Monday, April 13, 2009

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! - Season 4



Tim and Eric are just shoving out these quick ten episode seasons, at a rate of almost two a year, and I couldn't be happier. They continue to bring their amazing blend of wacky humor, insane tangents, disturbing digressions and unheralded celebrity guest appearances that a lot of people seem to hate but smart people can't help but love. The thing about the show is you have to appreciate guys like Richard Dunn and David Liebe Hart. Most people can find enjoyment in some of the normal sketches but are turned off by the off-putting strangeness that frequently occurs, usually involving those bit actors that keep popping up. But if you can appreciate them because of their oddness, the show's full potential unlocks.

There's maybe a bit less of the shift towards longer stories and continuity this time, but still plenty of great bits that go on for a bit longer than they could. The episode finally revealing the brothers behind the infamous Cinco company wasn't the show's best, but it was an admirable attempt at actually having a single plot through a whole episode, and it had its moments. There are some really good guest appearances too, such as Jonah Hill in one of the only sketches that made me like James Quall, Tommy Wiseau in a tribute to one of the most unintentionally funny movies ever, and a great season finale where Fred Armisen and The Lonely Island look on as Tim and Eric have a brutal tennis match for a million dollars, with the two replaced by Bret and Jemaine of Flight of the Conchords in a few quick shots. When you use people more famous than you this flippantly, it's hard not to appreciate. Tim and Eric could practically film a brick wall for eleven minutes at this point and I'd still think it was brilliant.

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