Customer Reviews

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! - Season 1

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1 star:		(12)

 

 

The scene cues and we are introduced into the blank stare of an awkward and uncomfortable looking doctor. His ill prepared segment on fruit cannot start because, as the doctor tries to subtly inform his colleagues, he does not 'have the fruit'. After several clumsy attempts by the camera operator to break the awkwardness of the situation, we catch the backside of a quickly moving production assistant dropping a bag of freshly purchased supermarket fruit in front of Mr. Brule. It works.

Almost if by force of habit we expect a punch line at this point. It doesn't come. Our minds reel as the plot is pulled from beneath our taught fingers. No climax, no story development, no comfort lead in music. Shortly thereafter you realize you are only invited to participate in the haphazard denouement of this story - you are riding the thing down into the glorious and hilarious catastrophe that it was meant to be.

As we let the show aspirate, we can detect notes of dark comedy and satire on commonplace social norms. The sketches are often full bodied and rely on tongue-in-cheek jabs at poorly executed social posturing (Strategies in Leadership, Carol and her Boss) or the miserable failings of those with little savvy (Casey and his Brother, Shopping Indoors). This show is a big cab with strong hints of spite. Good to enjoy now or a few years down the road. Although much like a good bottle of Monty Python, Tim and Eric will only get better with age. If neither suit your taste, I'm sure a bottle of Who's the Boss Zinfandel would suffice.

There's more than meets the eye with this show, if you know where to look. Chances are, if you don't, Tim and Eric are probably making fun of you.

There is no show today better than this. Think of pee-wee's playhouse meets robot chicken. It is amazing. Tim and Eric awesome show, great job! has all the awesome and funny things you'd expect from tim and eric. Awkward pauses, weird facial expressions, funny dances, weird situations, etc. I love all kinds of shows like Mr.Show, Human Giant, Robot Chicken, Invader Zim, but out of every show ever made this one is my favorite. I don't know what it is about these two guys, but they are the funniest two people to ever live. If you thought their other show Tom Goes To The Mayor was good then you NEED to see this, its even better.

Many people dont like large chunks of their lives being ripped from them and exposed as being horrendously stupid. Most of us spend a lot of our lives watching television, its almost completely unredeemably artificial and crappy. This show pokes fun at it all. They manage to do it in an entertaining and humorous way not in a preachy or nasty way. Many people are unsettled by the material because its uncomformist and intentionally off key, I personally enjoy the change.
The DVD doesnt get old the work is dense in a good way and new things appear in it on every rewatching. When I am watching some completely retarded infomercial or tv show on the tube. I sometimes just start laughing as I realize how absurd the whole thing is as something from Tim and Eric pops into my head.
Some bits dont work 100% but I give them 5*'s anyway for putting it all out there.

Oh man, this show completely went under my radar for way too long. ive only been cognisant of its existence for a couple of months now but man am I hooked. In Tim and Eric is a self contained universe. Senseless products with scatological pun names, public access superstars, technical difficulties, puppets, dancing, meditation, and oh my god so much more abound. John C. Reilly is masterful as Dr. Steve Brule. And the ad for Lazy Horse Mattress and Bedding will have you cracking up for weeks. Ooh mama!

You either hate this or love it. If you didn't like it on Adult Swim then don't buy the DVD because there is no point in buying it when you know you didn't like it in the first place.

The things that make these DVD are the commentary and other behind the scenes clips. Never before have I heard commentary from a Adult Swim DVD that was actually worth listening to. There was information about the show! They explained stories and reasons for certain things which is what commentary is supposed to be. Not some one shredding on a guitar for the whole commentary track. (ATHF)

To the gentlemen who talked about John C. Riley and how this show could ruin his career, bad comment dude. No class.

First of all I am in fact, a kid(13). That dosen't mean I don't have a good taste in modern comedy. What many people don't understand is that Tim & Eric assualt idiocy, not promote it. It is just so surreal that naysaying conformists will fail to recognize this show's genius. I would recommend any other adult swim show (other than the crapfest they call Venture Brothers) to a fan of this show.

thought i'd chime in as a voice of reason. you might have realized from the reviews here that this is a very divisive show, so i wanted to add a bit of perspective from somewhere in the middle. make no mistake, this is an extremely bizarre show. definitely falls into the category of "you like it or you don't." it's intentionally awkward from beginning to end, and not everyone is going to like it. it's geared towards a relatively small audience, but from what i've seen (and you'll find in these reviews), the people who enjoy it enjoy it immensely. personally i find it to be very uneven. when it hits it's usually fantastic, but when it misses i find it inane and a complete waste of time. even with sketches that are intentionally stupid, i'm often just not impressed or amused at all. i get what they're going for, but the disparity between brilliance and tripe is utterly confusing. these guys are obviously funny, talented and capable of greatness, but by my best guess the joke in some of their weaker material seems to be "why did anyone commit this to film?" (and not in a good way). if that's the idea, i wonder why they didn't do it once and get on with stuff that's awkward and uncomfortable *and* funny, because some of this stuff really is a complete waste. i like these guys (their guest spot on human giant's 24-hour takeover of mtv was amazing), and i certainly understand how they amassed such an impressive cast of guest stars like david cross, bob odenkirk and john c. reilly (whose repeat performances as dr. steve brule alone i find to be worth the price of admission), but i've got to think that anyone who thinks this show is PURE gold is giving them a lot of leeway. i'd be glad to own this collection (and i do have a birthday coming up... *hint* *hint*), but you can be sure i'll skip over chunks of it (stuff like the extreme hackey sack sample video on this very page, which is a great example of a sketch just not doing it for me) to get to the good stuff (like the aforementioned steve brule sketches and the "doo da doo doo" dance instruction tape where one of the dance steps is to think about your dad). my recommendation for the curious customer is to search for some tim and eric videos and judge for yourself.

When it comes to comedy, social commentary, and astoundingly soul-touching music there are no equals to the duo of Tim and Eric. This phenomenon is more than just the front men and includes a team of talented and beautiful people. The entertainment value contained on this simple DVD could easily be appraised at many times the cost of the disk (and accompanied cover art and space-aged polymer container). I wonder how people can justify not purchasing this DVD. After you purchase this, be sure to also purchase anything and everything you find that is related to Tim & Eric. Only then may you live the rest of your days with no regrets.

These reviews are not divisive at all. Pretty much everyone who rated it gave it 4 or 5 stars. I think Tim and Eric fall into the category not of "love it or hate it" , but "gets it or doesn't get it". I see there is a wide range in the ages of the reviewers. I'm 39 and my 10 year old son thinks its the best show on right now. My 12 year old thinks its idiotic.

You have to be able to appreciate offbeat humor and obscure(make that VERY obscure) references to laugh at this. My only gripe with the show is occasionally there will be what appears to be an inside joke thrown in. Not really fair to the rest of us, but, oh well.

Adult Swim really takes some chances with some of the material they present. They seem to go out of their way to give the audience something different and unique. I have seen pretty much every show Adult swim offers and at first I really disliked The Awesome Show, but after watching it a couple of times early in the morning it grew on me.

I showed my wife the show and she is has more mainstream tastes, but she thought it interesting in a quirky way. The best description of the show is sort of a parody of local cable channels.

It is obviously not to everyone's liking probably not to most peoples liking, but that is not the point. For instance someone referenced Wonder Showzen. I cannot stand that show, but I like the Awesome Show and that is my opinion.

I really cannot put my finger on what is funny or interesting about it. I guess it is the weird awkwardness of it all that I find most interesting.

Before buying I would definately head over to adult swim and watch of couple of clips to see if it interests you otherwise you may not know what you are getting yourself into.