By Ej Dickson. One of the hallmarks of ITYSL is its absurdism, and as this horrendous sketch proves, there can indeed be too much of a good thing. Something about Macanudo cigars? Cute kid actors, though. A trip to a diner goes awry. Poor Saul Goodman deserved better than this weak-ass sketch in which a dad Robinson tells a white lie to his daughter about an ice cream store being closed, and a lonely man Odenkirk jumps on it by weaving an elaborate fantasy about having a beautiful wife and triples of classic cars.
Following a colleague on Insta goes awry. A toupee ad goes awry. Yet another game show goes awry. A date at a galactic restaurant goes awry. A meeting break goes awry. A meeting is held. A social convention is breached. Robinson takes it too far. He kicks a Wright brothers diorama.
A corporate event goes awry. A VR shopping spree game show goes awry. Is it that VR is disorienting? Or is it that Ayo Edebiri deserved better? A ceremony to honor Herbie Hancock goes awry. He loves to lie! A bachelor party guest goes awry. Sometimes you just want to watch TV instead. Definitely one of the lesser sketches of the third season, but the equal parts joy and incompetence with which Bon Darley approaches his work is inspiring to me.
A game of Celebrity with a new boyfriend goes awry. An offhand joke about a wife at a card game goes awry. One of the sweetest bits in ITYSL history, in this sketch Paul Walter Hauser plays a dude at a card game whose offhand joke about his wife leads to him being plagued with guilt, culminating in a hilarious flashback showing how his wife supported him when his community theater costar tries to steal his lines as a mobster by saying them faster side note: Robinson and co.
Hauser as Wife Guy is endearing, and also, I genuinely want to see a production of that play. A dude ranch commercial goes awry. A meeting with a baby goes awry.
