Nate Bargatze: Hello World

I've heard this dude many times on Sirius FM, but I've never seen him live or on TV for an entire routine. I was pleasantly surprised. Even if every joke wasn't laugh out loud funny, there was a smile on my face the entire time. There were plenty of laugh out loud moments as well. Most good comedians are relatable but this guy is the most relatable I've ever heard. The jokes all come from real stuff, which is always the funniest stuff. It was 100% an added bonus that he doesn't need foul language or risque jokes to be funny. It's so much harder to keep a crowd laughing when you can't resort to the lowest common denominator, or so it seems with most comedians these days.

Nate is my kids' age not mine but we all find him absolutely relatable and hilarious!! His observational humor is so true to life and his delivery makes it that much funnier! Few comedians can make everyday life events so entertaining to such a wide age range of audiences but Nate always manages to pull it off without dropping F bombs or throwing in a lot of embarrassing material. Well, maybe embarrassing for HIM but not for viewers. Based on his stories, his wife deserves an award too!! 🤣 I've watched this more than once and laughed until I was crying every single time! Do yourself a favor and watch this immediately!! 😊

Mediocre and a bit ho-hum. I yawned more than I laughed, actually got distracted quite bit as it rambled along. Normally slow comedy is fine for me, if it's witty and tight. This was just a little too all over the place and so found it hard to engage. Relatable comedy is also entertaining, but needs to be more novel to be that kind of surprising funny that makes one laugh out loud. The average joe stuff is becoming so trite and over done. The whole thing felt like the sad soliloquy of a dying breed. Perhaps if the target audience is mostly yt mostly Christian mostly conservative they can relate.

I don't get the 8.0 rating here. I've seen him in several specials already and while he's never great, this show is particularly boring and unfunny. I couldn't stay interested past 25 minutes and ditched it. He has a personality that seems relatable in an everyday man kind of way but his routine just meanders aimlessly and looks like he's trying to walk a fine line and not offend anyone. I don't expect to be roaring with laughter non-stop from any comic and can stay with someone whose humor derives from a long, drawn-out story, especially when the subject is one we can ALL relate to. An example would be Nick Thune, who tells a 25 minute story about his first trip to a legal weed dispensary that results in his dog ingesting a huge pot brownie and leads to an emergency trip to a vet...Or even Kevin Smith (yes, the director) who does some interesting story-telling in a similar style. Nate has done better jobs than this one but here he seems like even HE doesn't think his material is funny. I have a fairly low threshhold of laughter but this performance couldn't even get me to cross the baseline...I'd pass.

I think the 2019 one is funnier. It was about weird stories like a dead horse and walking up a hill. This is more dull and most is just him being in his house. About very regular family events and he seldom makes it controversial or spicy. The stories about his sister are great, but he then jumps to a totally new topic and it becomes everyday stuff again. I think he needs to focus on the emotional stories about social dynamics and try to stretch out single stories or make sure they are all following the same storyline. It's still funny, but there are places in his shows where I do zone out as he has low energy and needs to deliver 100% to land the jokes. I recommend watching it if you are bored. But it does feel like he hasn't really grown as a comedian. Rather he is just doing the same stuff over and over. A dull married man. I hope there will be some inventive stuff and a greater story soon. A PG comedian is not a selling point in itself. It's quite decent though.

Finally a comedian who can make us laugh without disrespecting anyone or anything! He's not cussing, not scolding, nor does he spread a political agenda. Just having an innocent good time and I'm here for it! I've been following his specials for quite some time and can truly appreciate him more and more. Especially the time we live in! The fact that this special is family oriented and also delivers as family oriented AND friendly is such a relieve. I love how simpel and smart his comedy is. It's so understandable and relatable. His jokes are relatable on all ages as well. Especially the sibling jokes, very very clever put in there. Good job Nate!!

Rating: 1.5 Stand-ups are always hit or miss because either you find them funny or you don't. For me I laughed twice in 60 minutes I just didn't find him all that funny. If you're closer to his age (early 40s) you may relate to what he has to say more and find it more enjoyable. For someone in their early 20's the jokes weren't "old" per se but not my cup of tea. I just don't have enough life experience to relate to some of these jokes, you "know" what he's talking about but you don't KNOW it first hand so the impact is marginal. Since there are or no redeeming qualities like cinematography, score or storyline I can't warrant giving this anything above a 1.