The 10 Best I Think You Should Leave Sketches Of All Time Ranked

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson has cemented itself as one of the best sketch comedy shows of all time as well as one of the funniest shows on television at the moment. Robinson is a former cast member of Saturday Night Live who never really broke out in that iconic show's ensemble. As it turns out, Robinson just needed an outlet to embrace his particular brand of humor, which resulted in It Think You Should Leave producing sketches that might be deemed too bizarre for typical sketch shows but that the Netflix series pulls off brilliantly.

The sketch comedy show has a loose theme involving relatable social situations that spiral out of control when characters make things awkward or read the situation all wrong. The sketches have tackled broad ideas, like reality dating shows and movie parodies, while also focusing on hilariously mundane things, like driver's ed classes and courtroom transcripts. With some sketches that highlight the brilliance of the show and others that have become viral sensations, these are the best I Think You Should Leave sketches.

10 "Diner Wink" - Season 2, Episode 2

An Innocent Lie Between Strangers Spirals Out Of Control

Before Bob Odenkirk impressed everyone with his dramatic acting skills in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, he was also in the sketch comedy world. He makes a triumphant return in one memorable segment of I Think You Should Leave. The sketch finds Robinson playing a father who is at a diner with his daughter. When he makes up an innocent lie to his daughter about the ice cream shop being closed, he looks to a stranger (Odenkirk) to back up the story but inadvertently gets dragged into this man's own make-believe world.

I Think You Should Leave excels at presenting the audience with deeply sad characters and making them hilarious. There is a wild immediacy with which Odenkirk's character uses the small ice cream store lie to then build his own fantasy life filled with expensive cars and a beautiful wife. Odenkirk really sells the sadness of this guy who is living vicariously through this random interaction, which makes it even funnier.

9 "Corncob TV" - Season 2, Episode 1

A TV Announcer Defends A Controversial Show

Part of the joy of watching I Think You Should Leave is the unpredictability of the sketches. In many cases, the sketch will begin with a premise that is already very funny and then it will take a wild detour and become about something totally different. Such is the case with the absurd idea for "Coffin Flop". The sketch begins as an ad for a show on Corncob TV that is solely made up of footage of dead bodies falling out of poorly made coffins.

In terms of slapstick humor with a bit of darkness to it, "Coffin Flop" delivers. The entire thing could have simply been the endless moments of dead bodies tumbling onto the ground, some in the nude. However, it takes a wild turn when it becomes an aggressive and staunch defense of the show by its creator (Tim Robinson), insisting that it isn't rigged. The passion with which Robinson stands up for a show called "Coffin Flop" on a network called Corncob TV is genuinely thrilling.

8 "Summer Loving" - Season 3, Episode 1

A Dating Show Participant Has Ulterior Motives

With just about any sketch comedy show, it can be assumed that there will be a sketch poking fun at reality dating shows. These shows feel like easy targets, but it should come as no surprise to fans of I Think You Should Leave that the series finds a hilarious unexpected approach to the premise. The sketch sees two men on a Bachelorette-type show facing elimination. After the bachelorette explains to the first man that the awkwardness of their date was the issue, she turns her attention to Robinson's character, suggesting he is only interested in the pool's zipline.

What is brilliant about the setup of this sketch is that the zipline is quickly seen in the reality show's stock footage, and while it might stand out briefly to the viewers, none of them would guess it would become the focal point of the sketch. It is impossible not to laugh at the repeated footage of Robinson riding the zipline with a look of pure determination.

7 "Driver’s Ed" - Season 2, Episode 6

Students Are Confused By A Classroom Video

Tim Robinson clearly loves the idea of small details derailing a situation. This particular sketch sees him playing an instructor of a driver's ed course who is showing his young future drivers some videos on the dangers of driving while distracted. However, before he plays the video, he gives one clear and angry instruction to the student — "I don't want any questions about the tables!" Of course, once the video is over, all anyone can think about are the tables.

There are so many different elements to this sketch that make it so funny, including the lingering question of why the makers of these videos were so dedicated to the storyline about the tables. I Think You Should Leave standout Patti Harrison is hilarious as the woman in the videos, selling the scenario as if it is high drama. It is also clear that Robinson's character has encountered issues with these videos before as he is sweating with each mention of the table.

6 "Brooks Brothers" - Season 1, Episode 5

An Accident Leaves One Man Looking Very Guilty

This is one of the early sketches from I Think You Should Leave that grabbed the internet's attention. The scene takes place in a Brooks Brothers clothing store with the audience being immediately thrown into the chaos of the situation. A hotdog-shaped car has crashed through the front of the store. As the confused people inside angrily try to determine who is responsible, Tim Robinson's man in a hotdog costume becomes a top suspect.

