After a brief sojourn to Amazon, Nate Bargatze is returning to Netflix with a pair of stand-up specials. The comedian, who recently hosted Saturday Night Live, his second appearance in so many years, fronted two specials – The Tennessee Kid and The Greatest Average American – on Netflix in 2019 and 2021, respectively, before going to Prime Video for his Hello World special last year. He is now back at Netflix with Your Friend, Nate Bargatze, which will launch on December 24 and will then be followed by a second special in 2025 or beyond. Have you heard of Nate Bargatze before?

The 43-year-old comic has been dubbed the "nicest man in stand-up". Bargatze explained that he chose a career in clean comedy — a family-friendly genre that is free of swearing, crude material or sexual references — largely because he felt that he couldn't tell dirty jokes in front of his parents. Bargatze also said that he was drawn to clean comedy because he was raised in a very religious Christian household and his parents were strict about the content that he was allowed to watch. Are you more likely to watch a comedy special if it is "clean" comedy?

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