Somehow I had gotten to 2025 without having heard of a comedian named Nathan Fielder, but my ignorance was not destined to last. “You have to watch The Rehearsal,” one person after another said to me. “It’s about aviation!”
Finally someone sat me down to watch the first couple of episodes of the HBO docu-comedy series, and a week later someone else invited me to see the seventh and final episode. So, to be clear, I did not see the whole season, just three-sevenths of it. Still, I got the drift, and frankly Fielder’s shtick gets a little wearing, like Sacha Baron Cohen’s and Larry David’s, and after a while I need some fresh air. So maybe three-sevenths was about the right amount.
