Gorilla Specials: Joe Zimmerman’s Debut Special Is A Future ‘Cult Classic’
Joe Zimmerman is a uniquely calm comic whose slightly dry delivery makes his clever punchlines land hard. While pacing the stage, he delivers his jokes as tidy observations, with precise act-outs and an aversion to the risk of having a joke lose steam. Within these bits, there’s somehow room for absurdity, irony, and steep sarcasm. […]
Nate Bargatze, Russell Peters, Nicole Byer, And More To Headline The Inaugural “312 Comedy Festival”
Chicago is getting a new comedy festival! The city is in desperate need for a comedy festival, and 312 Comedy Festival will be delivering. This week, the inaugural festival was announced, and it will be featuring a killer lineup. The initial lineup includes Nate Bargatze, Nicole Byer, Jeff Ross, Russell Peters, Ari Shaffir, Dan Cummins, […]
Nate Bargatze sets record at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena
Comedian Nate Bargatze is one of the strongest comedians out there today. So it should serve as no surprise that Bargatze has set a new record with a recent show. Bargatze set a record at his hometown arena, Bridgestone Arena. He broke the attendance record for the venue, by having 19,365 attend his show on […]
The 20 Best Comedy Albums And Specials of 2021
A good stand-up special serves as a time capsule of sorts for the comedian. We’re not really referring to it being topical (that isn’t always the best approach). But rather, it is a representation of where that comedian was at that moment in life. Going into 2021, we were prepared to hear a lot of […]
Talking “The Greatest Average American” with Nate Bargatze
In March of 2020, Nate Bargatze was gearing up for a year of touring in preparation for a new Netflix special that September. Everything was looking like it was falling into place. But as we all know, none of those things would come to be. Instead of what he had planned, which was a line […]
Nate Bargatze sitcom gets pilot order at ABC
Photo: Netflix Nate Bargatze is one of our favorite comedians working today, if you aren’t yet familiar with him you can start with his latest Netflix special The Tennessee Kid, which was just released. Or, you can actually start with any of his albums, Comedy Central presents, specials, late night appearances, or Netflix half hour […]
Nate Bargatze visited “The Tonight Show” to discuss how his wife talks
Nate Bargatze’s new Netflix special, The Tennessee Kid is out and currently streaming online. Bargatze went to The Tonight Show for what seems like the 10th time in 4 years to talk promote said special. He took the opportunity to examine how his wife speaks and bring it all back to a 20 year old […]
Nate Bargatze talks all things “Tennessee Kid”
Netflix Word of mouth used to make or break a comedian. Sure, people still flock to a place like The Comedy Store on any given night, but there’s now that expectation that comes with it of “Who’s going to drop in?” And while there’s an air of excitement to that and it’s certainly a great […]
Watch the trailer for Nate Bargatze’s first Netflix special, “The Tennessee Kid”
News flash, we LOVE comedian Nate Bargatze around these parts. Nate is just one of those types of comedians that has all the markers of a terrific stand-up, he’s hilarious, an incredible joke writer, terrific delivery, and a completely unique point of view. Add onto the fact that he also happens to work clean and […]
Watch Nate Bargatze’s appearance on “The Tonight Show” discussing the effort it would take to move a dead horse
Nate Bargatze returned to The Tonight Show for another killer 5 minutes of stand-up comedy. Spending most of his time discussing a climb to the top of Mt. Rainer which involved noticing a dead horse in someone’s lawn and how his mind raced thinking about just how someone would move a dead horse. Then, Fallon […]