It's the final week of our 2023 Annual Report and we're kicking it off with the announcement that Nate Bargatze is our Comedian of the Year. Check out our full Annual Report highlighting the best music, film and television of the year here. You can also listen to our full interview with Nate Bargatze on the UNCUT Consequence podcast, available wherever you listen or using the player in front.
He'd probably never label himself as such, but Nate Bargatze is something of a business mogul. In addition to his stand up tours and specialshe is the host The Nateland Podcast under the umbrella of The Nateland Company, a platform he uses to produce and host specials from other comedians. The core of Nateland is similar to the core of Bargatze's comedy: humor that everyone, regardless of age demographic or media preferences, can enjoy together.
That “clean” approach to comedy wasn't necessarily a conscious decision for Bargatze, but it's a quality that evolved into an intentional part of his brand. “With comedy, you have to present it confidently and have your own voice,” she says. Consequence on Zoom. “My voice ended up being this. “I knew it from the beginning.”
For those who have recently entered Bargatze's very dry and deadpan orbit, perhaps thanks to his lively stint as host. Saturday night live or its special Prime Video 2023 Hello World, there's a chance you don't realize how long he's been working in comedy. Any perceived sudden success of the past year has actually been decades in the making for someone who got his start in comedy clubs up and down the East Coast and found breakthrough moments in opportunities like his 2017 appearance on the Netflix comedy series. Clashes. He turned it into a pair of one-hour Netflix specials in 2019. The Tennessee Boyand 2021 Grammy nominee The best average American.
But there is no doubt that 2023 was a historic year for Bargatze. Things started strong when Hello World debuted on January 31 and went on to break the record for Amazon's most-watched original comedy special in its first 28 days with 2.9 million viewers, 400,000 more than the previous record holder, Jim Gaffigan. Quality time. In April, his “Be Funny Tour” came to Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, where Bargatze lives with his wife and his daughter, and broke the venue's attendance record with 19,365 people. “There's a dream in the back of your head when you start doing comedy at a place like the Bridgestone Arena,” he says. “I never imagined what happened to the album or anything like that. “I imagined myself playing.”
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Later, when the writers' strike came to an end but the actors were still silent in the media due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, SNL offered Bargatze a hosting position at the end of October. Even being part of a recording at Studio 8H is a big ambition for many comedians; To absolutely kill like Bargatze did is beyond a dream.
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