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.
― Trimming The Hegyes: The Life & Times Of A Sweathog's Barber (Old Lunch), Monday, 2 November 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Evan, Monday, 2 November 2015 17:07 (eight years ago) link
It's also tremendously infantile, which is partly what makes it funny. (See also: horsey rides.)
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 November 2015 17:45 (eight years ago) link
Summit Ice has raised $45k for the Vancouver Holocaust Awareness Centre: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/02/summit-ice-jacket-nathan-for-you-holocaust?12444&hootPostID=7219adcc3b15844be47bf254ec4a0e15
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 01:13 (eight years ago) link
That is just incredible.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 01:18 (eight years ago) link
it's nerdy but i'm tempted to get a jacket
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 01:34 (eight years ago) link
It's for a good cause!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 01:50 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Sharia Law and Lambchop (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 02:39 (eight years ago) link
The Summit Ice thing is pretty funny
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 03:24 (eight years ago) link
It just occurred to me that, even though the Doink It! dude completely disagreed with everything Nathan wanted to do and also thought Nathan's message to the kids was awful and seemed to think that the entire thing was harmful to his product...he still signed off on appearing on the show. It would probably, by all rights, have been one of the aforementioned failed segments that never aired if his desire to be on TV hadn't superseded his judgment in every other regard.
― Trimming The Hegyes: The Life & Times Of A Sweathog's Barber (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link
more or less everyone he "works for" disagrees with nathan (except for the total nutjobs), but there's something about being on tv that demolishes people's sense of responsibility and common sense.
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link
also tbf, the doink it ad is clearly not aimed at kids in any casehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eb5sNjhItw
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:17 (eight years ago) link
Got my "Movement" book in the mail today! Will leave it in the bathroom to perplex visitors.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 21:34 (eight years ago) link
xpost "If you don't have this toy, people will think you wear diapers and cry all the time."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 21:35 (eight years ago) link
got my book too; looking forward to reading on the subway and recommending it
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 22:14 (eight years ago) link
ok, click that summit ice $45k link, scroll down to the image of Nathan holding the doink-it, and tell me why he looks like a simpsons character
― nerd shit (Will M.), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 16:08 (eight years ago) link
next episode supposed to be about abusing "you break it, you buy it", gonna be some real awkwardness upcoming
― frogbs, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link
i'm super glad a couple people agreed with my view on him.the thing about this is, well, sometimes what he does is absolutely harmless and hilarious.but, there was that episode a couple of weeks ago: the skit with the balloons and horse-rider was totally harmless and hilarious, everyone was in on the joke, or got the joke a little later (and it was still harmless), etc. but, in the same episode, when he exploited that cool, nice girl's loneliness in the other skit, well, that was just really f-ed up.
eh. sure. he's harmless and funny sometimes, but it just isn't worth it to me to continue to expose myself to his other completely mean-spirited behavior/humor. simply put: some of the shit he does is just bad for my soul. i'm never watching him, again.
― monster mash, Friday, 6 November 2015 15:13 (eight years ago) link
this week's had some good moments but also some of his least convincing schemes
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 6 November 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
The age progression scam artist was definitely one of the creepiest/funniest moments thus far
Agreed that the business ideas were particularly terrible this time around but that's kind of the point isn't it? The whole second half was just a lead up to a drunk bro in a sumo outfit trying to make his way down a narrow aisle in an antique shop in order to score some free pizza.
― frogbs, Friday, 6 November 2015 15:19 (eight years ago) link
and that was amusing, but I prefer the eps where his ideas have a hint of inspiration to them, even when they're obviously insane
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 6 November 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link
yeah, i love this show and i loved this episode but it was among the most disturbing he's ever done
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 November 2015 16:05 (eight years ago) link
all worth it for him breaking the plate at the end
― frogbs, Friday, 6 November 2015 16:21 (eight years ago) link
the guy telling the kid he was gonna die in space in like two yearsthe drunk brothers from ohio earnestly discussing tag teaming with nathan"that's a boy"the guy writing emails on his phone and ignoring nathanthe pizza at the end of the booby trap
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 November 2015 16:38 (eight years ago) link
haha yeah "that's a boy" made me lose it, dunno how Nathan kept a straight face through that
― frogbs, Friday, 6 November 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
the jacket rigged with whiskey-removing and apple-juice replacing pumps
― gr8080, Friday, 6 November 2015 20:43 (eight years ago) link
god, how did i forget that
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 November 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
I just hope no PUA engineers watch this show
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 6 November 2015 21:08 (eight years ago) link
I just caught a screener for this week's episode and it might be my new favorite.
