Nathan for You
Dumb Starbucks
TV Flash files “Dumb Starbucks” as hour 13 of 31 in the TV Flash guide — Nathan for You (2013–2017) on Comedy Central, season 2, episode 5, aired 2014-07-29, 21 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E05: listed hour 13 of 31 in the Nathan for You guide, hour 5 of 8 in season 2. It aired 2014-07-29 (21 min). The listed hour before it is “Liquor Store / Exterminator / Car Wash” (S02E04). Next is “Daddy's Watching / Party Planner” (S02E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Nathan makes use of parody law to open up a coffee shop nearly identical to Starbucks in its branding and appearance.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dumb Starbucks sit in the Nathan for You guide?
S02E05 is listed hour 13 of 31 — hour 5 of 8 in season 2, season 2 episode 5.
When did Nathan for You S02E05 air?
Dumb Starbucks aired 2014-07-29 and is listed at 21 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…