How To with John Wilson

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

I'm watching! Haven't seen last night's episode yet, but really enjoyed the vacuum cleaner collectors.

Was curious about how the collectors themselves felt and found some message board posts: https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREADM.cgi?44808_6

"We didn’t look silly at all! They put us in a good light."

Looks like there was drama in the vac community at the time based on those messages (and that one introductory clip about banned members). The vacuum Mets story about his dead dad was really moving.

just watched the first one and realized how much I'd missed this show. idk how to explain it exactly but the tone and realness of the show is something very different from anything else on TV. like just talking to people who haven't really ever been in front of a camera, watching people try to explain things they've never really laid out before, it's really interesting. in a way it's the most real just on television. also this ep was pretty fucking gross at times, when he was talking to that bladder doctor I was wondering if I should just fast forward, luckily the episode did not go in that direction (as it kinda did once in the past)

I'm watching, just not caught up yet. It's very true that this show is often not good to watch while eating dinner, it's a calculated risk.

How To Clean Your Ears honestly could've been much worse on that front.

Attempts to watch the very gross first two episodes of the new season during during dinner have been unsuccessful.

The third episode (with the giant pumpkins) was a welcome relief, it's always a respite from grossness when he gets out of the city, lol.

I've just caught up with s2 after getting over my toilet risotto hissy fit described upthread. too many highlights to detail but the avatar fan club/support group was incredible (and not punching down as suggested above). s3 not on bbc yet.

I've only seen the first two s3 eps so far, but I'm really enjoying it.

It gets better every episode this season

one thing i cant shake is how john wilson kinda looks like terry richardson :(

pleased to have confirmed my suspicions, based on his accent, that Bruce Beveridge is originally from the Chicago area (he used to live in the suburb where my mom now lives)

Last episode was a bit Baby's First F For Fake but still good. Very strong season in general.

Attempts to watch the very gross first two episodes of the new season during during dinner have been unsuccessful.

― Chris L, Monday, August 28, 2023 9:33 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

second episode isn't very gross after the first 2 minutes

crazy how utterly unappealing this show makes NYC look sometimes. that episode was neat because it then shows a place which is basically the polar opposite of NYC and hey, that looks pretty unappealing too. but it all speaks to the wide variety of bullshit people can learn to live with and there's something beautiful in that. also a good example of how funny this show can be, particularly when he's interviewing those basement ravers with the kid and the kid is just constantly banging on shit the entire time

The silo bit reminded me of the crazier Grand Designs episodes, where you get the sense that the family dream home the husband is building is being inflicted on said family, rather than a shared desire.

NYC is faithfully represented here, but the difference is that usually those ugly details are not lingered on especially in a show.