I Think I'll Rank I Think You Should Leave Moments
This list is sponsored by TC Tuggers: The only shirt with the dope tugging knob
After two of the longest years ever, season 2 of Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin’s lauded absurdist comedy series I Think You Should Leave is finally upon us, and the masses are frothing at the mouth for more comedy gold from the mind and screaming mouth of America’s funnyman, Tim Robinson. So, as we hold our breath until the season drops on Netflix on July 6, I thought I’d offer a list that does a little more than just rank the episodes, in celebration of the series.
As someone who’s seen season 1 more times than they can count, subsequent rewatches have allowed me to find things funny that I hadn’t fully appreciated before. Most sketches in I Think You Should Leave — even the ones that don’t really work for me, of which there are a good handful — offer a wealth of hilarity. They work on multiple, bizarre levels, layered with a pastiche of throwaway lines, facial expressions, glances, and bits within the bits, even beyond what’s most obviously funny about the main bit; the stuff that my friends and I find ourselves quoting in the most inappropriate of circumstances. So, this list is in honor of all those special little moments that helped us to fall in love with I Think You Should Leave. And I take heart in knowing that this list will also be completely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn’t seen the show.
25. New Joe: “This one’s somber so it’s ok to cry.
24. New Printer: “Are we even gonna get anything now?
23. Bozo Dubbed Over: “I hope I don’t jack off.”
22. Instagram: “No coffin please! Just wet, wet mud.”
21. Party House: “Jake why don’t you cook something, something simple like a hot dip or something.”
20. Wilson’s Toupees: “What the hell are you doing? You just poked my wife in both eyes!”
19. Choking: “Put your fucking phone away!!”
18. Focus Group: “Yeah because he landed it and you flinched you have to marry your mother-in-law!”
17. Lifetime Achievement: “That’s why I love Herbie Hancock. He loves to lie.”
16. Gift Receipt: “You should know, your wife kissed me on the cheek when I got here. Now look at you.”
15. Baby of The Year: “His father didn’t have to do the oral.”
14. Whoopee cushion: “Permission to go home, lie down, watch some TV, and rest up so my face isn’t beet red for my family photo tonight?”
13. Chunky: “I came up with this game I know where all the little things are!”
12. Magicians Suck: “I make ten times as much as you.”
11. Laser Spine Specialists: “Lemme think about it for a minute!”
10. Gift Receipt: “Let my wife eating the fucking gift receipt.”
9. Hot Dog Car: “…or would you be spanking my bare butt, balls, and back.”
8. Mexican Restaurant: “Just chips. Like mostly just chips.”
7. Baby Shower: “I thought it was gonna be a hit! Turns out it FUCKING SUCKS!”
6. Game Night: “That’ll only take ya a sec.”
5. Has This Ever Happened to You?: “…a joke hole that’s just for farts.”
4. River Mountain High/TC Tuggers: “Not really” water bottle sip
3. The Night that the Skeletons Came to Life: “Billy as in me, or Billy as in him?” “Your name’s Billy too?” “No that’s why I’m so fucking confused.”
2. Bumper Sticker: “Friday Night” lyrics
1. The Babysitter: “They’re just like not important. Like they don’t matter. Like, there’s, like, no records of ‘em.” “So, like, they’re homeless?” “No, they’re just, like, nothing.”