How Coffin Flop’s Coffins Got Flopped on ‘I Think You Should Leave’

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We always credit our jokes. Subscribe for unlimited access. Photo: Netflix   ⚰️ How Coffin Flop's Coffins Got Flopped The story behind one of I Think You Should Leave's funniest moments from season two.   One of the very first sketches that kicks off the second season of I Think You Should Leave is a PSA for a little-known television network called Corncob TV, which — according to a network representative played by Tim Robinson — is at risk of being removed from Spectrum's channel offerings. That's despite the success of its most popular show, Coffin Flop. "They're saying Coffin Flop is not a real show," Robinson declares. "It's just hours and hours of footage of real people falling out of coffins at funerals." As Robinson's pleas for Spectrum to take Coffin Flop seriously and save Corncob TV escalate into threats of violence, more and more clips play of coffins bursting open to spill human remains onto the ground. It's a perfect combination of everything that makes an I Think You Should Leave sketch great: a spectacularly dumb, uncomfortable premise taken extremely seriously and justified by nothing but Robinson's screaming that this is all normal and fine and also not his fault. We spoke with directors Jeffrey Max and Zachary Johnson, lead prop maker Joe Holliday, and stunt coordinators Nito Larioza and Lou Simon about how, exactly, Coffin Flop evolved from a silly idea to a fully realized sketch, from constructing breakable coffins (hamster bedding was involved!) to perfecting the ideal dead-body drop. If you want to learn more about how the coffins got flopped, read our behind-the-scenes piece here. This Week's Comedy News Dan Harmon Knows a Community Movie Could Be Bad, and Yet … "A thing is happening. Logistically, the locks are coming away." By Jesse David Fox I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say No to Schmigadoon! I love this golden-age musical pastiche with the helplessness of a protagonist being yanked into an indulgent, unnecessary dream ballet. By Kathryn VanArendonk The 10 Best A Black Lady Sketch Show Sketches A handy guide to the funniest moments from the Emmy-nominated HBO series. By Bethy Squires Jim Belushi Has Always Been an Outsider "SNL is the hardest thing I ever did, and that's including divorce. I survived it, barely." By Andy Hoglund The Other Two Is Coming Back This August, in This Climate? Now with even more Molly Shannon than before. By Rebecca Alter Showtime Would Love to See Vanessa Bayer's I Love This for You As a Series The network previously signed on for a pilot in January. By Justin Curto My Afternoon With Papa Roach An excerpt from Tom Scharpling's new memoir, It Never Ends. By Tom Scharpling Cedric the Entertainer Is Cedric the Emmys Host And it won't be a Zoom ceremony. By Devon Ivie In Aack Cast, Jamie Loftus Goes to Bat for 'Cathy' The comedian's audio series mounts a passionate defense of the funny pages' most neurotic presence. By Nicholas Quah Read more on Vulture Introducing My Week in New York: a new newsletter from the editors. Sign up to get the next edition this Saturday. get the newsletter unsubscribe   |   privacy notice   |   update preferences This email was sent to alluneed4u1.semail@blogger.com. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get this newsletter in your inbox. View this email in your browser. You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2021, All rights reserved