Bargatze, meanwhile, netted a second SNL hosting gig the next year, inked a book deal for Big Dumb Eyes and sold the script for his 2026 film The Breadwinner that has him starring opposite Mandy Moore.
Plus, he continued to steadily fill tour seats with even more fans clamoring to catch his G-rated everyman persona IRL.
“I was doing arenas before,” he told THR, “but I joke that SNL added the second arena.”
And after his Emmys hosting gig at L.A.’s Peacock Theater? He’s going to (build) Disney World, fully serious about a plan to add a theme park (on the site of the now-shuttered Opryland) to his burgeoning Nateland empire of specials, podcasts, merch and movies.
“There’s this part of me that’s like, ‘Guys, how did you let me get this far?'” Bargatze mused to THR. “It’s like, ‘Your system was all I wanted. Why would you not just let me be a part of it? Why did you not see me?’ And there’s still someone in Hollywood going, ‘Wait, who is he? Oh yeah, that comedian.'”
For those that know little more about that comedian than his proposal to keep Emmys acceptance speeches brief by subtracting from a planned $100,000 Boys & Girls Club donation for each victor that goes long, we’ve got your big dumb guide.
