Nate Bargatze: The Tennessee Kid

Don't think of this guy as 'a clean comedian'. No qualifiers are needed - he's simply a brilliant, brilliant comedian and this special is absolutely perfect. I've watched hours of stand up specials - and I have been eagerly waiting for this one. His albums are great and I loved his half hour on Netflix but I was really needing to see a full hour and it didn't not disappoint in the least. And do not bail out as soon as he says goodnight because you'll want to enjoy a few pictures that display during the closing credits.

Surely worth a shot. Not the ROFL kinda standup, but if you like dry humor, this is almost a constant chuckle throughout the hour. Will be following this guy and will be watching his other content.

But The Rona has us all watching stuff we'd gloss right over normally, so figured I'd give him a shot.

It's worth noting, his horse bit? Completely relatable. I consider myself fairly intelligent, and I recall being told a few times that horses and cows do not lie down unless they're ill, so one day driving past a field, I see a horse on its side and immediately thought 'NOMG that's so sad! I should let the farmer know...' so I make my way to the farm house, for which I was sized up and down, then told 'are you effing re****ed? How do you sleep? Lying down? Well, that's how our horses sleep. Thanks.' So I definitely related. Maybe a little too much.

Funny guy; relatable, good delivery style, but my only complaint would be, we get it, you procreated. We don't need to see your kid doing your intro.

One of those stand-ups that makes you feel good, but you'll only get a few real laughs. Beyond that I just found myself smiling at it the whole time. Definitely worth seeing though!

Bargatze's jokes are good, but what makes his comedy work is him. With a conversational delivery, his relatability is his unabated strength. Being a not-super-masculine man from the south myself, that relatability is all the more enticing.