Nate Bargatze Is Back! (And Better Than Ever)
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze returns to ‘The Last Laugh’ this week to talk about his latest special ‘The Greatest Average American,’ which premieres this Thursday, March 18th on Netflix. He breaks down how he managed to pull off his funniest hour yet during the pandemic, why he needed to try out his COVID jokes on Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Tonight Show,’ where he sees himself in the comedy pantheon and a lot more.
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| 0:00.0 | My guest this week thought 2020 was pretty great. |
| 0:04.3 | I'll let him tell you why. |
| 0:05.6 | 2020 has been my favorite year. |
| 0:09.8 | Out of all the years, this has been the best one. |
| 0:13.6 | I mean, I don't, you know, there's aliens. |
| 0:16.2 | They said there's UFOs and no one cares. |
| 0:20.4 | That's... What kind of year could you have that you could sneak |
| 0:24.9 | in, hey everybody, I'm the news. At the end of the news, they go there's UFOs and you're like, |
| 0:31.8 | oh, do they have COVID? And you're like, I don't know, they won't get tested. But I told, it's funny, I told my wife that. |
| 0:40.5 | I said, they said there's UFOs, and she just went about her day. |
| 0:44.2 | I mean, just, you might even watch this and be like, oh, I didn't even hear that. |
| 0:47.5 | And that's the point. |
| 0:48.4 | That's how amazing 2020 has been. |
| 0:57.1 | This is the last laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and today I am so thrilled to welcome one of my favorite |
| 1:03.3 | stand-up comics back on the podcast, Nate Bargettzee. |
| 1:08.5 | This week, Nate's new hour-long special, The Greatest Average American, lands on Netflix. |
| 1:14.9 | It's one of the first big specials taped during the COVID era, and it is hilarious. |
| 1:20.6 | Nate is one of those comedians who isn't quite a household name yet, but after this special, |
| 1:26.1 | in my opinion at least, he belongs in |
| 1:28.2 | that upper tier that includes previous guests on this show like Jim Gaffigan and Tignitaro. |
| 1:34.1 | If you want to hear about Nate's early days as a comic, definitely check out his first |
| 1:38.3 | appearance on The Last Laugh from all the way back in July of 2019. |
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