So I was sitting around the other day, as I tend to do, and I
wondered to myself "Is there going to be a new season of Tom Goes to the Mayor? I find it ever so
amusing, and I think seeing that show again would be awfully swell." While I speak like a normal person, my inner
thoughts sound like a shoeshine boy from the 1930s. At any rate, while I was poking around on the Adult Swim site I saw
that yes, there will in fact be a fourth season of Tom Goes to the Mayor starting in March.
Tom Goes to the Mayor is one of the most polarizing shows in the Adult Swim block (or is that 12 Oz. Mouse)? Some people love it, and others absolutely loathe it with a dark, unholy passion. I was a huge fan of creatorsTim and Eric long before Tom Goes to the Mayor was even on, so I'm one of those who instantly fell in love with the show. The mix of live action and semi-static animation makes this show really unlike anything else on television, and the dadaistic approach to humor is exactly the kind of smack upside the head comedy has been needing. If it's not your cup of tea, that's cool, but Tim and Eric have created something on their own terms, and I find it brilliant.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-09-2006 @ 2:00AM
Chris said...
Is it weird that I love this show with a dark, unholy passion? I never would have discovered unburnzing without it.
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2-10-2006 @ 11:36AM
Jimmy said...
What is good about the show Tom Goes to the Mayor?
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2-10-2006 @ 11:37AM
Jimmy said...
Good Question Jimmy! I love the show and I think it is great and FAB. I say everything is good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2-10-2006 @ 11:41AM
Jimmy said...
yeah but what is good about it and?
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1-23-2006 @ 2:30PM
Tucker said...
I'm not a big fan of this show. It's rare that I say "I just don't get it," but I don't. Either every episode is almost exactly the same, or during the period I was trying to get into it AS reran the same episode ad nauseum. Either way, it turned me off.
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1-23-2006 @ 2:36PM
doc said...
It's 12 oz mouse. Just your mention of it made me roll my eyes. I do, in fact, loathe 12 oz. mouse with a dark, unholy passion. Just rerun birdman again for goodness sake.
On the other hand, I like Tom and look forward to the new episodes.
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1-23-2006 @ 4:15PM
Ryuukuro said...
Ditto. I don't like either show but at least Tom has popular guest stars and is, rarely, amusing. That Mouse show is insulting to my intelligence.
On the other hand, Boondocks and Venture Bros. and Robot Chicken and all that lovely ANIME!... Lots of other good stuff to watch on AS. Things that actually make sense and are nice to look at and sometimes have interesting things to say (MLK Boondocks for example.)
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1-23-2006 @ 4:54PM
Vito said...
I, for one, LOVE Tom Goes to the Mayor. It's a beautiful mix of satire on small-town politics, commentary on the ridiculousness of the modern public relations industry, and genuinely gleeful absurdity, and it happens to be the darkest show in the history of television. Every single week, one man (not A man, ONE PARTICULAR man) has his dreams and ambitions raised then smashed to the ground, and in the process, is thoroughly humiliated. And the saddest part of it all is that he often brings it on himself.
LOVE this show. Can't wait for the next season.
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1-24-2006 @ 2:00AM
Clint said...
I've tried to watch Tom but always got bored with it and flipped the channel. And 12 oz. mouse isn't polarizing - everyone hates it.
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