Nathan For You

“Daddy’s Watching/Party Planner”

Season 2, Episode 6

Chad White, You're Invited To My Party, Only If Your Daddy Comes

It’s always weird to think about today’s dating scene. In the past, people actually went out to meet someone or they were set up on blind dates. Now, we can sign up for a service – free or paid – and meet a man or woman almost instantly. Blind dates aren’t even blind anymore. Your friend can give you the name of your date and you can find them on the internet in under one minute. All of the fun in meeting somebody new is completely gone. But with innovation comes ease. Dating sites are plentiful with several spanning certain niches. Farmer’s Only, Christian Singles, Black People Meet; the list goes on. This week, Nathan develops a strategy for a seemingly LA based dating website to garner more users.

The title of the episode is as creepy as it sounds. The idea is to send a protective “father” figure along with the female user of the site on her date with a male user. The father strikes quickly too. As the date is going to pick up the girl, he is bombarded with questions by said father to make sure he isn’t up to no good. Fielder plays the role of dad for the first test and is barley inconspicuous about it. A question about wringing a woman’s neck is ever so slightly dropped into conversation but the male date is not deterred. When the two leave, it is up to Fielder to continue following the woman. “Daddy” keeps a hawk’s eye on the two from a safe distance. At a bowling alley, Fielder disguises himself as a woman in Islamic religious garb. What’s even better is that the girl didn’t even notice that Fielder was bowling right next to them; she was way too into her date. What’s irksome is some of the conversation between the two of them. The male and female start talking about 9/11. Who the heck does that on a date let alone a first one?

But possibly my favorite bit of the entire episode is the picture Fielder used to describe the bad guys a woman can meet in the dating scene. It’s….just look at it. So much is going on.