49 Fun Facts About I Think You Should Leave

Who co-created I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson?

Zach Kanin drew cartoons for The New Yorker before writing comedy, and he gave himself the show's most picked-on part: Paul, the sensible focus-group member the whole room turns against.

On which streaming service did I Think You Should Leave premiere in 2019?

Netflix. It had already run Tim Robinson's half-hour in its 2016 sketch anthology The Characters, which his co-creator later called 'a blueprint' for the series.

Which comedy trio serve as executive producers of I Think You Should Leave?

The Lonely Island: Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Schaffer did more than lend his name, stepping behind the camera as a director on most of the show's episodes.

In I Think You Should Leave's 'Gift Receipt', which actor plays Jacob, the birthday boy who gets the unwanted present?

Steven Yeun plays the straight man of the sketch. Instead of judging the friend who makes a scene over the gift, the other guests turn on the birthday boy and start questioning him.

What delayed the second season of I Think You Should Leave?

The COVID-19 pandemic. The show was renewed within two months of its April 2019 debut, but the shutdown meant fans waited until July 2021 for six more episodes.

Which star of The Bear hosts the VR game show 'Supermarket Swap' in season three of I Think You Should Leave?

Ayo Edebiri hosts the grocery game in which Tim Robinson's contestant straps on the headset and forgets how to breathe. The season arrived on May 30, 2023.

Tim Robinson won acting Emmys in 2022 and 2023 because I Think You Should Leave competes as what kind of series?

Short form. Episodes run only 16 to 18 minutes, which put Robinson up against stars of Roku and YouTube shorts rather than sitcom leads; the series itself won the short form prize for 2023.

On which series did Tim Robinson move from cast member to staff writer?

Saturday Night Live. After one season as a featured player he moved to the writing staff full-time, alongside the office mate who became his writing partner and co-creator.

Which Comedy Central sitcom did Robinson and Sam Richardson co-create before I Think You Should Leave?

Detroiters cast the two best friends as partners at an agency making cheap local TV commercials. Comedy Central cancelled it after two seasons, months before the sketch show arrived.

In I Think You Should Leave, which comedian plays the airline passenger still furious at a baby who cried decades earlier?

Will Forte's old man blames the groom beside him for a sleepless flight that ruined his dream of making the Buckingham Palace guards laugh, so he takes revenge by wailing like a baby himself.

Which veteran actor became the breakout star of I Think You Should Leave's 'Focus Group' sketch?

Ruben Rabasa had been acting for nearly half a century before the role turned him into a meme. One producer said watching him on the monitor was 'like having Brad Pitt'.

In I Think You Should Leave's 'Focus Group' sketch, the panel is brainstorming ideas for what product?

A car, for Ford. One panellist only wants 'a good steering wheel that doesn't fly off while you're driving', and the whole room ends up siding with him against its one sensible member.

In I Think You Should Leave's 'Brooks Brothers' sketch, what kind of vehicle has crashed into the store?

A hot dog car. Its driver, still in a hot dog costume, joins the shocked shoppers and insists 'We're all trying to find the guy who did this', a line that became a meme for politicians dodging blame.

In I Think You Should Leave, TC Tuggers is a shirt with what unique feature?

A tugging knob, 'so you can just pull it out when it gets trapped on your belly'. The ad barges into a teen drama, River Mountain High, whose principal stops mid-scene to plug the shirt.

In I Think You Should Leave's 'Gift Receipt', what does the gift-giver do after asking for his receipt back?

Swallows it, so his friend can prove he really likes the present. He then falls ill, blames the birthday boy's bathroom hygiene, and the whole party takes his side.

In I Think You Should Leave's 'Baby of the Year', which infant is the contest's 'bad boy'?

Bart Harley Jarvis, a baby dressed like a little biker, is the pageant's villain: grown audience members scream obscenities at an infant.

Which jazz legend receives a lifetime achievement award in a season one sketch of I Think You Should Leave?

Herbie Hancock. The presenter trips, is humped by a service dog, insists it bit him and, when video proves otherwise, snaps: 'That's why I love Herbie Hancock, he loves to lie.'

