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My name is Nathan Fielder,

and I graduated from one of
Canada's top business schools

with really good grades.

Now, I'm using my knowledge

to help struggling
small business owners

make it in this
competitive world.

This is Nathan For You.

NATHAN: Running a
gas station is not easy,

and no one knows that
more than Daniel Ashikian,

of Sevan Gas in
Burbank, California.

DANIEL: It's tough business.

I cannot compete
with the big companies.

NATHAN: With these days
it being more economical

to fill up your car
with champagne,

it can be hard to
draw in customers.

So I paid Daniel a visit
with an innovative way

to lower his prices.

So I want you to
charge $1.75 per gallon.

- You know what is utopia?
- Yeah.

It's in your mind.

You're not gonna see
$1.75 gasoline anymore.

- Only in the pictures.
- Well, listen...

- No, no, no.
- You get reasonable...

- No, I am being...
- I am reasonable.

- You didn't let me finish.
- Okay.

- After rebate.
- Oh.

NATHAN: The plan:
$1.75 gas after rebate.

A rebate will
legally allow Daniel

to advertise the cheapest
gas in the country.

And because it's
such a great deal,

it would only be fair to
make claiming this rebate

a bit more inconvenient
than normal,

by asking customers
to drop it off in person

at the top of a mountain.

At the top of the mountain.

Yeah, that's good tricky
way to make money.

NATHAN: About an hour and
a half drive from Sevan Gas

in the middle of the
Angeles National Forest,

the peak of Mount Chileo
is only accessible by foot.

I explained to Daniel

that as long as he was
up front with his customers,

putting the rebate
box atop Chileo

was completely 100% legal.

If some of them is gonna claim
it, it's gonna cost me money, right?

Do you think people are gonna
hike up a mountain to get this rebate?

Uh...

NATHAN: After a week
to get everything prepared,

we implemented the offer.

Within minutes of the sign going
up, it proved to be an instant hit,

with a line of cars
down the block.

Is it really $1.75?

After rebate.

- What type of rebate?
- It's not mail-in rebate.

You have to take it personally.

MAN: Where's it at?

Mountain Chileo.

- Where?
- Mountain Chileo.

Nathan, it's
Mountain Chile, right?

What's so special about this place
we have to go and get the rebate?

- That's where the drop box is.
- You can't just mail it in?

NATHAN: It's not
a mail-in rebate, no.

Uh, I'll get the gas, But,
no, I don't want the rebate.

Okay, it's up to you. You
don't want to do it, it's fine.

It's up to you.

We're providing a free
shuttle to the base if you want,

it's an hour and a
half hike from there.

- Are you kidding me?
- It's totally official.

Everything is explained there.

NATHAN: Like I expected,
people were filling up.

And no one wanted
to claim the rebate.

But then, the tide shifted.

Hey, I'm back. And I'm ready.

- Are you serious?
- I'm serious.

That sounds good.
I've never been there.

- You're gonna do it?
- Yeah.

Er, yeah, yeah, that's great.

I've hiked. I like hiking.

- Really?
- Yeah.

I've never been up there.
I hear the view is beautiful.

NATHAN: It was clearly
working to bring in customers.

But to my surprise the
shuttle was actually filling up.

I saw that this was worrying
Daniel. And took him aside for a chat.

To be honest, I didn't expect so
many people to want to do the hike.

However, be assured
that once they get up there,

it's only just beginning.

Okay.

NATHAN: It was going
to take an hour and a half

to drive to the base
of the mountain,

so we'll check on this in a bit.

But first, do you find
this drawing funny?

If you answered yes,

you're probably caricature
artist Greg Dohlen.

He was the one that drew it.

And after two decades
of doing caricatures,

he has yet to make
a name for himself.

It's always a struggle.
And I've kind of...

I've been doing this since '89.

NATHAN: But sometimes
the solution is as simple

as keeping up with the trends.

- You drew me here.
- Yeah.

It's enjoyable to see yourself

- portrayed as a cartoon.
- Yeah.

But I don't think it
makes me laugh.

- Right.
- Caricatures are insult comedy.

Well, yeah.

In the category
of insult comedy,

just to show you what's
currently popular right now.

Here, just watch.

I like you, Jason
Alexander. I find you sexy.

