EAGLEHEART: Chris Elliott/Conaco project!

[RoyalDutchOfDukes]

This was fucking amazing.

[SteveAgee]

LOVED IT! I love that the character is still your typical Chris Elliott fuck-up/goof ball type, but he's also kind of a badass!
Great job Jason Woliner!
Also, Maria Thayer and Brett Gelman were perfectly cast...and it took me forever to realize that was Michael Gladis!

[crlygrl]

First when I looked on my DVR and saw that it was only 11 minutes long, I got sad. But I should be ashamed of myself! OF COURSE these guys can squeeze that much incredibly funny material into 11 minutes. God it was so good. Congrats everyone!

[BrianStack]

Loved the first episode. Really hilarious. But as a huge fan of the people involved, I fully expected to love it.

The "leapfrog" bit with the airplane propeller made me laugh as hard as anything in a long time.

[funnyclown]

Chris's mugging for the camera was such a perfect way to end the episode. So excited to have Chris Elliot back! PLEASE don't fuck this up, Adult Swim.

[Corman]

It was great, but what happened to the satire of neoconservatives the official announcement hinted at? I wonder if Adult Swim has problems with shows that have overt political satire, because that's what happened with Saul of the Mole Men, too - in the original pilot, Saul was a jingoistic xenophobe.

[funnyclown]

It was great, but what happened to the satire of neoconservatives the official announcement hinted at? I wonder if Adult Swim has problems with shows that have overt political satire, because that's what happened with Saul of the Mole Men, too - in the original pilot, Saul was a jingoistic xenophobe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/ar...30elliott.html

Mike Lazzo, the Cartoon Network executive in charge of the Adult Swim programming block, said it was too complicated for a 15-minute program. “We saw the pilot and said, ‘Look, it’s great — but it’s way too smart for our audience.’ ”

[crlygrl]

I hesitated to post this, because I don't want to imply that this is in any way copying off the Naked Gun -- because that is NOT WHAT I MEAN -- but I couldn't help thinking that if Leslie Nielsen could see Eagleheart from Heaven, he would be smiling.



(and pushing that little fart machine. if they let him bring it in there...)

[bao]

I hesitated to post this, because I don't want to imply that this is in any way copying off the Naked Gun -- because that is NOT WHAT I MEAN -- but I couldn't help thinking that if Leslie Nielsen could see Eagleheart from Heaven, he would be smiling.

(and pushing that little fart machine. if they let him bring it in there...)

I actually thought this exact same thing. Sans the fart machine.

Not sure I can think of anyone I find as consistently entertaining to watch as Chris Elliott. I could watch him eat toast.

[gloshi]

This show is amazing!!

[AstroChicken]

Wow, I've been thinking for a pretty long while now that I had dreamed the idea of Eagleheart being a show-within-a-show. Thanks for finally confirming that I'm not crazy.

So that's what happened. Huh. Guess what we're getting is better than nothing. I agree that the concept sounds a little complex for a 15 (which is really 10 minutes) show, but I would have liked to see it since Larry Sanders is my favorite sitcom.

About to light one up and watch Conan/Parks & Recs/Eagleheart. Not a bad way to start the weekend (or is it?).

[Jon Schroeder]

Pure genius - yet another wonderful gift from Chris Elliott to the world.

[hackjacket]

Absolutely brilliant. Shattered my already high expectations.

[AstroChicken]

I give the premiere five

Spoiler:  

murdered partners

out of five.

And now I can't even imagine how the show was in its original form. All that crazy over-the-top ridiculous **** would not have worked as a fictitious action drama.

Looking forward to more and I hope it will be a ratings success (I have a feeling it will be).

[Taul F. Pompkins]

I'm on board with everyone here. I absolutely loved it. I couldn't have been happier with the first episode.

[AstroChicken]

Just had my first "bad post" rating. I feel like a young girl losing her virginity, excited yet a little bit hurt.

[Jixby Phillips]

Bummed they aren't repeating it on Sundays. That's usually what they do with their Thursday premieres. I wanted to tell my Chris Elliott fan of a dad to tune in on I dropped the ball on Thursday. Somebody please tell the president of Adult Swim how upset I am for me, please!

[Itslikeimsayin]

Nor did they put it on adultswim.com. Don't AS shows typically show up on their site a few days after they air?

[Jixby Phillips]

Not anymore. There's a much longer turnaround now. Like a week at least. Don't really know because I don't really use it, but they mentioned it on a bump a while back.

[Itslikeimsayin]

Here we go. From Twitter:

Full episode "Get Worse Soon" NOW ONLINE! http://video.adultswim.com/eaglehear...orse-soon.html