Halloween Horrorama 5 News Update: Adult Swim's Tim and Eric Healthy, Happy
October 20, 2008: Adult Swim’s Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, creators of Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show Great Job! are confirmed today as being in excellent health and good spirits.
The titular Show.
Interviewed at their offices on Williams Street, Atlanta GA, the comedic duo appeared relaxed and confident of what the future will bring. “It’s been a great year for us, huhhuh,” says Tim Heidecker, known for playing such characters as ’Tom’ and ’Uncle Muscles’. “Our live-action show premiered to great success, and now it’s the highest-rated non-animated show on Adult Swim. I actually feel like we DID do a Great Job! Huhhuh!”
“That’s right, Tim;” adds Wareheim (’The Mayor’), sipping iced coffee, “After I saw a real paycheck from the show, I was able to visit the doctor for the first time in six years. He said “Oooo, ummmm, I’m a doctor and you have high blood pressure! Better take this FAST!” so I did! And now I don’t! Of course my wife is to blame for why I’m feeling so much better!” The pair then pretended to be homosexuals in love, to much laughter and acclaim from their audience at large.
Heidecker pinpoints a moment in the show’s history when he realized it might catch on: “We had Tom Skerritt in the studio, and it was like wow, a real celebrity, right here. So we launched into the skit where we sang him a jingle until he got mad and walked out: Skit-Skat SKERRITT, I want Tom SKERRITT, I like Tom SKERRITT, I need Tom SKERRITT, give me Tom SKERRITT…and it went just like we planned. That kinda told me that it was all finally gelling.” The show went on to feature several popular comedians and actors, including Jack Black, Jeff Goldblum, Weird Al Yankovic, Maria Bamford, Patton Oswalt, and probably Brian Posehn by now.
But the pair haven’t succumbed to hubris just yet. “Luck played a big part,” notes Wareheim. “All these shows–these decent animated shows, like Korgoth the Barbarian, Xavier: Renegade Angel, 12 Oz. Mouse, Perfect Hair Forever–had to stop producing before we could get airtime for our live-action baby. Now we’re here to stay in the lineup, and oh, what’s that over on the horizon? Is that a movie coming? Oh my God, Tim, is that a movie? Tim? That a movie or are my eyes too damn gay for you right now?” The pair then resumed pretending they were homosexual lovers, later throwing up orange corn syrup onto the expensive carpet. Ratings spiked.
“I just don’t see how things could get any better for us,” Heidecker breathlessly remarked, wiping his chin for effect. “It’s just a really high point in our professional and personal lives right now.”