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Adult Swim Presents Tim and Eric Awesome Show
w/ DJ Douggpound
When: 1/18/2009 6:30 PM
Online & Phone Sales Have Closed
Tickets are available at the Marquee Box Office. Please Call (480) 829-0607 for
information.
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Tim Heidecker, born and raised in Allentown, Pa., and Eric Wareheim, a native of Audobon, Pa., met in 1994 as
freshmen film students at Temple University. They became friends and collaborators on each other’s film and video
assignments. After graduating, Tim moved to New York to pursue writing and acting while Eric stayed in
Philadelphia working as a professional photographer. They stayed in close touch and met on weekends to make
short films and strange bits of comedic nonsense.
One of their first pieces, Tom Goes to The Mayor, a short, dry conversation between two nuts talking about
restaurants, ended up in Penn University’s Institute of Contemporary Art and landed a slot in the Philadelphia
Festival of World Cinema. Fueled by Tom’s success, the duo, now officially known as Tim and Eric, created several
other short films and video pieces, which were compiled and released on “The Best of 5 Years,” a VHS tape they
produced for their friends as a Christmas present in 2001.
Stuck in a dead-end job in New York, Heidecker began sending tapes to his comic heroes in Hollywood. One such
recipient was Bob Odenkirk, creator of HBO’s Mr. Show with Bob & David, who loved what he saw and called Tim
to offer his support. Over the next year, Tim and Eric worked with Bob to develop a TV show.
Meanwhile, Tim and Eric got lots of cool screenings in New York, showing their work before gigs from acts like
The Shins, Les Savy Fav, Canned Ham and Neil Hamburger. They also performed at Tinkle (David Cross’ comedy
show), the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre, Cinema Classics, The Knitting Factory and Galapagos.
Tim and Eric’s Web site, timanderic.com, started getting lots of hits from links on the Mr. Show site. Bob suggested
Tim and Eric make another Tom Goes to The Mayor. This time, David Cross was a guest. In 2003, they released
their own DVD called The Ultimate DVD Collection Vol. I and sold them through their Web site.
Then one night, Eric went to an Adult Swim party in Philadelphia and met Aqua Teen Hunger Force co-creator Dave
Willis. Eric gave Dave a copy of Tim and Eric’s stuff. The DVD floated around the Adult Swim offices and found
its way to Mike Lazzo, Cartoon Network’s senior vice president responsible for Adult Swim, who loved Tom Goes to
The Mayor. He asked Tim and Eric to pitch a show. They liked it so much they gave Tim and Eric funds for
development. Bob was brought on as an executive producer. Tim and Eric used the development money to move
out to Hollywood and work on the show full time.
Tom Goes to The Mayor premiered on Adult Swim in 2004, and with 30 episodes completed they now turn their
attention to Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show, Great Job.
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