“If nothing was really happening, I would ask a question to see what they would say... I would chime in from off camera.”

Nathan Fielder · Uncanny Valley | WIRED · From The Big Story: Nathan Fielder Tells Us Everything

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used off-camera prompts: when nothing was happening, asked a question to spark discussion or interject a fact

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