The Story Behind the Coffin Flops in 'I Think You Should Leave'

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( ⚰️ [How Coffin Flop’s Coffins Got Flopped]( The story behind one of I Think You Should Leave’s funniest moments from season two. Photo: Netflix 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. [Read The Story »]( The Latest TV Recaps • [The Good Fight:]( A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar • [Gossip Girl:]( Papa Don’t Preach • [Never Have I Ever Season-Premiere:]( Three’s a Crowd • [Good Trouble Midseason-Premiere:]( Why Don’t You Cry About It? • [The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills:]( It’s Finally About Tom [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [100 Bewildering Hours at Cannes The most glamorous film festival remains unchanged — except for that pesky Delta variant.]( [When Presented With a Black Gaze, the Emmys Turned Away This year’s nominations struggled to recognize works that approach Black stories as three-dimensional portraits, rather than blunt, thematic hammers.]( [Dan Harmon Knows a Community Movie Could Be Bad, and Yet … “A thing is happening. Logistically, the locks are coming away.”]( [How Marvel’s New TV Triad Will Shape the MCU’s Next Phase The timelines may have split at the end of Loki, but everything is still connected in the world of the MCU.]( [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.]( [The Women of Netflix’s Gunpowder Milkshake Deserve Better Is this really the best Hollywood can offer the likes of Michelle Yeoh and Angela Bassett?]( [Why Roadrunner Director Morgan Neville Skipped Interviewing Asia Argento The limited presence of Anthony Bourdain’s former girlfriend raises more questions than it answers in the documentary.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Devour pop culture with us: [Subscribe to Vulture now for unlimited access.]( Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. Photo-Illustration: Vulture • Looking for new podcast recommendations? Nicholas Quah recommends [a Britney Spears mystery and three more pods worth trying](. • Take up the tempo with [our ranking of the 38 greatest car movies ever made](, from gearhead classics to modern blockbusters. [Read more from Vulture]( If you enjoyed reading Vulture’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or dive deeper into the Vulture universe with our other newsletters: • [1.5x Speed](: Podcast recommendations and listening notes from Nick Quah, sent every Wednesday. • [Buffering](: Joe Adalian reports on the streaming industry, sent every Thursday. • [Read Like the Wind](: Book recommendations and literary mischief by Molly Young, sent the first Tuesday of every month. • [The Housewives Institute Bulletin](: For dedicated students of the Reality TV Arts and Sciences, sent every other Friday. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. 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