Joe Rogan Experience #1620 - Nate Bargatze

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (drum roll) Joe Rogan podcast,…

   1. NANarrator0:00

      (drum roll) Joe Rogan podcast, check it out.

   2. NBNate Bargatze0:04

      The Joe Rogan Experience.

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:06

      Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night. All day. (instrumental music plays)

   4. NBNate Bargatze0:14

      Hello. Hello.

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:15

      Welcome to Austin, Texas.

   6. NBNate Bargatze0:17

      I know.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:17

      How you doing?

   8. NBNate Bargatze0:18

      I'm good.

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:18

      You're a Nashville resident now, huh?

   10. NBNate Bargatze0:20

       I am, yeah. I'm from there, so-

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:22

       When did you move back?

   12. NBNate Bargatze0:23

       Uh, it's been six years. I was, uh, I started in Chicago. I moved from Nashville to Chicago first, and then New York for about nine years, and then, uh, LA for a couple. And I started touring on the road, like, a lot more, and then I moved, uh, back to Nashville. It was the first, what I thought to myself, the first unselfish thing I did for my family- (laughs)

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:44

       Mm-hmm.

   14. NBNate Bargatze0:45

       ... in comedy-

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:45

       Yeah.

   16. NBNate Bargatze0:45

       ... was to get ... I was being gone so much. We have an eight-year-old. I mean, at the time we had a two-year-old, so, uh, and so I was, like, just leaving 'em, you know? And I was like, "Uh, let's just go." When I first moved back, I didn't tell anybody.

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:59

       Really?

   18. NBNate Bargatze0:59

       I was afraid people would think I'd quit comedy.

   19. JRJoe Rogan1:03

       (laughs)

   20. NBNate Bargatze1:03

       (laughs)

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:03

       Isn't that weird?

   22. NBNate Bargatze1:05

       I know. I was so, I was-

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:06

       Like you could only do comedy in a couple places.

   24. NBNate Bargatze1:08

       Yeah, yeah.

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:09

       Yeah.

   26. NBNate Bargatze1:09

       I was so scared. I had my buddy, Rory Scovel, co- like, he ... I moved, didn't tell him, and he came to Nashville and I was like, "Hey, I'll pick you up at the airport. I, I'm, like, at my parent's house." And then I picked him up and drove to my home and I was like, "I've been gone for six months." 'Cause I realized we, w- we weren't seeing anybody, you know?

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:28

       Yeah. Yeah, the, if you're on the road a lot it, it almost doesn't matter where you live as long as you have a workout room.

   28. NBNate Bargatze1:35

       Yes.

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:35

       And you, uh, you, Zanies? Is that your spot?

   30. NBNate Bargatze1:37

       I use Zanies.
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   Right. …

   1. NBNate Bargatze15:00

      it timed out to 64 minutes. I... You did have to figure out how to be like, "Just trust that they're laughing."

   2. JRJoe Rogan15:05

      Right.

   3. NBNate Bargatze15:06

      You know what I mean? And then so when we did the special they had everybody... We had to do Universal Studios in, uh, California. 100 people, all of 'em had to get tested, but then also still had to wear masks during the show. And, uh, the first nigh- fir- you tape two shows. First show, uh, 64 minute is what my material was running at the drive-ins. First show I did 43 minutes.

   4. JRJoe Rogan15:26

      Wow. Wow. How come?

   5. NBNate Bargatze15:27

      'Cause it was... I, I realized you could hear some laughs, not really much, and you can't see their faces.

   6. JRJoe Rogan15:34

      (clears throat)

   7. NBNate Bargatze15:35

      So you just look like you're bu-... I mean, you're, you're just looking at eyes. And so unless a guy, like, shook 'cause he was laughing so hard... I mean, you're just telling a joke just to, like, eyes not moving.

   8. JRJoe Rogan15:46

      That's so weird.

   9. NBNate Bargatze15:47

      And it was tough. And so the second one, I was like, "All right. Well, we have to..." You know, I got off. You know when you get off and you're like, "That's not... That was cool."

   10. JRJoe Rogan15:55

       And the second one, did you make 'em take their masks off?

   11. NBNate Bargatze15:57

       No. But, uh, we had, uh-

   12. JRJoe Rogan15:59

       This is Universal in Hollywood?

   13. NBNate Bargatze16:00

       Yeah. Universal Studios, yeah. And they, uh... So we had... Uh, they had mi-... The crowd, the audience had mics on their tables. And so he put that, the... And my monitor up a little louder and so I could hear them laugh through the mask.

   14. JRJoe Rogan16:14

       Oh.

   15. NBNate Bargatze16:14

       'Cause they're laughing, but it's like I just can't hear.

   16. JRJoe Rogan16:17

       (laughs)

   17. NBNate Bargatze16:17

       Yeah, yeah.

   18. JRJoe Rogan16:18

       Yeah, it's so frustrating when you're talking to people, like, a- and they're trying to give you directions or explain something, you'll... And you're-

   19. NBNate Bargatze16:25

       Yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan16:25

       ... j- leaning in, like, "What?"

