284: #284 A Very Nateland Christmas

Summary

The Nateland Podcast #284: A Very Nateland Christmas

Release Date: December 24, 2025
Hosts: Nate Bargatze, Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, Dusty Slay
Special Guest: Greg Warren

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Episode Overview

This festive episode of The Nateland Podcast marks their sixth annual Christmas special and is packed with warmth, comedy, nostalgia, and insider looks at the group’s recent projects and changes. The hosts reflect on big personal and professional moments from the past year—including Nate’s upcoming movie and his departure from the regular podcast lineup—while sharing Christmas stories, listener comments, and trademark banter. The episode mixes heart, humor, and the usual good-natured ribbing, making it a satisfying (if bittersweet) holiday send-off as the show prepares for a new era.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Opening Banter & Wrapping Up the Year

Timestamps: 00:00–06:10

• The episode opens with the guys in full-on Christmas prep mode, joking about gift wrapping and seasonal gigs.
• Greg Warren joins, fresh from his Tonight Show appearance, leading to a discussion on the pressure and skill needed for standup on TV—with applause breaks and tight timing.
  • Notable Quote:
    • “A touch thing to be not rude, because you can also… just have to bail.” —Nate (02:28)
• The hosts heap friendly praise (and some playful shade) on Greg and reminisce about their own late night experiences.

2. Game Show Behind-the-Scenes

Timestamps: 06:10–14:11

• The group discusses the upcoming “Greatest Average American Game Show,” breaking down how the role of announcers (Greg and Julian) evolved during rehearsals, and the sometimes-brutal nature of TV production feedback.
  • Memorable moment:
    • Greg Garcia gleefully relaying network notes that cut their screen time:
      “He loved it. He just kept coming back over, going like, I don’t know how to say this to you guys.” —Nate (11:31)
• Nate outlines the show’s concept: contestants win the “average American salary” by completing challenges based on national polling and his own random skills (e.g., naming state capitals in 60 seconds).
  • “We wanted it… to feel real and be like, these are my friends… and we’re giving money to people in the audience.” —Nate (12:10)
• The emotional rollercoaster of filming—when contestants lose, the cast feels genuinely bummed.

3. Big Announcement: Podcast Changes

Timestamps: 15:37–19:54

• The Christmas episode doubles as a milestone for a major transition:
  • Nate announces (again) his decision to step down as full-time host, though the show—and the core team—will continue under a new name released January 28.
    • “I resigned from my position.” —Nate (17:16)
  • The group jokes about succession, being able to “seamlessly” continue, and possible new podcast names (“Bait Land,” “Date Land,” etc.)
• They assure listeners the spirit will remain, and Nate will be a frequent guest.

4. Reading Listener Comments – Nostalgia & Farewell

Timestamps: 19:54–32:19

• The team reads heartfelt comments, including a quote from The Office:
  • “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them. Except this time we did know. We all knew Nate Land was the good old days.” —Read by Nate, quoting Jesse Rothacker (20:18)
• More laughs ensue about Greg “auditioning” to stay a guest and trading podcast hosts, sports-style:
  • “Nate Land receives Greg Warren, the Consumers receive Brian Bates and a 2028 second round pick.” —Read by Nate (32:14)
• Reflections on the journey and how much the podcast has meant to listeners.

5. Comedy & Standup Shop Talk

Timestamps: 32:19–38:07

• Greg answers a listener question about hecklers and tough crowds during his live shows; the comedians reminisce about “running the set” for TV in the worst possible conditions.
  • “You want to run it in a that kind of position because then you’re like, it can’t be worse than what…” —Nate (35:24)
• More tales of open mics, club gigs, and the shared anxiety of working standup life.

6. Nate’s Movie Trailer Premiere

Timestamps: 38:07–44:02

• The hosts watch and react to the trailer for Nate’s new Sony TriStar film (title not specified), marveling at seeing the project go from “blank piece of paper” to full-fledged movie.
  • “It doesn’t even… feel like it’s me… I really couldn’t believe it.” —Nate (42:00)
• Nostalgia and pride at sharing this major milestone with his friends/fans.

7. Holiday & Christmas Banter

Timestamps: 45:45–83:07

• The team discusses what day of the week is “best” for Christmas, from both kid and comic perspectives.
  • “If that thing falls on Wednesday or Thursday, you got that weekend. It’s a good weekend because they’re going out.” —Greg (51:47)
• They recall being stuck on the road during Christmas and the emotional toll for comics.
• Kansas City plug: Greg boasts about setting a record with 14 club shows over the holiday.
  • “Comedy club of Kansas City. Yeah, it’s a record.” —Greg (54:32)
• More listener comment shout-outs and inside jokes about the ever-changing podcast cast.

8. Listener Questions and War Trivia Tangent

Timestamps: 66:03–74:44

• In typical Nateland fashion, a debate about college football bowl games leads to a tangent about “the Banana Wars”—with Greg being roasted for being “old enough to have fought in every military conflict.”
  • “Did you get trench foot in World War I?” —Dusty (68:42)
• Lots of laughter and research about the longest-serving US generals and their war stories.

9. Christmas Memories

Timestamps: 83:23–93:20

• The hosts reminisce about memorable Christmas gifts, from snakes (Nate) to Red Rider BB guns (Greg).
• More bits about standup beginnings—including impressions, old jokes, and the panic of running out of material onstage.
  • “The worst bit ever is the only bit that pops up in your head and you’re on TV.” —Greg (93:04)
• Nate’s story about trying to entertain his family with wild animals.

10. Upcoming Gigs & Sentimental Closing

Timestamps: 93:20–97:00

• Everyone plugs their upcoming shows (Appleton, Kansas City, Salt Lake, San Francisco, Sacramento, etc.).
• Nate delivers a heartfelt Merry Christmas message and thanks the fans for years of support.
  • “This was great. Merry Christmas. I hope you have a wonderful, wonderful Christmas with your family, and… see you next week. Bye.” —Nate (96:58)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “You get drawn in quick… I mean, I’m part of the show but when you get down to whether this person’s gonna win the money, I’m… like, oh yeah, you’re a fan watching!” —Brian (13:10)
• “If Greg walked over, you’re like, oh, no…” —Nate, on Greg Garcia delivering network cuts (11:57)
• “That’s what I hope it’s all like.” —Nate, reading a listener’s fond farewell (19:54)
• “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them. Except this time we did know.” —Listener comment, read by Nate (20:18)
• “I want you to be able to come out and go do that. And I hope I’m… Hopefully I’m right… I think people do.” —Nate, on his movie and wholesome comedy (43:09)
• “Christmas is… it can feel stressful. Then the day when it gets there… I do love it.” —Nate (60:34)
• “If that thing falls on Wednesday or Thursday, you got that weekend… It’s a good weekend.” —Greg (51:47)
• “The worst bit ever is the only bit that pops up in your head, and you’re on TV.” —Greg (93:04)
• “This was great. Merry Christmas. I hope you have a wonderful… Christmas with your family, and… see you next week.” —Nate (96:58)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | |-------------------------------------------------|-------------| | Standup on TV / Greg Warren segment | 00:57–06:03 | | Game show behind the scenes | 06:03–14:11 | | Podcast departure & new era discussions | 15:37–19:54 | | Listener comments & nostalgia | 19:54–32:19 | | Comedy shop talk & tough sets | 32:19–38:07 | | Nate’s movie trailer reaction | 38:07–44:02 | | Best day of the week for Christmas | 45:45–52:00 | | On the road for Christmas (comic’s perspective) | 52:00–56:08 | | Listener Q&A: war trivia and silly tangents | 66:03–74:44 | | Christmas gift stories | 83:23–86:06 | | Standup beginnings & running out of material | 90:44–93:20 | | Show plugs and Christmas sign-off | 93:20–97:00 |

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Tone & Language

Throughout, the hosts keep their signature blend of dry wit, heartfelt nostalgia, and good-natured ribbing. The language is conversational and familial, full of inside jokes, callbacks, and plenty of “digressions.” The warmth and authenticity remains—fitting for a show that’s become a “good old days” for its devoted fanbase.

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Final Thoughts

“A Very Nateland Christmas” is a perfect snapshot of what has made this podcast a weekly staple—laughter, honesty, and the camaraderie of longtime friends. It’s both a celebration and a turning point, handled with humor and genuine appreciation for the journey so far. Merry Christmas from the Nateland crew!

Transcript

[Nate Bargetzi]

Okay, only 10 more presents to wrap.

[Brian Bates]

You're almost at the finish line.

[Nate Bargetzi]

But first. There, the last one. Enjoy a Coca Cola for a pause that refreshes. Hello, folks, and hey, Bear. Welcome to the Nateland Podcast. I'm Nate Bargetzi. Brian Bates. Aaron Weber wearing his second job.

[Aaron Weber]

It's a busy time of year for big.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Big time of year for you.

[Dusty]

Yeah, I'm booked up, man.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You're booked up. This is what, a lot of corporate stuff.

[Dusty]

That's right.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Do you call it corporate stuff or do you call it mall stuff?

[Dusty]

I get private gig.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Private gig. Private gigs. I like that. Private gig. No one really knows. It's like, oh, wow, man. You know, dude's working. Dude. He's working. And he's owned by 905. Wow. That's interesting. Yeah. And wonderful. Greg Warren.

[Brian Bates]

Hi, guys.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, hey, Greg. Yeah. What's going on, man? Our boy Greg, right off the fame of the Tonight Show.

[Dusty]

How about it, man?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Your set was great.

[Brian Bates]

Thanks, man. Thanks a lot.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It's great. It was. Yeah, it's awesome because it's like, that's even a crowd, like TV sets, you know? You know, they. They like to clap.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And you had to. But you did great with it if, like, getting them. Because especially, like, the last joke where you got to. You got. You just got so many more tags to it. You got to kind of stay on them a little bit.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. You feel like you're like, no, no, not here. That's a setup. You gotta kind of.

[Nate Bargetzi]

They should. You know what if someone wants to. If you want. Might be a good example if you care if anybody cares about standup comedy. But if you want to see what a comic has to do, sometimes when applause is like, watch your set where you have to go. It's not like, no one's up. You're. You're. It's very nice and polite. They're clapping.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And then like. But when you're like, I kind of got a. I got a couple more things. I got to get out. You only have so much time.

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And it's like, that was done in a great way where you. It's a acknowledgement, but it's also like, not rude. Yeah. Not rude. It's got to do it. That's a. That's a touch. Thing to be not rude, because you can also. I mean, I've had it on the Tonight show where you just have to bail. You just have to go, like, well, I just can't do that part.

[Brian Bates]

I bailed on one yeah. In the fishing thing.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

It's just not going to.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And that's one you got to figure out in the moment, which.

[Brian Bates]

Right in the moment, like I cannot do. But Michael Cox, the booker was. He was.

[Nate Bargetzi]

He was unbelievable.

[Brian Bates]

Very helpful because, I mean, the most helpful I've had on any of those guys.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Like everything that.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

He's like, this is going to happen. This can happen. He goes, you're going to have to. You're going to have to plow through a couple of these applause breaks or there's going to be an eight minute set.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

You know.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

You're going to have to go through.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Adrian booked you on the Ferguson.

[Brian Bates]

That's right. Man, I feel bad now.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It's tough that you said.

[Brian Bates]

Actually, you know what, though? Adrian booked me, I think, and then bolted. He wasn't there. I don't think to prepare me. I'm trying because you. You were.

[Nate Bargetzi]

That's what I would say too.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. I'm pretty sure you, you were. When I shot it, you weren't there.

[Aaron Weber]

That's a good backtrack.

[Brian Bates]

I think. So I followed Mark Coleman.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And he's booked me on stuff before.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And he was great. He was great. He was the second best. He was second best. And Chalene was the third word about. He goes, but you're in there, Adrian.

