"You can't watch this if you're not on the USA".

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I uh... Wow

Not my kinda humor I guess.

I can't even stand to watch the commercials for this stupid show.

When I think of 'Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job', I think of a piece of shit that should never have made it to network television.

That's odd, when I think of this show great rage and disbelief are what come to mind. This show totally sucks in every way and reminds me what a crap hole adult swim has become.

Worst Idea for a list ever! never post anything Tim and Eric unless its to say they've been canceled or killed.

The first episode I saw was the one with Neil Hamburger in it and he was hilarious. The rest of the show (and the two episodes I watched after it) were absolute fucking garbage.

Cannot stand this crap-pile of a show. It pains me to see it even mentioned on TR, much less made into a list.

I also must state my hate for the pile of shit that is this show, downfall of a once great programming block

hey everyone:

fuck you, this show is funny. and seriously, "downfall of a once great programming block"? its fucking adult swim, their programming has always been this mindless and weird and hard to get into.

The best thing about any Tim and Eric post on a nerd site is the angry-nerd smacking-the-beehive effect. Rage, nerds, rage!

The level of hate towards this show is evidence of its genius. It's supposed to be bad-- You do know that, right?

Also, the list fails without "The Innernette"

Tim and Eric are gods! You just have to understand its stupid on purpose thats why its fucking HILARIOUS!

You guys are way too intelligent to enjoy TV right? All you watch is C-Span and PBS?

If the Urinal Shower doesn't make you laugh, you're fucking up.

I fucking LOVE this show. I love it. Funniest show on television. Hands down. I'm pretty sure that Tim & Eric are your favorite comedian's favorite comedians.

Yeah, they are totally unfunny right? Then how do you figure that Zach Galifianakis, and Patton Oswalt, and David Cross, and Bob Odenkirk, all think they are fucking hilarious.

Personally I love this show. It's stupid in ridiculous to an extreme, but in a way so finely crafted, so deliberate, so self aware, it's genius.

I blame these two idiots for the downfall of adultswim. It all started with Tom Goes to the Mayor. Why they put this shit on th air instead of Korgoth of Barbaria blows my mind.

this show is garbage
anyone who likes it should be sterilized

This show is nothing more than a televised cancer. I might,MIGHT be willing to sit through another episode of this crap if said episode involved Tim and Eric being brutally killed and then set on fire,along with all the existing copies of their work.

We need 4000cc of white wine, STAT!

Comedy like Tim and Eric, or Andy Kaufman's weirder pieces, is the kind of thing that professional comedians tend to enjoy much more than the general public. By design. It's esoteric anti-comedy. Very meta stuff. The joke is on the audience, except for the subset of the audience that 'gets' it. The humor is not derived from laughing at the characters or the situations, but by theoretical casual viewer who is repulsed and/or baffled by it.

It's a close relative of the original Dada movement, performance art, and culture jamming, with its gore, scatology, and kitsch stylistic references (bad video production, kitty cats, infomercials).

Personally, it's not my cup of tea. I can appreciate the thought that goes into some of the sketches - like the pitch-perfect nineties internet startup - but that's not the same thing as actually finding it funny.

It's sad that most nights I struggle to stay up past 11. That being said, I typically thought the show was hilarious. Maybe my sleep deprivation was the key. My brain was only half functioning, thus it spoke to me.

Fuck everybody, this show is hilarious.

The shitting in the chilli pot comparison up above really is the best way to describe this show. I think most people understand surrealism and dadaism. We "get" what this show is supposed to be about. Its just not funny for most people,and it certainly doesnt fit in with the rest of Adult Swims stoner shows.

this list shows that tim and eric are comedic genius who seem to be lighting rod for either love them or hate them for some of the products if ever real on this list would have people go wtf espically the Urinal shower and the d pants. other wise a good list

Eating the shitty chili isn't funny, but shitting out the shitty chili through B.M. Fahrtz's Poop Tube the next morning is hilarious.