In I Think You Should Leave's 'Traffic' sketch, what triggers the road incident?

A bumper sticker reading 'Honk if you're horny'. Another driver takes it as an invitation and tails the car for more than a day, honking nonstop, all the way to a funeral.

What is Chunky in the I Think You Should Leave sketch of that name?

A game show mascot who 'eats your points' on Dan Vega's Mega Money Quiz. Nobody, least of all the host, knows what his act is meant to be: 'You had all summer to think of it!'

In I Think You Should Leave, which actor plays the frontman who sings 'The Day Robert Palins Murdered Me'?

Rhys Coiro plays the Johnny Cash-style singer in this Walk the Line parody. His bassist hijacks the audition with lyrics about skeletons whose bones are their dollars.

In which I Think You Should Leave sketch does Patti Harrison's Tracy run a Christmas joke into the ground?

New Printer. When a colleague quips that Christmas came early, Tracy chases the same laugh with 'hundreds of on-par, if not better' jokes, and melts down when none of them lands.

Which sketch closes season one of I Think You Should Leave with an intervention?

Party House. The colleague who offers her home mostly wants to show it off: the place is 'all Garfield', covered head to toe in merchandise, and the surroundings make a serious talk impossible.

In I Think You Should Leave, Coffin Flop airs on which fictional channel?

Corncob TV. Its boss begs viewers to stop Spectrum dropping the channel and insists its hit is a real show: 'just hours and hours of footage of real people falling out of coffins at funerals'.

In I Think You Should Leave, Karl Havoc is the star of what kind of programme?

A hidden-camera series: the mall prank show Everything Is Upside Down. Buried under prosthetics as Karl Havoc, its host freezes in the food court, says he can't breathe and starts to wonder why he does this at all.

In I Think You Should Leave, what does the store Dan Flashes sell?

Patterned shirts, priced by how complicated the pattern is. Mike wants the $1,000 one so badly that he skips meals and tries to leave a work trip early to spend his per diem there.

In I Think You Should Leave's 'Baby Cries', what did the reformed party guy used to order at Truffoni's?

A sloppy steak: a steak with a glass of water dumped over it while the waiters beg him not to. He fears the baby cries because it can tell what he was like in his Dangerous Nights crew days.

In I Think You Should Leave, which guest plays the lonely stranger who claims to own every kind of classic car?

Bob Odenkirk's stranger agrees to back up another man's small fib, then takes it much too far, spinning a whole made-up life for himself that starts with owning every kind of classic car.

In I Think You Should Leave, the foul-mouthed movie cop Detective Crashmore is played by which figure?

Santa Claus, who bristles at a reporter's questions at the press junket and calls his violent thriller 'a cosmic gumbo'. The part made veteran bit-player Biff Wiff a fan favourite.

Which Best Picture nominee gave I Think You Should Leave favourite Biff Wiff a bit part?

Everything Everywhere All at Once, which went on to win Best Picture, has him as Rick, a laundromat customer. Wiff spent decades in bit parts before the sketch show made him a cult figure.

In I Think You Should Leave, the Carber vacuum is sold to rescue anyone choking on what?

Hot dogs. Its pitchman nearly choked to death sneaking a very long one up his sleeve in a lunchtime meeting, lost his job over it, and can't talk about that day without crying.

In which I Think You Should Leave sketch does a father's lie about an ice cream store spin out of control?

Diner Wink. A dad tells his daughter that ice cream stores close when it's too cold, then looks to a stranger in the next booth for backup, and the stranger won't stop embellishing.

In I Think You Should Leave, who plays Leslie, the dinner guest who loses credit card roulette and refuses to pay?

John Early's Leslie is all for the game his friend Hal proposes, right up to the moment his own card is picked. He flatly refuses to pay, then wails that he should have lied instead.

Which pro wrestler plays the screaming Mike 'The Rock' Davis in season two of I Think You Should Leave?

Brody King, an All Elite Wrestling star, turns up in a video of a wrestler screaming that nobody in the office can mute. Tim Robinson, a lifelong wrestling fan, cast several more wrestlers in season three.

