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Mulletism - Tim And Eric Shrek conspiracy theory.

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Yesterdays treat from the chewstream was the Shrek movies. This would make sense since May 18 is an unofficial Shrek holiday being the release date of Shrek, and, Shrek The Third (Shrek May 18 2001, Shrek 2 May 19 2004, Shrek 3 May 18 2007 )

Before the marathon of movies started, they played the well known Tim And Eric Shrek 3 promos.



This Shrek thing went a long way towards sparking interest in Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, which was a brand new show at the time.

There was backlash talk at the time, that this was a crass tactic to manipulate (what was then) a highly popular and heavily promoted franchise in concert with jaded youth culture for the means of their own personal gain.
The idea is that they piggy backed on the intense amount of promotion and advertising for Shrek 3; becoming a disturbance within it, therefor using the Shrek momentum to propel themselves forward.
In the end, that was the result achieved, but: was that the goal?

"Tim: “When Shrek the Third came out, for months everyday you’d get bombarded with like ‘the wait is ogre’ garbage shoveled at you […] and I woke up the week before the premiere came out with the idea that Eric and I would just promote Shrek as an experimental joke […] that’s probably my favourite thing of all time, it was just so dumb.”
Eric: “It was all positive comments and 15 promos, there are still people out there who hate us because they thought we were supporting this film.”"

It is believable that this wasn't a grand Machiavellian tactic, and, just a purely organic decision to make satire based on what was happening around them at the time, however, if this was a conspiracy to manipulate their fans, it would not behoove them to admit it.

Even if it was an act of pure manipulation, you would still have to admire its success, as well as the comedy and creativity within it itself.
I remember there was a point where they almost got into some sort of trouble with Dream Works, but, barely squeaked by, because, they remained adamant in only saying very positive things about Shrek, so, it would have been bad PR for a large media company to seen picking on people who [seem] to be nothing more than adoring fans of their product.
Part of the problem may have been them saying it was a Disney movie. This is because it is often mistaken for being a Disney movie, as it was during the time of the Shrek movies as well. Admittedly: i did some internet research just now to verify that Disney wasn't involved in some way with the Shrek trilogy.

They also dropped a lot of corporate names and logos in to this. This could be more satire on how branding and promotion intrude into our lives. This also could have been about them striving to get complaints from these companies to build an image as dangerous hipster rebels.

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