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It's less magical when it's scripted but Nathan's got the makings of a good replacement host for Between Two Ferns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5BKi3q-z70
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Nov 15, 2015 13:20
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I loved that episode but I also kind of wish he had just stayed there for weeks and tried to keep the bar legally allowing smokers, since as far as I can tell his "scam" definitely obeyed the letter of the law and it would be extremely easy to argue that it even obeyed the spirit of the law as well.
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precision posted:I loved that episode but I also kind of wish he had just stayed there for weeks and tried to keep the bar legally allowing smokers, since as far as I can tell his "scam" definitely obeyed the letter of the law and it would be extremely easy to argue that it even obeyed the spirit of the law as well. I was hoping he'd have to deal with some sort of inspector, yeah. Still love the direction they took it, but now I'm left curious how that would have went.
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Nov 15, 2015 20:03
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If you're craving some more Nathan For You between episodes, I suggest checking out some of the segments from his time with This Hour Has 22 Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQCatQZ3yWQ&list=PLW_kLI30Nv-HeXySmkV9_Q9z7HQwEutDt Pretty much hasn't changed his interview methods since then, and it's interesting to see some of his gags like the lie detector segment having been borrowed from past encounters.
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Nov 15, 2015 21:20
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Seconding the 22 Minutes segments, they're all great. Also, everyone's giving kudos to Nathan for crying on demand during the "...again" scene, but when I watched it, I got the vibe he was actually pulled into the repetitiveness himself and genuinely teared up. I know you can cry on demand by thinking about a dead pet or the insignificance of your existence, but I enjoyed the scene more believing he was sincerely choking up.
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Nov 15, 2015 23:47
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Constant unbroken eye contact for several minutes can kind of mess with your head a bit though, there's been studies on it, and if you've done it with a partner for fun or in some acting exercise you've probably felt a bit weird or more connected after it. Has to be several times more intense if the other person is repeatedly telling you "I love you" and trying to sell it as real as possible. Either that or just having dry eyes and not blinking for 2 minutes will set off some soft waterworks. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sideways-view/201412/the-secrets-eye-contact-revealed http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/fashion/modern-love-to-fall-in-love-with-anyone-do-this.html?_r=1
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Nov 16, 2015 00:47
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Nathan also recently went through a divorce...
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Brock Samson posted:Nathan also recently went through a divorce... poo poo just got real.
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Just discovered this show by tripping over it but its been a loving blast. Many people seem to throw out buzz words like "critique of capitalism" or "a jab at commercialism" but there seems to be a greater subtext yet to be explored. Fielder himself noted that the show started out of his fascination of power structures after the subprime mortgage crisis. If there is anything that is most fascinating about the show, it is his ability to take power structures and bend them to his will. Not only bend them to his will but also actively mock how broken they are. This was never more evident than the souvenir shop episode, which was forced into a perfect escalation of absurdity due to a power structure. To me, it juxtaposes the Dumb Starbucks episode perfectly. One ends with a sequence of farts, the other ends with people having their money swindled by the idea that they are smart and in on the joke. Both essentially end with the audience losing and the creator rolling in money. I just think its funnier to see the reaction of an audience to farts.
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GentlemanBrofro posted:Just discovered this show by tripping over it but its been a loving blast. Many people seem to throw out buzz words like "critique of capitalism" or "a jab at commercialism" but there seems to be a greater subtext yet to be explored. Fielder himself noted that the show started out of his fascination of power structures after the subprime mortgage crisis. If there is anything that is most fascinating about the show, it is his ability to take power structures and bend them to his will. Not only bend them to his will but also actively mock how broken they are. This was never more evident than the souvenir shop episode, which was forced into a perfect escalation of absurdity due to a power structure. To me, it juxtaposes the Dumb Starbucks episode perfectly. One ends with a sequence of farts, the other ends with people having their money swindled by the idea that they are smart and in on the joke. Both essentially end with the audience losing and the creator rolling in money. I just think its funnier to see the reaction of an audience to farts.
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Nov 17, 2015 16:38
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:I was hoping he'd have to deal with some sort of inspector, yeah. Still love the direction they took it, but now I'm left curious how that would have went. She show itself is a theatrical production in which smoking is crucial so there would be no question unless he left and stopped paying any attention. It's basically schrodinger's cigar lounge.
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Nov 17, 2015 17:10
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Zsinjeh posted:again I love you. That was the only thing running through my head that entire scene. Giggled like a schoolgirl.
