Nick Swardson's Pretend Time (2010)
Nick Swardson's Pretend Time was a TV sketch comedy show created by and starring comedian and actor Nick Swardson. The show premiered on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at 10 p.m. EST on Comedy Central and ran for two seasons, with the final first-run episode airing November 16, 2011.
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Episode 1 - Baby Not From Booty
Release Date: 2011-10-05Nick talks about dive bars; 16 (months) & Pregnant parody, Wheel Chair Cat has to defends one of his nine lives in court; an infomercial for a new ab-workout device using natural male self motivation; playing out an old fantasy during a zombie apocalypse; high school student Dijon’s senior project video “Baby Not From Booty”; Nick talks about charity drive themes that might be more popular and how he’s not a morning person; a new product called “International Waters” and online gaming add-on “The Smack Transporter”.
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Episode 2 - Show Me on the Doll
Release Date: 2011-10-12Nick tells a personal story about an accident with unusual consequences; the results of an extraterrestrial paternity test is revealed on talk show Clarencé; Reed O’ Frampton’s amazing cleaning product the ”Beep Beep Sweep”; a charity campaign to get Africans to help pathetic Americans; homemade coupons as a gift for new parents and trial lawyer Darren Jeremy uses his unique talents to maximum advantage both in the courtroom and the bedroom.
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Episode 3 - PETA Not on Set
Release Date: 2011-10-19Nick talks about figure skating, smart phones & texting; A man must deal with the consequences of his dog’s extreme boredom; new product the “Handy Man 3000”; The parents of a nubile young woman insist that her suitor reveal everything he has to offer their daughter; Nick presents events in the “Partying Olympics”; Local Weatherman Storm Rains style clashes with that of his co-workers and a new kind of boxing heavy bag called the “Pump Punch”.
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Episode 4 - Full Blown Eggs
Release Date: 2011-10-26Sketches include a commercial for a restaurant where only certain customers get to eat free, a man consolidates both his businesses due to the recession, and Wheelchair Cat ends up in the hospital.
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Episode 5 - The Mis-Education of Garry Gaga
Release Date: 2011-11-02Nick talks about sitting next to actress Liv Tyler during a first class flight. Sketches include a man receiving a unique face transplant, a distraught family, and Garry Gaga trying to warm up to the new police captain.
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Episode 6 - Flying Stripper
Release Date: 2011-11-10Nick talks about Johnny Depp's amazing life. Sketches include a couple's disastrous date, a stripper getting magical powers, and a breakfast cereal character turning a holiday dinner into a nightmare.
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Episode 7 - Legalize Meth
Release Date: 2011-11-16Nick discusses sketches that didn't make it; drunk girls cause problems at a fast food restaurant; a first time dad gets upset about visitors at a hospital's baby nursery.