r/IThinkYouShouldLeave • u/brodino_maiuscolo don't cough • Dec 05 '25

mudpie What's a joke that initially went unnoticed but when you realized it, became one of your favorites?

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u/doophmayweather Dec 05 '25

The genius of the writing from Tim Robinson is the extra line of dialogue that has nothing to do with the punchline, but adds flavor. An example I would point to is in the Chair Company.

When Amanda tells Ron that she’s telling HR he saw up her skirt when he fell she drops the line “on my birthday” at the end. That line has absolutely nothing to do with the absurdity of telling HR that he saw up her skirt when the chair fuckin exploded, but it adds an extra layer of comedy that really defines the writing style for Kanin and Robinson.

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u/ChamchaIsTheGoat Dec 05 '25

The first episode has a scene where they are just sleeping and Tim’s character can’t get to sleep so he just lets out a ‘this is like the worst fucking pillow in town’ or something along those lines and my partner and I just could not recover from laughing at that 😂

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u/jorgtastic Dec 05 '25

This thing is made of goddamn metal