Tom Goes to the Mayor
| Tom Goes to the Mayor | |
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| Created by |
Tim Heidecker Eric Wareheim |
| Starring | Tim Heidecker Eric Wareheim Stephanie Courtney Craig Anton Ron Lynch Bob Odenkirk Michael Q. Schmidt |
| Composer(s) | Davin Wood |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 30 (and 2 pilots and 1 special) (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Tim Heidecker Eric Wareheim Bob Odenkirk |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Dipshot Films (2004–05) Abso Lutely Productions (2006) Williams Street |
| Release | |
| Original network | Adult Swim |
| Picture format | 4:3 SDTV |
| Original release | November 14, 2004 – September 25, 2006 |
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| Related shows | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Tom Goes to the Mayor is an American animated television series created by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim for Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered on November 14, 2004 and ended on September 25, 2006 with a total of thirty episodes.
Tom Goes to the Mayor began as a web cartoon on timanderic.com. It was popular enough to get a web sequel, in which David Cross guest stars.Bob Odenkirk noticed the show's potential, and began producing it for Adult Swim.
Adult Swim has described Tom Goes to the Mayor as "one of the most polarizing shows" they have ever had, indicating that viewers "either love it or hate it."
The show centers on Tom Peters (Tim Heidecker) who has just moved to the town of Jefferton, an unpleasant rundown town filled with strip malls and buffets. Episodes usually focus on Tom going to the Mayor (Eric Wareheim) with various ideas for business and civic endeavors only for the Mayor to tweak Tom's ideas and cause them to backfire in horrible and destructive ways, leaving Tom to answer for them.
The show features a crude yet distinctive limited animation style made by taking photos of the cast with different facial expressions and body language. The photos are then filtered using the "" image filter in Adobe Photoshop, resulting in monochromatic blue and white images resembling Ditto machine copies. There are some live-action scenes, usually on a television set within the show.
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