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Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Everything You NEED To Know About Nate Bargatze!' from Are You Garbage Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2024-12-23. Transcript available.

Everything You NEED To Know About Nate Bargatze!

Give us the backstory, brother.
Give us the origin story.
Nashville kid, right?
Nashville, yeah.
Born and raised, Old Hickory.
Like, grew up there.
All the southern guys always got Old Hickory.
Yeah, the specific town.
Yeah, yeah.
Old Hickory.
Old Hickory.
So, grew up there.
Like, I don't know how far back, like, you know, went to school.
Hit me.
School.
So, yeah.
Went to school.
I did the school thing.
Everybody was doing that.
And, you know, tried to go to college.
I mean, I joke about it, but, you know, community college for a year.
Were you a good student or no?
No.
Even as a younger kid?
I think I was a good student up until, I'm trying to figure it out.
So, I fell down a cliff when I was 12.
Okay.
And, in Old Hickory Lake.
And, I was, like, really good up to then.
Like, seventh grade, I won all the awards, like, education awards.
Okay.
You know, the big time.
Science award.
Like, real deal stuff.
I thought you were going to say you got smart after that accident.
No.
I think it went the other way.
It was like a phenomenon thing.
Yeah, it did, but the other way.
It was, and then after that, it was just, like, I only got perfect attendance.
How hurt did you get when you fell down on the cliff?
Unconscious?
Yeah, yeah.
I don't remember the whole day.
No kidding.
Yeah, yeah.
What were you doing on top of the cliff?
We would always climb down this.
It was not, like, a straight drop.
It was, like, kind of, like, an angle.
And so we would always go down it.
You know, just go to the, like, you're being kids.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And so one day I just slipped.
It was, like, 60 feet.
And then, dude, I've talked about it.
I've told a story about it on stage.
But it's, like, then I landed in the water.
A guy found me.
The ambulance, the whole thing.
No way.
But you were by yourself.
I was with two other people.
They went in and got help.
Oh, okay.
And then, so, yeah.
But when they left, there happened to be two people fishing right over there.
That's all, yeah.
And they went over there.
And the story, one of those guys that carried me up, my dad did a, my dad's a
magician, did a show in a prison.
And one of the guys that carried me up met him, was like.
He was in the can?
He was in the can.
What?
Yeah.
And he said, yeah, because he was, like, once my dad said his name, he's, like,
he goes, my dad would talk about me.
I saved your boy.
He goes, he goes, I carried him up.
No way.
And then they've been.
Get me out of here.
He's been following me since then.
There's a great chance he listens to this podcast.
That's awesome.
Only this podcast.
That's nuts.
That guy saved your life.
Yeah.
I wonder what he was doing.
The joke was that someone in the can would only listen to your guys.
Like, he, he only knows where you guys exist.
He doesn't know there's anybody above it.
Wait, there's more podcasts?
He goes, what a second.
We're making the penitentiary circles.
Yeah.
I wonder what they were doing on the, at the thing.
They could have been doing something shady.
Could have been.
I saw you and then.
Could have been.
Wow.
Yeah.
You know what?
I did not ask that.
It's an anti-hero story.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I don't, I don't know what they, yeah.
They threw one body in and then they go, well, might as well even it out.
Get the kid, grab the kid.
Get to grab the kid and grab the kid.
It might be worth a couple of bucks.
Yeah.
It might be worth a couple of bucks because you can end up.
Okay.
Was your dad always a professional magician from the time that you were born?
And clown.
And clown.
He was a clown.
Well documented clown.
So I was about, he would do a clown at 12.
Always did magic though.
But he did, he would dress as, he would do a clown until about 12.
Then he stopped being a clown and just did the magic.
Just did magic.
And this is local entertainment and old hickory.
No.
He'd go on the road a little bit.
There's a lot of magic conventions that they do.
I have to say one of the first, are you garbage questions are, is, are you
related to a clown?
