You see, there are comedies, there are cult comedies, and then there’s On Cinema
Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington in On Cinema. Photo: YouTube This article was originally published on February 27, 2019. The On Cinema universe has expanded much more since then, so this guide has been updated.
Of course, as fun as all of this can be for those in the know, it can be overwhelming, even alienating, for newbies who are just curious to see what it’s like. Tim is a self-absorbed, right-wing blowhard who doesn’t care much for movies but loves the notoriety that comes with having a show. Meanwhile, Gregg is a sort of sad sack whose entire identity is wrapped up in being a movie fan but can barely manage to answer a simple trivia question correctly.
Perhaps Heidecker’s — the comedian — greatest talent as an actor is an authentic-seeming volcanic anger, which he unleashes at Gregg in regular intervals on the show, lending On Cinema surprising moments of tension. And while Tim’s performance is necessarily bigger and flashier, Gregg matches it in his affable, low-key arrogance. Every mention of his film expertise is met with a desperate little smirk.
Decker Decker. Photo: Adult Swim As a “film critic” always looking for a new soapbox for his conservative polemics, it was inevitable that Tim would try his own hand at filmmaking. Toward the end of season four of On Cinema, he finally does just that when he introduces a scene from a movie he’s been working on in secret. Eventually, that movie would find life as a TV series called Decker, which ran on Adult Swim for six seasons.
Naturally, Tim and Gregg’s contentious dynamic from On Cinema carries over onto their other program, with Decker and Kington constantly taking little potshots at each other. Kington, in particular, is barely a character at all: Like Gregg, he also claims to have the largest VHS collection in the world and shoves as many film references as he can into anything he says.
Among all the things Tim wastes time with on the show, Dekkar seems to be the thing that aggravates Gregg the most. Axiom and fellow bandmate Manuel become close friends with Tim and often join as guests, becoming a near-constant source of eye-rolling and grumbling for Gregg, especially when Tim bumps a “Popcorn Classics” segment to share a new song.
The Oscar Specials On Cinema’s Oscar special. Photo: Adult Swim On one hand, the annual live Oscar specials, which stream at the same time as the Academy Awards, function as extended episodes of On Cinema, since like the show, Tim and Gregg mostly forgo talking about films in favor of whatever weird distractions they’ve cooked up.
More often than not, these specials also end in disaster. In the 2018 special, Mark Proksch passes out after getting trapped in an old-timey diving suit while paying tribute to Jaws. So the following year, Gregg painted a still-comatose Mark gold and propped him up as a “living Oscar,” proving, for what it’s worth, that Gregg is also capable of thoughtless acts of cruelty in pursuit of his passions, just like Tim.
On Cinema always runs the risk of — and occasionally succumbs to — a certain level of repetitiveness. Nearly every season, Tim throws himself into some toxic relationship or dangerous health regimen, inevitably leading to a self-inflicted tragedy of some sort, only to get a fresh start the following season.
Mister America Mister America. Photo: Magnolia Pictures The Delgados weren’t the only targets of Tim’s vengeance, though. At the end of season ten, Tim vows to run against Vincent Rosetti, the San Bernardino district attorney who prosecuted him in “The Trial,” in an upcoming election.
With its occasional callbacks and Gregg’s mostly unrelated On Cinema–centered subplot, Mister America is decidedly not the best entry point into the canon for newcomers. That said, it does provide a neat and streamlined summation of Tim as a Trump proxy, all impotent rage, narcissism, and junk-food-inhaling self-loathing.
Fan outreach goes beyond the internet, though. By contributing to the Patreon, fans can even become members of the “On Cinema Family,” a sort of official fan club that helps, in part, to finance the annual Oscar specials. And for a while, Tim and Gregg hosted “Decker-Con,” offering fans a chance to meet up to watch early screenings of new Decker episodes.
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