We get the surface gags, the interaction between Tom and the mayor, but we also get the more subtle jabs at society and small town America as a whole.Ĭreated by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim (who play the Married News Team in the live action segments), the series started off as an internet cartoon where it captured the attention of Bob Odenkirk of Mr. Show fame) or his completely slave like devotion to his obese hag of a wife, Joy, and her three kids from her first marriage, there's a few different layers on which the show works.

Whether it's the mayor's homoerotic obsession with a one man marching band, Tom's love-hate relationship with a dwarf named Gibbons (Brian Posehn of Mr.

Running gags, recurring supporting characters and bit part players and the odd personality conflicts that occur between the mayor and Tom all play a big part in the show's surreal vibe. There's much more to the show than that, however. The mayor will inevitably give Tom the go ahead after tweaking things to meet his criteria, and disaster will strike. The show is set in the small town of Jefferton where Tom Peters, the newest resident, approaches the mayor with his odd ideas, most of which are of the entrepreneurial kind. The premise is exceedingly simple, but there's so much subversion and twisted happenings in each and every episode that it almost defies description. It's difficult to explain the appeal of a show like Tom Goes To The Mayor.

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