Nathan for You
The Richards Tip
TV Flash files “The Richards Tip” as the first listed hour of season 4 — Nathan for You (2013–2017) on Comedy Central, season 4, episode 1, aired 2017-09-28, 20 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E01: listed hour 25 of 31 in the Nathan for You guide, first listed hour of season 4. It aired 2017-09-28 (20 min). The listed hour before it is “The Hero” (S03E08). Next is “Chili Shop / Massage Parlor” (S04E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Nathan stages an elaborate stunt to make it seem like comedian Michael Richards left a $10,000 tip at a deli.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Richards Tip sit in the Nathan for You guide?
S04E01 is listed hour 25 of 31 — first listed hour of season 4, season 4 episode 1.
When did Nathan for You S04E01 air?
The Richards Tip aired 2017-09-28 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…