   21. NBNate Bargatze16:26

       I just pull it down. I go, "What's that?"

   22. JRJoe Rogan16:27

       "What the fuck are you saying?"

   23. NBNate Bargatze16:28

       They go... (laughs)

   24. JRJoe Rogan16:29

       Yeah.

   25. NBNate Bargatze16:29

       You come around the plastic... You know like you go somewhere they have the plastic thing? I just... You go around it and pull your mask down, "What's that?" They're like, "Well, that's not what you're supposed to do at all."

   26. JRJoe Rogan16:37

       (laughs)

   27. NBNate Bargatze16:37

       Like, you just make it way worse

   28. NANarrator16:39

       (laughs)

   29. NBNate Bargatze16:39

       ... you know what I'm saying?

   30. JRJoe Rogan16:40

       Well, people that have already had COVID, they're so fucking... They're just... They, they don't care at all, like-
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   He was the best.…

   1. NANarrator30:00

      I will make, make myself, for sure. But I've seen so many of his sets. He was the guy-

   2. NBNate Bargatze30:05

      He was the best.

   3. NANarrator30:06

      He was a... He was, for sure, one of the greats. For sure.

   4. JRJoe Rogan30:09

      But he was, but m- uh, maybe even more importantly, he was a cornerstone of not giving a fuck.

   5. NBNate Bargatze30:15

      Yeah.

   6. JRJoe Rogan30:15

      You know what I mean? Like, you had to have a guy like that, that was an elite standup comic. It was like-

   7. NBNate Bargatze30:20

      (laughs)

   8. JRJoe Rogan30:20

      ... "Wha, wha, wha, wha, wha, wha, wha, wha, what the fuck are you talking about?"

   9. NBNate Bargatze30:23

      (laughs) Yeah.

   10. JRJoe Rogan30:23

       And you, you needed a guy like that-

   11. NBNate Bargatze30:25

       Yeah.

   12. JRJoe Rogan30:25

       ... to have a great point, like really well-thought-out point that was hilarious that showed you why you shouldn't care. Or why something was stupid.

   13. NBNate Bargatze30:33

       Yeah.

   14. JRJoe Rogan30:34

       Like, I remember, um, there was, uh, some controversy about, uh, Opie and Anthony, and he went on some show. And some, one woman was saying that certain jokes could never be funny. And, you know, and he, and, and he went and said, like, a joke that was on that subject that was funny.

   15. NBNate Bargatze30:52

       Yeah. (laughs)

   16. JRJoe Rogan30:53

       And, uh, and then, and he was like, "Look, it all..." And the... But this is a point that he had that's like a really good point that I stick with to this day is like, it all comes from the same place, whether the joke is funny or the joke is not, whether it's offensive or whether it's hilarious and non-offensive. It's coming from the same place. You're just trying to be funny.

   17. NBNate Bargatze31:14

       Yeah.

   18. JRJoe Rogan31:14

       And when you're a comic, you understand that. Because like, you'll, you'll say something that some people might find offensive, but the only reason why you're saying it is not because you're trying to be mean. You're saying it 'cause you think there's something funny in there. Like you're trying to find the funny. And sometimes like you'll slip and it doesn't, doesn't work at all.

   19. NBNate Bargatze31:32

       Yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan31:32

       And sometimes-

   21. NBNate Bargatze31:32

       Agree- agreeable is not funny.

   22. JRJoe Rogan31:34

       Right. Yeah.

   23. NBNate Bargatze31:35

       Yeah. And-

   24. JRJoe Rogan31:35

       Like the whole point of it is that I can't agree with you, except-

   25. NBNate Bargatze31:37

       Exactly. ... comedy's all built from... Sometimes if someone, like, they'd be like, "Oh, you're being mean to him." You're like, "Well, I don't..." That's what... Comedy's mean.

   26. JRJoe Rogan31:44

       (laughs) Sometimes, yeah.

   27. NBNate Bargatze31:45

       It's mean. I, I, I told a j- a joke where I said I, uh, did something to my dad, but I came out and I did a show. These people didn't expect a comedy. So they didn't know I was a comedian and I started telling my act. They don't know what I'm doing, so it just sounds like I'm doing a mean speech.

   28. JRJoe Rogan32:00

       (laughs)

   29. NBNate Bargatze32:00

       'Cause that's what comedy is if you have no, if there's no context to it.

   30. JRJoe Rogan32:03

       Right. (laughs)
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   Oh, yeah. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      these loud "Whoops! Whoops!" And these guys are like in the foreground, you know like the guys who are recording, they're trying to communicate with these things. They sound so calm. I mean, if there really was giant fucking eight foot apes out there wandering around like, you know, two, 300 yards away from you screaming and whooping and talking, would you really ... And you're in the woods. Would you really be so calm? Would- wouldn't you be freaking the fuck out with these guys?

   2. NBNate Bargatze45:28

      Oh, yeah.

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:28

      Do you have it?

   4. NANarrator45:29

      Uh, yeah. I'm trying to make sure I find the right thing, 'cause I've stumbled across some traps.

