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Brock Samson posted:im going to die laughing Somehow they did it. They topped last episode.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 06:55 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 12:26 |
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I don't think anything in life could top this episode.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 09:38 |
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I want an hourlong special of that guy walking Nathan through his age progressions.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 10:03 |
The first idea was kinda weak at first because the guy was very transparently like "sure, I'll play along with your dumb poo poo if it gets my store on TV". Santa's return and Craigslist Age Progression Guy totally pulled it out though. The second one was classic Nathan. Equal parts evil genius, prank show and "this sure is a weird and honest look into a random guy's life".
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 10:50 |
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PostNouveau posted:I want an hourlong special of that guy walking Nathan through his age progressions. That guy should go on a watchlist after this episode.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 11:05 |
"okay ... uhm ... this is a boy" "Well see the funny news about this is that I can make a boy into a girl." "I'm just more concerned with accuracy."
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 11:56 |
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this season is a work of art
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 12:02 |
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The old astronaut bit was so incredible. This show is magic.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 12:32 |
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This show will be what kills me
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 13:50 |
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There are no words for what this show is. I thought I was going to die from "my wife and kids...they died in space, it was an accident". Then there was sumo suit in the antique store by the dude that tag teams girls with his brother. I'm not sure I can believe this is real from how often Nathan finds these insane people, but even if it's scripted it's the greatest work of fiction ever produced.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 16:26 |
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Those ridiculous tag-teaming brothers would have been great for his man-zone inside that women's clothing store.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 17:00 |
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"He told me that an alien tried to pull him into the sun." Nathan's fingerprints were all over Santa's talk with the boy and it just made it all the more fantastic to listen to him recite those absurd lines.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 17:58 |
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seriously though: shout out to J Squad
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 18:07 |
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age progression guy was clearly a Craigslist scammer which made this all the more hilarious
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 20:25 |
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This is the second show in a row where I'm feeling legitimately bad for the people he reels in. The fitness guy last week was left in a really bad spot - he'd basically lost his job with Nathan and was left awkwardly trying to sell himself to the moving company guy ("meet the only employee you'll ever need!") on what was basically a scam that neither of them really believed in. This week, ordinary bro gets scammed out of two hundred bucks for the crime of hanging out with Nathan, thinking it was just a couple guys getting drunk and having a good time. I really hope Nathan gave him his money back when they wrapped up.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 21:58 |
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Phenotype posted:This is the second show in a row where I'm feeling legitimately bad for the people he reels in. The fitness guy last week was left in a really bad spot - he'd basically lost his job with Nathan and was left awkwardly trying to sell himself to the moving company guy ("meet the only employee you'll ever need!") on what was basically a scam that neither of them really believed in. Everyone gets paid to be on the show.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 22:22 |
I wish there were more businesses that have a clear, tangible goal, like the exterminator guy trying to land a hotel gig
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 22:29 |
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Phenotype posted:This is the second show in a row where I'm feeling legitimately bad for the people he reels in. The fitness guy last week was left in a really bad spot - he'd basically lost his job with Nathan and was left awkwardly trying to sell himself to the moving company guy ("meet the only employee you'll ever need!") on what was basically a scam that neither of them really believed in. Same. Also I think it was really messed up how all those people on the Sopranos committed murders and got away with it.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 23:08 |
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Puppy Galaxy posted:seriously though: shout out to J Squad what's your favorite posish' bro?
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 23:10 |
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Phenotype posted:This is the second show in a row where I'm feeling legitimately bad for the people he reels in. The fitness guy last week was left in a really bad spot - he'd basically lost his job with Nathan and was left awkwardly trying to sell himself to the moving company guy ("meet the only employee you'll ever need!") on what was basically a scam that neither of them really believed in. They cast for the people on the show, if you aren't aware how most reality TV shows work. They aren't just random poor innocent souls he is out there to scam and make them pay money to other businesses. And I'm sure they are compensated for their time as well. This is a blurb from Nathan about the people he tries to get on his show. NATHAN posted:In general, there seems to be an understanding that when participating in a reality show you're not going to get full information about what will happen so that authentic moments can be captured on camera. The people that appear comfortable with this are usually the ones we end up involving in the show - those that seem open to an experience or adventure that's different from their day-to-day life. Often in the casting process we'll encounter business owners that have lots of specific questions about the show and exactly what we're planning to do with them. Because going into a shoot we don't want participants knowing any of that or that it's a comedy show (as this would take away from them acting naturally), we usually end up avoiding these more controlling/protective personality types as the chances they're going to get very upset by an experience they aren't prepared for is much higher. And the goal is never to get people upset.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 23:21 |
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Brock Samson posted:Are you loving kidding me
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 00:38 |
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Thom P. Tiers posted:They cast for the people on the show, if you aren't aware how most reality TV shows work. They aren't just random poor innocent souls he is out there to scam and make them pay money to other businesses. And I'm sure they are compensated for their time as well. This is a blurb from Nathan about the people he tries to get on his show. So what keeps them from Googling the show or his name? I wonder if he gives them a different show name, or last name. Actually most of the people seem clueless enough that even if they watched the show they would take it at face value.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 01:52 |
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Thom P. Tiers posted:They cast for the people on the show, if you aren't aware how most reality TV shows work. They aren't just random poor innocent souls he is out there to scam and make them pay money to other businesses. And I'm sure they are compensated for their time as well. This is a blurb from Nathan about the people he tries to get on his show. That explains a bit about the business owners, but a lot of the customers feel like just whoever came by the store that day. I was picturing people like Tagteam Bro as just being some dude at a bar, and Nathan walks up with his camera team and asks him to help do a spot on the LA nightlife for a hundred bucks or whatever. What about, like, the people who went on the hike up Mt Chileo for the gas station refund? Or all the customers who bought a bunch of crap for the tourist shop/movie shoot?
