Nate Bargatze is a funny fucking guy. He's also the 46th person from Tennesee that we've met. What does this mean. Well, the "funny" part is - I think - self explanitory. The TN part? Fucked if I know. We don't know 46 people from Rhode Island and we're FROM there. People from TN are ambitious motherfuckers, and the Tennessee Diaspora rolls deep in the population centers. It's a shitty, simplistic theory but how many times a year do we get to use the word "diaspora"? Not many people, not fucking many.
Anywho, here's our little tete-a-tete with Nate. We will let you know about his comings and goings if the UFO's don't blow up the planet before he comes and goes.
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DSL: Who was the first comic you ever laughed at?
Nate Bargatze: Sinbad. Or technically my father who is a magician and was a clown when I was growing up. He is very funny and always has been.
DSL: Who's the funniest comedian working?
NB: Bill Burr
DSL: What makes comedy important?
NB: To make people laugh. To say what everyone thinks but can't say. Comedy is a relief. It should be at least.
DSL: What does [stand-up comedy] do for the audience?
NB: Hopefully [it helps them] not think about the stresses they have
DSL: Is comedy art or craft?
NB: It's a craft in the fact that you do have to learn things. I don't call it art because that makes it sound gay and the most important thing ever.
DSL: Funniest movie ever?
NB: Pure Luck
DSL: what do you want?
NB: I don't know. Stuff.
DSL:Who's the funniest NEW comic?
NB:Mike Recine, Joe Machi
DSL:What bands are you into?
NB: Taylor Swift
DSL:Talk about Louis CK, cosby, prior, seinfeld...Dave chapelle, Chris rock.
NB: They are all the best. Seinfeld was my favorite comic. I have watched everything he has done.
DSL:What's the best joke you ever heard?
NB: It changes. Right now I am doing one but I will hate it soon enough. My first big joke was probably a joke I do about Wal-Mart.
DSL: How often do you write / update act.
NB:I try to think of stuff as much as possible. I'll go weeks with nothing new and then a week with 5 new jokes. I get up a lot in NYC so tend to write on stage. I'll write the bullet point in my note cards and run it through my head during the day. I got a few guys I call and run it by then if I am not sure of it.
DSL: Profanity: impotent?
NB:Why? I don't understand this question really. I think you are asking if profanity has power? If not, sorry. I think it does if you use it correctly. If you put curses sprinkled through your act they could be very powerful and if you curse every other word then they will not [be]
Nate will be touring and telling jokes for the forseable future. Check him out at www.natebargatze.com, and search "Nate Bargatze stand-up" on youtube. Also, check out the DSL FB page, we'll have Nate links up there all week. Now excuse us, we gotta go google "Pure Luck".
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