Kiss me, you fat (BLEEP).

I've always wanted to see what
Jerry Seinfeld's (BLEEP) tastes like.

NATHAN: I showed him
a clip of the wildly popular

Comedy Central roasts,

which proved that to
be a hit in insult comedy,

the meaner you are, the better.

The plan, to re-brand
Greg as "The King of Sting."

Um, I've got... I've gotten
more negative reactions

from going extreme
than positive reactions.

No one liked Elvis
when he first came out,

you know what I mean?

- People were offended.
- Right.

But you have to power through
that if you wanna become big.

NATHAN: At first, Greg
seemed resistant to the concept.

But as we started
brainstorming ideas...

It might be funny
if he's Chinese,

and I make him a photographer
with the big buck teeth.

- Oh, yeah, yeah.
- Little squinty eyes and big teeth.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

NATHAN: He quickly embracing it.

I left him with a few edgy
concepts of my own to work on,

and he started
sketching them out.

The next day, I returned
to see the results.

All right. So this is the
idea I had for a couple,

when you have to draw a couple.

So that's you, the artist,

uh, doing the woman of
the couple from behind,

doggy style, she's
saying, "I like this."

Her boyfriend is looking
at a hummingbird's penis

and thinking, "That's huge."

Yeah, this is good.
It's really funny.

This is, um, your version
of an Asian businessman.

Um, do you think
this one, uh... Hmm.

See, I'm not... I'm not sure, uh,
when you presented an Asian picture

which direction I should go
with it. I went all directions really.

We could try it out,
see how it goes.

Sure, yeah. I mean, I'm not gonna
get... You know, in art, you know,

you don't want to get in
people's way or anything,

I'm not gonna... But, yeah.

I mean, this is definitely...

I mean, the Pearl Harbor
thing is almost not even a joke.

NATHAN: The rest of Greg's
new edgy caricatures looked great,

and I could tell that he was ready
to try them out in the real world.

Do you have any hobbies?

I like to bike and surf a lot.

I like swimming, deejaying,
playing the trombone.

NATHAN: Things
were off to an okay start,

but I got kind of worried
when an Asian man sat down.

I draw, um, caricatures that
are a little, uh, mean and edgy.

Are you okay with that?

- Definitely.
- Yeah, okay, good.

- How's that?
- (CHUCKLES)

- You like it?
- Yeah.

- Oh, good.
- Yeah.

NATHAN: But I was
wrong. The guy loved it.

- Did you like it?
- Yeah, yeah, I liked it.

And from then on, it
was smooth sailing.

Oh, nice, man.

- Will that work?
- That'll work, dude.

(BOTH LAUGH)

NATHAN: Greg was hitting
nothing but home runs,

and it was amazing
to watch him work.

Oh, nice. (CHUCKLES)

(LAUGHTER)

So, how do you
feel it all went today?

People laughed. I
saw people laughing.

People laughed. Like, the deep
side of people's humor comes out

when you show them shock.

You know, at the beginning of all
this, I had you draw me, it wasn't funny.

So now with everything
that I've taught you,

I'm saying go as hard
as you want on me.

- As mean as you want.
- You want the King of Sting?

- I want the King of Sting.
- Okay.

- 'Cause I wanna laugh.
- Okay.

Okay, here you are.

All right, this is funny,

but it's hard for me to see my
grandpa depicted in that way.

He's a Canadian war
hero, and he's, like, a very...

He has, like, a very
important role in our family,

so I don't like seeing him
depicted like this. I just...

NATHAN: It was a real shame
that Greg chose to end the day

on such a tasteless note.

But regardless of my feelings,
he truly was the King of Sting.

NATHAN: My gas station
rebate was underway.

But as we shuttled
to the base of Chileo,

I began to doubt

that any of these eight
determined cheapskates

would drop out before reaching
the peak of the mountain.

You might think I'd be nervous that
Sevan Gas was going to lose money,

but what I had told no one

is that this was about more
than just helping a gas station.

I set out to create the
world's first perfect rebate,

a completely legal rebate
that absolutely no one claims.

Fortunately, most of them
failed to read the fine print

on their rebate slips.

They didn't realize they
had signed up for a lot more

than just a hike.