I fucking HATE Tim and Eric. this show is not funny and I have no idea why Adult Swim has these jackoffs on in the first place. Whoever decided to give these douchebags their own show needs to be hunted down and punished for putting such garbage on television and calling it entertainment.

You people probably wouldn't miss an episode of Jim and Derrick.

you tell em Doc!

Nice list. I really liked the Tairy Greene Machine (and the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie reference that probably barely anyone got), but I think my favorite product of all time is the Wait Mate with Jeff Goldblum. He has great line delivery and the animation is a perfect parody of drug commercial animation (with the added bonus of a tiny Goldblum)

I'm pretty sure Tim & Eric have video of the executives at Adult Swim raping donkeys and shitting on old ladies. That's the only explanation for why they've stayed on the air longer than Frisky Dingo, Lucy, Daughter of the Devil and Moral Orel. The fact that those shows got canned while this festering blister on the ass of comedy continues to ooze shows just how unfair life can be.

I'm disappointed with this list. Not because I would have suggested other choices, but because Tim And Eric are not funny. Not in the slightest.

I always figured that Tim an Eric were some executive's "special" nephews.

Yeah I get that the joke is on the audience stuff. And it would be funny as a one-off, but the fact that there have been SEASONS of this is vomit-worthy.

If my husband told me that he liked the show (which I know he doesn't thank GOD), it would be grounds for divorce. If I were dating, that would be a dealbreaker. In post-coital bliss if we popped on the TV and he laughed if it was on before I could hit the channel, one of us would be out the door.

Shame on TR for even acknowledging this crap.

There are plenty of people who don't "get" Monty Python either. And yes, I am making that comparison because T&E are that high caliber.

This is the first time I'd ever heard of this show and now I understand why. This wasn't even the least bit amusing, let alone funny. Bigtime fail.

I love this show. I think they're geniuses.

See, I try to think of what you guys think is funny (Animaniacs, or something), and I don't see how you can condescend Tim and Eric.

I love this freakin' show. But uh..it's not for everyone. You either love it or hate it. There is no in between.

The downfall of Adultswim? Really? REALLY?! It's moronic nerds like you guys that make the rest of us look bad. Adultswim has it's flaws just like any other channel out there. To say that T&E are solely responsible for supposedly destroying everything good about AS is very moronic. This is a channel that single handedly revived Family Guy and Futurama, brought us Frisky Dingo and the awesomeness that are the Boondocks, Metalocalypse, The Venture Brothers, and Superjail. And if I recall correctly, at least three of those shows are still on the air. If you don't like T&E, Squidbillies, or ATHF, don't watch them. Let your voice be heard through ratings. Because they would continue to bring back those shows if nobody was watching them.

I always love reading hyperbolic comments about how much people hate this show, because the show is pretty much by design meant to appeal to only about 5% of its auidence. It's absurdest humor that has a very cheap and downright ugly aesthetic, so of course the majority of people are going to be turned off by it, that's the point. These guys produced 5 seasons of the exact type of fucked up show they wanted to make, and all your incessant bitching just fell on deaf ears and you just had to sit there and bear through it.

I love this show. I think they're geniuses.

See, I try to think of what you guys think is funny (Animaniacs, or something), and I don't see how you can condescend Tim and Eric.

GOOD NEWS, CIGARETTE JUICE!

Fuck the haters. Tim and Eric is awesome. And I hope your afterlife consists of being strapped to a chair and forced to watch Tim and Eric 24/7 in some sort of Clockwork Orange situation.

I've seen a few episodes of "Tim and Eric". I laughed a couple of times, but for most of it, I thought of that one part from Ed Wood: "What you're making is shit! Can't you see that?"

The world will survive this show, but I can't believe so many people love it. Just weird...and comparing it to Monty Python? Are you fucking high?!

wow. i never thought that a group of people as smart as TR readers would hate great job so much.

i guess cringe comedy isn't for everyone.
philistines.

Abstract. Humor.

HATERS GONNA HATE

Where is the Child Clown Outlet? This show is a love it or hate it thing and both sides will never understand why.

Ok where's the Cinco Phone? Can't miss with Ed Begley Jr.

