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.
you can (he moved all the "guest blogmaster" posts to 1990) but I think this is for real. his Youtube channel is full of old videos from around that time which are just as dry.
― frogbs, Monday, 16 November 2015 17:37 (eight years ago) link
jesus christ smokers allowed was fantastic. that 'nathan' is this horribly lonely man desperate for human contact and love but prevented by his delusions and vanity from achieving it is always this nice touch in other episodes but my god it paid off there. i also thought the girl and the actress playing 'ellen' were kinda shockingly good though i guess that's la, and it was perfect if predictable that ellen wouldn't really be able to pull off 'ellen' as well as the actress. loved the guy staring at the audience both times. the tag showing both productions side by side was great. i get some ppl's complaints that the show is mean spirited i guess (i mean a huge percentage of his business proposals are basically 'what if we exploit a loophole to commit fraud') but so often you have such amazingly natural and yes awkward (but not in a miserable way necessarily) moments of genuine humanity.
― balls, Thursday, 19 November 2015 03:31 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/kAzxVMD.jpg
― balls, Thursday, 19 November 2015 03:39 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Im37oRMRE
― davey, Thursday, 19 November 2015 10:12 (eight years ago) link
Nathan's old band!
http://wildryce.tripod.com/
"Wednesday Nite" is cracking me up ..."Wednesday...on a Wednesday night...it's on a Wednesday night"
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 November 2015 22:37 (eight years ago) link
"I gave them your names, so it would be more realistic", my god
also lol@ the kid morphing into Nathan
― frogbs, Friday, 20 November 2015 13:54 (eight years ago) link
So what do people think--was the sex box segment real? If anything on Nathan For You were going to be outright faked, that would have to it. I know some stage parents will agree to put their kids in just about anything, but that would be too far... right?
Highlight of this week: "coming off the thrill of go-kart racing, I wanted to harvest Brendan's blood as quickly as possible."
― JRN, Friday, 4 December 2015 21:33 (eight years ago) link
p sure it was edited so there never was a kid in that box while the sex was happening
― gr8080, Friday, 4 December 2015 21:37 (eight years ago) link
That's what I assume, too. Unfortunately, that means that the bit where Nathan gives the porn stars the parents' names (which was a brilliant example of the show's ability to ratchet up the tension in an already-awkward scene beyond what the audience expects) wasn't genuine, since with no kid in the box there would be no reason for the parents to be in the room.
― JRN, Friday, 4 December 2015 21:44 (eight years ago) link
the build-up to his racist mock-asian accent was excruciating and also peak nathan
― gr8080, Friday, 4 December 2015 21:45 (eight years ago) link
So what do people think--was the sex box segment real?
this has been in the back of my mind too hahaha
if it was real, imagine explaining this to the Comedy Central legal dept before attempting
― bricc baby hitlo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 4 December 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link
yeah, the "asian accent" to the stunt driver was uncomfortable enough that i had to leave the room.
to say nothing of the confession of stealing that poor guy's urine. more or less up to the end, i thought nathan had finally broken my ability to not feel sorry for these poor schlubs he tapes. But you know what, the guy really had a good time at Knotts Berry Farm! I think he was cool with it! I wanna believe they hang out occasionally still.
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 December 2015 22:07 (eight years ago) link
i don't see why the kid COULDN'T be in the box if the parents consented! what are the legal ramifications?
Both the parents and Nathan can be arrested for endangering a child?
― bricc baby hitlo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 4 December 2015 22:09 (eight years ago) link
"Oh no, your honor, the box three feet away where we hired people to moan and jizz was SOUNDPROOF, we did a test"
― bricc baby hitlo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 4 December 2015 22:10 (eight years ago) link
well i'm sure whatever they had the parents sign gave them the right to put the kid in that position so where's the endangerment? Unless he gets stuck in the box. That's what I was worried about!but yeah, it was probably staged.
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 December 2015 22:12 (eight years ago) link
I'm not a lawyer, but paying someone to jizz feet from a child's head is probably illegal even if the parents say it's ok unless you are in Finland
― bricc baby hitlo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 4 December 2015 22:15 (eight years ago) link
xp replace with murder box and think about what you are saying
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 December 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
i hate to tell you but murder is illegal even if you get everyone's consent first
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 December 2015 22:34 (eight years ago) link
So is whatever is happening to minors in a sex box is my point
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 December 2015 22:42 (eight years ago) link
so if forcing a child into seeing adults having sex is illegal and you are putting a child in a box that will do this illegal thing if it fails, you have to be endangering a child I'd think? then again maybe a car/airplane/etc. qualifies as a "murder box" in this scenario, so maybe the legality is more ambiguous than it first seems.
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 December 2015 22:55 (eight years ago) link
since the motive is just profit or entertainment, though, I'd think it'd still be endangerment.
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 December 2015 22:56 (eight years ago) link
Sort of the flip side of the robot built to depants him in front of kids, isn't it?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 December 2015 23:20 (eight years ago) link
do you guys not remember the Claw of Shame episode?
― frogbs, Saturday, 5 December 2015 04:27 (eight years ago) link
I am fascinated by Nathan's hand gestures this season.
― Capitalism Is A Death Cult And Science Is A Whore (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 13:52 (eight years ago) link
This old Nathan gig segment really got me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rw-43W4Plg
― Evan, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 14:35 (eight years ago) link
renewed for a 4th season.
― gr8080, Thursday, 10 December 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
great news, can't wait for tonight's episode
― frogbs, Thursday, 10 December 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
oh wowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lC3zb7fNW4
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 December 2015 21:33 (eight years ago) link
I made this my wallpaper
http://i.imgur.com/7miuvyN.png
― frogbs, Thursday, 10 December 2015 21:45 (eight years ago) link
― gr8080, Friday, December 4, 2015 3:37 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
idk why this would be
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 10 December 2015 21:56 (eight years ago) link
obviously he's lying about needing to 'test' the box's soundproofing
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 10 December 2015 21:57 (eight years ago) link
http://www.gq.com/story/nathan-for-you-season-3-qa
Speaking of those other segments, where are we headed with the personal arc of Nathan, this socially awkward guy who can't seem to find his place in this world?That's always prominent. I try to draw as much as I can from real experiences and feelings I've had and bring them into the show. This season, structurally, we have more full stories that span an entire episode. I'm thinking about identity a little bit more this year. The season culminates in a finale that I think is the most ambitious thing I've ever done. It took me eight months of physical training just to pull it off. I can't go into specifics, but it's very elaborate and really crazy (laughs). A lot of things that happen this season will culminate in the finale.
That's always prominent. I try to draw as much as I can from real experiences and feelings I've had and bring them into the show. This season, structurally, we have more full stories that span an entire episode. I'm thinking about identity a little bit more this year. The season culminates in a finale that I think is the most ambitious thing I've ever done. It took me eight months of physical training just to pull it off. I can't go into specifics, but it's very elaborate and really crazy (laughs). A lot of things that happen this season will culminate in the finale.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
i am a little worried about this
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu0D5mhjDyc
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 December 2015 22:25 (eight years ago) link