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Yeah, I'd never heard of it until Junior and Gordo started talking about it last week. Watched the "Goat in the water" clip after they were doing it during the mix the other day. It was mildly entertaining. I won't put in much effort unless there's substantially funnier stuff than that.

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  On 3/25/2019 at 10:05 PM, C-Man said:

Yeah, I'd never heard of it until Junior and Gordo started talking about it last week. Watched the "Goat in the water" clip after they were doing it during the mix the other day. It was mildly entertaining. I won't put in much effort unless there's substantially funnier stuff than that.

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Goat in the water wasn't good, not sure why they are fixated on that.  Try the rest.  It's on Hulu.

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My favorite episode was the one with the Uber sleeper cell.

A few weeks back I found re-runs on a channel called Cheddar. A good way to catch up on all the episodes.

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  On 3/27/2019 at 6:51 AM, Dutchrudder said:
I own a Summit Ice jacket, and it is actually the best jacket I ever bought. Highly recommend it. Also, did you know 6 million jews died in the Holocaust? 
I'm late to this comment, but I have the jacket and the sweatshirt & sweatpants combo. The jacket is my favorite jacket and the sweatpants are super comfy.
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Just watched episode 1 of The Rehearsal. So over the top ridiculous and stupid, and hilarious in its own weird way. Classic fielder. Can’t wait to watch the rest of the season. 
 

The rehearsal at the bar had me dying. So did the skeet shooting/pool bit.

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The Rehearsal is interesting from a human experience perspective and getting a glimpse of who these characters are, but this version of Nathan using people is a bit cringey for me. It has some funny moments, but it's too serious overall which dampens (darkens?) the comedy. Nathan For You was at its best when the business solution was funny, innovative and it felt like the people were sort of in on it. This feels more like exploitation, as I don't think they understand what's happening to them, although a few of them kind of deserve it. 

I love Nathan's work, and his experimental TV mind, but I have a hard time watching this show. I think the crazy lady living in a farmhouse reminds me too much of my mom, a crazy religious prepper who wants to live off the grid and stay away from the government...

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  On 8/2/2022 at 8:20 PM, Dutchrudder said:

The Rehearsal is interesting from a human experience perspective and getting a glimpse of who these characters are, but this version of Nathan using people is a bit cringey for me. It has some funny moments, but it's too serious overall which dampens (darkens?) the comedy. Nathan For You was at its best when the business solution was funny, innovative and it felt like the people were sort of in on it. This feels more like exploitation, as I don't think they understand what's happening to them, although a few of them kind of deserve it. 

I love Nathan's work, and his experimental TV mind, but I have a hard time watching this show. I think the crazy lady living in a farmhouse reminds me too much of my mom, a crazy religious prepper who wants to live off the grid and stay away from the government...

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This.

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The off the grid lady is such a buzz kill. I wonder if there’s a huge comedic payoff coming, but right now her storyline is exploitive, depressing, and yes kind of dark. 
 

I thought the pilot was hilarious. The trivia guy was so worked up and in his own head over something very minor. He made a perfect candidate for the rehearsal. 

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lots of spoilers in my comments. Go watch episode 5, if you like Nathan, this is the turning point of the show. 

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Finale wasn’t funny at all. I think this show just tried way too hard to be deep. Had a great premise with the first episode but the whole fake parenting thing was stupid. 

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It got renewed for a second season. I really hope they go back to a new rehearsal each episode next season. It had its moments, and it was a crazy premise, but I do wish it was more like the first episode for each following episode.

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Again, this show makes me feel awful for some of the people. That's not a feeling you want to have when watching a comedy.  I felt terrible for Dr Fart and his mom, presumably Miss Fart.  I was holding out hope for some redemption here, but we got nothing but ambivalence. Just a poor 6 year old kid wishing he had a real dad, and then Nathan taking things too far (probably by accident). But in that finale episode there wasn't some douche or crazy person to make fun of, Dr Fart and mom were sympathetic characters that you can't make fun of, which really leaves a void for this show's type of comedy. 

It's not really clear if the Nathan on camera is real or a character made for TV, though it doesn't really matter. He can be good for a few laughs, but can't carry the show, he needs those other people to make the show really funny. Just think of all the crazy characters from NfY, Austin Bowers, the exorcism guy, the Movement guy, Bill Gates impersonation guy and male porn PI guy. Those people were funny in so many different ways that worked well with Nathan playing the socially challenged straight man to contrast and be a foil of comedy.  This episode didn't have any of that, it was just sad. 

I agree with people above, episode 1 had promise as an episodic premise. Callbacks to the bar and other characters is great, using actors to play other people is great, rehearsing scenes can be funny, and keeping everything rehearsal to one episode would work fine. The kid raising thing should not have lasted more than 2 episodes, we don't need a Nathan character story arc for this style of show. Also, I would advise against using kids as a focal point in the future, that gave me some really mixed feelings.

 

 

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Again, this show makes me feel awful for some of the people. That's not a feeling you want to have when watching a comedy.  I felt terrible for Dr Fart and his mom, presumably Miss Fart.  I was holding out hope for some redemption here, but we got nothing but ambivalence. Just a poor 6 year old kid wishing he had a real dad, and then Nathan taking things too far (probably by accident). But in that finale episode there wasn't some douche or crazy person to make fun of, Dr Fart and mom were sympathetic characters that you can't make fun of, which really leaves a void for this show's type of comedy. 

It's not really clear if the Nathan on camera is real or a character made for TV, though it doesn't really matter. He can be good for a few laughs, but can't carry the show, he needs those other people to make the show really funny. Just think of all the crazy characters from NfY, Austin Bowers, the exorcism guy, the Movement guy, Bill Gates impersonation guy and male porn PI guy. Those people were funny in so many different ways that worked well with Nathan playing the socially challenged straight man to contrast and be a foil of comedy.  This episode didn't have any of that, it was just sad. 

I agree with people above, episode 1 had promise as an episodic premise. Callbacks to the bar and other characters is great, using actors to play other people is great, rehearsing scenes can be funny, and keeping everything rehearsal to one episode would work fine. The kid raising thing should not have lasted more than 2 episodes, we don't need a Nathan character story arc for this style of show. Also, I would advise against using kids as a focal point in the future, that gave me some really mixed feelings.

 

 

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Come on Dutch! No mention of the security guard obsessed with big ole titties?!

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