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    Nathan Fielder uses his business degree and life experiences to help real small businesses turn a profit. But because of his unorthodox approach, Nathan's genuine efforts to do good often draw real people into an experience far beyond what they signed up for. So it seems like Comedy Central is trying out a few new shows with unknown people to see if they stick. This is one of the better ones if not the best. The show is a mix of helping out small business's with absurd ideas such as helping out this caricature artist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUY_i5Tco68 to smaller sketches of him trying to better his or others life such as him catching this Graffiti Vandal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxs-Ap68BNA He also helped a small zoo by making this viral video for them. A pig rescuing a goat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7WjrvG1GMk New episode tonight in which he will attempt to help a clothing store with shoplifting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkI97plNm2c
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This show is hilarious. I also really enjoy The Ben Show that follows it. Nathan's deadpan delivery is amazing. I think that my favorite scene from all of the episodes so far has to be with the summer Santa threatening the security guard in the mall. I hope Comedy Central runs with Nathan For You and The Ben Show for a while because I find both of them infinitely more enjoyable than The Jeselnik Offensive.
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| # ? Mar 15, 2013 08:30 |
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I really liked the first episode. I plan on watching 2 and 3 this evening. His delivery is perfect. The "confidence" interviews were fantastic, and I really loved the scene of him eating pizza with the delivery kid after they got bullied.
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| # ? Mar 15, 2013 16:19 |
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I love this show. Half the episodes have caused the type of continuous laughing where your head starts to hurt. It's great when he asks a question and gets an acceptable, if puzzling answer and Nathan will follow it up earnestly instead of moving on. I really enjoy how they react logically to problems with their plans, but their mundane solutions make the situations grow more and more absurd. Highly recommended.
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| # ? Mar 15, 2013 19:25 |
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Simon passed the test!
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| # ? Mar 16, 2013 20:34 |
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I'm glad someone made a thread for this show because it is hilarious. If you like Adult Swim's live action shows, you'll like this since it has the same feel as something like Newsreaders. I nearly died laughing after seeing his posters defaced, and then the subsequent fake reality show. Would it be wrong to call this abstract or alternative humor? Also, The Ben Show is equally funny and we should really use this as a combined thread for both.
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| # ? Mar 17, 2013 04:42 |
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Mikemo Tyson posted:This show is hilarious. I also really enjoy The Ben Show that follows it. Nathan's deadpan delivery is amazing. I think that my favorite scene from all of the episodes so far has to be with the summer Santa threatening the security guard in the mall. I hope Comedy Central runs with Nathan For You and The Ben Show for a while because I find both of them infinitely more enjoyable than The Jeselnik Offensive. I almost keeled over when the Santa threatened the mall cop. It was simply brilliant. And this may seem like a dumb question since I'm pretty gullible with these kinds of shows, but if you had to guess, how much of this show would you say is scripted?
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antavila posted:And this may seem like a dumb question since I'm pretty gullible with these kinds of shows, but if you had to guess, how much of this show would you say is scripted? I'm assuming only Nathan has any lines, and his lines are probably closer to outlines.
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scary ghost dog posted:I'm assuming only Nathan has any lines, and his lines are probably closer to outlines. Nathan did an interview with Bill Simmons on Grantland.com where he talks about this.
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I was laughing so hard during this show I couldn't stop myself when a sneeze came on and I really hurt my ribs. This is one of those shows that is just funny from start to finish, without ever letting up. EDIT: My favourite so far is the 8 Minutes Or Free Pizza Delivery is when Nathan goes back and the owner admits people loved the tiny pizzas, and he's still doing it. I hope stuff like that isn't faked. The end of the poo ice cream one where Nathan asked the guy to hang out with him almost made a bit of pee come out. ACanofPepsi fucked around with this message at Mar 18, 2013 around 18:37 |
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Mikemo Tyson posted:This show is hilarious. I also really enjoy The Ben Show that follows it. Nathan's deadpan delivery is amazing. I think that my favorite scene from all of the episodes so far has to be with the summer Santa threatening the security guard in the mall. I hope Comedy Central runs with Nathan For You and The Ben Show for a while because I find both of them infinitely more enjoyable than The Jeselnik Offensive. Passing a kidney stone is more enjoyable than The Jeselnik Offensive. I've only seen a few episodes of Nathan For You, but I thought the episode where he tries to get a haunted house sued by tricking customers into believing they had contracted a serious disease was hilarious.
