Tim & Eric | |
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Medium | Television, film, theatre, audio recordings, books |
Nationality | United States |
Years active | 2001–present |
Genres | Satire, surreal humour, deadpan humor, gross-out humor, anti-comedy, dark comedy, alternative comedy |
Notable works and roles |
Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004–2006) Tim and Eric Awesome Show (2007–2010) Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule (2010–present) Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) |
Members |
Tim Heidecker Eric Wareheim |
Website | TimAndEric Official Website |
Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim are an American comedy duo and creators of the Adult Swim television series Tom Goes to the Mayor; Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!; Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule; and Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories.
Wareheim and Heidecker met in 1994 at Temple University in Philadelphia, becoming instant friends. They began producing a number of short low-budget films and cartoons for their website. Their short entitled Tom Goes to the Mayor was selected by the Philadelphia Institute of World Cinema as a short film and was included in The University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Contemporary Art.
In 2001, the two compiled a tape of many of their shorts and submitted it to various comedic heroes, including Mr. Show's Bob Odenkirk, who reacted to their work with enthusiasm and agreed to collaborate with them on a pilot of Tom Goes to the Mayor, which was submitted to and greenlit by Adult Swim and adapted as a series. It appeared on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and ran for two seasons. They have then created another Adult Swim program, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, which ran for five seasons and established a cult following for the duo. They have also released a CD with music from Awesome Show entitled Tim and Eric Awesome Record, Great Songs! and in 2012 they released a feature film, Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie.