DVD REVIEW: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TIM SEASON 3

The Life and Times of Tim cancellation by HBO was definitely one of the real sad stories for animated television in 2012, but does that mean you should go out and spend $23 on the DVD release of season 3?? We tell you after the jump.

 

Spoilers Below

The Life and Times of Tim Season 3 was really, really good. It was SO good that it got nominated for a Comedy Award along side South Park and a slew of others and rightfully so. However, this review isn’t about whether or not the show is good, we know it is. This review is about whether or not you should plunk down $24 to buy this latest release that comes with 10 episodes, unfortunately the short answer is no.

For those who don’t know, the Life and Times of Tim follows the pretty depressing life of Tim of whom works in NYC for a company called Omnicorp. His manager aka ‘The Boss’ usually asks Tim to do ridiculous tasks of which usually comes with a promise of a promotion, but instead something goes wrong and Tim doesn’t go anywhere except to the desk of his friend Rodney of where he usually laments. Tim currently lives with his girlfriend Amy, and his best friend Stu is always looking for a reason to sell Tim down the river so this way he can get a shot at Amy.  In season 3 we see Tim has actually been laid off from his job at Omnicorp and early on takes a bunch of different jobs in an attempt to make ends meet of which includes being a golf caddy, a sausage salesman, and a women’s basketball coach. None of these jobs work, but its OK because he eventually does get his job back at Omnicorp and eventually works his way to spokesperson.

Steve Dildarian provides the voice of Tim, with the great Nick Kroll, Peter Giles, MJ Otto, and Matt Johnson round out the cast as Stu, Boss, Amy, and Rod respectively and all of whom help bring the uncensored profanity-laden dialogue to a show that could only be done on HBO. The Season 3 guest star list is impressive, featuring contributions from Bob Saget, Fred Willard, and others all of which usually complement Tim’s sarcasm so well that they should probably be part of the main cast.

That said, its hard for me to justify the relatively high cost ($24) of this collection without any decent special features on it. You could probably be better served by waiting until it comes on Netflix where for $8/mo you can watch it whenever you want along with other shit, or you can even purchase every episode individually on Amazon and the total cost still comes in lower than this release. Yes, the show is legendary and sorely missed, but with no special features, I can’t see why you would spend the money to own the collection.

(6.0 out of 10)