Friday, February 28, 2014

Nathan Fielder is a comedian taken to the next level. His show Nathan for You follows him as he tries to help individuals create successful businesses. The catch is that his ideas are actually ridiculous, but the best part is; they are just so ridiculous, they sometimes make an impact.
            
Nathan for You is set up like a reality show, Nathan himself is the only actor involved, and the businesses that he features are all real. The ideas that he has span from making a haunted house so scary that the customers would sue the company, to charging people a dollar for gas after a rebate that can only be claimed at the top of a large mountain. His ideas show just how hilarious and brilliant Nathan is. More than not, the companies he tries to help are reluctant to try his ideas, but they always go along with it in the end.


One of the ways in which Nathan translates even more comedy into this show is through his personality; he is a scrawny, awkward, and nerdy guy, which makes his humor all the more appealing. Beyond simply being funny, his show makes a statement of how ridiculous certain aspects of our society are. There is one episode where Nathan goes as far as creating an entire fake reality dating show parodying the bachelor that everyone down to the host thinks is real. In this episode he “tries to find love and gain confidence,” but in the end, shows how people will do anything just to get on television.

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