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Guesting onTim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!took serious bravery.
Anything could happen once you were on set.
Would you better play a pitchman for rentable juvenile clowns on the brink of an emotional meltdown?
For 50 episodes and five seasons, there was no more fertile and fucked-up terrain in comedy.
you’re able to still hear the echoes, more than a decade later.
Many of the best characters onAwesome Showwere played byTim Heideckerand Eric Wareheim.
They also found a surprising number of A-listers willing to play along with the mayhem.
Everyone fromJohn MayertoWill Ferrellhas gone down the rabbit hole with them.
(Some of the cult favoritesTim and Ericproduced, like Richard Dunn, were pulled off the street.)
In the world of Wareheim and Heidecker, everyone can be a star.
Its the perfect example of two universes colliding.
Video Dating Gamer
This isnt even a bit.
This is what all gamers look like, especially if you meet them on a VHS dating service.
Grum, an exceptionally poorly rendered childrens mascot, is Tim and Erics tribute to that strange late-90s catalogue.
Everything looks a little queasy and weird in Grums universe.
In 2021, there is nothing more unsettling than low fidelity.
26 & 25.
Jim and Derrick represent the prime example of that genius.
Nothing but gratuitous product placement, energy-drink chugging contests, and two hosts destined for a troubled tabloid future.
Dee Vee gets a full arc when he is revealed to be the younger version ofAwesome Showregular player Tennessee.
Ruth Carr
Old-school karaoke graphics were fever dreams.
Ruth Carr, played by Jennifer Mims, was the muse ofAwesome Shows Song Legends Karaoke segments.
Its a sex-positive anthem and a thrilling tale of adultery, sold through half-committed dance moves.
But Carr gets the last laugh with her veal Parmesan.
A true rock star.
Spagett
Before there wasKarl Havoc and his hidden-camera prank show, there was Spagett.
Or you’re free to always show them thefeature-film adaptation.
21 & 20.
As adults, they finally had the chance to cosplay the black-turtlenecked astrophysicists of their dreams.
Youre right Eric, itisreally fun to think about taking a speed-of-light ride.
Galifianakis distills a lifetime spent absorbing the advice of questionable Hollywood eccentrics into 30-second-long rants.
Seriously, I wonder what direction Will Forte received for this character.
Thats commitment, baby!
Lets be honest: Quall would absolutely crush his sets today.
16, 15, & 14.
We may never get another Daft Punk album, but at least well always have Mini Van Highway.
But not Grill Vogel!
After quarantine, we should be welcoming all of our friends with a Power Embrace.
12 & 11.
The charismatic and trustworthy stars of these ads?
Somehow, these solutions always involve poor Kent getting his teeth yanked out.
Its like Itchy & Scratchy on ketamine.
Rudds dance moves as Tayne are the stuff ofbar mitzvah DJlegend.
Forte was afrequentguestonAwesome Show,but J.J. Pepper is his funniest character.
If his shrill voice doesnt win you over, his little vest will.
Hire him for your next bra mitzvah, wont you?
Pierre
Ron Austar is anotherAwesome Showoriginal.
Austar was a natural, employing a Billy Blankslike cadence in his many mind-melting dance breaks.
6 & 5.
They operate on dream logic.
Casey and His Brother are child singers on the Weird AlhostedUncle Muscles Hourin the world of the show.
So what was this parodying, exactly?
The mystery of their grotesquerie only improves the experience of songs like Hamburgers and Hotdogs.
4 & 3.
In our humble opinion, these two should be the only straight couple allowed at Pride.
Richard Dunn
Richard Dunn was perhaps the greatest discovery during theAwesome Showrun.
Dunn would never leave.
Dr. Steve Brule
It had to be him.
(Ever wonder why ice cubes taste so boring?
Its because you make them out of stupid water!)
Brule immediately became a fan favorite, to the point of earning his own spinoff show.
