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Tim And Eric Make Local News Very Awkward During Very Awkward Interview

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Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim have created and starred in multiple popular series on Cartoon Network for the past eight years. They’re signature “public access show edited by a crazy person” style has arguably become the defining aesthetic of online comedy, commercials, and, sigh, even campaign ads. However, despite their massive success, by their very nature they’re still pretty damn far from the mainstream. So woe be it to any unsuspecting Tim and Eric virgins who turned on Good Day, Austin at 8:53am last Wednesday to watch this interview promoting the duo’s new movie. By the point Heidecker was hiding behind bushes and cheerfully explaining how he wanted to burn the studio down, some viewers were probably worried there was something in their tap water.

RELATED: Tim Heidecker And Eric Wareheim Give A Typically Insane Interview On Jimmy Kimmel

And kudos to Fox 7′s Joe Bickett. Honestly, we can’t tell if he’s spending the entire segment gamely playing along or desperately hoping for it all to stop but, either way, he makes a pretty perfect foil. He jokes a couple times about getting fired and needing to come work for the guys at Cartoon Network and they should totally take him up on the offer. Listening to him say their show’s title, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, over and over again is already funny enough.

Watch the clip from Fox 7 below:

(h/t HuffPost Comedy)

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  • Anonymous

    SHRRRIIIIIIMMMM

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Joe is most assuredly playing along. He has a wicked sense of humor, and he’s much cherished here in Austin. Part of what keep Austin weird ….

  • http://twitter.com/JCP1975 JCP1975

    I watched their movie this weekend without knowing anything about these guys.  I almost shut it off after a few minutes but the characters living/ working inside the mall piqued my curiosity.  

    I give it two stars. Although if I still smoked pot, I’d probably give it 4 stars.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    Joe Bickett is actually a funny guy.  Probably the only local news guy with a sense of humor in Austin.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Fred Cantu is coming back to KEYE. That ought to cheer things up.

  • Anonymous

    I was pleasantly underwhelmed by the quality of their movie.  


    sent from my Cinco-Fone

  • http://twitter.com/JCP1975 JCP1975

    I kind of miss living in Austin.  Had a nice apartment on the river right near Congress St bridge.  Don;t miss the beggars, though.

  • Anonymous

    It’s a great phone.

    It was the Ed Begley, Jr. endorsement that sold me on it. That and the cooling gel.

  • Anonymous

    Meh. I love Awesome Show, but this is about as weak as B$M.

  • Anonymous

    Awkward? Funny? Sheesh.

    Seen better material than this during my high school lunch periods.

  • david r

    Seems like a market like Austin would have a better TV announcer.  This guy sucks.

  • david r

     Sucks.

  • david r

     Got a kid now, eh?

  • david r

     He sucks.  About what you’d expect in Shreveport.

  • Anonymous

    Mediaite will always be considered second-rate as long as they routinely publish sentences such as:

    They’re signature “public access show edited by a crazy person” style
    has arguably become the defining aesthetic of online comedy.”

    Come on.

  • Anonymous

    I’m a HUGE fan of theirs, but I agree that their movie was terrible.  It was like some awful, run of the mill, SNL or Adam Sandler comedy.  I don’t know what went wrong as usually they are way smarter than that.  It felt like they were really holding back the whole time and didn’t really have any of their usually meta commentary on formula and form that they are known for.

    If you really want to give their humor a try I say start with “Awesome Show.”  That’s much better.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, I hated B$M.

    The sad thing is that Tim and Eric don’t seem to realize how bad it sucks.  Some comedians will be kind of embarrassed of a movie they made if it sucks (see Bob and David and the awful MR Show movie), but Tim and Eric are still out there promoting this turd like it’s the most awesome thing ever.

  • http://twitter.com/JCP1975 JCP1975

    No, this government job I have has drug screenings.

  • Anonymous

    Eh, I loved Mr. Show, and still liked Run, Ronnie, Run.  Bad editing, but the jokes were there.  I can understand why Bob and David were embarrassed, but there are far worse “comedies” out there than that.

    Haven’t seen B$M yet (only the opening fake commercial with Jeff Goldblum and the SuperSeat calibration, which I couldn’t stop laughing at,) but I get a kick out of Tim and Eric pretty consistently.  Some of their stuff is not stellar, but it’s all been funny to me so far in some manner or another.  

  • Anonymous

    That kind of statement annoys me.  They’re funny without drugs. 

  • http://twitter.com/pakattak natey p excello

    This is the third time you’ve replied in this thread about how much this guy sucks. U Mad bro?

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