Thursday, March 27, 2008

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! - Season 2


The second season of the Awesome Show wasn't quite as classic as the first, with more gags that fell flat, but it was still enjoyable the vast majority of the time. Besides plenty of original, strange ideas, lots of favorites from the first season return, from the Married News Team with Dr. Steve Brule to Carol and Mr. Henderson's forbidden love to Casey and The Uncle Muscles Hour. There are plenty of guest stars, both recognizable comedians like David Cross and Zach Galifianakis and those odd looking people Tim and Eric just seem to find and star in some random musical number.

If anything, this season is more esoteric than it was before. Bizarre stuff will happen a lot, like Rainn Wilson with a squashed face describing his stump of a penis in a dating video. But there's also stuff anyone can enjoy like the Innernette, a spot-on parody of infomercials ("Guilty as charged.") and competing families that seem more like businesses. The first season ended on a cliffhanger, and this one ends in a very interesting way as well with a hilariously violent confrontation between the two stars. As far as Adult Swim goes, Tim and Eric is one of the easiest and most enjoyable to watch over and over, and it always leaves you wishing it was a little longer. Season three should be coming late this summer, and like Eric with Tim's birthday, I can't wait.

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