The gentleman who
worked in the gas station

told me that I would have
to come hike Mount Chileo

to get that rebate.

It's been a long day, but
it's been an adventure.

So it's not too bad.

What appealed to me about it,

was it just sounded
kind of interesting.

And once you're there,
you might as well do it.

I love being out here out of
the city, getting to relax a bit,

but it is a little bit apprehensive
because it's the woods.

All right, welcome
to Mount Chileo,

a place whose history is as rich

as its peak is high.

Do you have any questions?

Where's the box?

Well, you have to
answer some riddles first.

Wait, at the gas
station you just told us

we'd have to insert the
paper into a box or something

- and then get our rebate.
- Right.

Nothing was mentioned about
a riddle or a series of riddles.

Look, I don't have to pick
up my kid till 3:00 tomorrow.

- Let's do it.
- Let's do this.

- Yeah.
- Let's do this.

I'm a me, me, me system. I take
care of me, I wash me, I feed me.

Okay, be quiet so we can...

NATHAN: I was going to point
out that this was all in the fine print,

but they didn't
even seem to care.

This might go on
longer than I thought.

"I've been resting
for a million years,

"But I never sleep.
I'm a kind of music,

"But out here I do
not make a peep."

Wind. Woodwinds, wind music.

- MAN: Is it the wind?
- LADY: Is it wind?

It is not wind.

Rock.

- Yes. Great. Okay.
- Right on.

All right, so the next
riddle is under a rock.

NATHAN: I was stunned
by the number of people

that had given up their
entire day for cheap gas.

Was it the thrill
of saving money?

Or were these people
just completely insane?

But after nearly
an hour of riddles,

people finally
started dropping out.

- You have a test at 9:00?
- Yeah.

But, I mean, I do
want that rebate.

What percent of
your grade is it worth?

It's about 30% roughly.

- Yeah, you can't miss that.
- No.

NATHAN: I was thankful there were
some sensible people in the group,

but not matter
how hard I tried...

You know, but again, if you
don't want to claim the rebate,

I can understand if
you would wanna leave.

Some people just wouldn't go.

"I am round and hard.
In water, I sink deep.

"But if you do me to a
baby, He surely shall sleep."

Do you have any intentions
on giving us our rebates?

Yeah, we're almost done. It's
just dark, it's hard to read them.

I can read it for
you if you'd like.

Well, I think we should
just finish in the morning.

Everything that you told
us today hasn't happened.

Yeah, we're here.

Wait, you can't be
so annoyed right now.

- I can't be annoyed?
- No.

You're out of your mind!

Well, why are you...
This is part of the deal.

This is the rebate.

No, the deal is I
stay, I get my rebate.

If you're staying, you
can't yell at me like that.

It's not appropriate.

I'm not going nowhere then.

NATHAN: I didn't think
it would get to this point,

but I had tents and
camping gear on hand.

Three people decided
to stay the night.

(STRUMS THE GUITAR)

Do you guys know
Won't Be The Same

by Pettinger,
Bojanic, and Hooper?

Nope.

It's a royalty-free music
song from the Internet.

Well, play it. Let's hear it.

It goes a little
something like this.

These days I just
can't think straight

I got too many angles

Running round my brain

'Cause I know

It won't be the same

Won't be the...

The only drugs that
the FDA will approve

are drugs that pharmaceutical
companies will spend $200 million on.

NATHAN: As Ray began lecturing
me about alternative medicine,

I found myself
regretting this whole plan.

Naturopaths drink urine.

They tell their
patients to drink urine,

and that's part of a cure,
and the reason why...

So you would drink urine?

It's safer than almost
anything out there.

If my naturopath
told me to drink urine,

I might... I might...

Like, whose urine?

Their own urine.

- Drink your own urine?
- Yeah.

NATHAN: But as
the night went on,

I began to see that Ray,
Laurie, and Elizabeth,

weren't just cheapskates
looking for a deal.

In fact, money was the
least of their problems.

So now the state police major crimes
squad is investigating me for arson.

Still wear my wedding ring 25 years later.
Haven't talked to her in 23 years or so.

You need to be
with someone else.

Your wife left you
25 years ago...

- Yes.
- And you haven't moved on yet.

How come I have
to do this first?

'Cause you have
no fear of anything.

