![]() As crazy as it was though, I still felt the need to be respectful of this practice if it came from a culture or tradition I didn’t understand. On the gas station owner telling him he drinks his grandson’s pee last season: At first I though he was kidding, and it took me asking a lot of questions before I realized he was for real. I would say things like, “I changed the tire on my bike instead of bringing it to a bike shop, which shows self initiative - a trait that’s very important to running a business.” And they’d bump me up one letter grade. So if you could prove that you deserved a higher grade because you did something “entrepreneurial” in the real world, they’d give it to you. They said “In the real world everything is a negotiation.” or something like that. On his business school grades: True fact: The business program I went to actually let you negotiate grades. There are many more, but I can’t recall them right now. I often laugh when I feel uncomfortable too, so I remember having to turn my head away a couple times during the realtor segment when she was getting the exorcism. Then if I can’t get it together within a few seconds, I might ask for some dental floss or something because I’ve clearly been picking at this tooth for 20 seconds or so.Some moments that stand out off the top of my head would be the Gas Station episode where the owner told me that he drinks his grandson’s urine to ward off fear. I began to realize that I’ll sometimes do this thing where I act like I’m picking a piece of food out of my back teeth to cover the fact that I’m smiling. On times it was hard for him to keep from laughing: It might be surprising but keeping a straight face in many of the situations we get into on the show is quite difficult for me. You Can’t Shoot Here is one of my all time favorite comedy bits. But it’s always interesting to watch different approaches to dealing with real people, and it was very educational to work with Jon and see how he operated. I first began doing these segments in 2007. It was inspired by segments I did for a Canadian series called This Hour Has 22 Minutes where I’d interact with real people in an interview setting. On pitching Nathan for You to Comedy Central: I had actually pitched Nathan for You to Comedy Central before I started working on Jon Benjamin Has a Van. For that segment, we ended up having to re-shoot it with another business since it was difficult to continue after that. And the goal is never to get people upset.For your second question, we’ve definitely had business owners that start to realize that the show isn’t as straightforward as they first thought it would be (this probably happens with most of them), but we’ve only had it happen once where someone mid-way through shooting realized exactly what the show was. Because going into a shoot we don’t want participants knowing any of that or that it’s a comedy show (as this would take away from them acting naturally), we usually end up avoiding these more controlling/protective personality types as the chances they’re going to get very upset by an experience they aren’t prepared for is much higher. ![]() Often in the casting process we’ll encounter business owners that have lots of specific questions about the show and exactly what we’re planning to do with them. ![]() The people that appear comfortable with this are usually the ones we end up involving in the show - those that seem open to an experience or adventure that’s different from their day-to-day life. On how the show keeps the business owners from knowing Fielder is a comedian, and whether or not anyone has found out during shooting: In general, there seems to be an understanding that when participating in a reality show you’re not going to get full information about what will happen so that authentic moments can be captured on camera. ![]() But I guess there are many sides to all of us.”Ĭlick through to read some of Fielder’s best responses from yesterday’s AMA. Nathan for You star Nathan Fielder did a Reddit AMA with fans yesterday that’s full of great responses on everything from how he keeps a straight face while filming the show to what it felt like to be called a “wizard of loneliness” by the private detective last season: “As mean as that was, I thought that was incredibly poetic for a guy like him. ![]()
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