[Aaron Weber]

Adrian being Mount Rushmore of late night bookers that you' worked with.

[Brian Bates]

Definitely. How many presidents are on Mount Rushmore?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, there's. How many. Well, his Mount Rushmore is different. It has seven people.

[Brian Bates]

No, I. Yeah, I think you. I think you like booked me and then quit. I think. Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

By the way, if you listen, Adrian, who runs all the production and of Nateland. I don't know if they've. Have they. I don't they've officially ever really met you or heard of you. But he came from comedy, worked a lot of Happy Madison and booked Ferguson back the way. Did a lot of stuff with comic. Did very good. Yeah. But it was very funny that Greg is. Was rude out of the gate.

[Brian Bates]

Incredibly rude.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

It did not occur to me.

[Nate Bargetzi]

That is what I expect from someone that was on the Tonight show last week. Yeah, man, is that ego? It just comes out. You're just on. I mean, what. What is Christmas going to be like at the Warren where you're just like, yeah, get me this, bring me this.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm not going.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You're not going. They can't. They go and they should understand why.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. I'm hoping Jimmy. Jimmy's having Christmas.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, you go. I have my own Christmas. Can we come?

[Brian Bates]

No. Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

No. Yeah, that. Well, you killed a butt and I'm so glad.

[Brian Bates]

Thanks a lot. Yeah, thanks.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So glad you. You did it. It worked out, you know, and. Yeah. Because we. Because we had to move it around because you're on the. I don't think that's. Or maybe it has been said. It's been announced. Right. The game show's out.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

February 25th is the airing of the greatest average American game show. Greg Warren is the announcer.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, yeah.

[Dusty]

Oh, that's cool.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Join. It's Greg and Joy and Julian's with the crowd and comes and helps me with the challenges that I have to do.

[Aaron Weber]

And.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And Greg is the announcer. And so he was supposed to be doing the Tonight show then. And then we were all very kind of pleased to Fallon and Michael Cox and they were wonderful and just were able to move him and so. Oh, that's awesome, man.

[Brian Bates]

Can I say something about the game show?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. It depends.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

What it is. If I like it. Yeah, yeah. No, if I like it.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. All right. I think you'll like it. So that. So there it happened.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Nate dies, Greg dead. Gummet on a game show that was going to be a big time spoiler because that's never happened.

[Brian Bates]

No, no. Yeah, it's.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, it was. So we go down for rehearsal for a few days before the game show and it's Julian and Nate and I and Dan Shacky, a friend of ours, is like helping write some of the stuff. And at some point they say. They say, all right, Nate's doing too much business in the second part of the game show he's doing. He's explaining the rules too much and they're like, just have Greg do it. So then they put me in there and then they. And then it evolved and have Julian. So then it evolved into this weird thing that there's like.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So it was going to be. So if you watch the game show, when it comes out, it's. It's. I'm hosting. We have three contestants. The goal of it is to win the average American salary. I think we just talked about it last week with Dusty. And so the first one is them three. We pull the average American audience. So whatever poll system, you know, the polls we always talk about, we use those polls. So then it gets down to two people from there. So then they gotta guess the average. What am I gonna do? Like shooting free throws or knowing naming state capitals. How many can name Nate name. And 60 seconds. And so they got to go. They got to write a number and the other person writes over under. So to introduce that on the one, the first episode, what we came up with was I was going to be backstage and then be brought out. And so when we, we go to commercial after the three gets down to two. So when you come back, you come back to Greg and Julian.

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Who are on the show. They're announcers and they're all, they're a part of the show. But you come back to them and. And then they set up the rules to the game and I'm not on camera.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. So. So the first, the rehearsal, there's a kind of a middle level ABC exec down there, nice guy. And, and we don't use his real name. I think we nicknamed him Darryl. That's not his real name. But so he was kind of the one. And during rehearsals were like changing it to where it's like me and Julie and, and me and Julian.

[Aaron Weber]

Are you kidding?

[Brian Bates]

We're like, we're there like, like we have a big part of this game show come back. It's us, like. And so, so that, that's how, that's how it is. They just make this decision one day and that's what it is. And then you get to where we're shooting the thing and we shoot the first episode that, that way and, and we come off stage and Nate, they sent Greg Garcia to talk to me.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And Julian, by the way. Greg Garcia, I don't think he. Yeah, we don't even know if we could. He might or might not have been there because he was. He came. But he came to help. Yeah, yeah, he just came to. He just came to be support for us. So Greg is no affiliation with ABC or anything. Greg's just there.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So they watch it and then they go and tell Greg, basically, he's got to go tell Greg and Julian. You're not going to be on. When he goes. When we come back from the Nate Bargetzi game show, it's not going to come back to Greg Warren and Julian.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, well, the way that he.

[Brian Bates]

And so Garcia comes up after the thing and me and Julian.

[Nate Bargetzi]

There you go, pretty good.

[Brian Bates]

And, and he goes, hey, guys, the network's got some notes. And, and I'm so dumb. I'm like, they want more of me and Julian. And, and so then he goes, and Julian's a little smarter. He's like, is this going to hurt our feelings? And Greg goes a little bit. He goes, you're not fired.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

He goes, but, yeah, it's not. So the. The whole joke, the whole week was that that the. All the big ABC people were there for the first episode. It was just that Daryl guy for the, you know, for the rehearsals. So we feel bad for Daryl because he was probably. They were all in the truck watching, you know, the first episode. And the ABC guys are like, hey, Daryl, can you come here for a second? Just a quick question. I'm watching my tv and I wanted to know who are these two idiots not named Nate Bargetzi that I'm. I seem to remember hiring the biggest comedian in the world? Not no name number one and no name one of them looks like he's 93. And then, well, well, Julian said. Julian is that. What does he happen to be one of these idiot.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It was very funny. Look, I think it was even partly my idea, too, to have them do that. So I'm thinking like that, too. So we're all thinking. But it is funny. Then when they just come, break it down, and you go, hey, I don't remember buying their game show. Started looking like that. And then. And I will say, Greg Garcia, he. He liked. He liked telling them, oh, yeah, he.

[Brian Bates]

Couldn'T wait for the rest of the week. Hey, is there anything else you want me. Do I get to fire anybody else?

[Nate Bargetzi]

They came into. They came into our. My green room. And so Greg's in there, and he's just sitting, hands on his knees. And then they say that. And Greg goes, all right. He goes, I'll go tell. He was excited. And there was something else he had to go tell y', all, too. He loved it. He just kept coming back over, going like, I don't know how to say this to you guys.

[Brian Bates]

We were terrified of him by the end.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Our dear friends are like, if Greg walked over, you're like, oh, no.

[Brian Bates]

What?

[Dusty]

What?

[Brian Bates]

I thought that was a good episode.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You're out of show business, bud. But, yes, it will be.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

February 25th. I've seen two episodes. Yeah, I don't think you have. No, it's great. It's fun. It's so fun. Yeah. And it's great. And Greg and Julian are in. They're big. Big. They're a big part of. Make a lot of fun jokes. And it's a show that I think is going to just continue to grow. And we wanted it. Why I wanted it to be like Greg and Julian is because I wanted to feel real and be like, these are my friends. These are, you know, and we're giving Money to, you know, people in the audience. And the audience. The crowd was great.

[Brian Bates]

You get into it, man. I mean, I. I mean, I do.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Get into it a little more, like, jumpy. I think you. I'm excited because it's. It's. I'm playing some games and I also get embarrassed. We won't let you know. But it gets. It's bananas.

[Dusty]

Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I get embarrassed.

[Brian Bates]

One in particular.

[Nate Bargetzi]

One. Oh, yeah. There's more than. Yeah, there's more. But one is. One of them is not good.

[Dusty]

I can't wait for that.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

But I mean, I. I'm. I'm part of the show. But when you get down to whether this person's gonna win the money, I'm.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Like, oh, yeah, you're a fan watching. Yes.

[Brian Bates]

And when they do, I'm going crazy.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, it is. You get drawn in quick.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You shoot them out of order, too, like, and so you don't know when they're going to air and not get air. And it was like. I mean, the first. First day of shooting, you do a lot of them. You do. First day of shooting, we had. It was almost all. I think it was almost. If not everybody lost. And that's a bummer. Yeah. And it was like, good night, dude. Like. And then finally some people start. I think someone won at the end. Then it kind of. Then it kind of evened back out a little bit. Like. But it's. Yeah. When someone loses, I mean. Yeah. You're like, I'm so sorry.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

But they all handled it great. And they win $10,000, you know, and so it was fun. So. Yeah. So there. There. Yeah. So that's what me and Greg have been doing.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, man.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty]

Impossible.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty]

Oh, right.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty]

It sure is.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Nate Bargetzi]

Did you. This is the Christmas episode.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. This comes out Christmas Eve.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, wow.

[Dusty]

Merry Christmas.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Merry Christmas.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Last week we made our big announcement.

[Brian Bates]

I heard it today on the elliptical machine.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, yeah. You already been on the Ellipse. What is in your car? Is that how you drive? I do it like a Fred Flintstone. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

That's a thing.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, that would be a good thing.

[Aaron Weber]

Thing.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yes. So, yeah, the announcement. I have not really seen how to anything. But everybody. Abigail was telling me that it seems supportive and nice and it's not. It's the other way.

[Aaron Weber]

No, people are.

[Nate Bargetzi]

They're happy.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dusty]

They're happy.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, yeah. So actually reading your comments to be the first time I kind of read anything about what was. What happened? If you just. Well, I don't know. Should we not tell someone what's going on? If. Because what if they're listening just to this one and then they're like, I.

[Aaron Weber]

Don'T know, you know what I did see? And we're recording this episode today, the day that people are coming out. A lot of people are like, hey, how about a spoiler alert? Because I haven't watched yet because people are posting about it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh.

[Aaron Weber]

And people are seeing the post before they're seeing the episode. So, like, how about a little heads up?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, yeah. How do we do that? Like, we should do that. Yeah, we should.

[Aaron Weber]

No, no, not us. They're mad at the people who are posting about it because they're on fan pages.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, stuff like that. Yeah. Well, it's out there. Spoiler alert. I guess we do it now. Spoiler alert. I resigned from my position.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. No, you quit.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I heard that, man. That was.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Felt like it.

[Brian Bates]

Right?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, we got laid off. He quit.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I heard.

[Dusty]

So the podcast still going, though? Some people are unclear about.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, yes, the podcast is still going.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

We got a new name. We're going to release a New name.

[Dusty]

We're just dumping the dead.

[Nate Bargetzi]

We know the date. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Boom. Do we know the date?

[Aaron Weber]

January 20th.

[Nate Bargetzi]

28Th. 28th.

[Aaron Weber]

7.

[Nate Bargetzi]

8.

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

27.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. And there's a new Wednesday, January 28th. New name. You will see Aaron, Dusty and Brian. And so. Yeah, you really won't miss. You won't. There won't be a. No, there's not gonna be seamless. Right into it.

[Dusty]

Same feed channel.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah, we're gonna have some stuff.

[Aaron Weber]

Get rid of that.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I think y' all probably do that now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I guess you might as well. Just one thing goes sad, but you gotta start somewhere. You gotta. Yeah. So, yeah. Some. Yeah. Stuff will be gone. Yeah. And. But it'll be just seamless right into it, you know, Probably a little more serious. Not funny.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

That's the host. New thing.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, that's what we're going for. There's no way. There's no way. And I'm gonna start another podcast called the Nateland Podcast with three other people. This is just my way to get rid of them.

[Aaron Weber]

No, I think it's gonna be like George Costanza when he quit his job and then he shows back up like.

[Brian Bates]

I never like what.

[Aaron Weber]

That took that serious.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I hope I get to come back.

[Dusty]

But are we doing a podcast on the cruise?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah, cruise. I'll be. I'll be back on y'. All. I'll be a guest on Yalls podcast.