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Nov 17, 2015 19:18
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Nov 20, 2015 04:01
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The developmentally harmed adult in the illustration was supposed to look like Nathan, right?
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Nov 20, 2015 04:02
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Who are these people
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Nov 20, 2015 04:05
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Holy fuckkkkkk
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Nov 20, 2015 04:05
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Oh wow. Oh. Wow.
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Nov 20, 2015 04:06
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I can't believe this is real.
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Nov 20, 2015 04:07
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We'll just leave it. In the lobby.
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Nov 20, 2015 04:08
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The look on the guy's face when the porn started
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Nov 20, 2015 04:10
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Catching up on royalty-free music! EDIT: How did we get to this point Maxwell Lord fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Nov 20, 2015 |
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Nov 20, 2015 04:11
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Oh whattttt
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Nov 20, 2015 04:16
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Maxwell Lord posted:
As close to human as possible
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Nov 20, 2015 04:16
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that calzone has a dick
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Nov 20, 2015 04:16
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HE HAS A PIZZA DICK
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Nov 20, 2015 04:17
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The cartoon child in the animation morphing into a cartoon Nathan is one of the deepest laughs this miraculous program has ever given me. It's literally the best
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Nov 20, 2015 05:38
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I haven't seen this week's yet, but holy poo poo the "I Love You" scene in last week's episode was perfect. I couldn't tell if the girl was genuinely being moved, or if she was getting weirded out, or if it was an acting thing, and it straddled the line between "Nathan is a brilliant acting teacher" and "Nathan is a sad, sad lonely man" perfectly. Also, this show has made better use of Craigslist than pretty much everyone on that website. It can do everything!
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TheRationalRedditor posted:The cartoon child in the animation morphing into a cartoon Nathan is one of the deepest laughs this miraculous program has ever given me. It's literally the best Dibs on this as my avatar, Jesus loving Christ
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love Nathan loving with the parents whenever he has to use a kid for something.
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"I just wanted to let you know we'd be blurring your faces so no one can see you and ask, you know, why you're letting your kids do this"
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Nov 20, 2015 16:55
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In this post-Pearl Harbor world, you just can't trust anybody.
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Nathan For You is a social experiment to see how ridiculous of an idea Nathan can come up with before the mark says no. Let me have this man pretending to be an astronaut crush your child's dreams....uhhhh ok. Everything in your store is garbage and it would be worth more broken so let's try and sell it that way.....umm allright. Put your child in this box 5 feet away from where porn stars are loving....sure! Let's put this life size pizza man complete with pizza dick inside your oven....well only if you take his clothes off. Please convince the last few living customers you have that they are dieing and need to plan their funerals...I'll try it.
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Nov 20, 2015 18:58
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The Nastier Nate posted:Nathan For You is a social experiment to see how ridiculous of an idea Nathan can come up with before the mark says no. To be fair though, if the mark seems nice enough, Nathan will sort of just give them a fair shake and go away. However, his type of fair shake is trying basically trying to fill the hole with something ridiculous. He'll say goodbye to the antique shop owner, break a plate, but then he'll pay for it. He'll just create minor inconveniences for people and its great. Its like Nathan doesn't know how to end a business deal so he'll try to make a poignant statement but it never works. My favorite is the owner of that maid business that Nathan tries to hit on until she drops the hint that she's married. He looks at her, slumps his entire body, fist bumps in the most "I'm out" way possible and whistles as he exits the room. That's something that I do, not a dude with a business degree.
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Nov 20, 2015 23:57
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speshl guy posted:In this post-Pearl Harbor world, you just can't trust anybody. This is probably the best, most out-there line of the series so far. If only he had forced someone to react to it.
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Holey moley that was the most uncomfortable to watch episode yet. Probably the weakest of the season, but it still had some really funny parts.
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Nov 21, 2015 01:21
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The motorcycle thing would probably work if it was an add-on to something like Uber, where people would be more trusting to just hand a random dude their car.
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I dunno as the AV Club mentioned, the huge bump in insurance costs that would accompany an additional service like that would offset any realistic expectation of profits. Sometimes Nathan's ideas are SO perfect you wonder why no one actually came up with it until you remember how much responsibility you'd be trusting average people with. One motorcycle death and the lawsuits would kill the company.
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Nov 21, 2015 02:58
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The space shuttle might be one of the best legitimate ideas they've ever had. I could actually see something like that being a potential selling point.
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