When he attempts to escape and gets caught, he tries to escape by saying, “I just wanted to do something nice before alcohol class.”. He plays a man at a fast food drive-in who plots a scheme where he pays for the person’s food behind him, only to use that to his advantage to drive back around and order $680 worth of food, hoping the person ahead of him pays for it. (Netflix)Ī perfect Tim Robinson character that combines smarmy know-it-all with pathetic desperation. Will Forte is one of Tim’s famous friends to get in on the fun. So instead of rating the season overall, here are the top five sketches of season 3 that sum up what makes the show special. Since none of the episodes have a set theme–only one sketch has a callback in a later episode–the show lets the individual sketches speak for themselves. The volcano sketch turns into a meditation on the drudgery of work when Tim’s co-worker gets yelled at for telling him he’s interesting. For instance, that heart monitor sketch turns from a commercial to a story about the relationship between a man and his doctor who just wants to get into exclusive nightclubs. The sketches usually never end where they start, and things can go from silly to poignant in a second. However, what separates I Think You Should Leave from others is that there is no “typical” structure. has the Charles Grodin-like ability to embody a complete doofus so sure of his own rightness that we feel like the moron. The show also loves the awkwardness of workplace relationships, as in a sketch where Tim plays a co-worker who hears a loud noise during a meeting and insists it’s a volcano exploding.
There are fake commercials, like a spot for a heart monitor aid that Tim’s character needs after partying too hard at the clubs. This season’s sketches run the gamut for typical sketch premises.
I didn’t love this sketch, but I assume by next year, I’ll be saying, “Back away, banana breath, what did you just eat? A banana?” under my breath multiple times a day. By the 20th time I watched it, I couldn’t breathe from laughing so hard. Like listening to a great album, songs can open up more the longer you listen and digest the notes.įor example, the first time I watched the Walk the Line-inspired “Bones are their dollars” sketch from season one, I honestly didn’t get it. None of the sketches here reach the hilarious emotional depths of season two’s “Prank Show” or the gut-busting jokes of season one’s “Instagram.” But sketches (especially ones this bizarre and ludicrous) can get better with repeat viewings.
This collection may not be as consistent as the first two seasons. If the show’s taught us anything, it is that. The memes should continue to flow after this latest batch of insanity Robinson and friends have unleashed. Now in its third season on Netflix, I Think You Should Leave has gone from bizarre curiosity to King of pop culture memedom. He has the Charles Grodin-like ability to embody a complete doofus so sure of his own rightness that we feel like the moron. Every sketch–usually three to five an episode–features a character that’s so annoying or goes against social norms in such extremely inappropriate ways you want to scream at them to leave the room immediately.Ĭhicago, by way of Detroit, legend and show creator Tim Robinson plays most of these troubled characters. You could say it’s a sketch comedy show that combines surrealist imagery, social satire, and existential dread into tiny bursts of joyful chaos. It’s difficult to explain to an average human the madness that is I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson.
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