Nathan for You
Nathan Fielder has become a innovative master key of the rising art form that iscringe drollery . Rather than be a crude wisecracker or chop fellow , Nathan has made his St. Mark as someone who can inscribe that one part of people ’s brains that they did n’t think could be scratched . There ’s no good instance of this recondite - sided , socially cumbersome style of comedy than in his Comedy Central series , Nathan for You .
parody line of work - centric reality serial , such asKitchen NightmaresorBar Rescue , Nathan Fielder portrays a job advisor just trying to help struggling businesses all over America … by offering next to the worst piece of advice potential .
update on July 9th , 2021 by Sean Cubillas : Nathan for You has withstood the test of time by being one of Comedy Central ’s most memorable and acclaimed comedy serial , despite a relatively light run on tune . Since the show was impart to HBO Max , its popularity and viral nature have only expanded . This has not only make for more aid to Nathan Fielder ’s various business organization exploits but , as perThe Hollywood Reporter , HBO has even foretell that it will be producing a new funniness series helm by Fielder .
Hotel/Travel Agent (8.6)
Nathan Fielder ’s want of social understanding is no more apparent anywhere else than in " Hotel / Travel Agent . " In the hotel portion , Nathan tries to help a shin hotel by tapping into the oh - so coveted " Parents who do n’t desire their kids to know they ’re make sex " market . To ease sure couple ’s fear , Nathan help ramp up a well-grounded privation box seat that distich can put their kids in .
It ’s not as unfit as it sounds , but Nathan still finds a way to make things worse . That unnecessary and convoluted sense of escalation is a Brobdingnagian part of what make Nathan so particular and what sells the quieter yet still incredibly ridiculous portion of this episode which include a funeral home / travelling means and a really shady way to escape dealings jams .
Haunted House/The Hunk (8.7)
The first half of this episode is line as usual ( as far as Nathan Fielder is bear on ) . A haunted planetary house is struggling to get customers , so Nathan cook up this melodic theme to make the house so shivery that the great unwashed would sue them . He does so by creating an elaborated setup where customers are taken from the ghost house and are made to think that they contracted a deadly computer virus .
The second half of the episode showcases Nathan ’s iconic solitariness and stiffness when he create an entire , dating show , similar toThe Bachelor , to help him therapeutically get over his fear of women . Nathan , of course , is the titular Hunk of this fake serial . While Nathan ’s advice alone can be valuable , this episode shows how he ’s willing to go the redundant mile for others ( and himself ) with magnanimous , elaborate yield design .
The Claw Of Shame (8.7)
Some episode ofNathan for Youare dedicated to showing the nerve of its host character , and " The Claw of Shame " does this well with its in high spirits stakes . Nathan sets up a challenge where he needs to escape a brace of handcuffs in under 90 seconds . The penalization for failure is that a special golem would come and puff him in front of a group of Kyd ( Who ’s being penalise the most here ? ) .
Most of the episode indicate all of the detailed work that goes into both preparation Nathan as well as project a robot that would pants him . " The Claw of Shame " is one of the beneficial instance of the domino effect of over - thinking that Nathan Fielder has become celebrated for . But for those that involve more proof , this instalment also ends with a nice tripper down of Nathan ’s recent failures .
The Richards Tip (8.7)
" The Richards Tip " picture one of Nathan ’s most complex ploys to get eating place client . Amazed by how generous celebrity confidential information can get really viral , Nathan decides to help a diner by betray one for himself . Doing so becomes much more complicated than one can envisage when Nathan begin audition celebrity imitator , hiring someone to legally change their name so that he can get a credit card with the celebrity ’s name , and personally handcuffing himself to that person when he let out that they have a criminal history .
multitude ca n’t say that Nathan is lazy , and this sequence is just a taste of Nathan ’s hilarious work ethic and commitment to maintain legitimacy in a world where most the great unwashed would n’t trouble oneself to modify the legal name of celebrity imitator .
Santa/Petting Zoo (8.8)
" Santa / Petting Zoo " helps establish one of Nathan ’s recurring characters and shows how good this serial is as a whole at staging viral upshot . In the Santa lot , Nathan helps a contend Santa Clause impersonator by having them wreak out of a season at a discounted rate . However , Nathan before long realizes that the guy has a criminal chronicle which puts a strain on their relationship .
