Nate Bargatze

Yeah, I go up prepared. I mean, I can't do the other. I can't really do like crowd work and go up and stuff.

Oh, yeah. This new hour, I've switched it a ton. It's worked because now I'm opening on a joke that I've closed on. So it's great to be opening on a joke that I've actually had the energy and the rhythm of a closer, and then you just move it up, and now it's the front. And you're doing those decisions on the fly. Yeah, you just fill it out. It's kind of like a song.

Oh, yeah. This new hour, I've switched it a ton. It's worked because now I'm opening on a joke that I've closed on. So it's great to be opening on a joke that I've actually had the energy and the rhythm of a closer, and then you just move it up, and now it's the front. And you're doing those decisions on the fly. Yeah, you just fill it out. It's kind of like a song.

Oh, yeah. This new hour, I've switched it a ton. It's worked because now I'm opening on a joke that I've closed on. So it's great to be opening on a joke that I've actually had the energy and the rhythm of a closer, and then you just move it up, and now it's the front. And you're doing those decisions on the fly. Yeah, you just fill it out. It's kind of like a song.

I'm in love with stand-up right now. I love it so much. The way I've looked at writing, it's a movie. So I'm the main character of this movie. And I'm telling the story. There's a...

I'm in love with stand-up right now. I love it so much. The way I've looked at writing, it's a movie. So I'm the main character of this movie. And I'm telling the story. There's a...

I'm in love with stand-up right now. I love it so much. The way I've looked at writing, it's a movie. So I'm the main character of this movie. And I'm telling the story. There's a...

you know of reason for be saying all this stuff and everything leads into the other thing yeah so you want to make it where people don't realize you're into another joke but in my head i could be on like joke five right but you're trying i'm trying to make it where like you know and then that's how you remember it because the only way you know if you're talking about like riding a car and then you're like my wife bought a car well now that's the only thing i could go into right right and we will be right back

you know of reason for be saying all this stuff and everything leads into the other thing yeah so you want to make it where people don't realize you're into another joke but in my head i could be on like joke five right but you're trying i'm trying to make it where like you know and then that's how you remember it because the only way you know if you're talking about like riding a car and then you're like my wife bought a car well now that's the only thing i could go into right right and we will be right back

you know of reason for be saying all this stuff and everything leads into the other thing yeah so you want to make it where people don't realize you're into another joke but in my head i could be on like joke five right but you're trying i'm trying to make it where like you know and then that's how you remember it because the only way you know if you're talking about like riding a car and then you're like my wife bought a car well now that's the only thing i could go into right right and we will be right back

Yeah, well, Cosby was one. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But if you go watch his old stuff, it's very storytelling, all that kind of stuff. I'm a big Seinfeld fan. Seinfeld was... He was... I kind of think... Because I always looked at it like I tell stories, but in a joke form.

Yeah, well, Cosby was one. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But if you go watch his old stuff, it's very storytelling, all that kind of stuff. I'm a big Seinfeld fan. Seinfeld was... He was... I kind of think... Because I always looked at it like I tell stories, but in a joke form.

Yeah, well, Cosby was one. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But if you go watch his old stuff, it's very storytelling, all that kind of stuff. I'm a big Seinfeld fan. Seinfeld was... He was... I kind of think... Because I always looked at it like I tell stories, but in a joke form.

Like, so it's, I mean, I try to never be too far from the laugh because the farther you are from the laugh, the bigger the laugh has to be. And I don't want to put that much pressure on a laugh. So if I can just kind of keep it going and let it build, it's like, you know, it doesn't, you're just not putting the weight of the world on this.

Like, so it's, I mean, I try to never be too far from the laugh because the farther you are from the laugh, the bigger the laugh has to be. And I don't want to put that much pressure on a laugh. So if I can just kind of keep it going and let it build, it's like, you know, it doesn't, you're just not putting the weight of the world on this.

Like, so it's, I mean, I try to never be too far from the laugh because the farther you are from the laugh, the bigger the laugh has to be. And I don't want to put that much pressure on a laugh. So if I can just kind of keep it going and let it build, it's like, you know, it doesn't, you're just not putting the weight of the world on this.

You're like, because if you go silent too long, I mean, there's a point where you're like, well, this joke better be unreal.

You're like, because if you go silent too long, I mean, there's a point where you're like, well, this joke better be unreal.

You're like, because if you go silent too long, I mean, there's a point where you're like, well, this joke better be unreal.

And there's no, you're like, no, he's supposed to go, well, he'll never get there now.