Half the Tim & Eric thread is about this show so I think it deserves its own thread
Granted I'm only like 13 hours into this thing but it's possibly one of the best comedic achievements of the 21st century
also this video is wonderful and I watch it every day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUE5_Mnelwc
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 15:32 (five years ago)
Worth looking for: the episode of The Best Show from a couple years back where Tim and Gregg take up about an hour of the show arguing over whether or not Tim actually saw the Tom Cruise remake of The Mummy.
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 15:44 (five years ago)
I never really gave a shit about the Tim & Eric show but I am 100% on board with this as pure genius, Turkington hooking up with him was a godsend.I'm on season 9.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:08 (five years ago)
feel like I'm doing a marathon to catch up but even then I can only watch like a handful of these in a row otherwise I will succumb to severe couchlock hypnosis
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:10 (five years ago)
I think the guys using the mailbag to passive aggressively torment/spring surprises on each other is my favorite gag
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:11 (five years ago)
best comedy on earth
― imago, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:27 (five years ago)
when you've got movies like Tom Cruise in them
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 16:29 (five years ago)
i watched the first episode of this afew days ago.....does it get better? or do you just have to immerse yourself in the voib for a few episodes before you can get into it?
― . (Michael B), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 17:16 (five years ago)
It’s my favorite television thing. You really need to immerse yourself (similar to the Best Show).
― Allen (etaeoe), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 17:18 (five years ago)
Immerse, my friend. Let it wash over you.Six seasons of uncritical plaudits for every film under the sun was a magnificent setup for Tim's excoriating Ant-Man review.
― I Ate Those Food (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 17:19 (five years ago)
I got into it through the spin-off, Decker.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 17:34 (five years ago)
https://pitchfork.com/news/tim-heidecker-and-greg-turkington-to-star-in-new-film-mister-america/
― VAR me to the end of yawn (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 17:43 (five years ago)
Oh god there are Oscar specials and a 12 hour long youtube clip ;_; I am going to have to watch it, I'm afraid. These guys are unreal.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 17:48 (five years ago)
didn't realize it until I went back but Tim's speech was a lot less garbled pre-brain surgery
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:03 (five years ago)
for some reason the Oscar Specials are not on the Adult Swim streaming channel
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:18 (five years ago)
i watched the first episode of this afew days ago.....does it get better?
at first it just seems like a shitty half-assed parody that does not feature any actual jokes, but as time goes on, the layers of comedy really accrue in an ingenious way
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:19 (five years ago)
probably said this in the other thread but Tim's explanation of why he's paying for Ayaka's abortion despite being a staunch pro-lifer is the purest distillation of the right-wing ethos that I've ever heard
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:20 (five years ago)
he just... he wasn't going to be in that situation
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:22 (five years ago)
how come there are no animated gifs of Tim's guitar wanking faces, that shit is comedy gold
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:24 (five years ago)
choices have to be on the table
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:27 (five years ago)
I don't know how to explain this to you but the "Stump the Buff" segment where Tim nails Gregg on the Star Trek/San Francisco trivia question is just as dramatic as the scene in Breaking Bad where Hank figures out who Heisenberg is
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:34 (five years ago)
you must be talking about Star Trek II
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:39 (five years ago)
which as Trekkie and non-Trekkie alike knows, takes place in San Francisco
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:40 (five years ago)
haha
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:40 (five years ago)
This playlist seems to comprise the definitive chronology of the On Cinema-verse (countdown to exasperated sic post detailing, at length,what's missing from said hi playlist): https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRT5PdjVF-ipL5SPXbmZXzfBchXVR8JTo
― I Ate Those Food (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 06:15 (five years ago)
(No idea where that rogue 'hi' came from so that would be sic gripe #1., I'm sure.)
― I Ate Those Food (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 06:18 (five years ago)
I graciously accept your thanks for my recommending that playlist to you
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 06:53 (five years ago)
I completely don’t get this
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 07:13 (five years ago)
Popcorn Classic is a really useful term for a certain kind of movie.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 09:37 (five years ago)
I thank u, sic, although I spent a long while watching a different, much less complete YT playlist (after starting on the even less complete playlist on that one website) so I just wanted to make sure no one else made my stupid mistake. I give this latest playlist five bags of popcorn and a hundred cups of soda.
― I Ate Those Food (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 14:28 (five years ago)
The later seasons of Decker aren’t on youtube btw, but iirc they stop interacting directly with On Cinema episodes so it doesn’t stand out badly(The two Ant-Man movies also don’t appear in the playlist, but do very much affect On Cinema video and twitter content )forks if you were starting at an early point, try dropping in on a S4 or 5 episode, when the Tim vs Gregg tone is better established & there’s loads of backstory, to see if it pings any better with you
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:16 (five years ago)
eh I think starting in the beginning obscures what a slow build this show is
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:17 (five years ago)
er starting in the MIDDLE
the whole of season 9 seems to be an extended satire on how annoying having dinner service at the Alamo Drafthouses is
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:24 (five years ago)
"Tastes like a mouthful of dirt."
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:27 (five years ago)
Todd Rundgren appears in the last episode of Decker...I knew that voice was familiar!!
― frogbs, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:28 (five years ago)
"Why was he fired, did he forget to wipe down the microwave?"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:34 (five years ago)
if someone "completely doesn't get" the show at the beginning, pushing on through twenty episodes of more of the same is probably going to bore and annoy them
oh yeah, the full real-time Trial Of Tim Heidecker coverage isn't on youtube either, just 10-15 minutes highlights from each day (iirc that's all I watched, then switched over for the full verdict)
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:41 (five years ago)
all 5 hours right here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YWJcqISKJ
― frogbs, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:44 (five years ago)
oops. I meant right here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YWJcqISKJQ
― frogbs, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:45 (five years ago)
the trial is astonishingly great. you HAVE to watch the full thing and not just the highlights.
― Vape Store (crüt), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 18:56 (five years ago)
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, July 3, 2019 11:24 AM (forty-nine minutes ago)
the satire of the kind of fake fancy junk food you get in north america - e.g. everything coming with truffle aoili - was very good
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 19:16 (five years ago)
I would say you can watch highlights of the trial until Tim fires his attorney and starts defending himself, then switch to the full thing
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 21:14 (five years ago)
no!!!!!!!
― Vape Store (crüt), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 21:15 (five years ago)
a couple of my old acquaintances recently started a video game podcast. I listened to one episode and thought about On Cinema the whole time. one of the guys has probably played 20,000 hours of video games but has absolutely nothing insightful to say about them, it's so spot on that I've almost come to view Tim & Gregg as real people
― frogbs, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 22:07 (five years ago)
Has anyone started an On On Cinema at the Cinema podcast yet
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 22:35 (five years ago)
lolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK_iydsYSiI
― Οὖτις, Friday, 5 July 2019 15:50 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVuw80sbFZA&list=WL&index=5
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Friday, 5 July 2019 16:59 (five years ago)
I just watched shakey's clip the other day. It wouldn't be nearly as beautiful without the interviewer's overt lack of interest in Gregg's banalities.
― I Ate Those Food (Old Lunch), Saturday, 6 July 2019 00:08 (five years ago)
Can you guess which album changed Gregg's life?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON4ZLquouHc
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Sunday, 7 July 2019 16:53 (five years ago)
I'm actually pretty nervous for what this Oscar Special will bring, could be a Waco situation
― frogbs, Thursday, 27 February 2025 04:38 (three months ago)
I've definitely got the fever this year!
― H.P, Thursday, 27 February 2025 06:58 (three months ago)
https://www.cwtv.com/shows/penn-teller-fool-us/
s11e6 ffwd to ~27m30s
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 1 March 2025 13:36 (three months ago)
whos watching this
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 00:01 (two months ago)
lmao things going wrong from the very first minute
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 00:07 (two months ago)
classic gregg interview
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 3 March 2025 00:42 (two months ago)
should've shot it on vhs
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 3 March 2025 00:45 (two months ago)
oh no mark removed the beam
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 3 March 2025 00:46 (two months ago)
what exactly is Joe hiding
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 00:52 (two months ago)
the beam thing is making me nervous too
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 3 March 2025 01:07 (two months ago)
not enough time for nudity
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 3 March 2025 01:09 (two months ago)
oh my god the Silver Alert
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 01:27 (two months ago)
Joey's comin for him isn't he
https://bit.ly/3XGTtyx
― mick gagger (diamonddave85), Monday, 3 March 2025 01:30 (two months ago)
lol did Tim break because G Amato ate the chili I don't think he was supposed to do that
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 01:31 (two months ago)
that's wrong
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 3 March 2025 01:40 (two months ago)
that's wrong too
that's wrong ... that's wrong
thank god New is here
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 01:42 (two months ago)
a shitload of bird dirt
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 3 March 2025 01:45 (two months ago)
manuel playing matt newman?
