An Evening with Tim Heidecker

If you thought that title was funny then you love this awkward on purpose waste of time. Fans will say "you just don't get it" but like he's said about his other shows "it's all in the edit" and well this was not edited.

From the beginning, Tim tries to inject awkwardness into the show and over does it to the extreme point of me toiling around with whether this is funny or not. It just becomes ridiculously immature. And finally when he does seem to gather his faculties about himself he just bombs and then played some mental masturbation mind game garbage that's just absolutely NOT funny in any way, shape or form. I lost an immense amount of respect for Tim Heidecker from this stand-up. I went more than halfway through just hoping, for his sake and mine, that he would do or say something or anything funny. But that did not happen. And to other fans of Tim's other stuff, go ahead, see for yourself! And yes I do get the paradoxical ant-comedy aspect and in some cases it works, but definitely not in this one. I have it 2 stars only because of the microphone fumbling introduction. Everything else sucked. Boooo!

Tim Heidecker. Oh you little genius.

A friend of mine told me to check this little "special" out and see if it belongs within the strange pantheon of Heidecker's previous work. For those of you familiar with Tim and Eric, Steve Brule and Tom Goes to the Mayor, then you will know what you are in for. Unfortunately, I'm sure the crowd was not ready for the performance, but hey, they might have had an inkling into what was happening.

Heidecker basically pulled a big meta commentary on washed up comics. The jokes were bland, he complained about PC culture and did all the things that some whiney conservative man babies like Jerry Seinfeld and Todd Phillips have been complaining about. He proves once again that talent and inventiveness is necessary for comedy. If anything, Heidecker is an OG of this type of comedy, even though Sacha Baron Cohen and Eric Andre have surpassed him. But rather than complain about the state of "woke" society Heidecker keeps doing stuff to compete and stay relevant, such as doing a hackneyed comedy "special" like this or doing a series of commercials for Purple mattresses or heck, playing a courtroom series as perfectly straight.

I doubt few will get this special, but for those that found this bizarre take on comedy refreshing, then check this weird show out.

My quick rating - 1,9/10. I have learned that no matter what this dude does, his fans thinks he is a genius. Well, then enjoy it because this guy is the epitome of unfunny. His sheer lack of anything amusing is wild to watch in stand up. The audience really had no idea what to do because they didn't expect to be bored to death at someone purposely not being funny. But they weren't in t=on the joke that he actually in all true sense, is NOT funny at all. So you see him not acting out a thing, but being himself (a boring clod) and then try to jedi mind trick his delusional fans into thinking that is part of the act. It is sad to think so many people fall for it. Avoid this unless you are having trouble sleeping. Then again, this may flare up any hidden anger management issues you have, so tread lightly. This has to be one of the worst hour long specials you will ever find. And I think his obsession with urine is treatable, so go see a doctor. Do I have to mark it as a spoiler to tell people this guy sucks????

The one review aside from mine written on here by Mr. scott-spinner proclaims "just not funny....I wouldn't call him a comedian," while assigning the special one star.

And therein lies the brilliance of Tim and this entire special.

Without a nod or wink to the audience, Tim delivers an hour of perfectly crafted anti-humor in the persona of a bombing stand-up comic. It is so flawlessly executed that those not familiar with Tim, like the aforementioned reviewer, will fully believe he is an awful comedian. Tim and Eric has been pushing the boundaries of comedy in a Kaufman-esque way for a long time, and it is amazing and refreshing to see a comedian with the skill and the balls to intentionally suck for an hour, and that is the joke.