Storyline
Self-proclaimed business expert, writer, director and comedian Nathan Fielder helps real small businesses turn a profit with marketing tactics that no ordinary consultant would dare to attempt. From driving foot traffic to an off-the-strip souvenir shop by using Hollywood flair and a Johnny Depp impersonator, to creating a rebate that can only be redeemed by climbing a mountain, to founding a coffee shop called "Dumb Starbucks,” Nathan has always gone to the limit to make his ideas come to life. With his unorthodox approach to problem solving, Nathan’s genuine efforts to do good often draw the real people he encounters into an experience far beyond what they signed up for.
Episodes
Specials
No overview available for this season.
Season 1
An unconventional yogurt flavor. Speedier pizza delivery. A department-store Santa harboring a dark secret. A teen nabbed for doing graffiti. Attractive customers shoplifting from a store. Publicizing diner bathrooms. The world's greatest rebate. A newly famous caricature artist. An even more haunted haunted house. Dating several women at once. A struggling funeral home. The best burgers in Los Angeles. Going skydiving. A daring escape from something worse than death. Failed business ideas. A private investigator. A solution for shy customers at a taxi company. And finally, forced product placement.
Yogurt Shop / Pizzeria
Feb 28, 2013
Comedian Nathan Fielder gives marketing advice to small businesses in this series, which begins with a campaign for a frozen yoghurt shop to offer an unconventional flavour; and a plan for speedier pizza delivery.
Santa / Petting Zoo
Mar 07, 2013
Nathan helps a department-store Santa who's harboring a dark secret and develops a marketing plan for a petting zoo. Also, a teen is nabbed doing graffiti.
Clothing Store / Restaurant
Mar 14, 2013
Nathan tries to help promote a clothing store by allowing "attractive" customers to shoplift from it, and attempts to help a diner by publicizing its bathrooms.
Gas Station / Caricature Artist
Mar 21, 2013
Nathan helps an independent gas station by devising the world's greatest rebate. He also attempts to make a fledgling caricature artist famous.
Haunted House / The Hunk
Mar 28, 2013
Nathan helps a haunted house by making it scarier. Later, he attempts to overcome his awkwardness around women by dating several of them at once.
Funeral Home / Burger Joint / Skydiving
Apr 04, 2013
Nathan helps a struggling funeral home. A burger joint is forced to stand by its claim that it has the best burger in Los Angeles, and Nathan goes skydiving.
The Claw of Shame
Apr 11, 2013
In this special episode, Nathan performs a daring escape in which he risks a fate that is truly worse than death, and failed business ideas from the season are showcased.
Private Investigator / Taxi Company
Apr 18, 2013
Nathan puts a private investigator to the test by allowing himself to be spied on for a day, a taxi company is brought a solution for shy customers, and Nathan is forced to include product placement in his show.
Season 2
A polygraph test verification. A rebranding as a Ghost Realtor. A fake film shoot that turns into accidental fraud. A controversial ad in a pet cemetery. Taking tips from a focus group. Helping a liquor store sell to underage customers. A discrete exterminator. Making use of the parody law. A system to protect women on first dates. A radical new weight-loss program. Helping a party planner reduce "guest list" anxiety. A way to get a failing taxi company some much needed press. A new risky line-cutting policy in a hot dog stand. Marketing an unappealing children's toy. Shaming people who share their movie snacks. A reality show staring Simon the security guard.
Mechanic / Realtor
Jul 01, 2014
Nathan convinces a mechanic to verify his estimates with a polygraph test and rebrands Sue Stanford as the Ghost Realtor.
Souvenir Shop / E.L.A.I.F.F.
Jul 08, 2014
Nathan sets up a fake film shoot in an effort to boost sales at a Hollywood souvenir shop, but his plan gets complicated when he discovers that he may have committed fraud.
Pet Store / Maid Service
Jul 15, 2014
Nathan places a controversial ad in a pet cemetery and takes tips from a focus group.
Liquor Store / Exterminator / Car Wash
Jul 22, 2014
Nathan helps a liquor store sell to underage customers. An exterminator works very discreetly.
Dumb Starbucks
Jul 29, 2014
Nathan makes use of parody law to open up a coffee shop nearly identical to Starbucks in its branding and appearance.
