Tim Robinson: I think You Should LeaveIt was like a breath if fresh air when I Think You Should Go With Tim Robinson aired in 2019. The Lonely Island produced each episode of Tim Robinson's sketch comedy series with Zach Kanins. It lasted less than 20 minutes and featured hilarious guest stars such as Sam Richardson (a Detroiter), and Tim Heidecker (alt comedy legend). Saturday Night Live alumni Andy Samberg, Will Forte and Vanessa Bayer also appeared in the episodes.AdvertisementEach I Think You Should Be Leave sketch is only as long and complete as it needs to be, without any filler. These jokes are fast and don't pull any punches. This allows things to escalate in dramatic ways. In front of his potential employer, a man almost pulls the door off its hinges. To prove that his friend liked the gift he bought, he chokes on a gift voucher. To prove his friends, he makes a fake video. Each is about a social threat, often played by Robinson. He is both desperate for belonging and unable maintain any normalcy. This comedy style is similar to the character-driven studio comedies from the 1990s that were popularized by Adam Sandler and Chris Farley. Robinson is a character that has all the privileges necessary to succeed in society but not the social graces.Reviews Pre-Air Reviews Tim Robinson Season 2 Created By Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin Starring Tim Robinson (Zach Kanin), Sam Richardson, Patti Harrison Julia Butters, Tim Heidecker Premieres Tuesday July 6, 2017 on Netflix Format Sketch Comedy Series; complete second season available for reviewRobinson is a second season of I Think You Should Be Away, and he plays another group of emotionally volatile male characters. They are all set off by even the slightest inconvenience. Robinson acts as a social chaos agent, causing many of the sketches to begin in everyday situations, such as birthday parties, work meetings, and baby showers. Robinson's character is a complete taker of everything and is unable to function with other adults. Robinson is a lying character who destroys property and lies all the time.Robinson, an office worker who is dismayed at having to go to a lunchtime conference, exemplifies these qualities in the season two opening sketch. Then he puts on his sleeves and tries to covertly eat his hot dog. Everyone notices, and soon he's choking on his hot dog in front all his coworkers. In episode three, the character appears in a commercial for hot dog vacuums. This device uses suction to remove hot dogs while you are still choking. Although it doesn't solve the actual problem (his inability wait until after the meeting), it does address the problem he created. He won't choke again if he eats a hotdog at his next job. Problem solved.Photo by NetflixThe series' brilliance lies in its ability break social rules that we didn't even know existed. The final sketch of the episode shows Robertson telling a ghost tour that it is okay to swear. He is delighted and begins to talk about horse cocks and cumshots. The tour guide asks the man to think harder before he speaks. Santa Claus almost walks out of the junket when he is asked about Christmas. I Think You Should Be Gone is a favorite of I Think You Should Stay. They inject humor and masculinity into each episode. One sketch shows an old man being inserted into Claires' ear-piercing video. This juxtaposes the bright testimony of a little girl and that of someone much more mature, who is looking back at his unhappy past. One sketch has Bob Odenkirk as a sad man who recruits Robinson to his delusions. One sketch features an old man dressed up as Johnny Carson and slapping people at birthday parties. These sketches often feel like a bizarre form of group therapy because people are often driven to their emotional limits when chaotic men invade their gatherings.AdvertisementIt's a show about losing everything. Robinsons characters fall prey to their insecurities and spiral into public paralysis. Robinson uses a baby's rejection as an indicator that he knows everything about his past to do this brilliantly in the finale sketch of the second episode. Robinson then uses the baby's rejection of him as an indication that he knows all about his past to make the most hilarious line in the episode: Robinson says that he can't drive and is afraid of his car.The series guest stars get the chance to go crazy. Richard Jewells Paul Walter Hauser portrays a man who cannot even joke about his wife and is immediately filled with regret. Another shows a mullette Tim Heidecker snubbing a comedian performing crowd work in a bar that is science fiction-themed. Conner OMalley (comedian and writer), who was last seen on Hulus Shrill with his wife Aidy Bryant, is also present in this season. Robinson and OMalley act as a chaotic tag-team, terrorizing everyone around.AdvertisementPatti Harrison, a rising star of Shrill, will also be featured on I Think You Should Go. Harrison, who was a performer and writer in the first season of I Think You Should Leave, is back this year to add her unique brand of cringe comedy into Robinson's house style. Following her Sundance success Together Together Harrison is proving her comedy prowess by playing characters that rival Robinson's in their weirdness and volatility. This season, however, is devoid of notable female comedians, except for Harrison. It does feature Julia Butters, the Once Upon A Time in Hollywood star who displays All That-worthy comedy chops.Season 2 of I Think You Should Be Leave is more somber than the first. It focuses heavily on i nto stories about lonely men who are isolated from the rest of the world. This show is full of retro weirdos who are obsessed with the past, casual male fashion and acting like fun guys at work. Robinson and Kanin created a modern world filled with 1950s-style characters, all confused and scared.
