Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Series, 2007, The mid-2000s, Set in Public access gone wrong
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! is #16 of 16 in release order and #16 of 16 in chronological order in the Adult Swim Classics.
The story
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! is an American sketch comedy television series, created by and starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, which premiered February 11, 2007 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim comedy block and ran until May 2010. The program features surrealistic and often satirical humor, public-access television–style musical acts, bizarre faux-commercials, and editing and special effects chosen to make the show appear camp. The program featured a wide range of actors, spanning from stars such as Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Will Forte and Zach Galifianakis, to alternative comedians like Neil Hamburger, to television actors like Alan Thicke, celebrity look-alikes and impressionists. The creators of the show have described it as "the nightmare version of television."
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! recap
Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim host a sketch show that imitates cheap public-access television, late-night infomercials, local news and corporate training videos, all made deliberately awkward and ugly. Each episode is a loose collection of short pieces held together by a thin story about Tim and Eric themselves. Sketches are full of uncomfortable silences, bad editing, video effects and non-actors. Recurring segments include Dr. Steve Brule, a confused health reporter played by John C. Reilly, who gets his own spin-off, Check It Out!; Cinco, a company whose gadgets are useless or dangerous; Casey and his brother; the singer David Liebe Hart; and Richard Dunn. Celebrities appear in odd cameos. The show follows the duo's earlier Tom Goes to the Mayor and runs five seasons, from 2007 to 2010, with 11-minute episodes. It influenced a lot of later internet and alternative comedy.
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! ending explained
The series finale, "Man Milk" (2010), is a half-hour episode in which Tim and Eric start lactating and bottle the milk as holiday gifts, alongside a last round of sketches. A Chrimbus Special followed in December 2010, and a ten-year anniversary special aired in 2017. The pair continued in Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) and the anthology Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories.
Where to watch Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! is streaming on YouTube TV, Adult Swim, and Spectrum On Demand in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.7/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Frisky Dingo, the latest.
- Chronological order: after Frisky Dingo, the last.
Cast
- Eric Wareheim as Various
- Tim Heidecker as Various
- John C. Reilly as Dr. Steve Brule
- Bob Odenkirk as Cinco Announcer (voice)
- Richard Dunn as Pep Pep
- David Liebe Hart as Self
- James Quall as Self
- Bill A. Jones as Gravy Robbers Announcer
- Ron Austar as Pierre
- Ben Hur as Self
- Jon Mugar as Hole Digger (uncredited)
- Bob Druwing as Chanter
Created by Eric Wareheim, Tim Heidecker.