Tom Goes to the Mayor

Tom Goes to the Mayor is a animated comedy series that aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim from 2004 to 2006. The show was created by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim who also starred as Tom Peters and the Mayor. The plots followed Tom, new to the town, presenting new ideas to the Mayor. The Mayor would then change the ideas to fit his own illogical whims only to have them blow up in his face. One notable characteristic of the program was its animation style. The animators would take photographs of actual people making different facial expressions then applying a filter to make the pictures appear as mimeographs. The characters would move from one facial expression to the next with little to no animated movements. This was the first show to expose an audience to the absurdist comedy of Tim & Eric and many of the ideas and characters found here would later be reprised on their new show: Tim & Eric Awesome Show: Great Job! MORE