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New episode tonight at 1030! This show has joined Impractical Jokers and The Life & Times of Tim as being able to make me laugh consistently. I guess I'm into uncomfortable and absurd humor. MailboxFullOfBombs posted:Passing a kidney stone is more enjoyable than The Jeselnik Offensive. I've only seen a few episodes of Nathan For You, but I thought the episode where he tries to get a haunted house sued by tricking customers into believing they had contracted a serious disease was hilarious. I really, really love Anthony Jeselnik's standup and overall persona, but his show is not very good. He really needs to be a sometimes guest on other people's show instead.
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| # ? Mar 21, 2013 23:17 |
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This is an incredibly funny show. The bit where him and the security guard were having a stand-off in their respective cases absolutely killed me. Also H. Jon Benjamin saying "She died fighting for Iraq under Saddam Hussein" was amazing.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 00:03 |
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Glad there is others that are enjoying this show as much as I am. Can't wait to see what people will do to get some discount gas as I think that is tonight's episode. I was browsing youtube and found some other stuff that he has done Nathan On Your Side http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2A33FE2E88945B39 His youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/nathanfielder
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 01:09 |
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This show looks absolutely hilarious, is there anywhere to watch it in Canada, or is it available on Comedy Centrals website? I think I can access it with a VPN.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 02:11 |
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Well that artist got racist fast. Man, Comedy Central has so many good shows with comics lately.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 02:37 |
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This show is seriously my favorite Comedy Central show in a while. I'm loving this rebate thing. Edit: Drink a little kid's pee if you get scared. THE GAYEST POSTER fucked around with this message at Mar 22, 2013 around 02:59 |
| # ? Mar 22, 2013 02:53 |
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That was seriously great, how many other episodes have there been because I need to catch up. So it's this, the Ben Show, and The Jeselnik Offensive. Comedy Central is really running with the concept of just letting weird funny people be weird and funny instead of making them play Youtube clips.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 03:09 |
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Amy Schumer (Jeselnik's on and off girlfriend) also has a show coming out next month. http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/inside-amy-schumer Comedy Central has always given shows to unknown people though. I mean how well known was David Chappelle before he got his own show?
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 03:23 |
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Harminoff posted:Comedy Central has always given shows to unknown people though. I mean how well known was David Chappelle before he got his own show? He had a movie out and a couple of standup specials but I don't think he was huge like now. I'm really enjoying Nathan For You. I really hope he gets to do more of this or something else after this season ends. That said it's Comedy Central so I'm not holding my breath. They'll probably just make another 6 seasons of Tosh instead.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 03:46 |
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I don't think I've "tuned" into a show every week in a very long time until The Ben Show and Nathan For You started airing. They both are great shows. Tonight episode when he let the artist draw himself for the 2nd time had me in tears. I was shocked nobody that came up for the drawing got mad then all the sudden Nathan is pissed because he doesn't like to see his grand father in that light. Mr Cynicism fucked around with this message at Mar 22, 2013 around 05:32 |
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The payoff at the end with the gas station owner was jaw dropping. This is a hilarious show.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 06:08 |
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The latest episode was amazing. Liked the other episodes, but that was some next-level poo poo.
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I missed 1 episode cause iO is terrible at putting things On Demand. The rest were stellar. Last night when the caricature artist wrote (YOUR NAME IN ASIAN) I just completely lost my poo poo.
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Harminoff posted:I was browsing youtube and found some other stuff that he has done Never thought Nathan would be this funny on his own. This show is gold.
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Ha! I've only seen one episode of Jon Benjamin Has A Van and it was the one where they broke down in the desert.They made Nathan hitchhike with a truck driver to the nearest town. Nathan takes the sound mic with him and for the rest of the episode there is no sound.