[Dusty]

Well, we'll see.

[Nate Bargetzi]

But yeah, there is a lot of comics. That's true.

[Brian Bates]

You're not going to let him on.

[Nate Bargetzi]

He might not.

[Aaron Weber]

We said we'll see.

[Dusty]

We'll talk about it off air.

[Brian Bates]

I'm just saying it's the N Land cruise. And you're not going to let him on the podcast.

[Aaron Weber]

I've already booked Nick. No, Vicki.

[Nate Bargetzi]

All right, we will start your podcast. Your comments, Chris Mertz. This one hurts. Been here from nearly the beginning. This has been come part of my weekly routine for five years. Happy to hear that Brian, Aaron and Dusty will keep the pod going in some capacity in their full capacity in their own. And hopefully Nate will be a frequent guest. Nate, you're the best. Thank you. Thanks, Chris. That's what I hope it's all like.

[Aaron Weber]

We should stop now.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

I saw something.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Jesse Rothacker. We know Jesse.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Our affection and connection with Nate Land can't be put into words these last few years. We all got to be a part of something so special. It's like Andy Bernard's quote from the finale of the Office I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days because you've actually.

[Aaron Weber]

Left before you actually.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Okay, I didn't say that. Right. I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them. Except this time we did know. We all knew Nate Land was the good old days.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So I did say right for what Jesse was going towards.

[Brian Bates]

That's pretty cool.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. That's a nice. That's very. Aaron. You don't like that. You disagree.

[Dusty]

No, it was good. It was a good comment.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Jesse, why do you disagree with that?

[Dusty]

I disagree with you defending you miss saying the quote.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I said it. Right.

[Dusty]

You said, I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days because you've actually left.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I know, but when you add his sentence next to it, I think it makes it correct.

[Dusty]

Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yes. Really?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

All right.

[Dusty]

You're leaving soon. There's no point of fighting. Just let it happen.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Just let it happen. You'll be gone soon. He'll be gone.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Just write it out.

[Nate Bargetzi]

This pod has been my number one since the first episode. I really hope Breakfast Dusty and Aaron keep it going with an occasional Greg Warren guest spot.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, God.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dusty]

Like I said, we'll talk about all that kind of stuff.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Do I have to resubmit?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, he wants to. Can he submit videos from this podcast to show that he is. He's been good on podcasts.

[Dusty]

Yeah. Put together a five minute compilation of your best stuff.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Of the Nae Land podcast. Yeah, I think that's fair. Great.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I think that's fair.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, I feel like I. I don't know. I mean, I was on here quite a bit.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You've been on here quite a bit. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Too much, some would say.

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. That's the next comment.

[Brian Bates]

I knew it was good. It's like when the. Back when I was coming up out in LA and the. I'd finally get into the improv. Melrose Improv. And then the booker would change.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And now. Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And now I gotta go through a whole thing. Oh, yeah. No, whole process. Yeah. You know, it's not Charlie Chaplin anymore. That's. That's what I believe. You started, Charlie.

[Brian Bates]

I hit Nate.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You go, chuck's not booking it. Chuck.

[Brian Bates]

Chaphen Rogers came on our. On the Consumers this week and he was talking about. We were all on tour and he said something. I was said. I said. I remember something about. I said something about. I remember the Stamps. He's like, you remember when the stamp was invented, don't you?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And I go, I bet you Nate liked that one. He goes, oh, he killed it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Killed. Killed. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And then I went off on her. I was like, Nate is one of the most prolific comics in. In history, but when it comes to, like taking shots at me, he's a one trick pony.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It's one trick. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Like, it's just. He's got his.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah. Greg's old.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. And we go down that route. Yeah, It's a fun route. Those are. Those are ones that's not about the audience. That's about me. It's for me. You know when a comic says, they tell a joke. That one was for me. All my Greg Warren stuff's for me.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And you could be like. I mean, it doesn't make. You could. If somebody's 47, you would.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I call everybody fat. I am. I'm a complete fat mess right now. I'm the worst. I would kill to have Greg's body right now.

[Brian Bates]

That's not a compliment.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I think I would be more.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm a mess. I'd have Greg.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah. That's exactly.

[Nate Bargetzi]

If I. Look, if I had Bates body where you just couldn't see my nipples, I'd be Tom Cruise. Take Jake. Jake, Geese or Goosen. Guessing it's pretty good if people got that. Did you get it?

[Aaron Weber]

I didn't get it.

[Dusty]

Oh, Brian Regan joke.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah. Jake Geese. But he says goosen.

[Brian Bates]

Mini moose.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And he says goose. Because that's the joke where he gets.

[Dusty]

A flock of geese.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah. Moose. Yeah. Because you think. Yeah, right. Goosen. Does he say Goosen? I don't know. That's a solid Minnie Moose. Yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

It'S great.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Get it out. I mean, I think it's a great joke. I wish we got the Tonight Show.

[Brian Bates]

Greg, that's all gone, man.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It's all good.

[Brian Bates]

The last deal, he's nervous.

[Aaron Weber]

He's nervous because he's auditioning for.

[Brian Bates]

I know. Now I got no, like, these guys are gonna.

[Dusty]

You better pick it up a little bit right here.

[Nate Bargetzi]

There gonna be a hole on the cruise ship. They won't even let us near their rooms.

[Brian Bates]

Got Chase making notes over there.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Does that say D minus?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Jake Geese. The two goats, Nate and John Cena. Sin Senior.

[Aaron Weber]

John Cena.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Cena. Sorry. I know. I knew that. The two goats, Nate and John Cena. John Cena.

[Aaron Weber]

He's a goat.

[Nate Bargetzi]

He's a goat. The two goats. Nate and John Cena giving it up in the same week. Can't wait to see the fan boo. Breadhead Bates out of the arena. So he's. Yeah, he retired from retiring, Man. I thought. Did he retire, though, and retire? Is. Is this the. Has he been, like, very. I guess he goes. You go actives and not as active.

[Aaron Weber]

That's right.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So we are literally doing the same thing because I was active to kind of in and out. Just big storylines I came in for. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Nate also took this. Took his clothes off.

[Dusty]

This is Nate leaving the stage at Zany's at our live show.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

Right here.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

But emotional moment for a lot. A lot of people all across America.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

That's real wrestling right there.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. That's crazy. I mean, it's got to be. That's got to be such a tough because, I mean, I remember when he came in and then like, just as big as he got and like, that's. And then he's about to go Denver or Chicago.

[Dusty]

I don't know.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Trying to look at jerseys. Yeah. I mean, just. That is a crazy.

[Dusty]

I.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You do. I think about that. You know, it's like, I mean, not that I'm a wrestler, but, you know, you're doing shows and like, you just staying there. Imagine, just imagine. Just you think about your last show. Like you're, you know, you're just going to be saying, you know, nothing.

[Aaron Weber]

Every time I'm on stage.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Right, folks, right before your show starts, you hear someone go, is this his last show? Wow.

[Dusty]

And there he goes.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. That's all, man. Congrats, man. Marcia Morgan, Coke. This makes the Natland Cruise in February even more special. I'm looking forward to it even more now. All right. We have some fun. We have a couple of little fun surprises too on there. So that cruise. So if you. You got on that, you're gonna get to see some stuff. We won't say, but it's. Yeah, it'll be fun. But thank you. Kelly Manning. Oh, from the Manning family. We've had a good run. Can't believe we aren't going to get the nice Nate Dusty swim race and the Brian Aaron playing golf by throwing the ball.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, we can still make that work.

[Dusty]

We could do that.

[Nate Bargetzi]

We can still make that work. We're gonna. How about. I tell you, I'll make that work.

[Dusty]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Swim race.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, me and Dusty are going to race. Swim. And then Brian. Well, I don't know if you really think you could. Did you say you could throw a golf ball?

[Aaron Weber]

No, no, I'M supposed to play with clubs. Well, that's two different things. One, him saying he could, but really it started with him saying he could beat me in golf by just throwing it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Oh, yes. But then we also wanted the baseball thing too. Yeah.

[Dusty]

Then it became just about me throwing a ball.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

100 yards.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Well, we can do, we can do. We might be able to do all of them because I like. Because we could. We could go play three holes and go see what you guys can do. Ooh, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, three holes. I want to do 18. So his arms just dead by the fifth hole.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Well, you want to play. We can play 18.

[Dusty]

You don't think you're going to be tired after three holes, Brian?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

How about this? We have to walk the three holes.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay, let's do two.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Well, you don't play nine holes.

[Aaron Weber]

Sure.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Or 18 if you don't play 18. Look, I want to golf, so I'll go out with you.

[Aaron Weber]

I'll golf 27.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I'll play 18. Can Aaron, you'd be fine throwing for 18. Yeah, yeah, I think I like, I.

[Dusty]

Like the three, the three hole idea.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah, that's fine. Yeah. But then you get some Krispy Kreme to energize you. We can do. But he's got to get warmed up too. I would say you could be fair. Six, nine. Six or nine. Okay, say like, because you, that is right. You're going to be the more warmed up at the beginning and he will be more warmed up at the back.

[Dusty]

Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So it might be nine holes.

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

All right then I'm a Smoke Dusty and racing Caleb Driscoll. Well, you only have to change the one letter. It can be a bait. It can be the Bait Land podcast.

[Aaron Weber]

I like that.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, I, I, that's what I suggested.

[Dusty]

I'm trying to have this duo.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Eight. Yeah, it could be the eight Land or the Date Land.

[Dusty]

Eight Land.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Eight Land for you. Stick me at all. Yeah. Eight. Eight Land. Dude, that thing. Eight Land. Just take. Yeah, that's not. We don't have to go build a new letter. We just get knocked the end off the 8Land podcast. That's better than anything you got. Rachel Baber Ray. I remember when Nate posted on Facebook that he was starting a podcast. I had just seen Aaron and was so excited it was the two of them. I vividly remember listening to the very first episode driving home from work. It became my weekly work drive. Listen, I drive two plus hours to my job once, about once per week. So it was the perfect, perfect Length. I will. I'll miss it tremendously. I guess she stopped listening.

[Aaron Weber]

She says I'll miss it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

No, no. Did you say she didn't she.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, what was perfectly.

[Nate Bargetzi]

No, she never mentioned you.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah, that's true.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, that was funny. Yeah. She goes. I vividly.

[Aaron Weber]

Yes.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Remember just Aaron and Nate just going. And it was great.

[Brian Bates]

What about Brian? Rachel who?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

What if she doesn't know about Brian yet?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that's true.

[Nate Bargetzi]

She's going to find out. Well, who's this new guy? I don't know. Yeah. Matt Fultz. Remember that time they try to change the podcast to one hour and then reverse course after the folks were heard. Let's try that again.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

This one. I. I don't think. Yeah, we. This one, it needs to happen. But that. That was a big moment. I'm proud of that moment.

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Because it was like, that's what you. I mean, look, you can't just do everything. But we, we tried it and then it's like they just did. I don't know if you were. Were you. You would have been on it by then.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, no, I, I was. You know, I'm on the fan page. I thought was going on. Yeah. It was an angry mob.

[Aaron Weber]

They revolted.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Everybody's. Everybody was like, it's just supposed to be one.

[Dusty]

It would have hurt a little bit if they were like, thank God.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yes.

[Dusty]

It's half.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yes.

[Brian Bates]

How about 45?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Yeah. C. Bailey. I know Nate would say we haven't lost a friend, but in reality, it really won't be the same. Of course I'll listen to a new podcast. Meanwhile, plug the Consumers podcast because those guys are great too. Yes. This is great. If you have watched. If you haven't watched them yet, you won't be disappointed. Very. In very entertaining. Great stories of the road too. Yeah, I think that's a big one. Go check out the Consumers Podcast. Doing great, people. Everybody loves it. Yeah, we're get.

