Nathan for You
The Claw of Shame
TV Flash files “The Claw of Shame” as hour 7 of 31 in the TV Flash guide — Nathan for You (2013–2017) on Comedy Central, season 1, episode 7, aired 2013-04-11, 20 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E07: listed hour 7 of 31 in the Nathan for You guide, hour 7 of 8 in season 1. It aired 2013-04-11 (20 min). The listed hour before it is “Funeral Home / Burger Joint / Skydiving” (S01E06). Next is “Private Investigator / Taxi Company” (S01E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Nathan performs a daring escape in which he risks a fate that is truly worse than death.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Claw of Shame sit in the Nathan for You guide?
S01E07 is listed hour 7 of 31 — hour 7 of 8 in season 1, season 1 episode 7.
When did Nathan for You S01E07 air?
The Claw of Shame aired 2013-04-11 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…