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Also glad to see a thread for this. Most consistently I've laughed at a new show in a long, long time. And agreed that it's getting better as it goes; the latest two episodes were phenomenal.Illinois Smith posted:He was the sound guy on Jon Benjamin Has A Van, which may or may not get a second season.
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Watch the clips posted I think I've figured out why it's familiar... It's like a comedic version of Kitchen Nightmares. I approve. And he looks like Jay Baruchel.  He also seems reminds me of Demetri Martin but hopefully less of a dick. Apparently Demetri is a real rear end in a top hat when it comes to fans/in person. CaptainHollywood fucked around with this message at Mar 22, 2013 around 22:53 |
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The Ben Show is super hit or miss for me. The funny moments are fantastic (Gangster Grannies) but some of the skits are so uncomfortable.
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This show is really good. I like the Ben show too, but yeah it does have its misses. I can't think of a Nathan sketch that wasn't at least kinda funny.
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Good Will Hrunting posted:I missed 1 episode cause iO is terrible at putting things On Demand. The rest were stellar. Last night when the caricature artist wrote (YOUR NAME IN ASIAN) I just completely lost my poo poo. "LUNCH TIME" had me in stitches. The best episode so far.
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| # ? Mar 23, 2013 17:11 |
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I'm all caught up on Nathan. This better get renewed. Easily one of the funniest shows I've seen in a while. The shoplifting episode (and the security guard in it) were fantastic. Even when I'm not laughing hysterically, the sketches are at least clever and I'm smiling at how witty and endearing he is towards the business owners/managers. The Ben Show is definitely more hit than miss. I didn't see the first half of this week's but the other episodes are all great overall. The only thing I find a little uncomfortable is when he has people introduce the sketches. The fake auditions are amazing though, and the barbershop porno quartet was brilliant.
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Good Will Hrunting posted:I'm all caught up on Nathan. This better get renewed. Easily one of the funniest shows I've seen in a while. The shoplifting episode (and the security guard in it) were fantastic. Even when I'm not laughing hysterically, the sketches are at least clever and I'm smiling at how witty and endearing he is towards the business owners/managers. That is like the entire premise of the show. I don't really like it as it's a bit repetitive. Only part I really like on it are Todd Bridges animations.
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Very repetitive, but sometimes he gets especially awkward or obnoxious people which end up being okay. The Todd Bridges sketches are great. I also thought Yobitchuaries and Black Women Hugging were good.
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I'm not sold on The Ben Show because it is so hit or miss, I'll agree that the animated I like to think at the end of the last episode the gas station owner was just loving with Nathan about drinking a little kids pee, which if true would make it beyond brilliant.
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God I hope so. Otherwise I can't imagine things going well for him considering working at a public place. You know what I would like to see? Someone like Nathan host a late night talk show. Just to see celebrities reactions to his questions. Would be hard to get guests that weren't aware of whats going on though.
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Harminoff posted:God I hope so. Otherwise I can't imagine things going well for him considering working at a public place. He started his TV career on This Hour Has 22 Minutes, which is a Canadian show that parodies politics. He was brought on the show in the later seasons when everybody in politics knew what the show was. They expected a goofy interviewer to ask silly questions, but Nathan is so deadpan nobody knew how to respond to him and he got some hilarious interviews making these big powerful people sweat.
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Sid Vicious posted:This show looks absolutely hilarious, is there anywhere to watch it in Canada, or is it available on Comedy Centrals website? I think I can access it with a VPN. It's available on itunes if that's something you can access. https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-seas...n-1/id601459508
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Harminoff posted:It's available on itunes if that's something you can access. https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-seas...n-1/id601459508 Awesome I have an American account, thanks for the link!
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Good Will Hrunting posted:I'm all caught up on Nathan. This better get renewed. Easily one of the funniest shows I've seen in a while. The shoplifting episode (and the security guard in it) were fantastic. Even when I'm not laughing hysterically, the sketches are at least clever and I'm smiling at how witty and endearing he is towards the business owners/managers. Just did the same. That rebate/retreat was hilarious. I do like how at the end of every episode he essentially gives the person he was helping the finger- with a wink. (he did the rebate, he said poo was a bad idea for a place where you eat, caricature was too mean etc)
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