[Brian Bates]

You know. Yeah, we've improved. I want to say that.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, I think so too. Yeah, I haven't seen it yet, but.

[Aaron Weber]

He'S heard about it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

But I go. But from what I've heard, Mason Thompson, I propose we make a Nateland consumers trade. Oh, this is interesting. Nate Land receives Greg Warren. The consumer receive Brian bates in a 2028 second round pick.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, come on, guys.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I.

[Brian Bates]

That's.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I think I like that.

[Aaron Weber]

I like that.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I like. I think you were at the first round.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, Bates is our. He's our most frequent Guest. Yeah, he just goes on there. Him and Nickerson just go on there and take cheap shots at me. And that's. And, and Sean and Tim love it. And it's just, it's, it's, it's fun. It's cheap. It's cheap.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Laughs it is so funny to think that we just do trades and podcasts.

[Aaron Weber]

Would you do that? Just shoot me off to San Diego?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I'm not saying.

[Aaron Weber]

Dustin.

[Nate Bargetzi]

We. We got a trade. We got a trade. All right. We got. That was great. Nate Land receives Greg Warren. The consumers received Brian Bates and a 2028 second round pick. All right. Is that a good pick? No one saw. Is that a big one? Greg's got.

[Brian Bates]

I kind of moved to Nashville.

[Nate Bargetzi]

He's got to move to Nashville. Greg's got a little wear and tear on him, but they think they can still get some out of them. Do you think the Brian Bates trade, the younger of the two going with that 20, 28 second round pick, who knows how that's going to be, But I imagine, you know, maybe Nate lands in the. In the tank by then, so it could be a high pit. That was perfect.

[Aaron Weber]

That's great.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Is that Tristan?

[Brian Bates]

No, that was it. That was Aaron, man. That was great.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Good job, Aaron.

[Aaron Weber]

Dude.

[Brian Bates]

For a split second I was like.

[Nate Bargetzi]

What are you doing? Crazy.

[Dusty]

It took five years. I got one in.

[Brian Bates]

It was great.

[Aaron Weber]

Right when he's leaving.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. I'm a big. Cynthia Campbell. I'm a big fan of Greg Warren. I live in West Virginia and I've traveled two hours to see him in Pittsburgh and four hours to see him D.C. at both venues, there was some pretty serious heckling. Was this heckling a fluke or is it pretty much standard for the old Greg Warren show? Also, it's my goal to get a photo of him on the Na Land cruise because I was too intimidated to ask for one at his shows. Probably because all the heckling. Please tell me how I can make that happen. Well, we'll make it happen in a very nice, nicer environment than Greg Warren show. I. Greg, why are your fans.

[Brian Bates]

I don't know, man. I didn't know that was going on.

[Dusty]

You bring the riff raff to these clubs.

[Brian Bates]

I do. I ran that. I ran that Tonight show set. I had a corporate gig on Saturday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and I was like, I want to. I was in Michigan. I was like, my buddy's headline in the Detroit Comedy Club, Mark Ridley. And I said, I'm gonna go down and run it. Both shows just get It Right. Feel good about it. And I went down there and the second show, they were like, rowdy, like an orthodontist party or something. And I ate it so hard, and they were not paying attention and heckling, and it shook me, man. I was like, oh, I should be doing this.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And I showed you. I always say that you want to run it in a. That kind of position because then you're like, it can't be worse than what.

[Brian Bates]

It was so bad, man.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I think it's a good thing. I think it helps you. Like, I would always try to. I've talked about that thing, but I'd always go run it in a tough. In a tough room just to make sure I can get through the jokes.

[Dusty]

We were saying before, it's tough because any other show you would switch things up or say something or address it, but if you're just running the set, then you're kind of married.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Did you undress it?

[Brian Bates]

No, because I. I was like, what good does that do me if I. If I step out of the set? I'm here to just work on the set. So I just stuck to my guns and these, these girls up front just stared me down like, what are you doing?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Why would you make us listen to this?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, the environment they're in is, I'm gonna be on the Tonight Show. And they're. It's like, there's just nothing's going to connect with them where they. It should, you know, man, mine was. I think I probably told this story, but when I did Conan, I went to an open mic and asked if I could. I go, hey, can I run in New York? And I go, can I run my set? I'm going on Conan tomorrow. And he goes, I can put you on at the end. It was an open mic. I was like, is this not. This wasn't big enough to get you pushed? He's like, yeah, I mean, go up at the end. That'd be great.

[Dusty]

When I open my. We got to protect the integrity of the site.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It was my first cone. I mean, yeah, I was basically still. You know, you're kind of an open micro still. So you kind of think this is your dream, just to go to an open mic and be like, hey, guys.

[Brian Bates]

Hey, guys, I got something for you.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I gotta go work on something. I'm working on something. And then they're like, yeah, we all are. Yes. Well, I. We will. I will continue to get to see. Read more comments and. But I. I do. Thank you. Very much for the support. And I was asking, and it seems. Yeah, it seems we've been. Everybody's been very supportive and very nice, and it's. Yeah, it's the. Yeah, it means. It really does mean a lot. You guys are the best. And you guys, I mean, who I've almost been talking to all my goals or, you know, it's been tidbits of stuff. It's been on this podcast. And so thank you very much. And, yeah, they're gonna do a great podcast also. So we have the trailer for.

[Dusty]

All right.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm excited about this.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. So the trailer will be, uh, out. When does it come out? Friday the 19th. So it would have already been out. You probably all would have seen it. So we're. We have it early, but we're going to show it to Aaron and Bates, and Greg is welcome to watch.

[Dusty]

Feel free to keep your eyes open.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, but they have not seen the trailer yet. I, uh. It's. It's. I, I. It's very exciting. So. I mean, moms have a million things going on. That's why I invented the Starminder.

[Dusty]

I really think you might have something.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I'm going to give you an offer. Running a company is a 24. 7 job. What about your husband?

[Brian Bates]

Could he take care of the kids?

[Aaron Weber]

Nate.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Wait a second. Is he here?

[Dusty]

Yes.

[Aaron Weber]

Bring him in.

[Nate Bargetzi]

We are moving. We're moving. Here he comes.

[Brian Bates]

What?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Are you kidding? Are you eating a donut? No. Garbage can. You can finish it. No. Strong. I'm out of here.

[Brian Bates]

I'm out.

[Dusty]

I'm out.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Your wife is having the moment of her life, and you're stuffing your face. You're a bozo. I thought. Are you allowed to talk if you're already out? Lori thinks I might have something, but are you sure you can handle this? I'm the top salesman at the dealership. I think I can handle a month alone with the girls. You act like I'm gonna blow the house up. Bye, dad. The front door is locked. There's a window in the back. We'll crawl through that. This isn't the 1950s, dad. Stay home all the time. This is not gonna go well. Dad, you're going the wrong way. To your school? To any of our schools. Do you not know where our schools are? I'm gonna call them. Wrong. What? No. Give me the vote. Hi. What's up? What's going on here? Your wife had called to replace your roof. You're hard.

[Dusty]

Really?

[Nate Bargetzi]

I'm gonna just make a call.

[Brian Bates]

I called all the top Rated places.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I also called this guy because his bid was so low. I thought I could use it against the others. Who did you go with? One of the real good ones. Meet Wilcox. How you doing, Shivan? Hanging in there. It's a lot of chores. I'll get two weeks of T shirts and two weeks of underwear.

[Brian Bates]

What happens after two weeks?

[Nate Bargetzi]

We throw all this out and start over. I wanted to check in, see how you were doing. Yeah, great. Sir. Sorry. Spell. Really great. The most great. She makes it look so easy, but it's so hard.

[Brian Bates]

This has the potential to change all of our lives.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Trust me, I'm not going to let your dream d. Okay, well, that's mostly on the horse. Okay, are we ready? Oh, no, no, no, no.

[Aaron Weber]

It's just a little wax.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Wait, are you stilling? Action.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, that's awesome.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Great, man. Here we go.

[Aaron Weber]

That's great.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, it's. I mean. Yeah, it's crazy, man. I. I've seen the movie and when I watched that for the first time, it was. It's like. It's just very. It's. It's weird. It's. It's like. It's just hard to. Because I'm kind of watching it too, to make, you know. It's like if there's, you know, they. Because you're making tweaks and stuff and going. So you kind of watched it. That angle. And then I've seen clips, but it's like really crazy to see. But seeing that trailer, to me was. It was. I. I really couldn't believe it. Like to see the horse, Sony tristar, like all this stuff that you see. And then when you're watching it, you're like. It doesn't even. You're like. I don't even feel like it's me. It's like. It was just such a.

[Dusty]

It's because it started from a blank piece of paper, right?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

You've seen it from the very beginning.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

And now here's the trailer for it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. And I mean, the trailer is. I. I am in love with the trailer.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Dude.

[Dusty]

The way Shark Tank guys were great.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Kevin O. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

I thought it was Shark Tank commercial or something.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

It took me a second to know we were in it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Yeah. It's. It's very, very exciting. And it's. Yeah, I was. Yeah. I don't know. I'm. I'm. I'm so excited about it. And I. And I think it, you know, should feel like that kind of throwback movie that's going to be Fun for everybody to go see and go out and enjoy it and. Yeah, it's wild. Does it.

[Brian Bates]

Was there the stuntman for some of that stuff?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Okay. Yeah, it's pretty big.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Next one. I will do my stunts. Yeah, man. Full time. I'm gonna go full Tom. Yeah, yeah. They had. They're seen. I bet if we paused it might have seen y'. All. Yeah, y', all. We saw the truck.

[Aaron Weber]

I saw you fall.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Rewind that and see if you can see me.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

To be my new frame.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah. Well, that's. That's all you're gonna see in the movie. Yeah, it's theatrical, you know, so everybody go see it. Yeah. I mean, that's me talking about leaving. This podcast is essentially kind of this. I still think you want to go do stuff with your family and you want to go to movie theaters and you want to go, you know, theme park. You want. You want to go do stuff and go out. I see it at the show. So that's the. I really want to build that world and that trust. I want you to be able to come out and go do that. And I hope I'm. Hopefully I'm right. You know, maybe no one wants to, you know, but hopefully I. I think people do. And so. I know I do. I like it. And so. Yeah. March 13th.

[Aaron Weber]

Very exciting. That's gonna be great.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. All right.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Nate Bargetzi]

That's all right. So this episode.

[Aaron Weber]

All right. It's Christmas Eve. This is our sixth Christmas episode.

[Dusty]

Oh, wow.

[Aaron Weber]

That we've done. Because we started.

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, 2000. Right. So we've covered pretty much every angle of Christmas 2020.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Right.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I'm sorry. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It's all the same to you. You've been the same age basically that whole time. You know, what age is it where you are basically the same age for the most. Yeah, right. Where you're eating, boys are sitting. Yeah. Where you're just kind of like here to the end. It's got to be.

[Dusty]

It doesn't even matter.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It doesn't really matter.

[Brian Bates]

You got a joke in your act right now.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

It's really ringing true. We're sort of like. And I was, I've heard it so many times. But I, I, it sort of registered me one day where you, you sort of talk about in your 40s. You're like, man, you're struggling with. And then you get to your 50s and you're like, I'm doing good.

[Aaron Weber]

Like, it, it doesn't bother me.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah, that's, that's generally all of it. No, no, it's, it is.

[Brian Bates]

And it hit home.

[Aaron Weber]

I was like.

[Brian Bates]

Because when I was in my 40s, like, this is just not good. I'm, I'm, I'm, I don't know what's going on. And then my 50s, I'm just like, it's, it happened, man.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, it's, it's, yeah, yeah, it's. You accept it more.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, you do.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So I'm going a little different angle on this Christmas episode, but I will share just some Christmas, quick Christmas facts about Christmas 2025. It's on Thursday this year. What do you think? Well, I got a follow up point.

[Nate Bargetzi]

He goes, is that the, was that you looked that up or the research?

