Sublime

Michael: I always say that, too, when people compare the show to other sketch shows. We do a completely different thing. If we were a taped show that was condensed to a half hour, if we were able to get every perfect shot that we needed with directors, it would be the best comedy show on TV. But we can’t do that. If we had the talents of Will Ferre

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“He does such a great job at playing the truly mediocre,” adds Jordan Peele, who cast Heidecker as Josh Tyler (and his tethered, Tex) in his 2019 movie Us . Peele created the role specifically for the comedian. “Not to shatter the magic of his unspoken notions, but this stand-up character that he portrays is so close to being possibly who he is tha... See more

At the time, Heidecker wasn’t influenced by comedy at all (he didn’t watch SNL or pay attention to traditional stand-up), but by the “weird awkwardness” of artists like David Byrne and the Talking Heads. “In that first video we did, Eric was editing it, and there was a jump cut where he had taped over this girl ice-skating. So it jumped and went to... See more

Odenkirk, who appeared in many of the 11-minute Tom Goes to the Mayor episodes that aired on Adult Swim, puts Heidecker in the same category as his Mr. Showcollaborator David Cross, someone with “a certain kind of natural ease at being funny, that I do not think I have, and most people don’t have.” The even rarer thing that Odenkirk sees in Heideck... See more