Line #5 Creator/TimAndEric


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3	Timothy Richard Heidecker (born February 3, 1976) and Eric Alexander Wareheim (born April 7, 1976), Tim & Eric for short, are a comedy/video art duo from UsefulNotes/{{Pennsylvania}} who specialize in antihumor. They met as undergraduates at Temple University in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} (Eric is from nearby Norristown, while Tim is from Allentown, a bit further away). They are best known for their Creator/AdultSwim shows ''WesternAnimation/TomGoesToTheMayor'', ''Series/TimAndEricAwesomeShowGreatJob'', ''Series/CheckItOutWithDrSteveBrule'', ''Series/TimAndEricsBedtimeStories'', and ''Series/BeefHouse'', as well as the 2012 film ''Film/TimAndEricsBillionDollarMovie'' and its upcoming sequel ''Tim & Eric's Trillion Dollar Movie''. In addition, they also:
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5	* Loosed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PD4f5uTOU a couple of ads for Old Spice]] featuring actor and former [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]] linebacker Creator/TerryCrews upon a mostly-unsuspecting public.
6	* Helped to promote the cult following of Tommy Wiseau's ''Film/TheRoom2003'', by featuring him as a "guest director" and introducing the movie on Adult Swim.
7	* Additionally helped to promote ''Film/{{Birdemic}}'' by doing the same, launching the film into infamy.
8	* Acted in ''Film/TheComedy'', an indie film starring Heidecker as a [[SociopathicHero sociopathic]] [[{{Hipster}} hipster]] [[ManChild man child]], along with Wareheim, [[Creator/NeilHamburger Gregg Turkington]] and [[Music/LCDSoundsystem James Murphy]] as his equally jaded "friends".
9	* Directed several predictably bizarre [[http://vimeo.com/ericwareheim/videos/sort:date music videos]], for artists such as Music/BenFolds, Music/DepecheMode, Music/{{Maroon 5}}, Music/{{MGMT}}, and [[Music/BubbleButt Major Lazer]]. In addition, they directed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3tXNjL1Wis a 15-minute-long version]] of ''Professor Genki's Super-Ethical Reality Climax'' to promote ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird''.
10	** Specifically, Eric Wareheim directed the aforementioned music videos. Tim Heidecker had little to nothing to do with them.
11	** Joined Creator/SarahSilverman, Creator/MichaelCera, and [[Series/ComedyBangBang Reggie Watts]] as founding members of the [[https://www.youtube.com/user/JashNetwork JASH]] online comedy network on Website/YouTube.
12	* Tim Heidecker collaborated on ''ComicBook/GiraffesOnHorsebackSalad'', channeling both [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]] and Creator/SalvadorDali along the way.
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14	Known for [[SignatureStyle their unique brand of comedy]] (if [[GenreBusting it can even be called comedy]]) which incorporates surreality, both [[SurrealHumor humorous]] and [[SurrealHorror horrifying]], if not outright [[NightmareFuel nightmarish]], as well as [[StylisticSuck deliberately]] JustForFun/{{egregious}} [[StylisticSuck visuals]] in the style of tacky amateur videography and low-to-no budget public access television, complete with BadBadActing. As a result, they and their works are fiercely polarizing, mostly in the classic form of "either you get it or you don't." Their own statement on ''Awesome Show'' is that it was "the nightmare version of television."
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16	Oh, and by the way: ''Yes'', those ''were'' made on drugs. Just not when they were working.

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