• 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.

• Finally people who think the same thing. Thi has to be the worst piece of shit ever made by humans. Id rather preform a self lobtomy then have to sit through an entire episode.

• 'Saul of the Molemen' was intentionally bad as well, and that show was also an unentertaining pile of garbage.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

• @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.

• <i>"So please, take five seconds and explain what's funny about...child clowns..."</i> If you don't automatically understand what's funny about child clowns, I don't think it can be explained to you. Let me break it down: It's a child dressed like a clown. Being treated like an animal. Forced to perform for other childrens' amusement. Being sprayed with poison and blasted with air horns for discipline. Also, "Too much poison, you got a dead clown on your hands. It's useless." *drops dead clown* That's why it's funny.

• The reason Lucy, Daughter of the Devil got cancelled was because, beyond the pilot, the show wasn't funny at all. Also, Moral Orel's last season was fuckin' stupid... there were no funny ideas, just some heavy handed religious symbolism which didn't work with the rest of the shows on [AS] at all. I hated Tom goes to Mayor, but I absolutely love T&EAS,GJ!. It's on the air because it's hilarious... just because you don't get it doesn't change that fact.

• I can't watch shows on the official bbc sites ,for that matter. The difference? America has ads of ever-increasing volume and Britain has a television license you need to buy. Depending on the price; I think I'd rather buy a license. Some ads are entertaining though

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

• 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.

• i'm glad all of the haters have passion, but i really think it could be put to better use. tim and eric are funny. their lsd cable access show IS a small niche, but it is a unique niche. if it's unpopular, that doesn't mean anything in regards to it's comedic quality. the three stooges are the most popular comedy trio ever and look at how fucking stupid that is.

• i'm glad all of the haters have passion, but i really think it could be put to better use. tim and eric are funny. their lsd cable access show IS a small niche, but it is a unique niche. if it's unpopular, that doesn't mean anything in regards to it's comedic quality. the three stooges are the most popular comedy trio ever and look at how fucking stupid that is.

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

• You are ADORABLE.

• So tell me then, what is there to get? Why is it funny? I'm seeing a whole lot of "OMGWTF! You're raging! I'm countering your rage by raging like a dipshit! Behold my sarcastic wit!" and not a lot of "well, it's funny to some people because..." Thank you for proving my point. If there was anything to get, if people were laughing for any reason beyond claiming superiority, someone would be able to explain this garbage. But no, it devolves into "lol, you probably like this CLEARLY inferior comedy! See how I absolutely don't act like a pretentious twat when discrediting your claim about people like me being pretentious twats? Ohohohooho, I'm so witty!? So please, take five seconds and explain what's funny about man milk, moronic puppet shows, shit sprayers, child clowns, and paid off celebrity cameos. Please. Tell me how this is the hidden fountain of lulz that you say it is.

• Typical defensive rage from someone who is totally unable to conceptualize that they might not immediately understand everything perfectly. "What's that? Noted genius Specter M91 didn't get Time and Eric? WELL THEN THERE MUST BE NOTHING TO GET!!!" SpecterM91, I implore you to be more patient with the rest of us who are not blessed with omniscience and/or asperger's syndrome. Obviously if you don't think Tim and Eric are funny then the only reason to like them would be to TRY AND APPEAR PRETENTIOUS, which is clearly what I am doing. I like to get in arguments with my intellectual betters about men who dress like children and sing about hamburgers because it makes me seem smart, and the chicks dig it. You have me pegged, alright. I better just concede and watch a few episodes of Two and a Half Men to learn how real humor works. Thank you for your help, you guiding light, you titan of intellect. I owe you much.

• The fact that I and most of my friends laugh our asses off when we watch this show requires that I defend it from people claiming it's unfunny nonsense humor with no rewarding qualities. As DKMODE pointed out, you can't apply conventional logic to a show like this. Trying to find commonalities between your average Will Farrel type comedy and this show is a waste of effort. Dismissing the show as unfunny because the humor isn't in the same arena as that type of comedy is the wrong way to go about gauging it's effectiveness as a comedy. If you don't laugh at it, fine, that's your perspective. I know a lot of people that need their humor to follow certain guidelines in order to be funny. What makes T&E genius is the execution of an idea, not the context of it. Cause the context of all T&E skits are completely retarded. To me this adds to the effectiveness of them.

• Let me sum up the show in one sentence: The emperor has no clothes.

• So you're just ignoring the fact that 99.9 percent of their shtick revolves around shit and gross out humor? You're fucking retarded, there's NOTHING subtle about what they do. They make fifteen minute Youtube Poop videos with the most retarded imagery and stupidest jokes they can get, and they get paid for it. They're talentless hacks who are only popular because twats like you like to pretend superior because you "get" their awful humor.

• 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.

• &#64; 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.

• 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.

• Seriously folks, adult swim isn't attractive because they do the same thing you like in 8 different guises, it's attractive because it somehow manages to give new artists a chance while having each show be very different in every way AND being popular. You people need to get over your "if it isn't Thundercats it's shit" attitude and at least respect the opportunity adult swim represents.

• 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.

• No friend, you're stupid for not realizing it has nothing to do with shit jokes. I mean, I'm sure you're stupid for plenty of reasons but in this instance, you're predominately stupid for your stunning lack of perspicacity.

