Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker
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Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker is an absurdist pop culture comedy podcast with call-in and musical elements[1][better source needed] hosted by comedian Tim Heidecker and his cohosts Vic Berger & Doug Lussenhop (known professionally as DJ Douggpound).[2]
The show began in 2016, on Facebook Live to promote the release of Tim Heidecker's second musical album In Glendale,[3] with episodes released sporadically at first, before evolving to a single camera video podcast, and then eventually landing on a weekly livestream and video podcast in 2020 with a higher production value and a more elaborate set. Tim Heidecker and his cohosts were seeking a more homemade outlet for their comedy after a long career of working in high profile, corporate-backed comedy ventures.[2]
From 2016 to 2019 the show was broadcast from the Abso Lutely offices in Glendale, California.[citation needed] Beginning in 2020 it moved to Heidecker's garage in Glendale, California.[2] Each episode features the hosts in conversations with other comedians (sometimes in character, and sometimes as themselves) and interviews with notable figures on a wide range of topics, as well as conversations with audience members via phone and video conference.[4]
Music
In 2018, the crew released a compilation album of original music from Office Hours Live titled Slaps, Bops And Bangers,[5] featuring Heidecker, Berger, DJ Dougpound, as well as notable guests Fred Armisen, Nick Lutsko, Daniel Cupps, and Ben Levin.[6]
Notable guests and episodes
One notable 2021 episode of Office Hours is a 12 hour long parody of the Joe Rogan Experience, with special guests Rajat Suresh and Jeremy Levick. The episode only contains approximately 1 hour of content, but is looped to stretch the material and heighten the absurdism.[7][4]
A 2022 episode of Office Hours Live features the band Pavement playing in a tennis match against Heidecker & Lussenhop, with the match edited into an sports-broadcast style highlight reel.[8]
In 2023, comedian Kyle Mooney appeared on Office Hours Live, only to be relentlessly mocked for two hours by Heidecker, an escalation of the pair's long-running comedy feud.[9]
In a 2025 episode with Kumail Nanjiani, the two compared notes about their own origins in the standup comedy scene and lamented the rise of the anti-woke comedy scene. Speaking on the topic, Heidecker remarked that "None of it seems particularly funny."[1][better source needed]