ORIGINALLY AIRED: 1/6/2005
Adult Swim's "Tom," CES, LAN Party
Episode #5001
| The Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim has become a wellspring for sophisticated ‘toons, and its newest show is every bit as loopy as its predecessors: Tom Goes to the Mayor. Created by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, it delves into the fizzled aspirations of Jefferton resident Tom Peters. Tom is a would-be entrepreneur who regularly pitches his ideas for civic projects to Jefferton’s mayor, The Mayor, who loves them all even if they’re tragically stupid. The Mayor is also a lunatic. Thus, Tom Goes to the Mayor mines a rare vein of comedy: misguided city planning and its horrible effects on American life.
Check out a clip of Tom Goes to the Mayor here. For more clips, plus full versions of the original ‘toons, visit Tim and Eric’s website, www.timanderic.com. Come back here tomorrow for our web-exclusive interview with Tim and Eric. |
| Civics Vocabulary Words 5. Proxy Delegates 4. Comptroller 3. Condorset Voting 2. Inverse Condemnation 1. Nonjusticiable |
| A picture is worth a thousand words… and news site www.tenbyten.org takes that maxim seriously by presenting the day’s biggest stories as photos. Every hour, the site scans RSS feeds from news organizations, determines the top 100 words being used, and matches them to 100 photos. |
| Kevin R. reported live from the massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. This is the annual convention that manufacturers use to unveil their latest and greatest devices and concepts, hoping to snare publicity and consumer interest. "The show's huge -- 1.5 million square feet with 2,500 exhibits," Kevin R. said. "I'm in heaven." The show started off with a bang as Bill Gates' keynote address featured a common Windows-user experience: multiple crashes. "Hey, who's in charge of Microsoft, anyway?" asked co-host Conan O'Brien.
Here are the products that Kevin R. was most impressed by in his first report: Olympus m:robe 500 portable multimedia device -- $500 Toshiba HD-DVD Player -- $1,000 (projected) LG Electronics 60PY2DR 60" Plasma w/ DVR Samsung 102" Plasma Display Panel Samsung SC-X105L Sports Cam Digital Camcorder He'll be back tomorrow with another report live from the convention floor. |
| In Tech Topics Today…
French Developers Unite! Game publisher Infogrames might help fellow French developer Ubisoft avoid a hostile takeover by American monolith Electronic Arts. MPAA Attacks! Pt. 3: Popular BitTorrent file sharing site Suprnova has gone dark amid MPAA legal pursuits. Talk About “Rolling Back Prices:” A pair of Tennessee couples were caught scamming Wal-Mart by creating their own bar codes and placing them on expensive products – after 10 years. |
| Our NVIDIA-powered LAN Party engaged in some WW II combat with Battlefield 1942. Our special guest fragger was actor Justin Berfield, who plays the diabolical Reese on FOX’s Malcolm in the Middle. |
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Ten Minutes with Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim
The creators of "Tom Goes to the Mayor" talk about painful Americana. |
