I had the dubious honor of heading up to St. Louis and to see Tim and Eric’s Awesome Tour this Saturday. It was awesome (as the name would seem to imply). I had a fantastic time, overall. The venue was small, close quarters and it was pretty easy to see everything. It was a tiny club that accomodated about 300 people, tops. The floor was packed and they were turning away people at the door who were hoping to purchase tickets the day of the show. We preordered well in advance, so no worries there. I had the distinction of sitting behind some relatives of Eric’s that drove in to see the show, which was cool (after the requisite period of being pissed that they spoiled my almost pristine view of the stage). I found myself wondering afterwards if they had any idea what their nephew/cousin was up to these days.
The show was a mixture of Awesome Show style skits and live comedy pieces that were reminiscent of the Adult Swim series, but unique in their own way. Standout live bits were “Father Mulligan’s Class,” which was, in essence, Tim and Eric do the Catholic church molestation scandals, and “Papa Johns Does Email,” during which they passed out Papa John pizza, lauded their fresh ingredients and dips, and detailed their new email service “complete with randomly inserted animated gifs of pizza.” The also did the most hilarious “Uncle Muscles Hour” skits, and seeing Casey and his brother live is something I won’t soon forget. The video segments were equally incredible, with guest stars like John C. Reilly, Patton Oswalt, and others helping out with characters and situations more commonly seen on the show (Beaver Boys, Channel 5 News Break, etc.). I laughed long and hard and clear the whole time, and I can’t really ask for more than that from a travelling comedy show.
After the show Tim and Eric were awesome (ha!) enough to hang around and chat, sign stuff, etc. I don’t usually get autographs (meeting the people is usually more than enough), but Tim and Eric have been such a huge part of my life for the last few years that I felt the need to have them sign my Tom Goes to the Mayor DVD (a perfect 3 disc set). Eric was uber nice and we got a great picture together. I grabbed a pic with Tim as well, but he was getting tired (easy to tell) and seemed a bit less into it. I totally understood. I would be tired too. Maybe I was a jerk or something. I seem to have that luck when I meet people I like, just like when I tosses a ball to Ozzie Smith to sign once and he just let it fly by. Bastard.
In any case, it was a great show. Thanks for coming our way, T & E. Great Job!
Oh. You can check out the pics here.