Yeah.
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
It was one of the original AYG questions.
Oh yeah.
The most related.
The most.
Yeah.
You said that like you wanted a check.
Yeah.
All right.
Well, I should get a point.
Did I get a point?
It's not a good point.
It's not a good point.
It's not a good point.
Okay.
What did your mom do?
She worked at a bank and then, you know, would be at home.
She cleaned houses for it at one point.
Okay.
Just stuff like that.
So your dad was supporting everybody doing this?
Yeah, but he would always, oh yeah.
Okay.
What was the house like?
My house?
Yeah.
Was it like an apartment, a condo, a house?
We had an apartment and then we had a duplex.
You had an apartment in Old Hickory?
Well, I don't, I don't know if we were exactly in Old Hickory, but yeah, there
was an apartment
complex.
Yeah.
We had an apartment complex in Old Hickory.
Okay.
And then, uh, then we lived in a duplex.
That was in Old Hickory.
And then we finally, they bought, when they first bought the house, I was
probably 10 or
11 and it was just a two bedroom house.
I have a brother and a little sister.
Okay.
We were, I just found this out cause I asked my mom cause they was doing
another interview
and they were talking about how I grew up or whatever.
And so it was like, are you middle class?
And then I called my mom and I was, we were lower middle class.
So we weren't food stamps.
We're just whatever's right above it.
Yeah.
We weren't middle class.
You know, I think we eventually got to, you know, you got to, we eventually,
maybe my
parents got to middle class, but it would have been when I was gone and then my
sister.
Yeah.
And how far apart is your brother and sister?
My brother's three years younger.
My sister's about 10, 10 years younger.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
So she grew up kind of like, you know, I was, I was gone.
Yeah.
Well, then I was, me and my brother were out.
So then it's just one child.
And then, yeah, you know, as gradually as your parents get their ground, they
start doing
a little better.
Okay.
What were the vacations like when you were a kid?
Where would you guys go?
I mean, there was new Hickory.
Yeah.
There was not really many vacations.
Nothing in the summer.
No, we wouldn't take regular vacations, but we would, if we did do some, we
didn't do
them a lot.
We'd go to Kings Island.
Okay.
It's a theme park in Ohio.
Kings Island.
Once we drove to St. Louis, saw the arch.
Okay.
Turned around, went home.
Turned around, came back.
Basically, turned around, went home.
Okay.
And that was kind of it.
We'd go either there, that I can remember.
We never really went to Florida, never really went to, I mean, we could have
never really
afford, I mean, you just, we couldn't, like, we weren't a big, I, you know,
people talk
about going on vacation, like, growing up.
I was like, I just didn't.
They were like, oh, we go to Florida every summer.
You're like, I mean, there was never any of that.
Anything steady.
What was the first time you were on a plane?
Because I assume none of those vacations, you were flying anywhere, right?
No, no, no.
We drove everywhere.
Hours.
We go Chattanooga, too, about two hours.
Okay.
Yeah.
All right.
That was a big one.
You should open with that.
Yeah, yeah.
Lead with the showstop.
Moneybags.
Yeah, yeah.
He goes, yeah, rolling, dude.
And is there family in the general Old Hickory area, like your dad's brother or
anybody?
A lot of them live in Louisville, Kentucky.
Okay.
But then I've had a lot in Nashville.
So my grandmother, my dad's mom, lived in Nashville, ran away to Louisville,
Kentucky.
Ran away.
Ran away.
What do you mean by ran away?
Just ran away.
Like from her family?
Yeah, yeah.
From her family.
When she was young, not when you were.
When she was young.
Okay.
Yeah, yeah.
No, when she was young.
Yeah, 75.
At 75, she goes.
That's it.
I'm leaving.
Yeah, that's it.
He goes, I can't take it anymore.
It was a silver alert, and we just couldn't find her.
We were like, I don't know where she's at.
That's a deep shot.
She's good.
Yeah.