The hilarious idea quickly became a favorite meme for pointing out people who refuse to take responsibility for an issue that was clearly their fault. The way Robinson feels like he is beyond suspicion even while dressed as a hotdog is a wonderful display of deranged arrogance. While many sketch shows would allow such a great premise to ultimately fizzle out, Robinson's monologue ends by condemning society for not being more attentive to each other, which highlights his character's inability to take the blame.

5 "Focus Group" - Season 1, Episode 3

A Man Tries To Stand Out In A Focus Group

After being unable to really shine on Saturday Night Live, it is great to see how effective Tim Robinson is in I Think You Should Leave. However, he also is willing to let others in the ensemble steal the show as with this sketch in which Ruben Rabasa gives a show-stopping performance. The sketch finds Robinson leading a focus group on ideas to improve a new car with Rabasa having some unconventional ideas as he attempts to be the stand-out member of the group.

So much of the sketch relies on Rabasa’s eccentric performance and he perfectly delivers in that sense. He is theatrical and bizarre but in a way that makes him totally endearing. It is also a perfect example of how I Think You Should Leave sketches present a situation in which one person seems to be the strange outlier only for everyone else to be on their side by the end of the sketch.

4 "Baby Cries" - Season 2, Episode 2

A Crying Baby Makes A Man Relive His Troubled Past

This is one of the best examples of how I Think You Should Leave can take a relatable and common embarrassing social situation and build it up into an entirely different journey in storytelling. The sketch finds Tim Robinson’s character attending a baby shower for a friend only for the baby to cry when he tries to hold him. While everyone laughs it off as typical baby behavior, Robinson becomes convinced the baby is aware that he used to be, in his own words, “a piece of s***.”

The man taking the reaction from the baby so personally is a funny idea, but the sketch gets so much better as Robinson cannot help but dive deeper into his past and describe just how much of a terrible and obnoxious person he was. The concept of “sloppy steaks” that becomes a surprisingly big part of the sketch is just a hint of the brilliantly random ideas that can pop up in this show. It delivers some of the funniest I Think You Should Leave quotes.

3 "The Day Robert Palins Murdered Me" - Season 1, Episode 5

Two Band Members Take Their Songs In Very Different Directions

Recreating a scene from the musical biopic Walk the Line, this sketch is another winner. When an aspiring folk singer (Rhys Coiro) fails to sell his gospel songs to a music producer, he tells his band to follow his lead and launches into a darker outlaw country song. Unfortunately, his bass player (Tim Robinson) attempts to insert his own lyrics into the song.

I Think You Should Leave seems determined to avoid the typical kinds of sketches that appear in shows like this. So when it comes to one of the few parodies of a movie done in the series thus far, I Think You Should Leave decides to focus on a very specific scene from a movie that is nearly two decades old. Robinson’s song about skeletons coming to life and using bones for money is so funny because of how much he thinks the concept is working.

2 "Prank Show" - Season 2, Episode 1

Heavy Prosthetics Cause Issues

A prank show is another easy idea for a sketch but I Think You Should Leave once again focuses on one detail in shows like these and runs with that. Tim Robinson plays the host of a hidden camera show who sets up his next mission by donning heavy prosthetics to transform into an elderly man character known as Karl Havoc.

Once again, this is a setup that has the audience primed for a funny scenario. The extensive makeup job on Karl is hilarious from the beginning and it feels like the sketch is going to show these pranks failing miserably. So it is a brilliant idea for the sketch to instead focus on how Robinson can barely walk or breathe because of the prosthetics. Seeing the expressionless mask of Karl and hearing the increasingly frustrated and panicked voice of Robinson make it one of the biggest laughs in the series.

1 "Qualstarr Trial" - Season 2, Episode 3

A Trial Becomes About A Misguided Fashion Choice

Most sketch shows want to waste little time in getting to the jokes. However, I Think You Should Leave has a lot more confidence which can lead to a build-up that only makes the joke funnier. The best sketch of the series thus far pulled this off perfectly with it beginning as a trial in which a prosecutor is reading aloud incriminating text messages between two people accused of insider trading. While the texts are damning for the accused, they spend most of their correspondence making fun of their coworker (Tim Robinson) and his choice of hat.

The slow-burn buildup is wonderfully paid off with the reveal of Robinson’s character sitting in the courtroom with the hat in question, embarrassingly having to listen to what people really think of his fashion choice. It spirals into the text messages describing a full-blown saga of Robinson’s hat becoming a disruption in a meeting. While seeing it play out as it happened would have been funny, hearing it described through the lawyer’s emotionless reading of the transcript is far funnier.