Tim Heidecker Starts Acting Like Himself

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( profile [Tim’s Time]( After decades of playing comedy’s finest douchebags and boneheads, what happens when Tim Heidecker starts acting like himself? Tim Heidecker, an alt-comedy Dorian Gray. Photo: Zachary Scott Wearing a divorce-chic leather jacket, slicked-back hair, and a paunchy pea-green shirt, [Tim Heidecker]( fumbles through note cards onstage at the Bell House in Brooklyn. For his sold-out show — the penultimate night of his 30-city 2022 tour — he’s railing against cancel culture as [“No More Bullshit”]( guy, an insufferable hack comedian who believes women in the workplace are nagging witches and COVID vaccines are a lizard-person conspiracy killing 25,000 children a day. He’s been doing the [character]( at open mics in L.A. and on tour [since 2007](, and after 16 years of honing his anti-craft, Heidecker is the best at being the worst, the Oppenheimer of intentionally bombing. At one point during the set, he blows up at the stage tech and storms into the crowd. There’s something about the way he yells “Shut the fuck up!” that’s music to his audience’s ears — like he’s playing the hits, only the hits are Heidecker threatening to hit people, then accidentally hitting his own face with the mic. [read more]( The Latest TV Recaps • Saturday Night Live: [A Light Halloween SNL for Dark Times]( • The Gilded Age: [Back on Fifth Avenue]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Matthew Perry Couldn’t Be Boxed In As the jokester who wears snarkiness as emotional armor, Chandler stole every Friends scene — even ones where he was theoretically absent.]( [Keep Mario Weird The pleasures of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Nintendo broadly, are rarely just about the strengths of its gameplay.]( [Eboni K. Williams Tried to Quit RHONY Over On-Set Racism But she doesn’t want to get involved in Bethenny’s union, either.]( By Justin Curto [The 13 Best Friday the 13th Kills, Ranked If there’s one thing Jason’s gonna do, it’s creatively murder.]( By Nathan Smith [God Bless Whoever Booked Flavor Flav for the National Anthem His mic was on, honey.]( By Zoe Guy [The 2023 Hollywood Strike for Dummies SAG and the AMPTP are on a break (for the day).]( By Jason P. Frank [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 19-Down, Five Letters: Hyperbole and a Half cartoonist Brosh. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. Photo: Nintendo Although it bears the Super Mario World 2 subtitle, [Yoshi’s Island]( has almost nothing to do with the first game. There’s a new crayon-art visual style, Rugrats-sounding music, and floaty platforming mechanics that are all about sniping bad guys with eggs. [Read more from Vulture]( A newsletter of TV and movie recommendations. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved