Nate Bargatze

He did. So he was a clown at the beginning and then he did magic. He's a magician. And, I mean, he'll tell me, like, jokes and stuff and say, well, you didn't say this and say that. So I can talk to him about comedy and all this. But... Yeah, competitive. I mean, he comes out on the road with me, and he's done a hundred and something shows with me in arenas, and it's, I would say competitive.

I mean, it's like different. I mean, when he came up, you know, they had three kids, and He had a day job and he did all this stuff. He could have moved to Vegas when we were younger and he chose not to. And so we grew up in Nashville and I think grew up with a very normal, I mean, as normal as you can with your dad being a magician. But he's very proud and he cries when he brings me on stage.

I mean, it's like different. I mean, when he came up, you know, they had three kids, and He had a day job and he did all this stuff. He could have moved to Vegas when we were younger and he chose not to. And so we grew up in Nashville and I think grew up with a very normal, I mean, as normal as you can with your dad being a magician. But he's very proud and he cries when he brings me on stage.

Yeah, yeah. I'm sure there is like some commitment to us. I mean, there's some when you go travel, like I love traveling with my dad. And then there's times where, you know, you're like, I always joke to be like, it's every little boy's dream to travel with your dad when you're 45 years old. So, you know, got a tour bus with a CPAP machine. Really living it up.

Yeah, yeah. I'm sure there is like some commitment to us. I mean, there's some when you go travel, like I love traveling with my dad. And then there's times where, you know, you're like, I always joke to be like, it's every little boy's dream to travel with your dad when you're 45 years old. So, you know, got a tour bus with a CPAP machine. Really living it up.

I don't know if she gets the extent of that. I think we've done a pretty good job. We moved back to Nashville. We live in a cul-de-sac. We're not around a big crazy neighborhood where it's, you know, just everybody's famous or wealthy or whatever. But yeah, but she, I mean, she has stuff. The amount of stuff I wasn't allowed to have versus what she has is it's not even remotely close.

I don't know if she gets the extent of that. I think we've done a pretty good job. We moved back to Nashville. We live in a cul-de-sac. We're not around a big crazy neighborhood where it's, you know, just everybody's famous or wealthy or whatever. But yeah, but she, I mean, she has stuff. The amount of stuff I wasn't allowed to have versus what she has is it's not even remotely close.

You know, I want Jordan shoes. But we got some from Dollar General, and they just kind of look like Jordan's shoes. I would get all this stuff, the Super Bowl team that lost. I'd be wearing all that stuff.

You know, I want Jordan shoes. But we got some from Dollar General, and they just kind of look like Jordan's shoes. I would get all this stuff, the Super Bowl team that lost. I'd be wearing all that stuff.

Yeah. According to my family, the Bills won four in a row.

Yeah. According to my family, the Bills won four in a row.

Yeah. Kids show business showed up and goes, hey, fat. So if you want to make it, you better get you better get your life together. No, I mean, it was it's both. It's a mix. No one told me to do anything. I mean, as a comic, weirdly enough, you're you and you're talking about yourself. So you are going to be you. But I wanted to do it, too. And I'm going through it right now.

Yeah. Kids show business showed up and goes, hey, fat. So if you want to make it, you better get you better get your life together. No, I mean, it was it's both. It's a mix. No one told me to do anything. I mean, as a comic, weirdly enough, you're you and you're talking about yourself. So you are going to be you. But I wanted to do it, too. And I'm going through it right now.

I mean, I you know, I do not have great eating habits. And when I grew up, we just ate because you had to eat. Food was never celebrated. Food was just something you had to do. And so I eat a lot of fast food and a lot of chain food, and I get in on the road. And I do realize it can get in the way, though. I realized that.

I mean, I you know, I do not have great eating habits. And when I grew up, we just ate because you had to eat. Food was never celebrated. Food was just something you had to do. And so I eat a lot of fast food and a lot of chain food, and I get in on the road. And I do realize it can get in the way, though. I realized that.

I stopped drinking in, like, 2018 because I knew if I wanted to get where I wanted to get as a comic, this was going to be in the way. And so I've realized that with food, too. If I want to do this thing, I want to do stand up at this high level, possibly make some movies, all this kind of stuff.

I stopped drinking in, like, 2018 because I knew if I wanted to get where I wanted to get as a comic, this was going to be in the way. And so I've realized that with food, too. If I want to do this thing, I want to do stand up at this high level, possibly make some movies, all this kind of stuff.

Even for myself, I realize, all right, well, I have to go put in the effort for me to be able to handle all this kind of touring and in the mentality it takes to stay focused.

Even for myself, I realize, all right, well, I have to go put in the effort for me to be able to handle all this kind of touring and in the mentality it takes to stay focused.

I always say, I'm looking forward to the day you can't see my nipples through my shirt. So that's it. That's all we're working towards. One day we're going to get there.