The Brain Behind Dumb Starbucks Reveals Himself, Announces Dumb Expansion Plans Nathan Fielder in front of Dumb Starbucks (Photo by Matthew Bramlett/LAist) Nathan, the barista (Photo by Matthew Bramlett/LAist) Weve been wondering all weekend who was behind Dumb Starbucks: there was speculation it was Banksy, a rogue employee at Starbucks or comedian Nathan Fielder. If you guessed it was Fielder of Comedy Centrals Nathan For You, turns out you were right. Fielder showed up at a press conference being held this afternoon at the Los Feliz location to out himself. Reporters asked him why he was doing this and the comedian answered: the American dream. He also clarified that he does not believe Starbucks is dumb, I like Starbucks. I appreciate everything they do. Fielder has a reputation for doing stunts kind of like this. (Once he had a gas station offer a massive rebate for gas, except that customers had to go to the top of a mountain to get it.) Fielder announced that he planned to open up a second location in Brooklyn and keep expanding indefinitely: This one really caught on so Im just going to ride it out. He might run into some problems: if not from lawyers then from the health department. Just before the press conference, the Dumb Starbucks announced that county workers had paid them a visit and they would not be serving coffee for now. LAist writer Matthew Bramlett contributed to this article from the Dumb Starbucks field Contact the author of this article or email tips@laistwith further questions, comme
Posted on: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:49:13 +0000
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