![]() ![]() I wanted to start with something that will hopefully endear myself to you and show that I took this interview very seriously. I caught up with Tim via Zoom from his studio in LA.įrom his brash stand-up, to the debate around cancel culture in comedy, to transgender people, to Dave Chappelle and Ricky Gervais, to his love of Randy Newman and Neil Young, we cover it all. There is much I WANNA KNOW from one of the most accomplished, prolific, minds in comedy. Some label Heidecker’s work as cringe comedy or anti-comedy I just think it’s funny. The stand-up special blew me away and I embarked down the wondrous rabbit hole of jokes and jingles. I was peripherally aware of Tim and Eric, but had never really paid close attention. I was first introduced through his 2020 stand-up special, An Evening with Tim Heidecker. ![]() The music cements Heidecker as a double threat in comedy and music and as a true creative with never ending inspiration.Īt the time of writing, Heidecker is about to take both personalities – the brash comedian and singer-songwriter – on a European tour.Īdmittedly, I’m a late comer to the Tim Heidecker oeuvre. It doesn’t hurt that Heidecker is friends, and frequently collaborates, with some of indie music’s brightest stars like Kurt Vile, Natalie Mering of Weyes Blood and Mac Demarco. Both albums showcase impressive, well-crafted, songs touching on themes like mortality, lost love and nostalgia. He followed up that album with 2020’s Fear of Death and last year’s High School. The album, In Glendale, was a departure from the past and presented more serious themes and messages. Station by his piss-obsessed band Yellow River Boys and his anti-Trump album Too Dumb For Suicide - but in 2016, Heidecker dropped his first proper solo project. Music was always present in the comedic work - and he’s released a handful of satirical records like Urinal St. Long before the comedy career, Heidecker was fine-tuning songwriting chops playing in local bands in his native Philadelphia. But in recent years, Heidecker has honed his artistic expression into his music. He’s also produced ads like the Terry Crews’ fronted Old Spice commercials. On top of the aforementioned work, he’s executive-produced huge comedy shows like Nathan For You and The Eric André Show. ![]() Heidecker’s art is truly expansive and prolific. But popularity be damned, he always speaks his mind. His outspoken, leftist, politics have clearly divided his fan base. His targets are often those who seek to grift against us those he believes are leading the discourse in a dangerous direction à la Donald Trump or anti-trans pundits and comedians. It’s a free flowing bonanza of political rants, sound effects and interviews with friends and fans.īeneath the surface of the satire, however, Tim Heidecker is expressing a political worldview. Since 2016, Heidecker, along with his friends DJ Douggpound and Vic Berger, has also hosted the weekly call-in show Office Hours Live. Spanning decades, he’s amassed an illustrious comedic portfolio of parody: from the cult classic, Tim and Eric, Awesome Show, Great Job!, where he and longtime collaborator Eric Wareheim mocked public access television and everything in between, to On Cinema, a skewer of the movie review industry to stand-up comedy where he plays a Trump supporting, misogynistic and clueless comedian. For someone so irreverent about almost everything, Tim Heidecker really does give a damn.Īt face value, Heidecker, 47, is a man possessed with satirizing the absurdity around him. ![]()
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