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The aptly titled Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! is a truly bizarre series that airs on The Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. Created by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, the same demented genius' behind the late, lamented Tom Goes To The Mayor (rest in peace!), this show takes that animated insanity of that earlier show and gives it a live action make over. The series doesn't really have any sort of discernable plot nor does it have any recurring storylines even if sometimes character reappear. This is essentially a warped sketch comedy show made up of skits and fake commercials. Think of it as Saturday Night Live or The Kids In The Hall as seen on public access through the eyes of a retarded acid head. Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! is strange. Usually it's pretty funny, but this material is definitely out there, even more so than Tom Goes To The Mayor.

This third season is made up of ten episodes running approximately twelve - thirteen minutes each. Here's a look:

Resurrection: The season kicks off with a bang when Tim is resurrected from the dead with the uncanny ability to produce tiny porcelain statues of tigers from his body. He and Eric decide they can make 'five hundy' a day and so they open up a store to sell them to the public... but at what cost to Tim? Meanwhile, Steve Brule enjoys a very hot Panini.

Chan: Channel Five is bringing you exclusive coverage of its celebration of 100 years of Jackie Chan while Tim, clad in a yellow Speed-O and wearing a nice rat tail, is having a secret and very soulful sexual romance with Eric's stunningly beautiful and perpetually lingerie clad wife... but at what cost to Tim? Not to be outdone, Steve Mannahan's company advertises a twisted video demonstrating his Child Clown services.

Rascals : Tim has murdered Eric's beloved pet rascal after it supposedly bit him on the leg. With their friendship at stake, they go to the only man who can help them, a relationship counselor in the form of Bob Odenkirk who tries his best to heal their wounds. While all of this is going on, Cinco introduces the amazing one buttoned Cinco-Phone and Tairy Greene gives children acting lessons.

Spagett: Jealousy threatens to ruin Tim and Eric's friendship when Steven Spielberg decides to make a feature length movie starring Tim as Spaghett without even considering casting Eric in a supporting role. Tim's newfound fame soon turns out to be not all he thought it would be when he winds up getting surgically altered to be Spaghett 24/7.

C.O.R.B.S: C.O.R.B.S. stands for Cops On Recumbent Bikes as Tim and Eric play a pair of law enforcement experts Hell-bent on stopping some evil Columbian terrorists from throwing a coup and gaining control of their local sugar factory. Steve Brule, on the other hand, brings us a report about the internet and attempts to make a video he hopes will make him famous and Cinco introduces an eye tanning product.

Jim and Derrick: The Turbo Fuel energy drink sponsors this hop-hop-happening show hosted by two brothers who deliver some of the world's finest and coolest sketch comedy bits. Marvel at Jim and Derrick as the enjoy sports, chug drinks, hang with a DJ and party with foxy Elisha Cuthbert.

Jazz: Tim and Eric decide to become obsessed with the world of Jazz and decide to expose the world to their newfound love of live jazz concerts. The Beaver Boys show up to enjoy some shrimp and white wine at a restaurant and we learn how to clean up after cats.

Muscles For Bones: Richard Dunn needs some bones and so Channel five hosts a charity call in telethon featuring guest spots from Casey and His Brother and Weird Al Yankovic. Uncle Muscles and Steve Brule also pitch in to help out with this very worthy cause.

Larry: Mr. Henderson and his employee Carol have been having a torrid love affair since the first season but it's only now that Larry decides he wants his fishing partner back, all for himself, causing tensions and passions to rise in the office. Tim and Eric belch a lot, Tairy Greene gives more acting lessons and we get the rare opportunity to check out the Channel 5 Child Showcase.

Brownies: Overdosing on delicious chocolate brownies before going to bed one night, Tim and Eric have strange brownie related dreams. Meanwhile, Steve Brule shows up to discuss stomach doubling and Richard Dunn debuts his new show, Shot Dunn.

Just like the two seasons prior, season three has an interesting array of guest stars including Bob Odenkirk, Zach Galifianakis, Patton Oswalt, Ed Begley, Jr., John C. Reilly (who is really more of a regular than a guest star at this point), Will Forte, Brian Posehn, Steve Schirripa, Ray Wise, Elisha Cuthbert, John Mayer, Maria Bamford, Bill Hader, Weird Al Yankovic and Rainn Wilson. It's interesting to see some of the bigger 'names' that appear in this show do so in such an odd context, and refreshing in the sense that it shows that not everyone in Hollywood feels the need to take themselves all that seriously. It also spices up the cast a bit, which isn't a bad thing when Tim and Eric play so many of the parts.

This season differs from the earlier two in that it's maybe just a bit more accessible and easier to follow than previous entries. Each episode does have a bit more of a linear plot going through it to keep things anchored down a bit more and this gives the series a little more fluidity than it's had previously. Don't think for a minute that Tim and Eric have watered down their absurdist humor or gone mainstream, because that's not at all the case, but they do seem to have maybe refined the writing just a little more. All of the abrasive repetition of various audio bits is still there, as are the often times manic level adjustments that occur throughout the series. The characters are still often repulsive and more than a tad creepy and very little of anything that happens in the show occurs for any other reason than that it just happens to be funny.

That irreverence essentially sums up the show as a whole. It doesn't always make sense but it doesn't always have to. Humor is as much an emotional response as it is a logical one and without wanting to overanalyze the silliness of it all, this is a show that somehow manages to tap in to that. It's not over written and relies as much on visual gags as it does on dialogue or clever parody but who cares - it works. It's gross, it's disturbing, it's screwy, it's incomprehensible and most importantly it's hilarious.

Video:

Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Season Three looks like it's supposed to look. This show is done fast and cheap by a small cast and crew and it's intentionally made to look like a public access show. So, if you keep that in mind, you'll have no real problems with the video quality here. The 1.33.1 fullframe picture presents the material in its original broadcast aspect ratio. For some reason, some skits are flagged for progressive scan and some are not, but aside from that this material looks just as good, if not slightly better, on DVD than it does on cable.