![]() What the Hell? An oddly sweet and sincere sketch in the middle of such misanthropy, with Paul Walter Hauser as the most committed Wife Guy (and community theater gangster) around. Only… Jim Davis never owned this house.īest Line: “The audience doesn’t know whose lines they are. ![]() What the Hell? One of the most harrowing moments in a person’s life - being the subject of an intervention - coupled with the goofiest, most Jim Davis-y house you’ve ever seen. “Garfield House” (Season 1, Episode 6)īest Line: “That chair reclines, by the way. What the Hell? Tim Robinson had to have thought this up after a flight with a crying baby - knowing that, decades from now, he’d track that baby down and cry in front of him…. Will Forte” (Season 1, Episode 2)īest Line: “A rat bit me. What the Hell? Celebrity impersonators on a budget? Stable of Stars can do it… you’ll just have to watch your back. ![]() ![]() “Stable of Stars” (Season 2, Episode 5)īest Line: “At that low price point, he can hit.” What the Hell? While the convoluted nature of Tim Robinson’s sketches is sometimes their greatest asset, it falls flat here with the labyrinthine rules around Mike’s picky friend group and its Kafkaesque hierarchies. “I’d Wanna Be Mike” (Season 3, Episode 3) What the Hell? In classic TR fashion, another of his characters tries to explain away a random, specific humiliation (in this case, a dog humping his head on stage) which in turn just humiliates him further. “Herbie Hancock” (Season 1, Episode 4)īest Line: “That’s why I love Herbie Hancock - he loves to lie.” What the Hell? A dad tries to punish his kids with an exceedingly unconvincing taped confrontation with another kid, especially when they can clearly see the elderly stunt double he’s punching out.ħ5. “Street Sets” (Season 3, Episode 6)īest Line: “I thought you’d think this was fucking real!” What the Hell? Look, we all make mistakes, and we just shouldn’t be punished for them, even if they’re trying to take your lunch when the bosses push a meeting up. “Carber Hot Dog Vacuum” (Season 2, Episode 3)īest Line: “You sure about that? That’s why?” But the Little Buff Boys follow-up, which features a former Buff Boy all grown up and lamenting his loss in Tucson, flexing and grunting with all his might, is a charmer. What the Hell? We’ve lumped most of the follow-up sketches into a single entry on this list. “Buff Boys Commercial” (Season 2, Episode 5)īest Line: “I still think I shoulda won in Tucson!” What the Hell? Tim Robinson excels when he’s playing the asshole trying to explain himself out of the jam he voluntarily got himself into, but the gag for this one is pretty weak. “Dave’s Huge Dumps” (Season 2, Episode 6)īest Line: “With all due respect, it worked 150 times.” What the Hell? Early’s prickly energy doesn’t translate as well to a Tim Robinson stand-in, but the notion of a guy playing along with his rich friends, only to immediately backtrack in fear once he has skin in the game is classic ITYSL. “Credit Card Roulette” (Season 2, Episode 5)īest Line: “FUCK! I should have lied. And through it all, it’s deathly funny from minute to minute.Ĩ0. 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.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |