<story><title>&apos;Dumb Starbucks&apos; mystery: Who&apos;s behind the faux coffee front in Los Feliz?</title><url>http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/02/09/42085/dumb-starbucks-coffee-shop-opens-in-los-feliz/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>evan_</author><text>I would bet money that this is a stunt for the Comedy Central show &amp;quot;Nathan For You&amp;quot;, which is coming back for a second season soon and does all kinds of weird business-y stunts like this.&lt;p&gt;In the first season he got a gas station to offer gas at a steep discount, but only after rebate- but you had to drop the form off in person at the top of a mountain:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/zhbu8g/nathan-for-you-gas-station-rebate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.comedycentral.com&amp;#x2F;video-clips&amp;#x2F;zhbu8g&amp;#x2F;nathan-for-y...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It increased business because people came for the low price, but only a handful of people actually decided to try to redeem the rebate. Those that did try to redeem it had to camp out overnight and solve riddles:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/q9ibj6/nathan-for-you-gas-station-rebate---campout&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.comedycentral.com&amp;#x2F;video-clips&amp;#x2F;q9ibj6&amp;#x2F;nathan-for-y...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;On another episode Nathan tried to help a Haunted House to create buzz by getting someone to sue them for being too scary:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/nf0ws2/nathan-for-you-haunted-house-pt--1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.comedycentral.com&amp;#x2F;video-clips&amp;#x2F;nf0ws2&amp;#x2F;nathan-for-y...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;He did this by making a couple think they&amp;#x27;d contracted a disease and were being rushed to the hospital:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/wvuntb/nathan-for-you-haunted-house-pt--2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.comedycentral.com&amp;#x2F;video-clips&amp;#x2F;wvuntb&amp;#x2F;nathan-for-y...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thekevan</author><text>Not only does the article seem to be Nathan, but I also wonder if you are.</text></comment>
<story><title>&apos;Dumb Starbucks&apos; mystery: Who&apos;s behind the faux coffee front in Los Feliz?</title><url>http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/02/09/42085/dumb-starbucks-coffee-shop-opens-in-los-feliz/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>evan_</author><text>I would bet money that this is a stunt for the Comedy Central show &amp;quot;Nathan For You&amp;quot;, which is coming back for a second season soon and does all kinds of weird business-y stunts like this.&lt;p&gt;In the first season he got a gas station to offer gas at a steep discount, but only after rebate- but you had to drop the form off in person at the top of a mountain:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/zhbu8g/nathan-for-you-gas-station-rebate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.comedycentral.com&amp;#x2F;video-clips&amp;#x2F;zhbu8g&amp;#x2F;nathan-for-y...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It increased business because people came for the low price, but only a handful of people actually decided to try to redeem the rebate. Those that did try to redeem it had to camp out overnight and solve riddles:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/q9ibj6/nathan-for-you-gas-station-rebate---campout&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.comedycentral.com&amp;#x2F;video-clips&amp;#x2F;q9ibj6&amp;#x2F;nathan-for-y...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;On another episode Nathan tried to help a Haunted House to create buzz by getting someone to sue them for being too scary:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/nf0ws2/nathan-for-you-haunted-house-pt--1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.comedycentral.com&amp;#x2F;video-clips&amp;#x2F;nf0ws2&amp;#x2F;nathan-for-y...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;He did this by making a couple think they&amp;#x27;d contracted a disease and were being rushed to the hospital:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/wvuntb/nathan-for-you-haunted-house-pt--2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.comedycentral.com&amp;#x2F;video-clips&amp;#x2F;wvuntb&amp;#x2F;nathan-for-y...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sixQuarks</author><text>I would bet $100 this is Nathan For You.  That&amp;#x27;s my favorite show, and this has all the hallmarks of his style.</text></comment>