![]() ![]() It’s genius from line to line.īest Line: “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this.” The pinballing attempts to stand up for himself against ridicule, only to reveal deep wells of capriciousness and selfishness, all dictated through an attorney’s stone-cold delivery (shades of Drunk History in Robinson’s reenactments). What the Hell? Robinson characters’ love of weird hats reaches its zenith here, as a trial about insider trading gradually makes him the bad guy, guilty of being a little pretentious goofball who’s too into his fedora with safari straps strapped to the back. “Insider Trading” (Season 2, Episode 3)īest Line: “I’ve never fought for anything in my entire life. After all, they’re not babies for long, as the “In Memoriam” montage at the end makes all too clear. This sketch’s treatment of babies has a mixture of adorable reverence and outright disdain, and it’s hilarious to see how much Richardson and the crowd kinda hates these little suckers. And a chubby little baby competition its characters treat with the utmost seriousness. What the Hell? A cavalcade of great Tim Robinson character names: Taffy Lee Fubbins. “Baby of the Year” (Season 1, Episode 1)īest Line: “I hope you fucking die, Harley Jarvis!” A Tim Robinson character would rather risk death than knowingly embarrass himself in public, and the proof is in this particular pudding.Ġ5. Here, choking at a restaurant at a shared table with a celebrity he respects, he chooses to ignore it, squeaking and croaking out his lines as if nothing were wrong. What the Hell? Robinson’s characters have more double-downs than a KFC franchise, and it often gives him the chance to put that goblin-esque physicality to good use. ![]() ![]() “Choking” (Season 1, Episode 5)īest Line: “A toast to friends… and friendship in a tradit-in a tradition.” Take, for example, the notion of an after-hours ghost tour where you can say whatever the hell you want: what if you wanted to go on about cumshots and horse cocks? You should be able to do that, right, even if you’re ruining everyone else’s night? It ends on the saddest note possible - this was a feeble attempt to make any kind of friend at all - make you almost, almost feel for such a disruptive, antisocial guy. ![]() What the Hell? I Think You Should Leave is all about idiot-proofing the little rules we put in place to keep civilization moving. And through it all, it’s deathly funny from minute to minute. Assholes of every stripe are laid bare, in all their blinkered selfishness and hidden pain. In any given I Think You Should Leave sketch, you’ll see yourself or someone you know: The friend you know is pretending to love the lackluster gift you got them, or the office funny guy who makes you feel small even though he’s just joshing. But for those who can tune in to that particular frequency, a great Tim Robinson sketch feels like speaking (or farting) truth to power, honing in on the everyday foibles we go through on a daily basis and exaggerating them to their fullest, most hilarious extent. Tim Robinson’s comedic wavelength is very specific: It’s not for everyone, with its esoteric references to old media or Robinson’s deliberately off-putting screen presence (the haunting grins, the random yelling, the alien, childlike syntax of his every line). The show’s relevance and hilarity transcends its own existence, really even if you don’t know who Tim Robinson is, his works have had some kind of impact on the way you communicate. Talk to someone who’s never seen a sketch, and chances are they’ve at least seen the meme of Tim Robinson in the hot dog outfit, or the guy from the focus group sketch saying “Stinky!!” or dabbing. It’s astounding to think of the impact I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinsonhas had on broader pop culture - in certain Twitter-poisoned areas of the Internet, at any rate. ![]()
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