![]() ![]() Even better is when he simply becomes fanatically fixated on a particular idea or word and won’t let go, as in an instant-classic late sketch about a driver’s education class. One is never quite sure if he’s going to say something mortifying, insulting and/or unacceptable, and whether that utterance will be followed up by slinking off in shame or lashing out with buffoonish fury. Still, Robinson’s blend of nerdiness, awkwardness and rage is unique, and gives the series its combustible energy. It’s no surprise that Tim Heidecker and Bob Odenkirk also make appearances, considering that I Think You Should Leave is a kindred spirit to Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and Mr. Be it a courtroom trial in which text-message testimony about insider trading winds up focusing on Robinson’s awful-hat-wearing bystander, or a baby shower that goes horribly awry when Robinson’s guest attempts to convince everyone that he’s no longer the piece of shit he used to be, the show gets tremendous mileage out of volatility, public indignities, and generally operating with more than a few screws loose. Still, such familiarity isn’t the same thing as rehashing even though the framework he employs is recognizable, Robison concocts a variety of novel ways to generate laughs from cringey encounters and interpersonal contexts. ![]() Richardson’s Little Buff Boys sketch recalls his season one bit hosting an infant beauty contest, and the rest of Season 2 also predominantly sticks to the script that helped turn the series into a meme-worthy cult favorite the biggest detour is a parody film trailer about a Santa Claus-headlined action film that segues into an even weirder junket interview session. Usually setting its action in corporate offices and boardrooms, restaurants, living room parties, and performance stages-alongside a bevy of satiric TV spots and programs-the series is an assortment of scenes in which misfits flout social norms to humiliating and catastrophic ends, and at its center remains Robinson, whose bug-eyed, scrunched-face reactions and furious outbursts continue to be a source of intense humor. Embarrassment born from violating a given situation’s accepted codes of conduct is I Think You Should Leave’s stock and trade, as are scenarios (ghost tours, pants-peeing mishaps) that begin with Robinson behaving inappropriately and end by spinning into unexpected and ludicrous realms. We’re allowed to show ‘em nude because they AIN’T GOT NO SOUL!” Ending with Robinson promising, “I’ll kill you!,” it’s insanity of a most delirious, demented sort.įans of the Saturday Night Live vet’s sketch-comedy hit will be thrilled to hear that its return to Netflix (July 6) doesn’t fail to disappoint, in large part because it follows the template established by its maiden batch of psycho vignettes. In response to the supposed claim that he has no right to broadcast such material, he retorts in trademark screamy fashion, “I said we don’t need permissions of the family. “They’re saying Coffin Flop’s not a show-it’s just hours and hours of footage of real people falling out of coffins at funerals,” Robinson fumes while Coffin Flop clips verify this assessment. The catalyst in question was another of creator Robinson’s absurdist fake commercials, this one a plea for the Spectrum cable company to not drop Corncob TV, home to Robinson’s reality show Coffin Flop. It only took until the second sketch of I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson’s sophomore season for me to start crying with laughter. ![]()
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