In the petting zoological garden portion , Nathan tries to serve a snuggling zoological garden by staging a viral television where their grunter saves a baby stooge from drown . This ends up becoming an actual viral video recording still on YouTube today , furtherblending the show with realness . In the last bit of the instalment , Nathan is on a stakeout to find some graffiti artist and uses his own image as bait . For what is essentially a sketch / prank show on Comedy Central , this sequence is classic for showing Nathan ’s ability to blur the lines between what ’s tangible and not in his show .
The Movement (9.1)
" The Movement " is the greatest example of the snowball impression of Nathan Fielder ’s plots . When a struggle moving company turn to him to assist stabilize their income , Nathan start a fitness craze that rock the country . ab initio , he recommends that the fellowship evidence citizenry to move boxwood and furniture for them as a body of work - out regimen , either catch them to do it for free if not outright charging them for the workout .
visualize that such an idea would be a hard sell , Nathan hire a bodybuilder to become the company ’s spokesperson ( that he after mistrust and chaff ) , write an intact autobiography about him that involves a " hobo camp child " getting corrode by a baboon , and manages a promotional campaign across various , break of day news shows across the U.S. This installment shows one of Nathan ’s most viral , culture medium stunts yet and bear witness that , with enough inscription and production , he is able to get people to believe or buy anything .
Smokers Allowed (9.1)
Fans already live that Nathan Fielder is a smart , business professional in his own right . Little did they know , he is also a theatrical genius . When smoking bans make it hard for a modest - sentence bar possessor to pull in customers , Nathan hatches a program to circumvent smoking rule . If he can present the entire legal profession as a stage romp entitled " Smokers grant " and all of its patrons as " performers " smoke , then he can pass off the enactment as a functioning , not a health code usurpation .
thing get a little tricky , however , when Nathan starts to see the project as an actual art spell and pivots towards creating an actual stage play … of people just hanging out in a bar . " Smokers Allowed " is a rare look at Nathan ’s artistic side and another classic model of his egotistic one .
Andy vs. Uber (9.1)
In the Season 2 episode , " Taxi Service ; Hot Dog Stand , " Nathan helps drive up line for a taxicab ship’s company by win over them to give free rides to meaning cleaning woman . As luck would have it , Uber would capitalise on the idea and also advance pregnant rider via an Uber branded onesie . With the taxicab diligence already struggling as is , Nathan helps set in motion an all - out war between taxi drivers and the Uber corporation .
That is no overstatement . Nathan Fielder ’s plan is to menace Uber with a secret , sleeper cubicle group meant to sabotage the rideshare service . For anyone , specially a Canadian immigrant , this would be quite the legal bind . luckily for him ( and one unsuspicious cab number one wood ) , he manages to get his green scorecard . While this episode did show an oddly genuine look at the affected workers of a dying industry , it also shows Nathan Fielder going way too far to help them .
Gas Station/Caricature Artist (9.2)
In an effort to bring in new customers to a lowly gas pump service , Nathan advertises that the establishment would be giving away cheap gas . The match , however , would be that they would have to take a discount … at the top of a mountain … after answer a long air of riddle . In " Caricature Artist , " Nathan is at the service of a beachside , cartoonist . To help him find new customers , Nathan turns to the one affair that many artists turn over to during a estrus : Shock Value . When Nathan has him draw nauseous caricatures of all of his patrons , things go a little well than look , and he discover a little minute more about people ’s dark sides .
There ’s not just a thematic correlation between these sequence but overall this is a great recommendation for those interested in the show ’s geographic expedition of darker comedy .
The Anecdote (9.2)
WhileNathan for Youlikes to keep its subject direct , for the most part , it does acknowledge every now and then that they ’re more funniness than infotainment series . Surprisingly , this does n’t stop the spirit in any way . In " The Anecdote , " Comedy Central schedule Nathan for a promotional appearing onJimmy Kimmel Live!This hale Nathan to confront his inbuilt , societal clumsiness but does n’t block his lifelike aspiration .
After studying the trends of several talk show guests , Nathan constructs what he believe to be the ultimate anecdote for Kimmel ’s show , jampacked with a marriage ceremony experience , a excrescence with the police , and a hilarious twist . This episode both shows Nathan ’s surprising level of detail when it follow to his societal consciousness and his good stride yet at achieving unnecessary realism .
