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How to With John Wilson is a docu-comedy series currently airing on HBO, with three episodes released so far. I am absolutely loving it and it seems as if it's being mostly overlooked, so I thought a thread was in order since it's very much worth watching. What is How to With John Wilson? Well, it's a bit hard to describe. The show is entirely in first person, narrated and filmed by you guessed it, John Wilson. John is an awkward man with a stutter who appears to spend a lot of time walking around New York, candidly filming all of the oddballs he runs into along with random weird poo poo that ranges from fires to murder scenes. All of this footage is compiled to go along with whatever theme he is currently running with, usually in a way that ends up being hilarious. A good chunk of the show also involves him essentially buddying up with people and letting them speak for themselves. This always also ties into that weeks theme. The show is produced by Nathan Fielder of Nathan for You fame. This should immediately give you an idea of the type of person that is going to enjoy this. Although it's not a prank show in the slightest, a lot of the humor comes from the same place as NFY imo, so I think it's a safe recommend to anyone who is a fan of that show. I also get some All Gas No Brakes vibes from it. it's more surreal and low key than either of those shows though. Anyways, here is a trailer. Show is great imo and more people should be tuning in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7aSybHRa6s
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# ? Nov 9, 2020 04:08 |
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# ? May 3, 2024 02:12 |
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I watched the first episode (because of the Nathan Fielder credit) and love it already. The awkward narration isn't my favorite style but the the footage and editing is perfect. The footage of Kyle Mclaughlin swiping his subway card over and over was the most memorable shot
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# ? Nov 9, 2020 04:32 |
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I wanted to see more of the amateur child predator hunter I want like, an entire series about that dude lol
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# ? Nov 11, 2020 04:50 |
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I'm gonna watch this show.
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# ? Nov 11, 2020 15:58 |
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It's real good. Episodes 1 and 3 are amazing, episode 2 is okay. If you told me that John Wilson is actually Nathan Fielder in disguise I would believe you though
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# ? Nov 11, 2020 16:29 |
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I died at the examples of scaffolding in movies. Also when he is standing backwards at spring break.
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# ? Nov 12, 2020 04:12 |
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veni veni veni posted:I died at the examples of scaffolding in movies. Lol yeah "I was in literally every shot and I looked too distressed"
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# ? Nov 12, 2020 04:28 |
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Oh God the new episode
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# ? Nov 14, 2020 18:29 |
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The latest episode has a whole lot, but the best part of the series so far was the complete look of shock that one guy has when the old lady is talking about... something.
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# ? Nov 15, 2020 04:46 |
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Seriously that was the most horrifying thing I have ever seen on a regular cable show without a warning in front of it
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# ? Nov 15, 2020 04:50 |
I haven't gotten to that episode, but now I'm really looking forward to it. This show is fantastic. Normally get really tired of "overly introspective neurotic New Yorker" types pretty quickly but he seems like a generally sweet guy and he's got a great knack for sniffing out this world's littlest oddities.
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# ? Nov 15, 2020 18:07 |
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this most recent episode probably felt the most "nathan for you" so far. the ending credits soundtrack makes me wonder if the music they're using for this is similarly free public domain stuff lol thinkin about going back to the previous eps to check
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# ? Nov 22, 2020 04:41 |
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Simone Magus posted:Seriously that was the most horrifying thing I have ever seen on a regular cable show without a warning in front of it I haven't watched the newest one yet so I don't know if you mean the tugger guy or if they somehow outdid that. I love that it's this mostly wholesome show with random moments of "did they just show that on television?"
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# ? Nov 22, 2020 21:23 |
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So far I'd say the most Nathan For You thing on the show was buying some crappy goodwill chair, getting a plastic cover made for it, then having a replica made and storing the original in a storage unit.
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# ? Nov 22, 2020 21:25 |
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veni veni veni posted:So far I'd say the most Nathan For You thing on the show was buying some crappy goodwill chair, getting a plastic cover made for it, then having a replica made and storing the original in a storage unit. Either that or in the first episode when he went in to buy a suit for court and then told the guy he had to go on trial for manslaughter. It was hilarious, but it was more of a straight up "prank" than most other things in the show.
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# ? Nov 22, 2020 22:15 |
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wizardofloneliness posted:The latest episode has a whole lot, but the best part of the series so far was the complete look of shock that one guy has when the old lady is talking about... something. I actually am drawing a blank on what you are talking about here.
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# ? Nov 22, 2020 23:47 |
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veni veni veni posted:I actually am drawing a blank on what you are talking about here. It's like four minutes into episode 4. It's just one of those weird small moments that crack me up.
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# ? Nov 23, 2020 00:15 |
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veni veni veni posted:I actually am drawing a blank on what you are talking about here. I think it's the first covered furniture location, where there's an older guy. He's on a sofa which is not covered in plastic but has sheets on it instead. The camera pans right to his wife as she comes out of the kitchen, gurgles out this minor rant that is either a foreign language (hebrew?) or massively accented New YAWK, and the camera pans back to the old guy just looking at her with complete... something. Confusion? Who knows. But he basically becomes an audience stand-in with his expression. The bill-splitting episode really spoke to me on a deep level, as someone who has gone through every example shown.
