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Fun Fun Fun Fest review: Tim and Eric Awesome Show
The crowd for Fun Fun Fun Fest comedy headliners Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim of the Tim and Eric Awesome Show was pretty firmly divided into two camps: fans who reveled in every absurd second of the performance, and curious newcomers who gradually came to understand less and less why the tiny stage had drawn such a large crowd.
To kick off the show, the Cartoon Network Adult Swim heroes burst onstage wearing gray spandex and singing “Diarrhea!” to carnival music for a good five minutes before a booming voice came over the speakers, proclaiming, “Tim and Eric are the winners of the Fun Fun Fun Fest’s ‘Best Comedy Sketch’ award for ‘Diarrhea’!”
A mock award ceremony ensued, and as the duo left the stage to prepare for the next skit, the elusive but hilarious punch line dawned on some audience members—the comedians weren’t asking whether their antics were funny, but rather how funny it would be if a diarrhea dance were actually the best comedy bit of the festival. Some attendees left in search of music.
Other sketches were universally well received. The final act, in which Heidecker played a red belt karate “master” giving a spiritual self-help seminar with the silver spandex-clad Wareheim as his sidekick, elicited plenty of laughs throughout, and the audience’s reaction to their friendship-affirming kiss at the end of the bit was palpable.
If you’re not well versed in their comedic style, it can be hard to feel grounded during a Tim and Eric performance, but if you can tap into their rhythm, the payoff is hilarious.
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