• In this post: Shit jokes = Subtle and you're stupid for not realizing it.

• 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!!!!

• So they won by failing? Brilliant!

• 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.

• Napple and Urinal shower works outside USA, unfortunately the only 2 that does :-(

• PREACH SISTER!

• I guess thats why Steve went out of business and Mike got shot in the face

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

• agreed, its very Mr Showish! Either you get the humor or you dont. I dont know why people argue about it. just dont watch it! People who enjoy the humor are treated to handfuls of absurdness!

• Child Clown Outlets aren't Cinco products. That's right, I watch the show. It does remind me of shows like Monty Python and Mr. Show, and those are hilarious shows.

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

• HATERS GONNA HATE

• Abstract. Humor.

• I guess some people just have an ordinary sense of humor. Maybe Rob's next list should be "Top 10 Relatively Goofy Moments in Seinfeld"

• DAMMIT adultswim!

• 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.

• I'm confused as to why you would think that because of my distate for one brand of insipid poopie humor I would automatically enjoy another serving of the same. What an odd leap of logic you make.

• 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 <i>Ed Wood</i>: "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?!

• I know, Monty Python is terrible.

• YES!! that jingle's been playing in my head all day.

• 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.

• GOOD NEWS, CIGARETTE JUICE!

• b-b, b-b beaver boys!

• 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.

• That's hilarious. I totally see what you did there. Do you honestly think anyone on this nerd site listens to Dane Cook? The only way anti-humor works is when you can actually see the audience squirming in their seats. That's why Neil Hamburger's funny; he truly pisses off most of his audience until they're screaming for blood and the ones who get the joke just heckle him which is exactly what he wants anyway. Tim and Eric don't have the benefit of seeing their audience get pissed and change the channel and the dipshits who think it's funny are only laughing because they know so many people hate it.

• 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.

• Well, then I guess I'll let you get back to listening to your Dane Cook CDs and watching Police Academy.

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

• 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.

• Wow! Tim and Eric are nowhere near Monty Python caliber. I think that is the worse fail I have ever read on the internet. F. A. I. L!

• They cancel Moral Orel, which was brilliant, and give this flaming, horrid balloon knot-rocket a fourth and fifth season. Someone's priorities (Adult Swim's) are thoroughly and unjustly fucked.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• As to why they're on Adult Swim in the first place, my guesses were: 1) It's cheap, and 2) the network brass has an Ahab-grudge against anime. Which is also <i>not</i> cheap, at least in comparison. After that...yeah, I gotta vote for drugs, too.

• 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'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.

• 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)

• you tell em Doc!

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

• Dude,Brofist. That is the only time it is acceptable to talk about Tim and Eric.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• It's a tax dodge - when the show loses money, they get to write off the loss.

• Fuck everybody, this show is hilarious.

• Shriiiiiiiimp!

• The skeptic in me suspected as much, but since they keep putting it on the air, I figured there had to be a reason, right? RIGHT?

• 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.

• 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.

• We need 4000cc of white wine, STAT!

• 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.

• this show is garbage anyone who likes it should be sterilized

• Yeah, Adult Swim has mostly been a few great shows with a lot of filler and drek. But it does give aspiring artists a way to get their stuff at least on air, and who knows. Maybe it'll be a hit. I don't mind their rotation of mostly crap. You'd think that a community that is partially devoted to glorifying crappy kid's shows would not be so high and mighty about a programming block that started as an anime night.

• 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.

• I figure that Odenkirk produces it and the rest of them get paid to be on it.

• Everything about this show is terrible, it's anti-comedy. I get that it's supposed to be bad, but being bad on purpose doesn't make it good. On that note there's nothing at all in the world that surprises me to know that Galifinakis, Cross and Odenkirk enjoy this show since they haven't done anything to illicit so much as a chuckle from me. Patton Oswalt isn't a surprise but I'll at least concede that he can be funny on occasion.

• Believe me, no enhancement known to man makes this show any funnier.

• I have to agree (the dump in the chili simile is about the best way to describe Tim & Eric's "genius"). To be sympathetic to others who seem to insist this show is a brilliant masterwork, I like to think that Tim and Eric is designed to be enjoyed with the aid of certain herbal or chemical enhancements. Lacking the proper enhancements, I am notably at a disadvantage in attempting to discern any form of viable entertainment or artistic merit in T&E.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• That's like someone taking a dump in a pot of chili meat, then yelling "it's SUPPOSED to taste like ass!" when people complain about a funny taste. Intentional shit is still shit.

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

• I get the intentionally-bad vibe from this show. That still doesn't make it watchable.

• Agreed. Except for a few exceptions Adult Swim has carried garbage their whole existence. Problem is they're getting worse... Tim and Eric is utter Sh!t... Right up there with ATHF and Squidbillies. That's your Top-10 List Rob: Worst crap Adult Swim has made. Cause there's been a LOT of it... Just wish they'd make more great shows like Venture Brothers and Korgath of Barbaria. And get Futurama back...

• I don't want to have to do research as part of my morning dose of humour. I shall be moving along to the next post now...

• 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"

• Same

• You're right. Adult Swim has always been an unfunny wasteland of shit.

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