Music never left Heidecker but it took a backseat as things blew up in the world of Tim and Eric, which resulted in Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie, a 2012 feature film featuring Zach Galifianakis, Will Ferrell, John C Reilly and Jeff Goldblum. Odenkirk thought it was especially funny that the pair had invoiced him for the package.ĭumb and dumber … Heidecker with Eric Wareheim in Billion Dollar Movie. We just were funny with each other.” However Bob Odenkirk, better known as a comedian before his breakout roles in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, saw the potential in the pair and became something of a mentor and helping hand, getting them broadcast on the US comedy channel Adult Swim after they mailed him a DVD out of the blue. “We never really thought about comedy as something we would do. “We were making art films,” recalls Heidecker. “Music was my ambition originally.” He was a Beatles-obsessed teenager who played in “cringey” and “pretentious” bands, with names like such as the Pulsating Libidos and Shaggy’s Belt Buckle, before he went to film school and met Wareheim. “It was a last resort,” Heidecker laughs. It’s an intricate and entangled network that has resulted in a vast, sprawling comedic world.īut comedy was not plan A or even plan B. Plus, he hosts a weekly call-in chatshow, Office Hours Live, one episode of which was simply a 12-hour long spoof of Joe Rogan’s podcast. Such as the long-running webseries-cum-fictional universe On Cinema, which is ostensibly a spoof movie review show with storylines so elaborate, wild and nonsensical that it has spawned multiple offshoots – one, the miniseries The Trial, sees Heidecker in court after his character creates a vanity-project festival for his band that leaves 20 kids dead and 158 hospitalised from toxic vape pens that were distributed. Then there are the numerous identities Heidecker has moulded and lived in outside the partnership. Not necessarily in style, tone or presence – even though both lean heavily into absurdity and extreme daftness – but in that they have crafted their own distinct comedic language and interplay that is intrinsically unique. “We’re going to have to be out here until we get what we need to get.”īut they were confident about finding sustenance to get them through it.Perhaps Tim and Eric’s closest UK comparison would be Vic and Bob. “I think it’s going to be a long struggle, a long fight,” Heidecker said. His fellow comedians and comic actors abounded on the picket line, including “Saturday Night Live” and “Portlandia” alum Fred Armisen, “Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” actor Chelsea Peretti, “What We Do in the Shadows” vampire Mark Proksch, and longtime comedy team Eric Wareheim and Tim Heidecker, who said they were not optimistic about a quick end to the strike. Maron starred on the series “GLOW” for Netflix, whose headquarters in an increasingly hip section of Hollywood has been a bustling hub during the strike, with music blasting and food trucks serving ice cream, shaved ice and churros. There’s a lot of people here and look, eventually they have to, they have to negotiate, right?” “I got some of my comedy buddies - we’re like, let’s go, let’s make sure we’re there and we show up for our union. “The momentum is still building,” said stand-up comic, writer and actor Marc Maron outside Netflix headquarters. LOS ANGELES (AP) - The combined strike by Hollywood actors and screenwriters entered its second week with no swift end in sight, and union leaders and star strikers, including a bevy of comedians attempted to boost morale Friday as the novelty of picket lines wears off.
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