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:34

      Oh.

   6. NANarrator45:35

      It's what people are make- fucking around the internet.

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:36

      (clicks tongue) I wish I could remember the gentleman's name.

   8. NANarrator45:38

      Well, I think I have it, is all I'm saying. So Ronald J. Morehead and Allen Berry maybe. Is that right?

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:44

      Yes, Ron Morehead, yeah. (clears throat) Yeah.

   10. NANarrator45:47

       Okay.

   11. JRJoe Rogan45:47

       That's it, the Sierra Mountains. That's what it is.

   12. NBNate Bargatze45:52

       All right.

   13. JRJoe Rogan45:52

       And so, um, it's the weirdest shit ever. Listen, just listen to this. You're gonna ...

   14. NANarrator45:57

       I read what it could be, but we'll listen first.

   15. JRJoe Rogan45:58

       Oh, could be bullshit.

   16. NBNate Bargatze46:00

       Yeah, well.

   17. JRJoe Rogan46:00

       That's what it could be.

   18. NANarrator46:02

       (radio static) Uh, uh, uh ... Whoa, whoa. (static) Uh, uh.

   19. NBNate Bargatze46:22

       That sounds like it said, "All aboard."

   20. NANarrator46:25

       Uh, uh. Uh, whoa. Whoa. Uh, uh. Whoa. Come on. (coughs)

   21. JRJoe Rogan46:43

       This, this is the guy.

   22. NANarrator46:44

       (clears throat)

   23. JRJoe Rogan46:45

       This is ... Hold on. Stop, stop, stop. This is a terrible version of it.

   24. NBNate Bargatze46:48

       Yeah, wow.

   25. JRJoe Rogan46:49

       There's a better version of it where you can hear the guys really clearly, the people talking.

   26. NBNate Bargatze46:53

       Oh, that's fine.

   27. JRJoe Rogan46:53

       I don't know why that's so scratchy. But they, they're like, "They're over by the lake." Like they're, they're talking like that and they hear ...

   28. NANarrator47:01

       Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan47:04

       This very strange sound.

   30. NBNate Bargatze47:05

       And they're-
5. 1:00:00 – 1:07:44

   Boom. …

   1. NBNate Bargatze1:00:00

      you use that technology just to be like, "Where'd you go Funny Bone?"

   2. JRJoe Rogan1:00:03

      Boom.

   3. NBNate Bargatze1:00:03

      Just to s- (snaps fingers)

   4. JRJoe Rogan1:00:04

      You're in Denver.

   5. NBNate Bargatze1:00:04

      Yeah, yeah. (laughs)

   6. JRJoe Rogan1:00:05

      (laughs)

   7. NBNate Bargatze1:00:05

      Denver Comedy Works.

   8. JRJoe Rogan1:00:07

      (laughs)

   9. NBNate Bargatze1:00:07

      Hey, I was just featuring, I could ... Yeah, yeah.

   10. JRJoe Rogan1:00:08

       Yeah. Boom, you're in Poughkeepsie. Look, I'm at Bananas. Yeah.

   11. NBNate Bargatze1:00:11

       I like to use that much technology for ... Would you do that even flying for just the, the least amount of comics just doing dumb jokes?

   12. JRJoe Rogan1:00:18

       Right. (laughs)

   13. NBNate Bargatze1:00:19

       You're using ... I mean, people died over this, this technology.

   14. JRJoe Rogan1:00:22

       Right.

   15. NBNate Bargatze1:00:22

       And you're like, "I just told some far jokes on stage for ..."

   16. JRJoe Rogan1:00:25

       Well, what if they found out that some people died from it? You know, just like they think that some people die from vaccines, but-... but it's a very small number in comparison to people that it's gonna help. What if some people died when they did this jump and they just, shoop, you know, to some other place? Some people just melted and they're like, "Hey, what happened to Tom?" "Oh, he's got that gene variant."

   17. NBNate Bargatze1:00:46

       Yeah. Oh, yeah.

   18. JRJoe Rogan1:00:47

       And now Tom's a puddle.

   19. NBNate Bargatze1:00:48

       Yeah. Well, I would've, I would imagine people die from ... Like, they would be like, they'd just be like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've never done this before, dude." (laughs) Like ...

   20. JRJoe Rogan1:00:54

       Could be. Yeah, I mean, maybe that's-

   21. NBNate Bargatze1:00:58

       A monkey, they throw ... Don't they use monkeys a lot?

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:01:01

       They used to. Yeah.

   23. NBNate Bargatze1:01:02

       Oh.

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:01:02

       For space travel.

   25. NBNate Bargatze1:01:03

       Do they just have 'em around?

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:01:05

       Well-

   27. NBNate Bargatze1:01:05

       Do they?

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:01:05

       Unfortunately, yes. They have 'em for medical research. They-

   29. NBNate Bargatze1:01:09

       Yeah.

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:01:09

       ... have 'em for all sorts of shit. Yeah, not good.

Episode duration: 3:08:18