― c u (crüt), Monday, 3 March 2025 01:48 (two months ago)
whoa did they actually get Eric Roberts?
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 01:52 (two months ago)
i’m glad gregg is pushing back on big orkin and their lies
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 3 March 2025 02:16 (two months ago)
Oh my god the last 40 minutes of this have been incredible
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 02:35 (two months ago)
Oh shit Toni
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 02:38 (two months ago)
lol
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 3 March 2025 02:48 (two months ago)
Front Porksch Cam
― Slayer University (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 3 March 2025 02:58 (two months ago)
i think eric roberts may be going off script lol
― c u (crüt), Monday, 3 March 2025 03:17 (two months ago)
Holy shit Tim’s movie was incredible
Last hour or so of this has been insane, feels like this has gone way off the rails even for an Oscar Special
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 03:18 (two months ago)
Eric Roberts trying to steal some time
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 3 March 2025 03:18 (two months ago)
Lol yes I have no clue what Eric Roberts is doing either he doesn’t really know anything about the show or it’s some high concept shit , either way I’m laughing my ass off
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 03:20 (two months ago)
Ummm did Tim just murder Joey Patron
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 03:35 (two months ago)
wow they really brought the house down with this one
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 03:47 (two months ago)
he should’ve murdered that bullshit artist eric roberts
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 3 March 2025 03:48 (two months ago)
this was such a sweet moment that I'm sure will be edited out
https://bsky.app/profile/jambatt.com/post/3ljh2hssbs227
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 04:07 (two months ago)
which moment is that? (i can't see the bluesky post)
― c u (crüt), Monday, 3 March 2025 04:12 (two months ago)
there was a brief bit where they caught Tim and Gregg genuinely laughing at something, unaware the cameras were on them
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 04:15 (two months ago)
They were laughing at Toni interviewing G. Amato on the red carpet.
― Chris L, Monday, 3 March 2025 14:36 (two months ago)
Joe Estevez's moment of clarity at the end ("I need to go dry out") before walking off felt like a big pay-off.
― Chris L, Monday, 3 March 2025 14:39 (two months ago)
wonder if Tim made it to Wells Fargo this morning
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 15:40 (two months ago)
hopefully the replay is up tonight, I can't wait to watch Tim's movie again. this show is usually such a slow burn but that just had me dying from start to finish. it was so good I was starting to worry it was the series finale. in particular: Mark doing Joey Patron as WC Fields, Tim casting the adult film actor to play himself, and all the digs at Corwyn's musical ability, the whole thing felt like fanservice in the best way
only hit me afterwards how messed up the whole thing was, obviously it explains why Joe, Manuel, and Ax were so cagey with Toni as to what the movie was actually about, also the casting of Axiom in particular is deeply fucked up. Tim extending the gunfight scene to like a full minute and then making Toni watch it, holy shit
― frogbs, Monday, 3 March 2025 16:10 (two months ago)
it seemed gregg got a genuine laugh out of tim when he did that “…from? ….herbie fully loaded!” bit
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Monday, 3 March 2025 17:11 (two months ago)
amazing final shot
https://i.imgur.com/IzREkQF.jpeg
― frogbs, Wednesday, 5 March 2025 04:28 (two months ago)
manuel's corwyn wig was incredible
― mick gagger (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 5 March 2025 23:22 (two months ago)
Manuel: The truth is man...I really suck at music. I can't sing, I can't play instrument, and I can't do anything musical
Axiom: Ah man, that sucks
― frogbs, Thursday, 6 March 2025 05:28 (two months ago)
yessss here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhrkrUoLu7w
― frogbs, Friday, 28 March 2025 20:02 (two months ago)
Just realized Tim’s look for this season was Jesse Watters
― Crack's Addition (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 2 April 2025 03:38 (two months ago)
Bryan Johnson, surely?https://i.imgur.com/IIbFGWg.jpeg
― c u (crüt), Wednesday, 2 April 2025 06:21 (two months ago)
I’m dunno, the eyebrows and pompadour are what made me make the connection to Watters.
― Crack's Addition (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 2 April 2025 12:00 (two months ago)
bryan johnson was my guess too
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 2 April 2025 16:49 (two months ago)