[Brian Bates]

That's a research. Look in this week. It's on Thursday. This year is what you're opening up with.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Wow. Because we got to the bottom of that.

[Brian Bates]

He goes, nate, it's. You know, it's on 25th too.

[Nate Bargetzi]

What? My. That's crazy.

[Brian Bates]

All right.

[Aaron Weber]

If we had a research team, then maybe they would give us something like that.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You're the research team.

[Aaron Weber]

I am, I am. But I had a follow up point to this, guys. What do you think is the best day of the year for Christmas to fall on? Best. I'm sorry. Best day of the week.

[Dusty]

Sunday.

[Aaron Weber]

See, as a kid, that was my least favorite because my. We were gonna go to church. My parents were gonna make us go to church, and as a kid, I wanted to stay home and play with my toys. So. Yeah, that was my least favorite.

[Nate Bargetzi]

That's a good point.

[Dusty]

Well, you wouldn't go to church if on Christmas. If it wasn't on Sunday, y' all.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Would go to church.

[Dusty]

Like, you know, my reason was the exact opposite.

[Brian Bates]

If.

[Dusty]

If church. If Christmas fell on a Sunday, I can get a two for one with church. Like, the regular Sunday church would count as the Christmas.

[Aaron Weber]

Because you're gonna go.

[Dusty]

We're gonna go.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You're on Christmas.

[Dusty]

We would legit go. If Christmas was on Saturday, we would go two days in a row.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dusty]

So that's why I want to knock two.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Because you're Catholic, you can just do whatever you want. You just have forgiveness every day. That's what y' all just go when you kind of.

[Dusty]

Yeah, I think it's written like that in the category.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It's a. It's a do whatever you want. What is it? I want to say need by need, but it's not. That's not the right.

[Brian Bates]

As needed.

[Nate Bargetzi]

As needed. As needed. Our need by need. You show up. Yeah. That's what the Catholic. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dusty]

So if Christmas was on Wednesday, you wouldn't go to church on a Wednesday.

[Aaron Weber]

We might go Wednesday night.

[Dusty]

Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

But if Wednesday's not Monday. Yeah.

[Dusty]

You wouldn't go on a Monday or Thursday?

[Nate Bargetzi]

No.

[Aaron Weber]

Are you kidding me?

[Nate Bargetzi]

I thought. I thought.

[Dusty]

Me. That's a pretty big part of Christmas.

[Nate Bargetzi]

They will have church week leading up to it. I, you know, I don't know what our church is doing this, but it's very long where they started at, like the 20th. A lot of times they ask you just come to one because they have to. So many people come. You can't. You know, it's like. And they want people that go to the church regularly actually to go on like the 21st, 22nd, like stuff like that. Because whatever leading up to it, I think if you, if the 25th was on Christmas, on Sunday you would go to church.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. My parents were going to make me go, but I wanted to stay home, play with my toys that I just, just got. I didn't want to have to go to church. So that was my least favorite.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Fell on Sunday.

[Nate Bargetzi]

He was like stick a carry and whatever. Some. It's like a church like that. It just sounds like that. Stick a carrot. He goes, we went to Pest.

[Aaron Weber]

Pescatarian.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I don't know. Yeah, I just wanted to make, I just wanted to make it up just to like some.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, you did.

[Nate Bargetzi]

We're on pescatarian time. And you go, well they, they, you know, they, they have, they had turkeys up. They'd sacrifice turkeys on Thanksgiving. You go, that's. This was in the, this was in the 40s, man. He goes, pescatarian stuff was the biggest it ever been.

[Brian Bates]

Isn't pescatarian mean you eat fish?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Yes, yes. But they didn't. And that's the, that was the catch.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I think maybe Thursday, Thursday is one of the best. I would think if you're an employee that's going to take off that Friday anyway. You got a nice four day weekend and then you go back to work the following Monday.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. This is going to sound pathetic.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You wish we didn't have it because you're alone. I'm sorry man, that sounds a little pathetic. I mean, I'm sorry.

[Brian Bates]

That's not, there's nothing, there's not a part of you that's sorry.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yes. But I don't want that to come out.

[Aaron Weber]

It's, that's why, that's why he's leaving. What? We're seeing the real him.

[Brian Bates]

There's not, he's not.

[Aaron Weber]

Sorry.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I know it's kind of stand up.

[Brian Bates]

He's not, he's not at all sorry.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I don't want my brain to think of that. Yeah, I wish it didn't. It did though, Greg. I can't help it.

[Brian Bates]

And, and what I was going to say was down the, that road, I was saying just as a comic, if that thing falls on Wednesday or Thursday, you got that weekend.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yes, that's a good weekend.

[Brian Bates]

It's a good weekend because they're going out.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, they're going out. Yeah. Yeah, I agree.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. And Sunday too. Every night in between Christmas and New Year's, they're going out. And that's the way it falls this year. And I'm doing 14 shows in Kansas City.

[Aaron Weber]

And.

[Brian Bates]

And I thought I was. Was pretty happy about it until Nate said that thing. I gotta re examine a few.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Are you gonna go home?

[Aaron Weber]

Priorities.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Are you gonna go home on the 25th? No, I'll stay in the condo.

[Brian Bates]

Man, if you're in the condo on Christmas, that's a horrible, horrible.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You know those comics. I think I've been stuck out on Christmas one time.

[Brian Bates]

I did.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, it was.

[Dusty]

Wow.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Whether I got. I got stuck out.

[Dusty]

You remember where you were?

[Brian Bates]

Cincinnati.

[Dusty]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I feel like that's 30 minutes from St. Louis. You couldn't drive. He's naming the same city. He goes, where were you? Yes. St. Louis. What are you talking about?

[Brian Bates]

My mom was like, don't buy. Yeah, we don't want you drive. Mom, it's 30 minutes. Oh, no. It's not safe.

[Aaron Weber]

How long?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Cincinnati to St. Louis, it's five and a half.

[Brian Bates]

Man. I waited all day.

[Aaron Weber]

Is this living Cincinnati?

[Brian Bates]

No, I was living in St. Louis.

[Dusty]

Pre. Interstate.

[Brian Bates]

No, I, I was.

[Aaron Weber]

It was, it was like.

[Nate Bargetzi]

This is back when you could like just walk up to a car and get the keys and drive it off.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I don't remember. It was. I think I waited all day for a flight.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. And it just kept.

[Brian Bates]

And then they canceled it at like. Yeah, I think they canceled it. And I had to be back for shows like yesterday or something.

[Aaron Weber]

But.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I felt terrible.

[Aaron Weber]

I called my mom.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, Shout out. Yeah, shout out to actually all the comics. Five and a half.

[Dusty]

Because.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, it's.

[Brian Bates]

I'm.

[Nate Bargetzi]

That's Indianapolis.

[Brian Bates]

I did.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I was just saying. You're going through it. Yeah, I did it. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

He's telling me how long it takes.

[Dusty]

I'm confirming what you said. Yeah, I'm trying to back you up with facts.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, it's just some reason. Those two cities. I think people from New York might think those are the same two Cities. People in LA and New York. Is it St. Louis, Cincinnati. Is that like the town? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Shout out to. Yeah. People get stuck on the road, traveling. I, you know, it's, it's, it's. It's tough.

[Brian Bates]

Well, Southwest had that thing.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Remember?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Hey, well, tell me before you do this, 14 shows at Kansas City Improv. I think so. Is it a record?

[Brian Bates]

Comedy club of Kansas City.

[Nate Bargetzi]

The comedy club of Kansas City. Yeah, it's a record. Yeah, it's a record.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

He's doing 14 shows.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

How crazy is that?

[Dusty]

Yeah, we, we Pulled that. Pulled it up last week.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, you did?

[Aaron Weber]

We said 12, but.

[Nate Bargetzi]

But, yeah, I guess you.

[Brian Bates]

Come on, man.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Come on. He's at 14 now, trying to cut me. Talk about. I go, hey, can we keep adding? He goes, yeah, I'll go into the new year. He goes, I'm wild. He goes, where do you want to.

[Aaron Weber]

Do we.

[Brian Bates]

Do we. We tried to, but they're.

[Aaron Weber]

They're.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, there.

[Dusty]

Oh, they just added an. Added a show.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Wait a minute. Is that thing not sold out there?

[Dusty]

That's embarrassing. That's embarrassing.

[Nate Bargetzi]

No, I think they just had. They just. It wasn't on there, and they added.

[Brian Bates]

I swear it's that. That.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It's sold out.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it's.

[Brian Bates]

You can't get more than two tickets for that thing.

[Nate Bargetzi]

No, no.

[Aaron Weber]

You still haven't sold out.

[Nate Bargetzi]

New Year, but you can buy 101 tickets, but you can't get.

[Brian Bates]

It's not true. I'm telling you.

[Dusty]

Look, front row table, sold out. The tent, the party table, sold out. There's just a couple preferred. I. Oh, yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

No, you can't. Oh, yeah, yeah, it's sold out. They would have just added. You're right. There's exactly two tickets available on New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve, 6:00pm Two tickets available.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

So pretty good weekend.

[Brian Bates]

This, I want to point out. This is all because I opened for Nate in Kansas City. This is why this happened.

[Aaron Weber]

He said that last week. He said that a few episodes.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. There's people that are like, well, we could do this. I'm like, hey, you need to remember, I was in front of 40,000 people.

[Dusty]

Yeah, that definitely helps.

[Nate Bargetzi]

But that. But that shows a lot.

[Dusty]

Yeah, that's.

[Nate Bargetzi]

That's. That's. He murdered so hard.

[Aaron Weber]

I opened for Nate and Rochester, and I had a show coming up and some people canceled. It's not a guarantee.

[Dusty]

All right, we already saw them.

[Aaron Weber]

We're good.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And they asked Brian for the refund because it was in credit cards. So they go, can you just give us the 20 bucks back? It'll count as tickets sold.

[Brian Bates]

Derek sold like, nine in about 20 minutes, I think.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Yeah. Columbus, Ohio. Had a show you had? Did you have.

[Dusty]

I've done a few. Denver, I saw two shows.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

Comedy Works. And then Milwaukee, Improv. I sold out.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Birmingham.

[Dusty]

Birmingham sold out. Almost two shows.

[Brian Bates]

That Kansas City thing was the. I would. The club owner called me. He didn't know I was in town.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

He called me during. I think you were still on stage. And he goes, what is Going on. He goes, where are you? I go, I told you, man.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I'm.

[Brian Bates]

I'm doing. I'm open for Nate. He's like, this is.

[Nate Bargetzi]

They're.

[Brian Bates]

They're buying tickets right now. Yeah, that was.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I mean, it's pretty. Yeah, it's. I mean, added. You were at four, right?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, four.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And then when I would have been.

[Brian Bates]

We sold out the early. Yeah, I would have been real happy if we sold that. If I was like, if we just haven't.

[Dusty]

Still haven't sold it all year.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You still got two. Yeah, there's still two left. If we may. Listen this. We would love for you not to buy those two tickets. And we might even ask the club. Could those two seats be up front?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Could we leave two empty seats up front just on that. On that 6pm Show? Just a level.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Level Greg out a little bit, maybe. Is that what you promoted for the Tonight show was, hey, he's got two seats and we can't move them because for the life of us, we can't find two more people?

[Brian Bates]

I'm gonna buy him as soon as this. No, I'm buying them as soon as.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. And you have two people. It's us. Can me and Brian come sit in the front row?

[Brian Bates]

No, not after the thing about being alone at Christmas.

[Aaron Weber]

We're going.

[Brian Bates]

I know what you're gonna do. You're gonna heckle me or whatever.

[Aaron Weber]

We're going to Vanderbilt's bowl game so we could go straight from the bowl game to Kansas City.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Congrats.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, thanks.

