# "The Chair Company", new comedy series by Tim Robinson **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, hbomax-wb-dc\ **Created:** [October 13, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928 "2025-10-13T13:12:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/1 "2025-10-13T13:12:52Z")
It’s on HBO Max; first episode came out last night. Robinson is the king of awkward comedy – if you like his other stuff I think you’ll love this one. I thought it was hilarious. Filmed almost like a prestige mystery/thriller. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/2 "2025-10-13T13:51:19Z")
So it’s a straight comedy? the trailer I watched made it look like a Temu Severance. I’ve watched his other shows and loved them, still miss Detroiters. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/3 "2025-10-13T14:08:16Z")
I suppose there’s some drama, but it’s such awkward and absurd drama that I’d consider it a comedy. But it’s not a “normal” comedy - very specific to Tim Robinson’s style. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/4 "2025-10-13T19:39:13Z")
The first episode didn’t draw .e in but I’m going to give it another shot. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/5 "2025-10-13T20:16:20Z")
Never heard of him. What is “awkward” comedy? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/6 "2025-10-13T20:33:14Z")
Robinson’s specific type of comedy is usually someone who can’t let go of something ridiculous, or can’t admit something obvious, or otherwise is unwilling to yield in some self destructive manner. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/7 "2025-10-14T00:17:32Z")
[Something like this.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ploHR84-9UA) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/8 "2025-10-20T14:02:16Z")
Second episode wasn’t too bad. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/9 "2025-10-20T15:25:48Z")
I’m loving it. Parts of this episode were shot like a horror movie. The shirt store clerk was amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/10 "2025-10-20T17:07:44Z")
Agree! One of the fun things about this is that, if you were to look at the script, it would appear to be an absurd comedy, but it is shot and scored like a thriller. I don’t want to get all pretentious or anything, but we are sort of in a [Pynchonian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon) time right now, with his [new book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Ticket), and [a popular movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another) loosely based on [an earlier book of his](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vineland) (not to mention the actual [current reality](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-house-wild-response-to-huffpost-question_n_68f26217e4b0ee732e24eb66)) and this show comes right out of something like [The Crying Of Lot 49.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crying_of_Lot_49) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/11 "2025-10-20T17:21:04Z")
I thought this would be the “Hat” sketch. But I understand as that is NSFW. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/12 "2025-10-21T23:33:58Z")
The scene of Ron quietly riding shotgun in the car of the guy who beat him with a lead pipe the day before as he laughs his ass off at the crude Jerky-Boys-esque routine on the radio absolutely killed me. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/13 "2025-11-02T10:43:58Z")
I’ve watched three episodes. To me, _The Chair Company_ is missing the sustained off-the-wallness that made _Detroiters_ and _I Think You Should Leave_ so great. Still, I’m eager to see what Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin come up with next. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/14 "2025-11-02T19:32:51Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > The shirt store clerk was amazing. It brings to mind Serge from _Beverly Hills Cop_. I hope it works well for that actor like it did for Bronson Pinchot. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/15 "2025-11-03T14:15:18Z")
Latest episode was great and dug into Ron’s state of mind and the family dynamic. It was glossed over, but I think the investor guy in the jeep might have been concussed, and maybe even died after that. Maybe this is all an elaborate revenge plot. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/16 "2025-11-11T09:46:20Z")
My sympathies to anyone who watched the latest episode with their parents or kids. I think Robinson threw in the porno scene at the end to screw with anyone watching with their parents or who recommended the show to coworkers. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/17 "2025-11-11T17:29:05Z")
Not So Tiny Tim. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/18 "2025-11-12T06:05:59Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > It brings to mind Serge from _Beverly Hills Cop_. I hope it works well for that actor like it did for Bronson Pinchot. The guy was a real employee at the store they used for location shooting. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/19 "2025-12-02T06:49:11Z")
I see that the season is over. I haven’t watched the last 2 or 3 episodes and I don’t think I care enough that I ever will. Did it reach a satisfying conclusion? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928/20 "2025-12-02T09:50:12Z")
It didn’t wrap everything up, though it was suitably and entertaining nuts. But if you didn’t stay interested, the last few episodes probably won’t pull you back in. It was renewed and will continue in season 2. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928.md?page=2)