The Weekday Rush Comedy Spotlight (February 9): Nate Bargatze

Nate Bargatze is a breakout comic and has become one of my go to standups to throw on when I am in need of a laugh. I had thought about what to write about Nate, but I think

its best if we let him say who he is, in his own words.

-James Chandler

From natebergatze.com :

“Here’s a little bit about me. I love the Vanderbilt Commodores. My father is a former clown turned world-class magician, and I have followed his footsteps into the entertainment business. But listen, I’m not just trying to tell you about my two Netflix specials, The Greatest Average American or The Tennessee Kid or that I have appeared multiple times on Conan and Fallon while being one of the first comedians to perform on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Did I go on Jimmy Fallon’s Clean Cut Comedy Tour? Yes. But you already knew that! Who cares that I performed at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Sasquatch, JFL Montreal Comedy, and Moontower festivals. You did too. I also have a weekly podcast called Nateland that tackles the questions that no one asked. But you probably knew that too. And yes, I was recently on the Joe Rogan podcast and was on three WTF podcast episodes, but so was the President of The United States. (he only did WTF once.) Really loved performing for the troops in Iraq and Kuwait over five times. I was mentioned in Rolling Stone Magazine by Marc Maron as a “comic who should be big” and in Esquire by Jim Gaffigan as “one of the top up and coming comics.” My first album, Yelled At By A Clown made it to number two on Billboard Top Ten Comedy and my special Full Time Magic made it to number one. What’s that? Yes, I was one of Variety’s ten comics to watch of 2015 and #1 on Vulture’s ‘50 Comedians You Should Know’ that same year.”