[Brian Bates]

That's huge, man.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It's a big deal.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, it's. And it was. It was a narrow, cheap win over Missouri, but it was.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, that was.

[Nate Bargetzi]

We beat you. I watched you.

[Brian Bates]

It was Nate and Nate. And I'm the only Missouri fan in there, and it's Nate and about 10.

[Dusty]

Guys pretending to be Vanderbilt true Vandy fans.

[Brian Bates]

And five that were. Nate couldn't care. They were. They were just kissing up to Nate and. Like you don't care.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Chase loves Vanderbilt.

[Brian Bates]

Chase. Yeah, I was on my own on that one.

[Aaron Weber]

There is one bowl game. Bowl game.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Wait, what we go say about Southwest? Oh, sorry. We said where they got stuck out.

[Brian Bates]

Well, there was a Christmas, oh, three or four years ago where their whole system went down, crashed, and it was. And there was. People didn't get home for Christmas. And I'm a big Southwest fan. I. I like the company, but, yeah, they struggled. I think they tried to make it right, but, yeah, there were people that Just didn't get home. Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Traveling's just like. It's. It's. Yeah, we got. We got stuck one time traveling, but. Yeah, but the holiday, the day. I always think. I'm trying to think I can Sometime you can get anxious around Christmas, like, any kind of. Because it's like, you gotta imagine the right gift for everybody. Huh. Because I have to be with my family, but you gotta, you know, get.

[Aaron Weber]

Out there on the road. Well, do I need the biggest comic in the world?

[Nate Bargetzi]

And I'm falling backwards. Look at Greg's working. I know so much. And I'm off. I'm gonna go do. I'm gonna try to open for you. Do some guesties.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, yeah, man.

[Nate Bargetzi]

But it's. No, it's. You're. Yeah. It's like, you know, you. Are you getting everything for everybody, you know, that. That it could sometimes can feel like.

[Brian Bates]

Anytime you feel like this has to be the greatest time of our lives or this.

[Nate Bargetzi]

This.

[Brian Bates]

This has to be the best day of anything. It needs to go. It's got to be better day than any other day. There's. There's a little bit of pressure.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. And I do love Chris. I do love when we're all there, because we do. I'm not saying I don't love it, but I think leading up to it, it can feel stressful. Then the day when it gets there and you know, my family, we're always like, you know, the kids. We get a lot of kids there, so we're play games and go, you know, might be some good weather. Might be a walk on a golf course this year, which is nice because usually they're closed, but you can just kind of walk it, which is fun. And if my mom and wife let me. But it's been like, yeah, we get to come out and we're. But we do stuff. We play, you know, play games. And so I. I do love it. I love Christmas, but it's. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know what day, though. I think I had like a week. I. I think I feel like I wanted to blend in with. It might be the comic answer, too, where you're like, I just don't want to mess with my weekends.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Wednesday or Thursday, just go. I'd rather. What would be nice. Yeah. Would be a Wednesday or Thursday, because then I could. You'd have two. Great.

[Brian Bates]

Yes.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Like, you have two great weekends.

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And that would be. So I think my answer would be a comic answer where it's maybe Tuesday or maybe Tuesday. Yeah. Maybe Wednesday. Tuesday because Thursday you work Thursday because they'd be adding. Because that's a big week.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

26Th on a Thursday is like nice.

[Aaron Weber]

That'd be a Wednesday.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, so that'd be a Wednesday.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

But. Yeah, yeah, maybe Wednesday.

[Dusty]

Well, it also will dictate what day of the week New Year's is on. Yeah, next week.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty]

So what, what do you prefer that to be on?

[Nate Bargetzi]

What, what day? I. I think that's a one off. So like.

[Dusty]

I know, but it can be part of a long weekend like it is. It's on a Thursday. This week or this year.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. If New Year's Day was on.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Is that you talking about New Year's.

[Dusty]

Day or Eve, I guess New Year's Eve. Yeah. So it'd be. It's on a Wednesday then. Yeah, this week.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And so. Yeah, I would think. Yeah, most people. No, that would be fine because then it's. If it's. So if it's always on a win. So if it's on Thursday. So then it would been on a Tuesday. I tell you what, maybe a Tuesday's not bad because you could probably do New Year's Eve. You get away with. If it's 31st, you know, then you're off Wednesday, then maybe they let you stay that Thursday.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And then you just work that weekend.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah, I remember those.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So that's not bad either.

[Aaron Weber]

You think it'd be like every seven years it would fall for each day, but because of leap year, there's times where it may be 20 years before it falls on a particular day.

[Brian Bates]

Really?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, really.

[Aaron Weber]

The last time it was on A Thursday was 2014. But there were some. Some days that it's been in forever. If it just happens to fall just right with that leap year.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, that's crazy.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty]

Now it was messing up your back.

[Aaron Weber]

I was sitting sideways.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dusty]

You're at an angle.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty]

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[Aaron Weber]

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[Nate Bargetzi]

What?

[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty]

Yeah, I know.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty]

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[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

University of Hawaii vs. Calvin.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I think I would enjoy playing in that.

[Dusty]

Notre Dame played it in 2009. It's a lot of fun.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

The whole family watched it the night before Christmas.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yes. And I even think if you played or went to it, it would be nice because you have something to do.

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Like, so you're just like, oh, yeah, we got. I mean, I know the. The. The player, you know? Yeah, it is. You know, everybody's watching it. Yeah. Notre Dame was supposed to go to Hawaii boat this year. Right. Except they backed out.

[Aaron Weber]

Don't.

[Brian Bates]

Didn't care to.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Didn't care.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

You know.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, y' all don't go to bowl games on Tuesdays. I'm messy. Y'. All. Y', all, we want to go.

[Dusty]

I'm actually envious of you that your. Your program is in such a place that you can find meaning in something like the Pop Tarts bowl. This would actually be huge for our school.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

It would be the biggest day in Vanderbilt history if we were to win the Reliaquest bowl. I'm actually jealous of that.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Arrogant.

[Nate Bargetzi]

When was that? When did y' all win the championship?

[Dusty]

Last 88. Should have won it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

93.

[Brian Bates]

Arrogant.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So what I would say is to that is I respect because you've made it to the championship and you've lost by 90.

[Dusty]

So we barely lost last year.

[Nate Bargetzi]

But it wasn't to who?

[Dusty]

Ohio State?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, but it was. They were winning.

[Dusty]

Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You knew they were going to win.

[Brian Bates]

The Alabama.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, he. Even Alabama.

[Dusty]

That was bad.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Was embarrassing.

[Dusty]

Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And so the fact that y' all keep thinking you. You're Alabama, Ohio State, like, you, like, you know, it's like you don't know everybody's past you.

[Dusty]

Right.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And you just haven't accepted it yet.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay, well, the.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So even someone your age is living in a world of like, you brought up 88. When were you born?

[Dusty]

91.

[Nate Bargetzi]

That's what I mean. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Like that's crazy to be bringing. I don't bring up how many years before.

[Dusty]

We don't bring up what, your 5 and 7 season from the 80s?

[Nate Bargetzi]

No, my 1915 season. 1915, we were 9 and 2.

[Aaron Weber]

I think we won back to back national championship championships in the 20s.

[Nate Bargetzi]

In the. Yeah, in the 20s. I think we were on top of it.

[Aaron Weber]

We beat Sani.

[Nate Bargetzi]

He don't bring that up. He was there.

[Aaron Weber]

He was the first year.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

I didn't even go second yearani was unbelievable.

[Aaron Weber]

Swani was very good.

[Brian Bates]

That's the University of South, right?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, they were. They were the Alabama. They were the first Alabama. Yeah. Out of your mind. Notre Dame couldn't beat them right now. Taylor, y' all couldn't beat them.

[Aaron Weber]

Them.

[Brian Bates]

I got a college like pamphlet in the mail from Sewani.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I think they go, look, we just won. Go. We came in second place to Vandy. Why don't you come wrestle for us?

[Aaron Weber]

I'm pretty sure San and Vanderbilt used to play each other.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. Did you almost get drafted and that's why you weren't allowed to go?

[Brian Bates]

I just want to make sure I'm clear on the job. Is it Korea? Is it WW1?

[Nate Bargetzi]

I thought it was all.

[Brian Bates]

Is it WW2?

[Nate Bargetzi]

I think it's all. Or yeah, I think you were eligible for all of them.

[Aaron Weber]

This is why I love it when you're here.

[Brian Bates]

Thank you. I just want to know, is it. Is it. Because I think in his mind it's WW1. I think that's what he thinks. It's WW1.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I like that. It's all of Greg, did you get.

[Dusty]

Trench foot in World War?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Could someone have been available. Could you be available to be drafted in all of them? Not that Korean War.

[Dusty]

There are guys that fought in.

[Brian Bates]

They've WW2 in Korea probably.

[Dusty]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And maybe the tail end of Vietnam too.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't think you could do WW2 and Vietnam.

[Dusty]

That was about a. Yeah, I'm talking about if you're. You could still be in the military. You could be in your 50s and 60s.

[Aaron Weber]

30. Yeah. About a 30 year difference.

[Brian Bates]

Yes. If you, you like a colonel or something.

[Dusty]

Yeah. You're high ranking.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah. Look up who was in the most in. Yeah. That's interesting. I mean, I'm making fun of you, Greg. I don't even know what war I was thinking about. I picture all of them. Yeah. So.

[Brian Bates]

Well, Major general.

[Dusty]

So Major General Smedley Butler, a top contender for this. He was a US Military personnel in the Spanish American War, the Philippine American War, Boxer Rebellion, the Banana wars and World War I.

[Brian Bates]

Is that a three star general? A major general? I think it's a three star general.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Okay.

[Dusty]

A major general and then another major general fought World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

[Nate Bargetzi]

World War II.

[Dusty]

Wow. I remember the bananas.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I bet General Smith, if you asked him, you go, what was your favorite war? He's going to go Banana Wars. He goes, I don't think there's a doubt in my mind that if you're going to go Spanish American, you go World War I, obviously. And he goes, I got to tell you. But the banana wars were his bananas.

[Brian Bates]

I would love to look at. Just see. Nate asks Medley what his favorite war was.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yes.

[Dusty]

You fought in three wars. What was your favorite?

[Nate Bargetzi]

He fought more than three. I think you would ask them what was your favorite war.

[Brian Bates]

I don't think it's a good idea.

[Dusty]

I'll level with you. I hadn't heard of the Banana wars until right now. It was a series of conflicts with military occupation, police action, intervention by the United States in Central America between the end of the Spanish American War in 1898 and the inception of the Good Neighbor Policy in 1934. So that was. The Bayana wars were 36 years long. So that might not be as.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I'll be the one that asked it. Did it have anything to do with bananas?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, well, I mean it's probably that they were banana republics or whatever. It's Central America. They were Banana Republic or that was like.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So you think nothing.

[Aaron Weber]

You think, you think a clothing store?

[Nate Bargetzi]

No. Banana. An actual banana was not.

[Brian Bates]

I think that it's in the region where bananas grow.

[Dusty]

So that is a part of it. And actually a term wasn't used until 1983. So 50 years after this ended, they started calling it the Banana Wars. It encompasses the entire US tropical empire spanning both Rose Roosevelt.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It lasted 35 years.

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Wow.

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You don't think you ask someone in a war. Yeah. I mean, you don't. I know it's not your favorite in like your fate, but you want to be like, what do you remember more? Which one do you remember more?

[Brian Bates]

All right.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Is that a better way to say.

[Brian Bates]

Are horrible, horrible conflicts?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

I mean, which one haunts you the most at night?

[Nate Bargetzi]

I agree. Well, Chiquita had a big thing in that.

[Dusty]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

No, the. I agree. I. The honor that these guys even do. This is unbelievable. But I think it's not. I think you'll be alone with them long enough. You might go if you had to go back to one. I mean, how do you not, you know, if you had him on a podcast, man.

