![]() Earlier that day, Netflix announced that it was renewing the show for a third season, so the mood was celebratory in the 150-seat venue, which quickly filled up with fans, at least one of whom I saw wearing “Brian’s hat.” ![]() If the streamer is in need of goodwill (and let’s be clear, it is), then holding an event for a series with such a hyper-vocal, super-logged-on fanbase was a smart move. No, they didn’t flop any coffins, and no skeletons came to life either, but buried sketches were exhumed at Hollywood Forever’s Masonic Lodge on May 6 as Tim Robinson and company performed at the Netflix Is a Joke Fest. Obviously I Think You Should Leave held a live show at a cemetery. Photo: Araya Doheny/Getty Images for Netflix No matter how crazy these concepts might be, often all it takes for a sketch to be truly great is for Robinson to just absolutely lose his mind in the way we all love so much.Brooks Wheelan, Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, and Sam Richardson at the live I Think You Should Leave show at the Netflix comedy festival. Episode 2 contains a piece about a doggie door that matches the tone of Coffin Flop and the “Has This Ever Happened to You?” bits that go similarly demented, while the Schwartzman sketch is one of the season’s longest, and allows plenty of time for the bit to build and build to extreme and uproarious levels. So which of this new group of sketches is going to become the next big sensation? Well, Episode 4 is arguably the most consistent of the new season, including a great new Sam Richardson bit, the aforementioned Biff Wiff cameo, and an opportunity for Robinson to get delightfully deranged in a segment about a hair loss pill. Part of ITYSL’s beauty is the unforeseen way things unravel, from the way Robinson says a specific line, to the bonkers conclusions of these sketches. It’s almost like they’re breaking down the conventional structure of a comedy sketch and showing that the end doesn’t really matter once the punchline has been shared (a note that SNL could probably learn). Again, the minds of Robinsons and Kanin are truly ridiculous, and it’s almost remarkable how they can start at point A and end up at the wildest point B imaginable. It also remains brilliant how wildly each I Think You Should Leave sketch reveals itself, as it would be nearly impossible to guess how any segment is going to end based on how it begins. It’s not a bad bit by any stretch, and Armisen is good, but it does feel like a piece made for Robinson that was given to Armisen instead. For example, the first episode features Fred Armisen trying to deal with his unruly kids by making a video of him beating up another child, in order to keep them in check. Much of the time, these cameos often feel like a sketch written for Robinson, but with someone else taking his place. ![]() ![]() Robinson and co-creator Zach Kanin have created a preposterous world, and in Robinson, we get an equally preposterous guide through each ludicrous idea.Īs with the previous seasons, Season 3 has an excellent lineup of guest stars, yet they almost always work best in conjunction with Robinson, and not when they’re taking the reins of a sketch. Even if a sketch isn’t necessarily the funniest concept (which is certainly rare), Robinson’s delivery of the scene makes it a winner. Naturally, the best parts of I Think You Should Leave center around Robinson and his manic energy that makes every segment-hell, even every sentence-end in unexpected ways.
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