How To with John Wilson

you pissin' a shit with that post?

There a Nathan esque touch to the way the narrative builds around the randomness, I think.

the referee convention episode had a very NFY feel to it

I think both shows have the same technique of building the "plot" of an episode mostly after the fact. it's more obvious on this show but Nathan does it too - apparently a lot of those episodes were built around hundreds of hours of footage, and the bizarre, nonsensical narratives are often just a way to get all the best parts in

Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that this show's 2021 season is nominated in the ILX TV poll, with voting ending this weekend:

ILX's Best Television of 2021 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 31, 2022

If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (3 minimum, 25 maximum, ranked by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail. It'll take five minutes; get to it!

renewed for a 3rd season

What blue collar neighborhood will he profit off of next

decided i am not into this show. i thought it was amusing in the first season when it was more random but i am not interested in deep thoughts from this person tbh

begging to differ, excited to hear we got s3

very informative and funny podcast ep feat. John: http://www.screenslate.com/articles/episode-2-pest-control-john-wilson

Lol i went to the club this friday where he was doin post podcast karaoke and it was past capacity with a line up the block
The kids love wilson!

crazy re the life of crime anecdote

for uk peeps it's hitting bbc2 this sunday

Finally!! I have had this thread bookmarked for years so I didn't forget to look out for it. Watched s01e01 yesterday and it was fantastic.

Finally indeed! It exceeded expectations tbh - loved it.

Yesss!

his way
of talking
is
driving me insane

Watched the first one with my wife, I lolled three times, loved it. She chuckled twice but gave it the thumbs down :(

i was NOT adequately prepared for the TLC tugger guy omg

yeah, that episode should have come with a massive trigger warning.
glad the bbc/iplayer have posted all the episodes broadcast so far.
loved them once i got used to his vocal style.
the ongoing thread re his landlady is very sweet.

C. Spencer Yeh cameo in the wine tasting episode(!?)

that one was filmed in my friend's backyard (and w his family)--c s y lives across the street

lots of ridgewood content in this show

“before I know it, there’s a bloke lying on a bed, naked from the waist down, with his penis attached to some kind of truss” pic.twitter.com/EGZiq3xLbp

— Mumsnet Madness (@mumsnet_madness) October 2, 2022

It should’ve obvious to that guy that he was watching a show about how to protect your furniture from wear and tear, idgi

Bumped into Wilson eating dinner in Brooklyn. Friendly!

missing this show, bring on s3!

premieres may 30th!

oh shit! i missed that news, vc just made my day

I was enjoying it until the s1 episode with his ridiculous attempts to make risotto, where he scraped all his failures into the toilet, wtf. I stopped watching after that but I might be ready to forgive him and pick it up again.

That episode was the one that turned me into a huge fan, not so much the risotto but the reason why he wanted to make it <3

that was nice but I also felt the ep was too much about him - I mean the show is about him obviously but there was too much forced situational comedy and not enough passive nyc documentary footage. or whatever you call it.

I totally get what you mean, but I thought he handled it really well and the sincerity helped overcome my hesitation about it. I will say I was decidedly less enthused about the follow-up he did in season 2, but it did lead to some great only in Vegas footage.

oh shit! i missed that news, vc just made my day

― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, March 31, 2023 9:32 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

my bad got my thread wires crossed and thought this was the tim robinson thread. not sure if there’s been an official announcement about wilson but it’ll come later this year

sorry to unmake your day :(

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/how-to-with-john-wilson-renewed-season-3-hbo-1235174889/

no airdate yet though

July 28th! :)

but final season :(

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/how-to-with-john-wilson-ends-season-3-release-date-trailer-1235625228/

I skimmed over the list and literally have no idea if we ever saw S2, or, if so, if we watched every episode. I think we saw at least one? This is one of those shows I like but my wife only sometimes likes. She'll see an episode she likes, then watches another one and hates it, then doesn't want to watch the show anymore. Then some time goes by and I suggest we watch another episode, and she frowns and says no way, I don't like that show. And I tell her, but you do! You liked that one episode a lot, there might be more you like! And she just shrugs.

hey new york

those nxivm dudes are going to haunt JW for the rest of his life lmao

also holy shit @ the closing shot of the miniature piss-bottle vessel

Vry excited this is back

silo man made up for the lost footage... yeeeesh

was laughing incredibly hard at the jump cut from "can i come with you?" to being in the truck approaching burning man, a perfect example of what makes this show special

is the only way for me to watch this to sign up for HBO for a month?

i think it's also on some new service called "Max"?

Like this episode much more than the first. Partly due to myself giving it a bit more attention than the first. Thank God I don’t live near any of these disagreeable people

I guess that means I am the disagreeable person

Something lacking so far this season is the personal element the first two had. The themes have stayed similar, but it seems maybe the success of the show has removed him from a melancholy lived experience which he explored tangentially through the themes in the past. Oh well, even without it, it’s good television. God bless John

Doesn't get much more personal than having to look for public toilets because the one in your house is fucked up imo.

I spoke too soon, damn that was a good episode. He hasn’t lost it!

Sad this is the last one! This could definitely ride at a least a 4th season

The change of “topic” in episode 4 is incredible. No one else watching this?

if you like the silo man from episode 1, recommend to check out this jenny perlin film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR80yoayxVc