Nathan for You
Gas Station / Caricature Artist
TV Flash files “Gas Station / Caricature Artist” as hour 4 of 31 in the TV Flash guide — Nathan for You (2013–2017) on Comedy Central, season 1, episode 4, aired 2013-03-21, 20 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E04: listed hour 4 of 31 in the Nathan for You guide, hour 4 of 8 in season 1. It aired 2013-03-21 (20 min). The listed hour before it is “Clothing Store / Restaurant” (S01E03). Next is “Haunted House / The Hunk” (S01E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Nathan devises the world's greatest rebate to help an independent gas station and transforms a fledgling caricature artist into the King of Sting.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Gas Station / Caricature Artist sit in the Nathan for You guide?
S01E04 is listed hour 4 of 31 — hour 4 of 8 in season 1, season 1 episode 4.
When did Nathan for You S01E04 air?
Gas Station / Caricature Artist aired 2013-03-21 and is listed at 20 minutes.
Is it real or scripted?
Hybrid: real small businesses, absurd schemes, scripted discipline. The cringe is the form. Do not watch it as a clean documentary or a clean sitcom.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Nathan Fielder pitches absurd schemes to real small businesses until embarrassment becomes a form. Deadpan cringe, frozen-yogurt lore, then Finding Frances turning the joke into something like grace. Reality-comedy hybrid at its peak — anti-comedy with scripted discipline, and a finale that still feels like a secret film.
Comedy Central did not drop a consultant on a prestige Friday. **2013–2017**, four seasons, thirty-one hours: Nathan Fielder and Michael Koman pitching absurd schemes to real small businesses until embarrassment became a form. Deadpan cringe, frozen-yogurt lore, ethics-of-cringe debates. Fielder plays a version of Fielder. Reality TV, prank logic, and scripted discipline in the same window. Rex can toast a cleaner network night; this was anti-comedy with a finale that still plays like a secret film hiding in a…
Filed against
- Nathan Fielder as Nathan Fielder
Nathan Fielder played Nathan Fielder until embarrassment became a form — Nathan for You’s 2010s catalog deadpan, small-business schemes as philosophy, then The Rehearsal and The Curse turning the joke into a trapdoor. TV Flash files him…