In I Think You Should Leave, what is Tammy Craps?

A doll that has accidents, then lies about them. The ad's good news is that her head no longer smells; the bad news is that the poison used to fix it makes her unsafe for any child under 60 pounds.

In I Think You Should Leave, a guest tries to rescue a cabin weekend with a dance tribute to which film?

The Blues Brothers. He does the whole routine in hat and sunglasses to 'Soul Man', which only sets the hosts' dog barking, and he finishes it in tears with the entire house staring at him.

In which I Think You Should Leave sketch does a man beg a coworker to donate to keep a website alive?

Calico Cut Pants, a site that sells nothing: it only shows trousers with printed dots, so that a man who has dribbled can claim the marks are the design. It survives on donations.

In I Think You Should Leave's 'Designated Driver', who offers a lift to coworkers who've had too much to drink?

The Driving Crooner: window decals of a fedora and cigar turn him into a cartoon lounge singer at the wheel. He means it as a business, though it has yet to make him any money.

In I Think You Should Leave, which company sells a more advanced doggy door?

Darmine Devices. Its pitchman explains that a monster got into his house, really a neighbour's pig in a Richard Nixon mask, and that facing death he mostly felt relief at not going to work.

In I Think You Should Leave's 'Drive Thru', how many of everything does the scheming customer order?

55. He pays for the car behind him to start a pay-it-forward chain, then races back round the line to cash in: '55 burgers, 55 fries, 55 tacos, 55 pies, 55 Cokes'.

In which I Think You Should Leave sketch does a doctor pester his own patient to take him clubbing?

ABX Heart Monitor. After a heart attack on the dance floor at Club Aqua, the patient's doctor fits a device that reports every spike in his heart rate, then texts to ask why he wasn't invited out.

In I Think You Should Leave, which romantic venue is overrun by wrestlers?

Pacific Proposal Park. Its spongy soil, laid to cushion a proposer's knee, turns out to be ideal for body slams, so wrestlers such as Toilet Truck and Baby Duff move in and flatten the proposals.

In which I Think You Should Leave sketch do two strangers in matching polos become 'shirt brothers'?

Children's Choir. At a school concert a grandfather spots a dad in the same polo and declares them shirt brothers, then trashes a classroom and blames a punk song called 'No Rules' stuck in his head.

In I Think You Should Leave, which comedian plays the bride's father who melts down at a wedding photo booth?

Tim Meadows plays a dad undone by one instruction: 'Do something silly.' Three seconds, he rages, is not enough time to think of anything, and the pressure ends with him being sick.

I Think You Should Leave's 2024 live tour opened at which New York venue?

Beacon Theatre, on April 2. Guests such as Seth Meyers joined the creators on stage to watch sketches cut from the series and rule on whether they should have aired.

Which A24 dark comedy starring Tim Robinson premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival?

Friendship, in which Robinson's suburban dad bonds with his new neighbour, a TV weatherman played by Paul Rudd, and it goes badly wrong. A24 bought it after the festival and it reached the US box-office top 10.

What is the title of the HBO comedy thriller Tim Robinson launched in October 2025?

The Chair Company, in which an embarrassing incident at work sets his character investigating a far-reaching conspiracy. A producer said new sketch-show episodes had to wait until its season was finished.

In I Think You Should Leave, who plays the wife who turns on her husband after a magician humiliates him?

Cecily Strong's wife can't forgive her husband for laughing along when a magician made him the butt of the act. Her fury sends him back to the next show in search of a very petty revenge.

At which Los Angeles venue did the 2024 I Think You Should Leave live tour come to an end?

The Greek Theatre, on May 11. The tour reprised a 2022 festival night at which guest judges ruled on whether sketches cut from the series deserved to air; one of them, 'Done Deal', was screened both times.

Which band's frontman provided the original song for the 'Dangerous Nights' flashback in I Think You Should Leave?

Vampire Weekend. Ezra Koenig's earnest song plays over a reformed party guy's memory of the night of his life: slicked-back hair, his old crew, and a waiter begging them to behave.