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S suburbanpagan Member southern cal Joined: Jan 02, 2004 Posts: 826	S suburbanpagan Posted posted on Fri, Oct 29, 2004 6:41 PM OK....I've really been out of the loop for a little bit and with good reason...I got a new job! And now, you can view the fruits of my labor at: http://www.timanderic.com or http://www.bobanddavid.com I am art directing a new show for Adult Swim on Cartoon Network called "Tom Goes to the Mayor" that will be debuting on November 14 and I am very proud! Check out the promos at the top of the page....I hope you like! UPDATE!!! The Hollywood Reporter just gave us a great review! I am very proud! Tom Goes to the Mayor By Ray Richmond Bottom line: Often uproariously funny. 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 Cartoon Network Anyone who has spent much time watching Cartoon Network's deliciously warped "Adult Swim" nighttime block of original programming knows the drill by now: More or less, anything goes. "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" features animated fast food products, for crying out loud. So it should surprise no one that "Tom Goes to the Mayor" sets the outrageousness bar awfully high. It's also often uproariously funny, with writer-creators Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim and executive producer Bob Odenkirk of "Mr. Show" fame crafting a divertingly twisted and wildly original mock cartoon that nearly defies conventional description. It feels like one of those Robert Smigel "Saturday Night Live" shorts gone nuts, with animation that would need to improve dramatically to be merely wretched. But that's a big part of the fun. "Tom" is far less story-centered than concept-driven. It's about a clean-cut civic do-gooder named Tom Peters who moves to a backwater burg called Jefferton and comes loaded with what he sees as good ideas. The town's eccentric mayor endorses anything and everything, since he's several cards short of a deck. That forms the central plot, with Heidecker and Wareheim themselves supplying the primary voices. But again, this is far more about the unprecedented style and bone-dry wit than anything substantive. The creators use still photographs of real actors (here including Jack Black, who also supplies a voice) and processes them with a computer filter. They're placed into various still poses and feature almost no movement of arms, legs or surrounding objects. If it sounds really really weird, well, it is. And it takes a bit of getting used to. Yet once you click into its visual and comedic rhythms, "Tom" is a deadpan, kitschy, retro delight that recalls the heady early days of "South Park" in its novelty and imagination. Be on alert, however: The show is only 11 minutes long each week. So don't plan your night around it or anything. [ Edited by: suburbanpagan on 2004-11-07 19:08 ] [ Edited by: suburbanpagan on 2004-11-11 12:26 ] [ Edited by: suburbanpagan on 2004-11-11 12:26 ]

OK....I've really been out of the loop for a little bit and with good reason...I got a new job! And now, you can view the fruits of my labor at:
http://www.timanderic.com
or
http://www.bobanddavid.com
I am art directing a new show for Adult Swim on Cartoon Network called "Tom Goes to the Mayor" that will be debuting on November 14 and I am very proud! Check out the promos at the top of the page....I hope you like!

UPDATE!!! The Hollywood Reporter just gave us a great review! I am very proud!

Tom Goes to the Mayor

By Ray Richmond

Bottom line: Often uproariously funny.

11:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14
Cartoon Network

Anyone who has spent much time watching Cartoon Network's deliciously warped "Adult Swim" nighttime block of original programming knows the drill by now: More or less, anything goes. "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" features animated fast food products, for crying out loud. So it should surprise no one that "Tom Goes to the Mayor" sets the outrageousness bar awfully high. It's also often uproariously funny, with writer-creators Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim and executive producer Bob Odenkirk of "Mr. Show" fame crafting a divertingly twisted and wildly original mock cartoon that nearly defies conventional description. It feels like one of those Robert Smigel "Saturday Night Live" shorts gone nuts, with animation that would need to improve dramatically to be merely wretched. But that's a big part of the fun.

"Tom" is far less story-centered than concept-driven. It's about a clean-cut civic do-gooder named Tom Peters who moves to a backwater burg called Jefferton and comes loaded with what he sees as good ideas. The town's eccentric mayor endorses anything and everything, since he's several cards short of a deck. That forms the central plot, with Heidecker and Wareheim themselves supplying the primary voices.

But again, this is far more about the unprecedented style and bone-dry wit than anything substantive. The creators use still photographs of real actors (here including Jack Black, who also supplies a voice) and processes them with a computer filter. They're placed into various still poses and feature almost no movement of arms, legs or surrounding objects. If it sounds really really weird, well, it is. And it takes a bit of getting used to. Yet once you click into its visual and comedic rhythms, "Tom" is a deadpan, kitschy, retro delight that recalls the heady early days of "South Park" in its novelty and imagination.

Be on alert, however: The show is only 11 minutes long each week. So don't plan your night around it or anything.

[ Edited by: suburbanpagan on 2004-11-07 19:08 ]

[ Edited by: suburbanpagan on 2004-11-11 12:26 ]

Post #122599 by suburbanpagan on Fri, Oct 29, 2004 6:41 PM