The hate for this show coming from this site and other nerdy film sites is ridiculous. Especially considering that it's a relatively underground show on a low budget, with a short running time, without any major advertising, and crafted without the kind of pretension and mainstream blandness you see in other comedies, dramas and reality shows. If you don't appreciate the humor, fine. Don't watch it. It's only on for 11 minutes, late night, on an alternative comedy channel. I've met both Tim and Eric in random places around LA (at a Flying Lotus show and the Arclight) and they're honestly two of the nicest guys. They were by themselves at the time, and unlike most minor celebrities you see around LA, they didn't have an entourage or an ego or any air of entitlement. They're just creating a little-known comedy show that people want to see. Like me. I've purchased all five seasons on Itunes, and rewatch them at various intervals in my life (like when I'm using the poop-shoot).

Unlike many of the goons spitting vitriol on this site, I can appreciate different genres of TV comedy, and can respect the shows that have a specific vision and that doesn't necessarily pander to the great unwashed masses.

It may not be your cup of tea, but so what? Half of you LOVE Pokemon and Power Rangers for some inexplicable reason. Anytime Rob posts anything about those two terrible properties, the praise I see here is unbearable to me. They are literally awful shows that were created to manipulate all y'all into buying the merchandise. "Gotta buy em all!" Which you did. And you're not embarrassed about it! But guess what, I never would get on here, turn up my angry nerd levels, and pass righteous nerd-judgment from my keyboard (this time withstanding).

The only possible explanation for the hatred directed toward this show could be that, and it's been said many times, some people just don't "get it." The show truly has moments of comedic brilliance - but they're oftentimes hidden under a level of twisted surreality that requires a certain knowledge and understanding of the way media has been manipulating the masses for the past 25 years. Furthermore, much of the humor isn't derived simply from cheap site gags or punchlines, but rather on the facial expressions, vocal intonations, and bizarre editing styles and production values that require interpretation from a somewhat intelligent and observant media viewer.

Here's a fun fact about Tim and Eric. If you don't like them, it means your opinion is bad and wrong. No discussion; you just don't have a subtle enough sense of humor to understand the inverse satire of meta-meta-jokes. I'm sorry that it makes you angry, and I hope your blind rage makes you feel better. Maybe you should stick to something more your speed, like Robot Chicken. Ha ha, I remember Thundercats, and that makes it funny! See, it almost tells you when you should laugh, and you can be edgy without being challenged or uncomfortable! In fact, if enough of you Mensa members bitch loudly enough that Tim and Eric suck, it will magically change reality and make it about a failing in the show instead of a deficiency in your peasant sense of humor. Ha ha ha ha, ROBOT CHICKEN LOL!!!!

Listening to people hate T&E is some of the most fun I have. To be able to sit back and watch dumbasses twirling around and chasing their own tails, barking and snapping at them wildly the whole time, is just so damned rewarding. Seething spite, bashing their own heads on brick walls, just to see their own blood trickle fruitlessly down the bricks, and then bash and bash again. Priceless... purely priceless.

Saying 'it's bad on purpose' doesn't mean it isn't bad.

The dialogue is poorly delivered without a straight man for any sense of comedic balance!

The straight man always gets pissed at these fools in comedy sketches because their absurdity and idiocy are intolerable.

This show HAS no straight man, so the audience does one of three things:

1. They play along, acting in the same idiotic way and (like other idiots without a straight man to tell them off) they run amok, enjoying their lunacy.

2. They detach themselves, either hating it for its moronic nature or embracing it as bad television and finding humor in that. However, in MY book, making it bad on PURPOSE destroys that effect, like Uwe Boll in Postal or Manos: Hands of Fate 2.

OR, they do what most nerds do...

3. They force themselves to be the straight man and balance out the moronic nature, wishing they could tell them off and make them stop. This is a majority, meaning that without a straight man to balance their lunatic ways, the audience fills the void and gets angry at them, like a straight man forced to watch mutely and paralyzed as the idiot destroys all he holds dear.