So we go, she goes to Louisville.
Then she gets married, raises kids there.
My dad, my dad had a very rough upbringing.
And then they get married, or my mom, then my dad runs away from Louisville to
Nashville.
Okay.
And then, so that's how we ended up back in Nashville.
Oh.
Yeah.
How did your mom and dad meet?
They met seventh grade.
What?
Yeah.
Wow.
That's crazy.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Wow.
So.
Seventh grade sweethearts.
Yeah.
All the way through.
Yeah.
Yeah, my dad would be great on this, too.
Like, he would be.
Yeah, he ran away.
He ran away.
He's a clown.
Yeah, he's a clown.
Yeah, he's a perfect guest.
He's the champ.
We only booked you to get to your dad, if we're being honest with you.
And what were your, so you weren't good in school.
What was the sports situation?
Did you play?
Yeah, I played sports growing up.
Base, you know, baseball was probably the most consistent.
Played until I was 13.
And then, after, like, after about that, I played basketball, but I got cut
every year
from my high school basketball team.
Okay.
So.
He's got tenacity, though.
He keeps going back.
I keep going back.
I played for my church.
Church had a basketball team?
Yeah, church had a basketball team.
Yeah, there's, church basketball was, like, kind of a thing.
Oh, I know what you mean.
Like, CYO League.
Or, that's what we have in our area.
Catholic Youth League.
Okay.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Ours was Nashville Baptist Association.
There you go.
All right.
That's pretty good.
And so, yeah, I played church.
I was great in church basketball.
You were good on that team?
Yeah.
Okay.
I should have made the team at some point in my high school, I think, at least
one year.
I should have got thrown a bone.
First year, my dad was the assistant coach.
Still did not make sure.
What?
Jesus.
Yeah.
He cut me.
That's a cutthroat clown right there.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You don't mess around.
Cut your dad.
That's crazy.
And then after that, the coaches kept the tradition, and then cut me the rest
of the...
So, you would go home after school, and then he would come home a couple hours
later
from basketball practice.
He's got a big trophy.
He's got a big trophy.
Yeah, yeah.
Here's what, you know, a fun little thing, though, I'll tell you.
I gave my high school...
Because my high school's my only alumni.
Sure.
So, I gave my high school money, and my name is on the court now.
Yeah.
Are you kidding me?
Yeah.
That's a baller move.
So, we're in there.
That's great.
Is it the Nate Bargetsy basketball courts?
Yeah.
So, over at Bargetsy courts.
Wait, we've had a lot of...
That's crazy.
We've had a lot of people coming in and do a lot of cool things.
That might be the coolest thing I've heard.
I assume it was a pretty nice chunk of change.
Did they redo it?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
No, they're redoing...
They're building a whole thing.
So, they're doing a whole big building.
And it was announced.
Like, I'm not trying to act like I'm, you know, anything.
No, no, no.
That's awesome.
I mean, I only gave it to my high school.
I don't have, you know, anything else.
Didn't go to college?
I went to volunteer state community college for about a year.
Zero credits.
All remedial classes.
I got a 17 on my ACT.
Whoa.
I don't think that's any good.
No, it's pretty low.
I got an 870 on my SAT.
Oh, yeah.
I didn't even do that.
I got that 17.
I was like, you know what?
That's it for me.
17 they go.
Yeah, they didn't even bother.
That's crazy.
They didn't even bother.
So, I had to take all remedial classes for the first year to get...
So, they didn't even count as credits?
No, because I was not even...
I didn't have enough to even start.
Start.
Start.
Yeah.
So, I had to do a full year of that.
And then, I went to Western Kentucky University for a semester and then failed
bowling.
Failed everything.
Failed bowling?
Yeah.
Because I didn't...
Was it a tennis ball?
Yeah.
And you know what?
Not a bad bowler.
I bowled a 266, too.
Really?
Yeah.
And you fail?
You got to keep score without the co