Allentown mayor gives Tim Heidecker key to the city, urges comedian to return to hometown

Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk made an appearance Feb. 12 on the YouTube call-in show “Office Hours with Tim Heidecker” in its Los Angeles studio while in the city for the 2026 Winter Leadership Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors, which ran from Feb. 12–14.

Tim Heidecker, the show’s host known for his role as half of the comedy duo Tim & Eric with Eric Wareheim, was born in Allentown and graduated from Allentown Central Catholic High School.

The mayor gave Heidecker a key to the city and said that, in his role as Allentown’s “chief cheerleader,” he needed to urge people to return…

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