Tim and Eric is a train wreck, and no amount of celebrity hype or esoteric fans claiming it's deeper than it is will convince me otherwise.

I also hate the dadaist movement.

@ glitchy goblin: wow, in the year 2010, you require the clutch of a straight man to be told what is funny? And that ancient comedy tool has to be hamfisted into every form of comedy you watch? Comedy isn't a science or a specific formula, and when networks treat comedy like that, you get the glut of "silly fat/ lazy schlub and suffering hot wife" sitcoms ( "according to Jim," "king of queens"). I blame you for that crap. Step outside your box and realize that good comedy usually derives from a unique perspective, that comedy in general is a subjective and culural experience, and that comedy doesn't have to confine itself to a narrow set of rules to work.

At any rate, it's an absurd argument, as the use of a straight man portends to a certain type and genre of television comedy. Tim and Eric is a SKETCH SHOW with mini narratives, not a serialized narrative with recurring characters and storylines. Think "Mr. Show" or "human giant" rather than "I Love Lucy". It's not your typical sketch show, as some of the episodes run longer narratives and there's somewhat of a "mythology" in place with the recurring cinco references, but again, comedy doesn't have to confine itself to the box you've put it in.

I think there's a very fine line between something being "It's a meta-meta post-modern deconstructionist Dada commentary" and "It's just bad".

Is the show good and all the people who don't like it "just don't get it"? Or are the people who do "get it" trying to defend something that's actually pretty bad, but they don't want to admit that they like something that's bad.

In other words, this is the typical debate that's been going on in the art world for centuries.

Let me sum up the show in one sentence:

The emperor has no clothes.

The Tairy Greene Machine is the greatest episode they've ever done. Richard Marx AND Peter Cetera!? Genius.

Tairy Greene Machine is the only one I've seen and thought it was funny because it was pretty out there and they got some other people in on it. I'm not surprised it's at #1 though, because the show always looked retarded to me.

One thing I can't fucking stand is when people are like "No you idiots, you're not supposed to deliberately laugh at it, it goes like this...." No fuck you. Why should I have to adjust my frame of mind to watch something? You watch it, you either like it or you don't and apparently not many people think it's anything but a pile of shit.

Great show. Not for everyone. Loved it from the beginning. Surrealist/weird as shit sometimes but I still love it.

@DynamicSheep: Lucy wasn't funny 100% of the time, but it was still funnier that T&E (especially the vibrator factory, human sacrifice and Mexican restaurant episodes). Moral Orel's last season changed in tone because AS was canceling it due to costs, so the writers condensed 2-3 seasons of story into 13 episodes rather than end the show unresolved. Yes, there was "heavy-handed religious symbolism" but that's what the show was mocking since day one: hypocrisy and religion. Re-watch MO's last season again before you go around saying that T&E is better.

Tim and Eric: File under "Things that aren't funny."

What the hell is wrong with you people? Every single one of these videos is pure gold. Laugh damnit!

It also angers me that some are claiming that fans of T&E are only pretending to like the show. No. There is no show on television that makes me laugh harder than this one. I do not need to pretend I enjoy it. I genuinely love it.

I love T&E.

I mean, every parody is 100% on the nose, the comedians are working out of their element, and therefore IN it, and... Of course it's not for everyone. That doesn't mean you fucking assholes have to put the people who DO like it down.

What bothers me so much about the show is that the people remind me of retards. Having been forced to spend time among retards, it is disturbingly similar. It can't be for stoners, because by the time this show is on each night, I am too high to change the channel and am forced to sit through this drivel every night. And it is exactly like watching a room full of retarded morons playing pretend. In order for comedy to work, it has to appeal to either the mind or be some form of slapstick. This is neither. It is just some really stupid people doing a poor job at acting silly. Steve Bruel guy is a decent B grade actor, but in his "show" and T & E he behaves as if he has some mental problem. I lost a TON of respect for Weird Al when I saw him on T & E. It's just bad people. And even a stopped clock is right twice a day so once in a while it can elicit a chuckle. But that is not the norm.