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# ? Nov 23, 2020 04:49 |
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Oh ok, yeah that part was great. Yeah the tipping episode was amazing. Everyone of his rambles were so spot on to things I think everyone has felt or experienced. And the footage was absolute perfection.
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# ? Nov 23, 2020 06:55 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCNsx_NyNOU
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# ? Nov 27, 2020 20:59 |
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# ? Nov 28, 2020 04:13 |
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Nathan Fielder is like, the greatest Canadian export ever
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# ? Nov 28, 2020 04:45 |
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If John’s landlord died of covid I might have been unable to go on living. Watch this so I get at least get a few more seasons or I’ll use a whip on you.
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# ? Nov 28, 2020 10:32 |
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I went to a bachelor/bachelorette party in New Orleans in July 2017 and I’m fairly sure the Hard Rock fell down before I walked past it and I’m Mandela effecting so hard I think my brain is broken.
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# ? Nov 28, 2020 10:36 |
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I never noticed that this show had a thread but it was amazing and one of the highlights of the year for sure
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# ? Nov 29, 2020 19:21 |
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limos-huween
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# ? Nov 29, 2020 22:15 |
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The finale was beautiful, this show is great and everyone should watch it
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# ? Nov 30, 2020 16:36 |
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drat I didn't realize it was only 6 episodes. I guess ending with a covid episode makes sense though.
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# ? Nov 30, 2020 17:02 |
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I know these guys love to ape reality show structures, I'd love to watch some kind of competition type show between John Wilson and All Gas No Brakes, with like Eric Andre, Guy Fieri and some random Tim & Eric character (Pierre?) as judges. Just totally blow up the format.
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# ? Nov 30, 2020 17:10 |
is risotto even any good? never tried it, but it just seems like wet rice with cheese.
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# ? Nov 30, 2020 17:50 |
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Making risotto is often an early challenge on cooking reality shows, because it’s simple but nonetheless famously easy to gently caress up
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# ? Nov 30, 2020 18:39 |
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John Wilson is great, but watching this made me realize how much I miss Nathan. I know he’s supposed to be doing some pilot with the Safdie Brothers about an HGTV house flipper couple who’ve been cursed, but I just really want more Nathan For You.
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# ? Nov 30, 2020 19:28 |
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As a New Yorker this show makes me miss going outside. Every second of broll is spot on. I hope this show comes back.
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# ? Nov 30, 2020 19:57 |
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https://twitter.com/thr/status/1336718305361588228?s=21
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# ? Dec 9, 2020 22:53 |
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Excellent. I was a bit worried it wouldn't get renewed. I'm guessing it probably costs like $5000 an episode to make so that probably helps lol.
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# ? Dec 9, 2020 23:16 |
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I just watched this series and it was a wild ride. One thought that kept occurring to me is I wonder if this was either created by the same person or inspired by the "How-to Basic" series of videos on youtube, which get really surreal. An example- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8y3SSmz4sg
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# ? Dec 10, 2020 00:10 |
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veni veni veni posted:I'm guessing it probably costs like $5000 an episode to make so that probably helps lol. Season 1 compiled something like, 2-3 years of footaged? I'd hate to be an editor on this. But beyond that it's just a dude with a camera and voiceover work. Tristesse posted:I just watched this series and it was a wild ride. One thought that kept occurring to me is I wonder if this was either created by the same person or inspired by the "How-to Basic" series of videos on youtube, which get really surreal. An example- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8y3SSmz4sg It's a Vimeo series originally - much like how High Maintenance got picked up from Vimeo as well to HBO. My wife's NYC friend circle overlapped a fair bit with his and one of her exes is credited on the HBO series. Totally unshocking that IRL he's a gentle weirdo with a camera that just manages to get people to open up to him.
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# ? Dec 11, 2020 18:53 |
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quote:HBO’s John Wilson offers a how-to lesson on creating the most beautiful, profound show of the year This is an interview with the Globe and Mail. I'd just like to point out their restraint, because it's very rare to see a Canadian mentioned in an article about the United States without them being identified as Canadian at some point. We're a very insecure people. Like I'm stunned it doesn't say [Canadian producer Nathan Fielder]
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# ? Dec 11, 2020 19:23 |
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luminalflux posted:Season 1 compiled something like, 2-3 years of footaged? I'd hate to be an editor on this. But beyond that it's just a dude with a camera and voiceover work. I didn't realize this. Lol @ when he is talking about regret and shows footage of someone buying a Canon printer.
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# ? Dec 11, 2020 21:38 |
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# ? May 3, 2024 02:12 |
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Man I really wanna see that forbidden Court TV movie.
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# ? Dec 12, 2020 01:51 |