Dating Website / Party Planner
Aug 05, 2014
Nathan invents a system to protect women on first dates, proposes a radical new weight-loss program and helps a party planner reduce "guest list" anxiety for her clients.
Taxi Service / Hot Dog Stand
Aug 12, 2014
Nathan comes up with a way to get a failing taxi company some much-needed press and implements a risky new line-cutting policy at a hot dog stand.
Toy Company / Movie Theatre
Aug 19, 2014
Nathan markets an unappealing children's toy, devises a way to shame people who share their movie snacks and pitches a reality show starring Simon the security guard.
Season 3
Clashing with a giant corporation while trying to help a struggling electronics store. A ranch accommodating for overweight riders. Appeasing male customers by creating a "man zone". A holocaust-awareness themed clothing company. An exercising fad known as "The Movement". Recruiting promising young athletes to promote a struggling sporting goods store. An antique shop being open 24/7. Allowing smoking at a bar. A hotel marketing itself to sexually active parents. A travel agent concentrating on older clients. A solution for tardiness. Protecting women's nail polish from chipping. Addressing the topic of personality. Turning a stranger into a humanitarian hero.
Electronics Store
Oct 15, 2015
Nathan clashes with a giant corporation when he tries to help a struggling electronics store.
Horseback Riding / Man Zone
Oct 22, 2015
Nathan comes up with a way for a ranch to accommodate overweight riders; a women's boutique attempts to appease male customers by creating a "Man Zone"; after discovering that the maker of his jacket had published a tribute to alleged Holocaust denier Doug Collins in its catalog, Nathan starts a holocaust awareness-themed clothing company of his own, Summit Ice Apparel.
The Movement
Oct 29, 2015
Nathan provides a moving company with free labor by developing an exercising fad known as "The Movement".
Sporting Goods Store / Antique Shop
Nov 05, 2015
Nathan helps a struggling sporting goods store by recruiting promising young athletes to endorse the brand; Nathan helps an antique shop increase its revenue by having it open 24/7 to induce violations of a "You break it, you buy it" rule.
Smokers Allowed
Nov 12, 2015
Nathan discovers he can allow smoking at a bar if he presents it as a "play" to an audience of two; Nathan stages a re-creation of the scenes as an actual performance.
Hotel / Travel Agent
Nov 19, 2015
A hotel markets itself to parents who are sexually active; a travel agent concentrates on older clients. Also, Nathan shares his solution for tardiness.
Nail Salon / Fun
Dec 03, 2015
A plan to protect women's nail polish from chipping goes awry, and Nathan addresses his worst personality flaw.
The Hero
Dec 10, 2015
Nathan impersonates another person in an effort to turn them into a humanitarian hero.
Season 4
An elaborate stunt to make it seem like comedian Michael Richards left a $10,000 tip at a deli. A method of selling chili in secret. A charity to help a massage parlor upsell its clients. Meeting an old friend in the hopes of sabotaging Uber's business from the inside. Honing storytelling skills. Teaches an international exporter how to ship smoke alarms tax-free. Helping a computer repair shop earn public trust. Marketing becoming personal for a psychic. Helping a Bill Gates impersonator reunite with his long lost love.
The Richards Tip
Sep 28, 2017
Nathan stages an elaborate stunt to make it seem like comedian Michael Richards left a $10,000 tip at a deli.
Chili Shop / Massage Parlor
Oct 05, 2017
Nathan devises a method of selling chili in secret and founds a charity to help a massage parlor upsell its clients.
Andy vs. Uber
Oct 12, 2017
Nathan reteams with an old client to enlist several disgruntled taxi drivers for a plot to sabotage Uber's business from the inside.
The Anecdote
Oct 19, 2017
Nathan hones his storytelling skills.
Shipping Logistics Company
Oct 26, 2017
Nathan teaches an international exporter how to ship smoke alarms tax-free.
Computer Repair / Psychic
Nov 02, 2017
Nathan helps a computer repair shop earn public trust; marketing becomes personal for a psychic.
Finding Frances
Nov 09, 2017
Nathan attempts to help a Bill Gates impersonator reunite with his long-lost love.
Series Info
Status
Ended
Seasons
4
Episodes
31
Language
en
Networks