[Brian Bates]

If you get Smedley on a podcast.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Because, hey, I get him.

[Brian Bates]

You gotta come back.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I gotta come back.

[Brian Bates]

You gotta come back, man.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And they'll be in Nateland. I'll get him.

[Brian Bates]

If you can't smell, you can't just quit the podcast.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

You're Smedley.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. All right.

[Dusty]

Smedley Butler. And this guy.

[Nate Bargetzi]

That guy's a real deal, man.

[Brian Bates]

We were right though. Like, you probably the. It's the high, high ranking guys that have been in the.

[Dusty]

At the time of his death, Smedley Butler was the most decorated marine in US military history.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, man, what a dude.

[Dusty]

This guy built different, man. His nicknames, the Maverick Marine, Old Gimlet Eye, the Fighting Quaker, and the Fighting Hell Devil.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

See? Could you ask him what his favorite one was? Yeah, you can ask him.

[Brian Bates]

You can ask him that.

[Aaron Weber]

I can tell you Dusty's least favorite.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, you can complete completely ask him that. Nate, what's your favorite nickname?

[Aaron Weber]

You could say, did you find a war? Yeah, I was like, I bet it was bananas.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

He'd be like, yeah, it was like, which ones you fight? No, you just said bananas. Because they'll have a little who's on first? Situation.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah. Oh, but that's okay. I bet you that's okay. But what I say, he has two planes. Who's on first with him?

[Aaron Weber]

It's comedy. It's not insulting people.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I'm not insulting him.

[Dusty]

Two medals of honor. Her.

[Aaron Weber]

He died at age 58.

[Brian Bates]

I figured he should have got seven or eight. Yeah, he's an underachiever.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It should be named after him.

[Aaron Weber]

I think I have two.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. You guys only gave him Two.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You know what's crazy, dude? He did that and he said he died at 58.

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Wow.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So, I mean. Yeah.

[Dusty]

See, all he could have made a few years to accomplish what this guy did.

[Aaron Weber]

Not even a few.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I'm gonna.

[Brian Bates]

Smedley Darlington Butler.

[Dusty]

Oh, man.

[Brian Bates]

All right.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Anyway. Christmas. Merry Christmas.

[Aaron Weber]

Last year, Netflix for the first time ever show two Christmas Day games. It was a debacle.

[Dusty]

Was it really?

[Aaron Weber]

It was C list celebrities. People were upset. It was just.

[Nate Bargetzi]

That was last year. Yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

He was on.

[Dusty]

Nate was on it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

My special came out out on Christmas Eve and so I was at the Pittsburgh. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And my family spent Christmas with the. With Ben Roethlisberger, which was a wonderful Christmas that we had. It feels like it was 30 years ago. That's so crazy. Yeah, that's crazy. My special came out is. I've been out a full year. Is it full year today?

[Aaron Weber]

Man.

[Brian Bates]

Wow.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I mean, it feels like it's been. Does it? I mean, right? One. It's only been one year since. That's how slow your life is moving. Chase. Chase wants to get out of this and it's been one year. Golly. Yeah. That's crazy.

[Aaron Weber]

Now this year, Netflix is doing three NFL games. So on Christmas Day.

[Nate Bargetzi]

That'd be fun. That is fun. You get. You get games on all day. I always think the players. But you want to go as an NFL player, you go. It's like, well, why do I go play on Christmas? You go, you know, because it's. That's, that's the entertainment part where you got to go. You gotta. You gotta be doing. You got to be doing something. You signed up for this. That's what I tell them. NBA is plays too. NBA was always Christmas. But I mean, they're, they're, they're mad. They. I think they're. They. Did they stop?

[Aaron Weber]

No, no, no. They're still doing it. They're doing their usual five games. They've been doing that since 2008.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I've always liked NBA on Christmas because they usually had great. They had great matchups. I think the NBA could go. It depends on what the matchups are for the NFL this year and where they lie. But if they don't pick the right teams, it's not going to be because you're having some games that are being played now where you're like, one. I mean, people already out of it.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, for the NFL, yeah. Yeah, yeah. And they're just playing second stringers.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It might.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, getting.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It's getting like Is it not getting to where it's kind of. Of already kind of mapped out? The playoffs, like where these Christmas games, like the Chiefs are out.

[Brian Bates]

So is it like, is that like week 16? Is it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

There's three weeks, three games left.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah. So it's so like the Chiefs are out. So like, who. I mean, you're going to get, you know, like, you only got so many teams that are going to be getting in. So it's like really going to be interesting to see who could they. What game would mean it kind of. Yeah, we're already at it.

[Aaron Weber]

Could you look up what the three games are?

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

All right.

[Aaron Weber]

So there are three movies being released on Christmas Day. Song Sung Blue with Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson about a Neil diamond tribute acts getting some Oscar buzz.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Marty supreme with Timothy Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow.

[Dusty]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Also getting Oscar buzz. And Anaconda with Jack Black and Paul Rudd not getting Oscar buzz.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I think ours. Our. The trailer will be played during Anaconda.

[Brian Bates]

That's awesome, man.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So go to Anaconda.

[Dusty]

Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

See the trailer. I'm gonna go.

[Dusty]

So you pick the movies that you want.

[Nate Bargetzi]

The, the trailer to Anaconda might be a Sony movie.

[Dusty]

Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I don't know if it is. It. And so, like, it might be that. Why. I don't know if it's only any those. If you get any other ones. But yeah, Anaconda might be Sony. So that's why we would have. Why would it be. It is. Yeah. So that's why we'd be on that. There's another movie too, that David. Is there an animated. Animated, David? Yes. So we are going to be in. We're going to be on that during the movie. David.

[Dusty]

So David from Angel Studios, is that dry bar?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, no, that's dead Angel.

[Dusty]

Oh, okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Dry bar is. Angel Studios is the.

[Dusty]

I know. I didn't know if dry bar is part of it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I think they might. There might be some world. But Angels is the, the, the overarching. That's the big, big part. Big. So, yeah, so, yeah, we're going to be on there as well. So what were the games, Aaron?

[Dusty]

The games are Cowboys versus the Commanders, the Detroit Lions versus Minnesota Vikings, and then the Denver Broncos versus the Kansas City Chiefs.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, I mean, here's the. Here's the problem. It's like that Denver Kansas game. Kansas is out. Denver's in. So that would be good. And Mahomes is out. So, like, that game's kind of like what you Know, and then Amazon's not.

[Dusty]

Happy about that one. That's the one game on prime time.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And then Detroit and Minnesota. Those is. Are the Vikings out? I think the Vikings are out though. I'm. I feel like I just watched them and they were like saying they were out. That's what I'm going off of. Yeah, there's six and eight. I think they're out. So it's like you need like Chicago, you need like all these other. Well, the fourth and I think they're out.

[Aaron Weber]

Out.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And then the other one was like Dallas and Washington and are they. Is Washington out or.

[Aaron Weber]

Dallas has a 1% chance.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Okay.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, really?

[Aaron Weber]

As of right now, they need to win their last three games and they need the Eagles to lose their last three.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah. So yeah, look at 0%. So Titans probably have.

[Dusty]

Oh, the Titans are out.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Dead Comet. All right, go back up. So like who's playing? Baltimore Steelers. Houston still has a chance. Jack. Keep going. Where's the vi. Is this just. Oh, that's afc.

[Dusty]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, there's nfc. So NFC has they.

[Dusty]

They're out. The Vikings.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So Vikings are out. Yeah, keep going down. Washington's out.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So Vikings are out. Washington's out.

[Dusty]

Cowboys less than 1%.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Cowboys less than 1%.

[Brian Bates]

Not a good line.

[Nate Bargetzi]

This is not a good. That's what I'm saying. The NBA.

[Brian Bates]

NBA.

[Nate Bargetzi]

NBA is going to have a better. Because I just don't think the game. Detroit. Who's Detroit playing? Oh, the Vikings.

[Dusty]

The Vikings.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So the Detroit needs to win. Probably.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

But. Yeah, that's tough.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, every game I guess one team at least needs to win to improve their playoff seating. Except that Cowboys Commanders game.

[Nate Bargetzi]

That's really a. I mean the Cowboys need to win it for sure. If they have even something.

[Aaron Weber]

It's 1%.

[Dusty]

I'll still watch all these games as bad as they are.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Really?

[Dusty]

They'll still be on.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. No, no. Yeah, you're still watching.

[Aaron Weber]

You guys ever spend time with your family?

[Dusty]

No. My kid doesn't even know what's going on yet.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You know, I can do whatever.

[Dusty]

I can just watch tv. The holidays are here. That means parties, family gatherings. Plenty of reasons to look and feel your best. But let's be real, Brian. Bad hair days can show up at the worst time. It's like your body knows when something important's about to happen.

[Aaron Weber]

Right?

[Dusty]

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[Aaron Weber]

It's going to be a great 2026. Maybe I should start 2026.

[Dusty]

There you go.

[Aaron Weber]

End of the year.

[Dusty]

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[Aaron Weber]

So I've called today's episode.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, it's not the Christmas episode.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, can I finish my thought, guys? Geez. Guy says about Christmas, I'll be so glad when he's gone. He'll never be back. It'd be me and old, old St. Nick over there.

[Nate Bargetzi]

The guy said it's about Christmas growing up there. Yeah, we like you remember a Christmas like I remember. Big one for me was when I was 12. I got a snake.

[Dusty]

Wow.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Come on.

[Nate Bargetzi]

That's. Speak of anaconda.

[Dusty]

Okay. I got a snake.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Red tail boat. Boa.

[Dusty]

Red tailboa.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. And it was, it was, it was our big. It was the, it's the big Christmas we had. Like, you know, it's like my parents always did great but we, you know, it's like whatever that was the. If you talk. If my Family ever talks about one Christmas. That's the Christmas. That's the one where my dad got, like, extra shows that almost like a comic. Like, he had a bunch of Christmas parties or whatever and made a little more money that month. So I was able to get. Get. I got a snake. Derek got a hamster. Abigail. I forget what she got. Abigail might have been.

[Dusty]

She was 2 at that.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, she was 2. Yeah. So she got a boat. She got a boat. They put money away from her, and it's now worth. No, it's. So that was a big one. Yeah, for me.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

How long did that snake last?

[Nate Bargetzi]

It lasted for a while. And my dad would leave in the yard and, like, have kids, be like, what is that snake right there? And they think it's like a gardener snake and it's like a red tail boa. But, I mean, it was. It was. It got to the point we were feeding it mice, and then you're starting to get into kind of the rat territory. And then you knew rabbits were next. And that's when it was like, all right. But my dad went to someone's house to buy it, and the guy just had snakes, like, everywhere.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, man.

[Dusty]

Because they can get at six feet long.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, my.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, so once it was like. Yeah, once we were like, you know, we. We're not in a home where you're like, we can just throw rabbits and have it. Eat it.

[Dusty]

But.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. And so what happened to Derek's hamster? Yeah, well, I think I know that was kind of the A2 for. We got A2 for one. That one. Yeah. The next Christmas was a little bit tighter on money, and so no there. I forget what. I'm Derek Sampson, but it was there. My dad, like, I think maybe gave it back to the guy or whatever. But I remember when he said he bought it. When he. When he brought it home, though, the guy was like, you need to keep it in your shirt to warm it. It's like, I gotta put it under my shirt. He goes under your shirt on your skin. Oh, the snake needs to be. So it's warm because it was cold. So they had to go pick it up at a guy's house. And they said. And it was like, you know, it was like, sneak at the guy had snakes hanging all over the door. Like they almost. Somewhere loose.

[Brian Bates]

That's a really good father.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

He put a snake under his shirt.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Wow. My dad's a. Yeah. My dad was always. If we found a snake, if you ever saw a snake on the road, he would go get it and drive it home and show us. It was a big snake.