I have a fear of kissing people.

- Hey.
- Oh, Laurie.

- That's not Laurie.
- Yes, it's on Laurie.

You know, I wasn't supposed to leave
him. You know, I was supposed to stay.

Um...

But you can only
push a person so far.

Do you want a hug?

Thank you.

So the pharmaceutical
companies don't want us to know

that we can drink our own pee
and that will cure every disease?

- That's right.
- How come you got away with...

Oh! Ray!

- What?
- Elizabeth.

Ray. (LAUGHS)

NATHAN: By the end of the night,

I felt like I had
made new friends.

NATHAN: (WHISPERING)
Let's do it, man. It'll be fun.

- You wanna come?
- RAY: No, I'm sleeping.

(WHISPERING) All
right, so it's 4:15 a.m.

and I'm gonna go play
a prank on the girls' tent.

(LAUGHS)

(LAUGHS)

NATHAN: (WHISPERING) Oh, my God.

I can't believe she stayed
asleep the whole way in the tent.

(CONTINUES LAUGHING SOUNDLESSLY)

All right, day two.

- You ready?
- We're ready.

"My cousin holds ice cream.
My uncle reroutes traffic.

"You can find a wreath made
of me up in your grandma's attic."

A wreath of me...

Santa Claus is the
only thing I can think of.

Lights.

Let me honest with you guys.

Yeah.

This will never end.
When I began this thing,

I never thought that I would meet
three people with so much free time,

that they'd be
willing to camp out

on the top of a mountain
with a complete stranger

Just to save $13 on gas.

- (CHUCKLES)
- But I did.

And those three
people turned out to be,

three of the most fantastic
people I've ever met.

- Yeah.
- Over the past 24 hours,

we've all gained something
even more valuable than a rebate...

Friendship.

- Amen.
- I totally agree.

So what do you say we all go
down this mountain as friends?

Yes.

And take that to the
bank instead of the rebate?

Because to be perfectly honest,

there is no rebate box.

I knew that there
was no rebate box.

Well, we agree with you.

The friendship that we
gained here is just incredible,

so, let's go down the mountain.

All right, come.

NATHAN: I really
did like these guys.

But in the end,
business is business.

NATHAN: The next day, I
headed back to Sevan Gas

to follow up with Daniel.

So?

It works, but let's see how many people
gonna come and pick up the rebate.

Oh, we got one.

"Nathan Fielder."

Oh, that's you, Nathan.

Only one person, which
is pretty good, you know?

- You wanna get your rebate, huh?
- Yeah, yeah.

$16.54.

I did this whole crazy thing so
people wouldn't redeem the rebate.

But really in the end,

what I realized is that more
important than any of this

is friendship.

Oh, that's right.

And doing this I made
some very good friends.

Ray Primus was one of them.

- Who?
- Ray Primus.

Oh.

He was willing to drink pee.

- Pee?
- Yeah.

Whose pee?

No, just anyone's pee.

- Anyone's pee?
- He says there's no germs.

Maybe they can drink
my grandson's pee.

It's very clean.

Yeah?

- Why...
- Because it's clean.

Why drink my pee or your pee?

You're promoting
your grandson's pee.

I am promoting because
grandson's pee sometimes helps.

It really helps.

Have you drank
your grandson's pee?

- Yeah.
- Why?

I was scared.

What do you mean
you were scared?

Yeah, sometimes you're
scared for something.

What are you talking about?

Accident or something,
you drink the grandson's pee,

and it's gonna help you.

I don't understand.

Why does it help you if you
drink your grandson's pee?

That's what they say, yeah.

- Who says that?
- My grandma.

- Your grandma said...
- Long time ago, yeah.

You drink your grandson's
pee if you get scared?

Not grandson's. Any little kid.

- You drink any...
- Not over age of five,

Because before over age of
five, (STAMMERS) it's terrible.

- I have never...
- I am serious about it.

But why...

Yeah, if you're scared, you
drink the small child's pee.

It helps. I heard
from my grandma.

You can ask your parents or
grandparents. Maybe they tell you too.

- I will ask, I guess.
- Okay, ask them.

Thank you for giving this idea.

(SINGING) Now I'm
in another time zone

Now you're in another space

I was up

Baby why would I have to

If you'd be here today