Tim Robinson’s ascent to the highest echelons of comedy stardom is one of the more unexpected and gratifying cultural developments of recent years. Robinson’s Netflix series I Think You Should Leave premiered in 2019 and became an out-of-left-field, meme-generating smash hit, arguably the most innovative and influential sketch show since Chappelle’s Show nearly two decades earlier. From its very beginnings—hell, even from its title—I Think You Should Leave arrived as a fully formed and unapologetically bizarre work of art, one that somehow gained a massive audience while never compromising on its insistence that said audience meet it on its own terms. The show’s success changed the shape and possibilities of contemporary comedy in small but meaningful ways, while making Robinson into an unlikely and reluctant celebrity who may soon be expanding past television altogether. (Robinson stars alongside Paul Rudd in the much-anticipated Friendship, which opened to raves at last month’s Toronto International Film Festival and was acquired by A24 shortly thereafter.)
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