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Originally Posted by PulpMind
Tim and Eric, Awesome Show is fantastic. I think it's humor lies in it's ability to comment on everything that is pop culture by being absolutely disconnected from it in all it does. It's kinda meta like that. Kinda like how Family Guy is only funny if you know a ton of stuff about pop culture, but as soon as you know all that stuff YOU'RE the fuckin jackass for wasting all your time and being a tool of the system. Except Tim and Eric show is way more disconnected than that.
It's also just a self empowering celebration of crap to the max. Which is awesome.
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I couldn't find a way to embed it, but here's a link to a classic tim & eric number: [adult swim] | Adult Swim Video
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i really can't understand the family guy reference, since if you get all the references in family guy, the jokes actually make sense and i don't feel like a jackass since i feel more in tuned with the jokes. i can't help but feel completely rejected by your explanations of the 'series'" humor since you really didn't make much sense to me (my sincerest apologize if i misinterpretted ). you kinda said that i'm supposed to feel like a jackass for understanding family guy's pop culture references and that's supposed to be part of the joke. I REEEAAALLLY don't see how that makes ANY sense, but let's say, for arguments' sake that that's the case. In that same universe, couldn't ANYONE who laughs at tim and eric be considered a moron for finding it funny? I mean absolutely no offense by my statements, but what you're saying kinda seems to be the common thread of tim and eric fans. I could TOTALLY dig the inverted disconnected angle, but the problem is, all of their blatantly social commentary sketches are juvenile and obvious at best. I mean, we all know "Cribs" is fucking retarded, we all know it's essentially juvenile and shallow, but to make a sketch that has some rich people acting shallow and spoiled isn't funny in the least bit to me.
I know, at this point, i've come off as BLATANTLY hostile towards the show, and sorta, any of it's fans, and I'd really like to apoligise for that. I know funny things are funny to those than find it funny, I've just become so sick and tired of this show being hailed as the funniest greatness since kaufman. you guys KNOW i mean no offense to you guys who are real fans of this show, I'm just truly TRULY trying to crack this show for my own personaly enjoyment ( i say this because so many comedians whom I consider genius make repeat appearances on this show)