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Tim Heidecker Biography

Timothy Richard Heidecker (/ˈhaɪdɛkər/; born February 3, 1976) is an American comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician. He is best known as one half of the comedy duo Tim & Eric, along with Eric Wareheim. They are noted for creating the television shows Tom Goes to the Mayor, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories.

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Well, I love Bob Dylan, let's make that clear. He's one of my musical heroes.

Bob, Clear, Hero, Make, Musical

A good example of a lyric that makes me laugh but might not hit anybody right away is, "Sit behind the guitar and play the chords," just because it's such a lame image. It's not rock'n'roll at all to be sitting behind a guitar.

Guitar, Image, Laugh, Play, Right, Rocks

I was in a band in high school and college and I always had a love for music, but I didn't go to a conservatory or anything like that. I was fairly self-taught.

College, Fairly, Music, School, Self

That kind of language is what makes us laugh. Like, "Well, just eFax that to me, and I'll take a look at it. "

Kind, Language, Laughing, Take

There's a generation of people I think without a strong connection to family, to religion, to civic duty. They have a real disassociation from the problems of the world.

People, Real, Strong, Think, Thinking

At Temple University, and I'm sure this was the way in a lot of film classes, comedy was not an option, and not considered a serious form of expression. You had to make a film about an issue.

Class, Expression, Film, Issues, Temple, Way

Most books that come out with a comedy label seem to be, Eric [WAREHEIM]and I could have written, "This is our story, and this is who we are," and sort of this navel-gazing, narcissistic approach to comedy we're seeing these days.

Book, Days, Eric, Gazing, Narcissistic, Story

I don't have a big hang-up about my body.

Big, Bigs, Body, Hang Ups

When you get older your dad becomes this other man rather than a scary man, and you have a friendship.

Dad, Men, Older, Scary

I'm a little bit of an amateur political junkie.

Amateur, Junkie, Littles, Political

I'm very wary of doing political stuff for a lot of reasons. One of the big ones is that the shelf-life for them is not very long, and the joke becomes old news very quickly.

Long, News, Old, Political, Reasons

When you travel, specifically for our show, you get inspired by rest stops, Cracker Barrel. Middle-America people are perfect.

Inspired, People, Perfect, Show

The thing that struck me is so many people that said, "Hey, I've been watching you since I was 12, and I'm 25 now. " It was a weird shift, because you start off fighting for an audience based on doing something so strange that only you find funny, and it's weird when other people find it funny. Those people aren't always ready to laugh yet, and there's a sort of standoffish quality to it.

Fighting, Laughing, People, Thing, Watching, Weird

When I was a kid I went to Catholic school, and they used to drag us out to pro-life rallies and stuff full of crazy people.

Catholic, Crazy, Drag, Kid, Kids, School

We use all the takes that no one would ever use and often the moments before we say action, or before we say cut. No one's ever called and complained or anything like that. Everyone's just so grateful to get the work and to be on TV and all that.

Action, Cut, Cutting, Grateful, Takes, Work

My dad is a very quick-witted, sarcastic, dry, humorous guy, whereas my mom's very silly, and that side of the family is very musical.

Dad, Humorous, Mom, Sarcastic, Silly

I think comedy has to come from a real place. It has to come from an honest place.

Real, Thinking, Comedy, Place, Think

Nobody hates hipsters more than hipsters.

Hate, Hates, Hipster, Hipsters, Nobody

I sort of fell out of new music. I'm old, I like what I like, and that's that.

Fell, Like, Music, New Music, Old, Sort

Just because we can shoot something that looks like a movie doesn't mean we should. Sometimes if something looks too good, it's not funny. Some things need to look good, because we think it's funny that you'd spend so much time and be so precious about such a stupid idea.

Good, Idea, Like, Mean, Stupid, Thinking

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