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 02:04 |
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Phenotype posted:That explains a bit about the business owners, but a lot of the customers feel like just whoever came by the store that day. I was picturing people like Tagteam Bro as just being some dude at a bar, and Nathan walks up with his camera team and asks him to help do a spot on the LA nightlife for a hundred bucks or whatever. What about, like, the people who went on the hike up Mt Chileo for the gas station refund? Or all the customers who bought a bunch of crap for the tourist shop/movie shoot? Yeah that quote doesn't seem to apply to the customers, just the business owners. For the customers and other extras I imagine they tell them whatever works best in the moment.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 02:30 |
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The one good thing about the show ending one day will be Nathan (hopefully) doing a big interview where he goes super deep into the show's process.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 02:59 |
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I mean, you may be weirded out by what the people are comfortable talking about, but like, clearly they aren't. I never get the vibe that anyone's portrayed in a way that's inaccurate anyways.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 05:05 |
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Lord Krangdar posted:Yeah that quote doesn't seem to apply to the customers, just the business owners. For the customers and other extras I imagine they tell them whatever works best in the moment. There's no reason why you can't use random passers-by in a TV show, all you have to do is get them to sign a release afterwards. You don't have to pay them as far as I know. Either they are very good at casting actors who can do 100% genuine awkwardness like we see on the show or they are just actual members of the public who stumbled onto the show. They wouldn't explain beforehand what to do, they might just say we're shooting a TV show here, do you mind being in it, and get their signature afterwards.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 05:25 |
Wandle Cax posted:You don't have to pay them as far as I know.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 09:44 |
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Hat Thoughts posted:I mean, you may be weirded out by what the people are comfortable talking about, but like, clearly they aren't. I never get the vibe that anyone's portrayed in a way that's inaccurate anyways. It's not that I'm weirded out by them, I'm just curious how much they reveal to all the customers that go on. Like Tagteam Bro or the chick that met "Johnny Depp" and bought a hundred bucks worth of tourist garbage -- do they get their money back at the end of the show? What about the people that had a half dozen chickens poo poo on their car? It seems kinda mean-spirited if they don't, and they actually are scamming these people.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 14:24 |
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How long before this gets too popular for him to continue finding people that are clueless?
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 17:28 |
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I love the show, but Nathan's thing must have a ceiling way lower than, like, Amy Schumer where that might be a problem.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 17:59 |
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Phenotype posted:It's not that I'm weirded out by them, I'm just curious how much they reveal to all the customers that go on. Like Tagteam Bro or the chick that met "Johnny Depp" and bought a hundred bucks worth of tourist garbage -- do they get their money back at the end of the show? What about the people that had a half dozen chickens poo poo on their car? It seems kinda mean-spirited if they don't, and they actually are scamming these people. The Johnny depp "extras" were all paid.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 18:04 |
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I don't know anyone who has ever heard of the show, including my brothers who both watch other Comedy Central shows. I can't see it being a problem any time soon.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 18:20 |
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Right, and the people who he is helping don't really seem to be the demographic that would watch a show like this to know about it anyway. Unless he does some super crazy stunt that gives him Tom Green/Jackass status, I doubt that it'll be a problem. Impractical jokers are on their sixth season and they can still find plenty of people who have no idea who they are. Harminoff fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Nov 7, 2015 |
# ? Nov 7, 2015 18:50 |
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Dumb Starbucks made all sorts of news and no one still has any idea who Nathan is.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 20:05 |
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:How long before this gets too popular for him to continue finding people that are clueless? Ratings are also not so good Hat Thoughts fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Nov 7, 2015 |
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:How long before this gets too popular for him to continue finding people that are clueless? Forever, Nathan for you is small niche comedy show on TV.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 21:49 |
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Fielder has the unassuming inoffensive Canadian thing down pat. He will forever blend into the crowd no matter how high-profile his stunts become because he is always so far removed from the stunts to begin with. The Movement had Garbarino as the figurehead. Hero Pig was a pig. He was the spokesperson for Dumb Starbucks and gave interviews on talk shows but Starbucks itself was the star and overshadowed his presence from the stunt's very conception. If anything Banksy got more press from the ordeal than Fielder just from people thinking it was him. It's really amazing to see in action how well this guy disappears into his act.
speshl guy fucked around with this message at 22:09 on Nov 7, 2015 |
# ? Nov 7, 2015 22:07 |
Yeah, I didn't know how this season would work out after all the Dumb Starbucks publicity. I guess it's just much easier to blend in if you're not a Sacha Baron Cohen character in a crazy outfit.
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I'd say the extent of knowledge of the Dumb Starbucks went roughly like this for most people: "It was that Banksy thing right? Oh it wasn't Banksy? ok."
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