peak of comedy

as far as I could gather the James Dean guy was the sort of person who appeared on Tim & Eric, they're acting but maybe not 100% aware of what the show is or what kind of humor they're going for. from what I've heard the bit in the Oscar Special where Tim is really yelling at him wound up rattling him and he had to be calmed down after the shoot. I guess the panic in his eyes was real. also seems he was declining mentally pretty quickly which is why he had to be replaced in Decker.

heilots ranked:

mark's cavalcade of characters >>>>>>>>>>>>> xposed > rock house >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> popcorn shuffle

i know what i like and it's: mark porksh

i forgot to mention this at the time but one of the most amazing scenes in season x is when it cuts to a gregg segment and in the 360 vr view you can see mark in bed hooked up to machines

maybe my favorite moment in the series

I would love more Rock House, I think it's super cool when this show gets way outside of its own universe. that's what makes the trial so great. also Ax and Manuel are just naturally funny in this context. its so on the nose it almost could've aired as-is on MTV 10 years ago

Xposed is also really funny but the humor is very similar to Decker. Rock House is just something else entirely

i did really love rock house, manuel in particular shines

tim's incredibly produced phone calls are also a riot. "mike jagger"

yeah I think at some point Tim realized that Manuel needs more screentime

hoo hah

listen, wild horses is NOT an easy song

season 12 was fucking amazing btw

spiritual rappapella

last episode was maybe the best OC episode ever. that Dr. San reveal is so funny. and of course the D4 music video. I was just like....how did we get to this point

Xposed is really funny too. I wonder if LaRue gets to even see the scripts before filming.

my favorite part about Xposed is that much of it appears to be plagiarized word-for-word from wikipedia and conspiracy theory sites

terri parks was also phenomenal in the penultimate episode

yeah I was pretty stunned by that because afaik she isnt really in anything else? in terms of pure acting talent she's the second best actor on the show...first of course being Joe Estevez (sorry, the numbers don't lie)

valentine's special is insanely uncomfortable and hostile from scene to scene, as it should be

The Hei Ranch for this year's special seems perfect in this age of massive pickup trucks and faux salt-of-the-earth.

The 9th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special is less than a month away!
tickets are now available! at https://t.co/Y8afSel6yW
current annual subscribers are all set and don't need to buy a ticket! pic.twitter.com/UALfM4qrM2

— Tim Heidecker (@timheidecker) March 2, 2022

not On Cinema, but a "Drop Concert" streaming ~live~ rn - DJ Douggpound and Vic Berger jamming on samples and video etc, Tim on electric organ

Lmao yes

JUST ANNOUNCED: Dilbert's own Scott Adams will be joining us on Oscar Night down at the #HeiRanch pic.twitter.com/OaxiIc1Pa0

— Tim Heidecker (@timheidecker) March 22, 2022

holy smokes

i wonder if its gonna be a "james dean" situation?

either that or a mike huckabee situation

actual scott adams seems about as lucid as "james dean" tbrr

well they're both going through divorces right now

Behind the scenes of the bizarro ‘On Cinema Oscar Special’

“My character is in self-imposed isolation from reality,” Turkington says, “and Tim’s is a psycho. He’s just a bad guy, and people are happy when they escape his clutches. Tim also doesn't know anything about movies, but he knows that I’m full of shit. Though he does believe that I have some movie knowledge that is helpful to the show. I just think that, unfortunately — like a lot of relationships — we don’t like each other, but we need each other.”

i got the oscar fever

Hope the stream works okay this time because I’m really excited for this

is there a way to watch live? i've never caught one at the time it happened, but it seems like it'll probably be on the HEI network?

Yes, it’s streamable on heinetwork.tv assuming no technical difficulties

nice! i am planning my evening around it

btw i'm STILL back on on cinema circa The Trial, so i have no idea what has happened with Gregg and everyone else since. but i assume they're all getting along just fine and that tim's relationships are very normal

I don't understand. Single ticket cost $12 but "$10 for monthly subscribers". Oh OK, where's the monthly package? Only thing available is a $55 annual membership package that says the oscar special is free to stream and replay (so explicitly not $10). Is the monthly package just not an option?

which movie is gregg going to pick for best picture tonight

all i know is, this is going to be explosive

the tinders are hot tonight, and we haven't even gotten started

i have to believe that the hobbit is in the running, along with bond

The article quoted above implies or shouldn’t expect deaths or anything this time around

what about dismemberment or at least grievous bodily harm

stream is already lagging like crazy :(

yeah might have to watch this tomorrow lol

i do hope it'll stabilize eventually but that opening was something else

Just hopped on, it’s incredibly laggy, I gather something horrible has already happened to Mark

honestly the lag might make it better lol

This happened for the last Oscar special, the season finale, and the Valentines special, you’d think they’d have a handle on this

Well he’s already drinking so that’s a good sign

they replaced it with a youtube stream and it's working much better

Anyone watching hit refresh they moved the stream to YouTube and it’s working fine now