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Let's start with the obvious: if you are not already a fan of the lysergic antics of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job, the chances of its fifth season (a.k.a. Season Cinco) bringing you into the fold are slim. The show, which peels a kaleidoscopic fisheye at low-rent television and advertising via short, stream-of-consciousness sketches, is almost doggedly determined to polarize viewers--if you don't find male lactation, an adult onset of puberty, monster crows, and a dance craze based on spanking hilarious, you're simply out in the cold regarding Awesome Show, Great Job. However, if Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim's brand of humor strikes you, like many viewers and critics, as a fresh and irreverent force on television, you'll find much to like in Season Cinco. The 10 episodes featured on the disc feature both recurring segments, like "Brule's Rules," with John C. Reilly as the perennially uncomfortable TV medico, and the return of Zach Galifianakis's deranged actor Tairy Greene, whose ridiculous oeuvre is made available through the Tairy Greene Machine. Elsewhere, Tim falls victim to "Crows" in an homage to the cult film Birdemic: Shock and Terror, and the boys bring nausea to the holidays in "Man Milk," which finds them handing out their own surprise lactation as gifts. In its best moments, Tim and Eric approach the jaw-dropping lunacy of Monty Python and Mr. Show, and the wealth of guest stars, which include Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd (performing a truly astonishing dance), Fred Armisen, Rainn Wilson, and 30 Rock's Jack McBrayer help to sell the material (as do such curious cameos as Patrick Duffy, Karen Black, and Danny Trejo). If there's a downside to the season it might be the somewhat dark tone in some sketches, as promised by Wareheim in 2009 interviews, but gags about child clown molestation in "Stuntmen" will be a step too far for some. But again, if you're a devoted fan, you accept such trips into the deep end of the comedy pool as part and parcel of the Tim and Eric experience. If you're up for navigating the deliberately confusing screen menus, you'll find extended and deleted scenes, karaoke tracks for the season's musical numbers, and a surprisingly heartfelt tribute to actor Richard Dunn, a fixture of the show since its first episode, and who died in June 2010. --Paul Gaita
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Please hear me out..., Sep 11 2011
By Rayshawn Fox - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Season 5 (Season Cinco) (DVD)
Okay, I know I'll probably get a ton of hate for this, but guys, this was quite possibly the worst season of Tim and Eric ever. I'm a huge fan of seasons 2 and 3. Season Cinco just didn't deliver on the laughs as much as the past ones. They were so creative and original before, but this season seriously just rehashed past jokes but with less vigor and creativity. It didn't even seem like they were having fun. They really were grasping for straws this season and they were trying WAY too hard, but there are still some great moments. Very hit or miss, which is what I expect from Tim and Eric, but the laughs just didn't come and the speed they did in past seasons. There were seriously whole episodes where I would barely crack a chuckle. I love the show to death, I really do, but this season just didn't do it for me. I wanted to like it, I really wanted to, but demmit it just didn't work!Best moments:
iJammer
Morning Meditations
Feminine Perspectives (an example of what Tim and Eric can do when they hit that sweet spot)
The entire season finale
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Job., Feb 4 2012
By Nate Cushman - Published on Amazon.com
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Tim and Eric: my shining boys. I'm sure Tims parents are very proud of Eric, for all the creativity he's shown.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
tim and eric awesome show season 5, Sep 23 2011
By Ian Lippincott - Published on Amazon.com
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they finally came full circle and stopped being funny?jokes about jokes made in prior seasons, mostly the grossest and childish blends of humor they must have thought fans wanted. either that, or they really did run out of funny-juice. in an attempt to be more shocking than ever before, they've become a real bore on this season. too bad because i thought most seasons prior to this were insanely genius and that they were about to undermine everything that is television, hollywood, and DIY special effects.
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