Tim Heidecker Is on a Mission to the Moon

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🗓️ 5 November 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Tim Heidecker talks about his new comedy series Moonbase 8, collaborating with fellow comedy geniuses John C. Reilly, Fred Armisen, and Jonathan Krisel on the show, and what it was like to visit NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and SpaceX headquarters as part of their research. He discusses how Bob Odenkirk gave him his first big break, the cult following for his Adult Swim series The Time and Eric Awesome Show, and how one Tim and Eric sketch got the attention of QAnon conspiracists. Plus Tim weighs in Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.8	I just got a lot on the line here. I mean, I screwed up my whole life.
0:48.4	That's why I need to get to the moon. I go up to the moon. I'm a hero.
0:52.2	I'm with you, Ken. Let's show NASA that we know what we're doing.
0:56.3	Our water tank is empty. I've started up the urine recycling machine.
1:01.9	That's very salty. Welcome to Moonbase 8. This is a very valuable NASA research project.
1:08.8	Launch sequence beginning in 9, 8, 9, 7, 8, 6, 5, stand by. Let's sink out.
1:18.2	That was John C. Riley, Tim Heideker, and Fred Armason in Showtime's new comedy series,
1:29.7	Moonbase 8. Set in the isolated desert of Winslow, Arizona at NASA's Moonbase Simulator,
1:36.4	Moonbase 8 follows three eager astronauts, Skip, Rook, and their leader, Cap, as they attempt to
1:42.7	qualify for their first lunar mission. While working vigorously to complete their training,
1:48.2	a series of unexpected circumstances forces the astronauts to question their own mental sanity,
1:53.9	trust in each other, and whether or not they're cut out for space travel.
1:57.8	And today, I'm happy to be joined by the co-star co-creator and co-writer, Tim Heideker,
2:03.4	who talks about his character's very different sort of mission to the moon,
2:07.2	how the four comedy geniuses, including director Jonathan Chrysel, collaborated on every
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