My experience with sketch comedy is pretty much Chris Farley and Dave Chappelle skits from decades ago, so I don’t know how much my opinion counts when I say I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson is awful. I watched it because a colleague recommended it, and I’m willing to try new things. In rating it out of five stars, I give it zero for failing as a comedy to be funny.
I Think You Should Leave features cringe comedy. “What if this person who’s obnoxious in this way existed and never stopped being obnoxious?” As my colleague described it, the characters in the skit are basically told without words, “I think you should leave.” There’s also a lot of poop jokes. Apparently, I find this less funny that a fat guy flailing about or a black guy humping a couch.
Still, a couple moments did make me laugh or otherwise intrigued me.
Has This Ever Happened To You? (S1 E1)
Host: “While the judges make their decision, let’s watch our In Memoriam segment.”
Narrator: “…Shirley Cratsworth Shane, 78: car crash.”
Judge: (in disgust) “In memoriams typically don’t include how they died.”
Narrator: “…Little Jeffery Jeremy, 96: throat slashed.”
They Have a Cake Shop There Susan Where the Cakes Look Just Stunning. (S2 E2)
In one skit, Tim Robinson wears a button up shirt where the whole shirt is a still from the 3D pipe screensaver included with Windows 95/2000/XP computers. Holy crap! What an amazing shirt!
Also, the actor for Saul from Breaking Bad appears!
I Can Do Whatever I Want. (S3 E2)
“How long is your ponytail?”
“I just took a picture last night. Here. Take my phone. Look at my photos.”
“It’s all screenshots of cigars.”