Nathan For You

At this point I can't imagine actually watching this show as it airs on TV. There are always several points at which I need to pause and step away, either to recover from what just happened or to steel my nerves for what's coming next. In this episode those moments were (1) when he asks the guy in the Man Zone "what's your favorite posish" and (2) when you see the part of the store display with the human bones.

i watched both of those live and the answer is "i look away from the screen, wincing in pure embarrassment"
this season has been A++ so far

the gun shop guy's message ringtone!

scale of 1 to 10, how fake was the rabbi?

not sure, but the gun shop owner was real as fuck

i don't believe in this bubblegum cotton candy world of yours where -
UH OH UH OH
is... is that your ringtone?

also I died at Nathan's insistence that the stable owner would definitely just be remembered for this stunt, and definitely not for any other reason

nathan explaining how missionary is his favorite position, "man on top, woman on bottom"
"nothing wrong with that!"

rabbi is real, he's a mohel in la. this show remains so fucking amazing.

died at him showing old usfl games

This show makes me uncomfortable ... It works as comedy in places but overall is just kind of creepy.

Man, the fake oven ... my wife had to cover her eyes like she was watching surgery footage.

my wife thinks the "man room" thing is absolutely brilliant, so I love how Nathan makes it seem as awkward and unworkable as possible

by the way this website totally exists, be sure to scroll to the bottom

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my wife thinks the "man room" thing is absolutely brilliant, so I love how Nathan makes it seem as awkward and unworkable as possible

― frogbs

yeah some his ideas are at least borderline good ideas but then the execution "ruins" it

between 1933 and 1945, two thirds of all the Jews in Europe were killed by the Nazis
many victims were transported to concentration camps by train and murdered with poison gas on arrival
others perished from deplorable conditions in the camps (disease, exhaustion, and starvation)
others were simply shot and buried in mass graves
gypsies, homosexuals, and other minorities were also persecuted
learn more facts at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust

a friend of mine pointed out that the logo looks like his hairline

The return of private investigator Brian Wolfe this week was an unexpected joy.

Another a+ episode
Jungle children

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSh800SVAAA-iuO.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ioenZ3a.jpg

Would buy.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1517159393

You gotta be kidding

http://www.themovementworkout.com/videos/

pretty much lose it every time they mention Steve Jobs

I just wanna mention, I do charity work with jungle children

RIP Dende, it was sad how he got kidnapped by baboons

From Core to Floor... and More!

http://i.imgur.com/8CN82rq.png

I need to buy a copy ASAP. I feel like it's gotta be just a matter of time before that's yanked off of Amazon.

Fully erect, they looked like spaghetti strands with pieces of burger meat to simulate the grooves of muscle of his forearms and biceps.

my copy's in the mail!

yeah, that line just leaps off the page don't it

nine bucks shipped from amazon seems a good price to pay.

Most amazing show

This is a man who does not respect people, as they are.
I do not like him, his show, or Comedy Central for airing it.

The episode with the "alternative girl" was disturbing.
That chick seemed cool and nice, and she even gave him a second chance.
She must have been lonely, to meet him in the first place.

He made fun of a lonely girl on television.

I do not condone this. I hope he gets cancelled.

40%

Alternatively: people will agree to anything as long as there is the promise of being on TV.

Yeah, my sympathy for Nathan's marks is mitigated somewhat by the fact that no one is required to appear on TV, and also by the fact that every single person appearing on the show signed a release.

Even if that's true I find his humor too mean-spirited to enjoy a lot of the time, like even if the participants themselves aren't hurt it still feels icky to watch him get off on being a dick.

no one comes off worse than nathan.

Very true.

I really dislike a lot of pranky stuff (Improv Everywhere can suck a fuck) and mean-spirited humor, but this show doesn't really push those buttons for me.

I think someone like Sacha Baron Cohen is a lot meaner, seeing he trades off of ambush tactics and putting people on the spot, then plying on their politeness to make them look bad (sometimes with a point, often not). But Fielder right off the bat offers ridiculous solutions to problems, and the humor comes from his straight-man reactions (subbing for our own incredulousness) to people actually going along with his on their face ridiculous to the point of surreal ideas (as opposed to trying to play along with or translate SBC's invented slang). But as written/acted/improvised, there's something more to Fielder that I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe a weird sort of ... empathy? Identification with the mark? I'm thinking of his early season rebate episode, where the camping trip in the mountains turns into something sort of touching, or how he twists the genius Best Buy/electronics store episode into a sort of meet cute blind date. And if you're to believe him, there are not only several ideas a season that don't pan out but also plenty of twists there's no way he saw coming, like the realtor speaking in tongues (iirc) when they try to exorcise the ghosts out of her house.

That AVClub interview was pretty incredible, and includes asides like "I think I’m taking a lot of vulnerabilities and insecurities that I had when I was younger, and I’m exaggerating them for the sake of comedy." Or his reaction to the realtor: "Well, that moment in particular, I didn’t even know how to comprehend it. That was an instinct of mine in that moment to take a photo, I guess. Some people view the show that way, and that’s totally valid, but personally, I don’t find the people involved in the show, for the most part, to be foolish. They come across to me as very sweet and endearing most of the time. Especially that real estate lady." Some people he picks seem like dicks (the private investigator, for example) or just out for exposure. Others are more innocent, but I don't think he's trying to make them look bad for being innocent or naive. If anything, like I noted above, he seems pretty attuned to how things are going, and often shifts the gist of his scenarios for the sake of ... pathos?

well put

Honestly, the only time I'm a little wary is when he's fucking with kids ("You don't want to be a baby, do you?"), but that's at least as much on the parents as it is on him.

Though like most reality shows, it's often hard to know how much is actually scripted or prepared vs. how much the audience is lead to believe it is.

Honestly, the only time I'm a little wary is when he's fucking with kids ("You don't want to be a baby, do you?"), but that's at least as much on the parents as it is on him.

It's also tremendously infantile, which is partly what makes it funny. (See also: horsey rides.)

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That is just incredible.

it's nerdy but i'm tempted to get a jacket

It's for a good cause!

the only time I'm a little wary is when he's fucking with kids ("You don't want to be a baby, do you?")

Yeah that was the only time on the show that I felt like he really crossed a line, that one was unpleasant.