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 01:58 (eight years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/nathan-yous-star-confronts-v-club-mom-who-scorned--226825
― balls, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 18:59 (eight years ago) link
what a great interview!
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 19:13 (eight years ago) link
I thought the sports/antique show ep was totally about the ancillary weirdness and less the business fix. So in the case of the former, it's all that creepy photoshop guy (and the astronaut). In the latter, it's that can't make it up drunk dude he finds. When he takes the guy home, man, who knows what he was expecting/hoping to find there. Getting pulled into a triple tag team scenario?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
yeah watching that photoshop guy continually repeat "I'm 90% sure" over and over was worth the whole segment, though it went from hilarious to creepy really fast
― frogbs, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:13 (eight years ago) link
Smokers Allowed was pretty close to this show at its best for sureAs good as the mountain climbing to get your rebate episode
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 04:48 (eight years ago) link
"Smokers Allowed" somehow conjured both Frederick Wiseman and David Lynch for me
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 13 November 2015 05:18 (eight years ago) link
this show is starting to feel like Review, in a good way
how long did they actually rehearse that to get it down so pat? you could see pages of the script being printed off, one including a long paragraph about Louie C.K...
― frogbs, Friday, 13 November 2015 14:17 (eight years ago) link
funniest part was the muscular dude staring at the audience of two, like "what the hell is going on here?", then having an actor recreate that moment by staring at the actual audience right off the bat
― frogbs, Friday, 13 November 2015 14:22 (eight years ago) link
absolutely brilliant episode
― gr8080, Friday, 13 November 2015 14:52 (eight years ago) link
This was fantastic. Exactly what I needed tonight.
― Alien All-Topless (Old Lunch), Saturday, 14 November 2015 01:48 (eight years ago) link
Smokers Allowed was pretty incredible, and really shows Nathan for You at its best. Like, the "I love you" exchange - what's real? What's not real? If someone is feeling something, is it real? Did he really cry? Isn't that an honest emotion? Felt like a wonderful moment, so was it? And then the brilliance of flipping it into a punchline, not just for her erstwhile acting partner's intense reaction shots but also for the payoff at the end with the fake bartender. Just amazing all around.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 16 November 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
someone found his old blog from ten years ago, hard to tell exactly how serious any of this is but it's entertaining
http://www.nathanjoseph.blogspot.com/
lol @ this picturehttp://photos1.blogger.com/img/297/4329/1024/shuswap%20043.jpg
― frogbs, Monday, 16 November 2015 16:30 (eight years ago) link
tonight, there is a "traffic light party" at the bar -- wear red if you are taken, yellow if you are taken but willing to compromise, and green if you want to hook up.i have decided to wear red because my theory is that women want what they can't have.
i have decided to wear red because my theory is that women want what they can't have.
― frogbs, Monday, 16 November 2015 16:34 (eight years ago) link
truly, he is the wizard of loneliness
― frogbs, Monday, 16 November 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/297/4329/400/vicpics%202021.jpg
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 November 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
i feel sure he desperately wishes this had remained buried.
can't you make new blog posts look old w/ blogspot? part of me wants to believe this is all made up recently for an upcoming episode. like why would it pop up now?!
― nerd shit (Will M.), Monday, 16 November 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
the pictures are definitely of young nathan and the storylines on that blog FEEL authentically early twentysomething
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 November 2015 16:47 (eight years ago) link
re: the "people want to be on TV" thing, any of the small business owners probably consider it free advertising.
― billstevejim, Monday, 16 November 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
I love you.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 16 November 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
Say it again.