[Brian Bates]

I thought he meant back to. With the snakes home. I'm like, how did he know where it live?

[Nate Bargetzi]

What?

[Brian Bates]

When you said he'd drive the snake.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Home, you meant the snake.

[Brian Bates]

I literally, for a second. How does he know where the snake lives? Hey, he's far away.

[Nate Bargetzi]

He goes, come on, buddy. I, I think I got you. East. East, right? I think I thought you meant the snake would follow him home at first. Like the, like my dad wouldn't grab it. He would just ask the snake. Do you mind just following behind me? My kids would love to see you. We had one when I was in. We lived in Del Rio, Texas. And when I was five, I think five, and my dad, I remember he stopped and there was a snake in the middle of the road. I remember the snake was doing a U shoot shape.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Almost like a cartoon.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And my dad grabbed it because we were going to. We were, we were talking about Episcopal. So we were Episcopal for a second there.

[Dusty]

Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Talking about churches being pescatarian or what were you? Episcopal.

[Brian Bates]

Episcopal.

[Dusty]

Episcopalian.

[Brian Bates]

Episcopalian.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Episcopate. Episcopate.

[Brian Bates]

Pescatarian.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Episcopatarian. We were episcatelian and for a second.

[Aaron Weber]

And y' all been a little bit. Everything, hadn't you?

[Nate Bargetzi]

We, yeah, we. We bounced. Yeah. No, I was open minded. I was baptized. I was Southern Baptist. They. We were raised Southern Baptist.

[Dusty]

They.

[Nate Bargetzi]

My parents have been. They're Catholic. They. They all this stuff. So. But they got. So my dad got a snake. So he's driving and the way he's got to hold it because my mom. Everybody's losing it and so my mom doesn't want it. And so he's holding it and I'm behind my dad. And the way he's got it, the snake, his face is just like, you know, like two feet from me. And I mean it's just like, like it's very. It's upset at the situation.

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And. But my dad grabbed it to. Because we were going to like a youth group thing and then brings it show. We all the kids get them out and see it and stuff. So it's terrifying. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But you, Greg, which your. Your Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, I remember.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Well, we used to have these. You got a.

[Aaron Weber]

Here we go.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Hey, let him go. Let me, let me do it. You got one of those, that BB gun, Red Rider. Because you got it. Is it. Did you go see that movie at the theater and then went home and bought a Red Rider Sh.

[Brian Bates]

Your. Yes, that. That movie was.

[Dusty]

That movie's from like the 80s.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yes. Oh, so that was a compliment.

[Aaron Weber]

So should have went with It's a Wonderful Life.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah. A Wonderful Life. Man, I'm falling apart. See, this is why I'm leaving. I'm losing. I'm losing.

[Brian Bates]

Could have gone Christmas Carol.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Christmas Carol. It's a Wonderful Life would have been.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

That's a nice one.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Did you live in that town? That would have been a good Bedford Falls.

[Brian Bates]

My dad lost his all. All his money in that savings alone. George Bailey.

[Nate Bargetzi]

They just didn't cover yours. They did. They only covered.

[Aaron Weber]

And now we got a real life old man Potter over here.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, man.

[Nate Bargetzi]

All right. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Merry Christmas.

[Aaron Weber]

Because.

[Nate Bargetzi]

So you do impressions. Is that what they can expect right after Christmas?

[Brian Bates]

Oh, yeah, I got some. That's how I got my start doing.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Really?

[Brian Bates]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, it's an early bit of mine.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You did Potter from It's a Wonderful Life.

[Aaron Weber]

Wonderful Life.

[Brian Bates]

I think I might have tried it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Is that why you're not Frank Calendo? Because you. Frank's like, I'm gonna go for some, you know, people you might know. I'll do the mad. And you go, you what? No one's doing Potter on It's a Wonderful Life. Old Man Potter.

[Brian Bates]

Frank had nothing on.

[Dusty]

Just.

[Brian Bates]

I just didn't get noticed.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You didn't get noticed ke. Like, what if you just do something that's even kind of more known now? I do only expect. It's like that's what they're expecting, you know?

[Aaron Weber]

I think Mr. Potter was Drew Barrymore's grandfather.

[Dusty]

He was.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, really?

[Nate Bargetzi]

Lionel Barrymore, Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

But you did do.

[Brian Bates]

I did a few, yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Who was one? Did you do Potter? Were you joking about that?

[Brian Bates]

I think I thought about doing. That's not Potter.

[Nate Bargetzi]

That was Jimmy Stewart.

[Brian Bates]

Jimmy Stewart, Yeah. I tried to do Jimmy Stewart. I don't know if it made it to the stage, but I remember sitting in my room.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Is there any doing it?

[Brian Bates]

I do remember. I do remember doing. This was a terrible bit. And back in the 90s, there were a bunch of red beers. Red Dog, Red Stripe. Red. Red Wolf. Red Stripe was. Had been around before, but like Red Wolf. It was like, there's Killian dread.

[Dusty]

I've heard this.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And did I tell you that bit? I hope I didn't do it on this podcast.

[Aaron Weber]

You did.

[Dusty]

Did I?

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, come on, man.

[Brian Bates]

Did I?

[Aaron Weber]

You're not gonna be back, so go ahead and tell it. I think it was the Leanne episode Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

But yeah, there was.

[Brian Bates]

And I, My jokes was. My joke was, you know, they ought to have a Red Fox beer.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And then I did Red Fox.

[Brian Bates]

Lamont, go in the kitchen, son, and bring me a Red Fox beer. But I mean, I, I, Yeah, I was in it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

You're in it?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah. And I did that. I did a Homer Simpson. And I.

[Aaron Weber]

This is terrible.

[Brian Bates]

But I basically did it. This was when I was in college, right after, you know, it was after open mic stuff or early on. I did. Was doing basically. Who is the guy from. Daryl Strawberry. No, the great comic Daryl Hammond. Daryl Hammond. I was doing his version of Beaver Cleaver.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And not proud of that.

[Aaron Weber]

What?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, I did, man. I was.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Can you do it now?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, well, this is, this was. I remember his thing, but then I. I shouldn't have been doing it, but he was like. He was like, well, chi. Wally, if you come around. His version was like his. It was a great bit. It was something like, my wife might not holler at me so much. I haven't had practice. But it was much way better.

[Nate Bargetzi]

It was way better. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Did you go. You went on BET Comic View, right?

[Brian Bates]

I did. No, it was, it was called Coming to the Stage.

[Aaron Weber]

Did you do the Red Fox?

[Brian Bates]

No, I was bad. No, no, I was good then.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Did you think about it though? Cuz you were like.

[Aaron Weber]

I was.

[Brian Bates]

I did. Because I was out of material. It was one of those things. We had to keep going.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Dusty]

And I had about all your best stuff up top.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, dude. I got those first three episodes. They were like this guy. And then I.

[Aaron Weber]

It started.

[Brian Bates]

It fell off a cliff, man. Yeah, but.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, that's where you get stuck, where you, you and you have just. Sometimes the worst bit ever is the only bit that pops up in your.

[Brian Bates]

Head and you're on tv and you're.

[Nate Bargetzi]

On TV and you're like, I gotta do it.

[Brian Bates]

I gotta. I gotta do something.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Something.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

I love the feeling of. It's so funny. You don't love that feeling, but I love. That's why I love standup so much, is because it's like you just get stuck. It's so funny.

[Brian Bates]

What did you say about the guy rifling through files in the.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh. What? I picture my. Yeah, I always picture my head when I'm like, I. I can tell I've got three jokes left and I need to come up with like a few more. And I just picture there's a guy. I just picture there's a. There's a Desk with a. A guy up there just going. He's like, I got nothing.

[Aaron Weber]

I got.

[Nate Bargetzi]

He's just flying papers everywhere he goes in the store, I got. You remember the car. Just like, just trying to come up with anything, and he's just chaos in your head.

[Brian Bates]

It's like a staff. In fact, find the thing about. Find the thing about. Find the thing about the.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Because about something.

[Brian Bates]

And then, I mean, you.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And it's like you're. To the last word, and then like, something pops up, you know?

[Aaron Weber]

This. This weekend, this Friday, Saturday, I am in Appleton, Wisconsin, at Skyline Comedy club.

[Brian Bates]

Were you in the big room there?

[Dusty]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Well, all right, man.

[Nate Bargetzi]

That big room.

[Brian Bates]

That's a big room, man, that your boy goes, dude, the last time I was there, I was in the Broadway thing. The little room that's. That is a big room. And that is.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Hey, the way you said that was not.

[Brian Bates]

Not nice and not the way I meant it. Not the way I meant it.

[Aaron Weber]

It's a lot of things that you say.

[Dusty]

You don't.

[Brian Bates]

All right, I'm just gonna say it there. If you're in the big room and you're a white comic in. In the stardom, that there's. There aren't a lot of white comics in the big.

[Nate Bargetzi]

They were.

[Aaron Weber]

They needed a sacrificial lamb, and I was dumb enough to take it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And what for what, you. You opened?

[Aaron Weber]

No, I headlined. Oh, and was it in the main room? They were like, we got. Got some company Christmas parties coming in and, you know, we. What? Whatever. That's how they pitched it. But that was not what it was.

[Nate Bargetzi]

He just got the. I didn't mean.

[Brian Bates]

I know how it sounded, Brian, I swear.

[Aaron Weber]

I do, too, because I was looking at you.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, no, no, I. Yeah, that.

[Aaron Weber]

But, you know, it's. It's a tough room. It's.

[Brian Bates]

It's just a different. Yeah, man, it is a very urban room. I mean.

[Nate Bargetzi]

No, no, no. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, the guy who opened for me was the guy who hosted for us like 10 years ago when we were down there. I mean, not that long ago, Nate was already doing pretty darn well, and there were people with their head on the table asleep while Nate was on tv.

[Dusty]

You sent me a picture.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, we had the fire alarm go off.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargetzi]

No one did anything. Yeah, yeah, I think I did sell. I think I went back and did a warm up and I've. But I. You had to get. You have to get like. Like to a crazy level to go sell it out.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, man, I was back with you in like 2022.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Like. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

When you were really doing well. But that was like 10 years ago.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And.

[Nate Bargetzi]

And it was like going fine. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It's just a tough room.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, for sure.

[Dusty]

For sure.

[Aaron Weber]

But anyway, I met Skyline Comedy Club in Appleton this weekend.

[Nate Bargetzi]

The regular room, December 26th. He's out in the lobby.

[Aaron Weber]

Craig, why do you think I'm.

[Brian Bates]

I. I didn't mean it like that, Brian.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Kansas City.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. You're in Kansas City.

[Brian Bates]

I'm in Kansas City.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Big week.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, Big week. Salt Lake.

[Aaron Weber]

Salt Lake.

[Brian Bates]

The following weekend.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Oh, yeah. Salt Lake. Yeah. We just saw a great. Yeah. What a good weekend.

[Brian Bates]

Like four Giant shows.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Crazy.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dusty]

Aaron Weber is going to be in San Francisco, Sacramento, Toronto, La Hoya, then all kinds of places. Go to Aaron WeberComedy.com get those dates. Appreciate it.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Right. This one was great. Merry Christmas. I hope you have a wonderful, wonderful Christmas with your family and. Yeah, we love you and see you next week. Bye.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Nate Bargetzi]

Toyota Thon. Toyota Thon. Toyota Thon is on. Oh, what fun it is to drive a new Toyota today.

[Dusty]

Hey, Jan from Toyota here reminding you Toyotathon is on.

[Nate Bargetzi]

Make your holiday wishes come true with a new Camry RAV4 Tacoma and more. All right, let's sing it together this time. Toyota Thon. Toyota Thon. Toyota Thon is on.

[Brian Bates]

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[Nate Bargetzi]

See your participating dealer for details.

[Brian Bates]

Toyota let's go places.

[Aaron Weber]

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