Tom Goes to the Mayor
Tom Goes to the Mayor Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | ||
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| S1 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.1 | ||||
| S2 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.4 |
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About
"Deadpan absurdism before it had a name"
Tom Peters, a hapless everyman in a nowhere town, repeatedly pitches absurd civic schemes to the Mayor, who always agrees before things go horribly wrong. Made by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim before their more famous work, it's crude, flatly animated, and deliberately awkward, with stilted line readings and dead air used as a punchline generator. Episodes loop the same premise with variations rather than building a story. It's an acquired taste: monotone, uncomfortable, and strange rather than laugh-out-loud, rewarding patience with a very specific deadpan absurdist sensibility.
the early blueprint for Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim's uniquely uncomfortable comic style.
you need polished animation or fast-paced jokes rather than slow, awkward repetition.
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