# Focus Group Man You Have No Good Car Ideas Focus Group Man is the elderly character from the 'Focus Group' sketch on Netflix's I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, played by Cuban-born actor Ruben Rabasa. His absurd car suggestions and scornful comebacks, including 'You have no good car ideas' and 'Stinky,' turned into widely quoted reaction images throughout 2019. ## Overview Focus Group Man is the fan nickname for the unnamed elderly character in the 'Focus Group' sketch from the first season of Netflix's I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. Played by 81-year-old Cuban actor Ruben Rabasa[1], he sits in a focus group for a new Ford model and lobs out increasingly bizarre suggestions, including a steering wheel that stays attached while driving and a car described only as 'too small' or 'stinky'[2]. His scornful reactions to pushback, capped off by a dab and a bottle flip, produced a stack of screenshot-ready lines. 'You have no good car ideas,' 'Oh my god, he admit it!,' 'Teacher's pet,' and 'STINKY' all circulated as subtitled reaction images and GIFs throughout 2019[3]. The Guardian later described the internet as riddled with clips of Rabasa dabbing and shouting his catchphrases[1]. ## How It Spread Early meme posts appeared within days of the sketch hitting YouTube. On May 4, 2019, Instagram user memetides posted a fake text conversation built around the character, drawing close to 400 likes over the following two years[4]. On May 30, 2019, journalist Dave Itzkoff posted a Focus Group Man image captioned 'Oh my god, he admit it!' as a reply to a Donald Trump tweet about Russia, and the post pulled more than 1,000 retweets[4]. By late 2019, the character was landing on year-end lists. The Ringer's Dan Devine wrote that everything about the performance was 'immensely versatile, and eminently portable to your specific reaction/reference needs'[3], while The Guardian ran a full profile of Rabasa titled 'Meet Focus Group Man, the most unlikely meme of 2019'[1]. Vulture staged a live oral history of the sketch at Vulture Festival, publishing the transcript in December 2019 and calling Rabasa 'one of the most memed men of 2019'[2]. An earlier Vulture interview clip in which Jamie Loftus told Rabasa 'You're a meme now' was posted to YouTube on November 12, 2019, and picked up over 33,000 views[4]. ## How to Use People typically grab a screenshot or GIF of Rabasa from the sketch and pair it with one of his lines. As The Ringer laid out, 'Stinky!' works for a truly bad suggestion or performance, 'That is a good idea' punches up something smart, 'It's a good idea, and I stand by it' delivers sarcasm, and 'Oh, nice' provides either support or snark[3]. 'Oh my god, he admit it!' is the go-to reply to someone accidentally confessing something, a usage popularized by Dave Itzkoff's viral tweet at Trump[4]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Focus Group Man You Have No Good Car Ideas? Focus Group Man is the nickname for the unnamed elderly character played by Ruben Rabasa in the 'Focus Group' sketch on Netflix's I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, whose absurd car ideas and insults produced a set of reaction image catchphrases in 2019[1]. ### Where did Focus Group Man You Have No Good Car Ideas come from? The character appears in the 'Focus Group' sketch from the first season of I Think You Should Leave, which premiered on Netflix on April 23, 2019; the sketch was uploaded to YouTube and Twitter on May 2, 2019[4]. ### What does Focus Group Man You Have No Good Car Ideas mean? The catchphrase 'You have no good car ideas' comes from the sketch's premise of Rabasa's character shouting down the other focus group participants with scorn and insults for suggesting normal car features[2]. ### How do you use Focus Group Man You Have No Good Car Ideas? Users typically post a screenshot or GIF of Rabasa with one of his lines: 'Stinky!' for something bad, 'It's a good idea, and I stand by it' for sarcasm, or 'Oh my god, he admit it!' as a reply to a self-incriminating statement[3]. ### Is Focus Group Man You Have No Good Car Ideas still popular? The character was called 'one of the most memed men of 2019' by Vulture and named on best-memes-of-the-year lists at both The Ringer and The Guardian, giving it lasting recognition as a classic I Think You Should Leave reaction template[2][1]. ## References 1. [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/dec/31/meet-focus-group-man-the-most-unlikely-meme-of-2019]() 2. [https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/i-think-you-should-leave-focus-group-oral-history.html]() 3. [https://www.theringer.com/pop-culture/2019/12/9/21002712/best-memes-2019]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/focus-group-man-you-have-no-good-car-ideas]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/focus-group-man-you-have-no-good-car-ideas Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library