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Comedian Nate Bargatze on Breaking Arena Records, Going Viral From ‘SNL’ & Staying Non-Political: ‘You Don’t Need Me to Add to That’

Comedian Nate Bargatze on Breaking Arena Records, Going Viral Thanks to 'SNL'

Bargatze need not have resorted to such measures, joking or not, as he is seeing an attendance surge that has him breaking records and filling arenas across the country on the Be Funny tour, which started in January 2023 and has sold more than 1 million tickets. He intensely and thoroughly talks about the contrast between playing arenas on this tour, where he can draw out the jokes for his one-hour set, and then having to get back into the late-night television mindset to prep for Saturday Night Live by practicing in New York comedy clubs to come up with his tight, 8-minute opening monologue. Ultimately, Bargatze is aiming for a career and a production company that builds on his nice guy, everyman stand-up image, where fans know what to expect no matter how big his universe expands and what roles he may take on next.

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