<\/p>\n
Nate Bargatze put a fresh spin on the awards show opening monologue by not doing a monologue at all. Instead, the comedian celebrated the majesty, mystery, and stupidity of television with a delightful opening sketch reminiscent of his popular \u201cWashington\u2019s Dream\u201d skits<\/a> on Saturday Night Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n Rather than playing the founding father of the United States of America, Bargatze appeared as the founding father of TV, Philo T. Farnsworth. In his lab, he regaled his charges \u2014 played by SNL<\/em>\u2019s Bowen Yang, James Austin Johnson, and Mikey Day \u2014 with the endless possibilities of the new technology they were inventing.<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI dream that one day there will be a channel for every interest,\u201d Bargatze said grandly, before going on to share what he envisioned: A \u201chistory channel\u201d filled with shows about aliens, and a \u201clearning channel\u201d stuffed with programming about pimple poppers and hoarders.<\/p>\n Later in the bit, Bargatze quipped, \u201cOne day I dream there will be so many shows, we\u2019ll have to invent another type of TV called streaming.\u201d When Johnson\u2019s character asked him to describe streaming, Bargatze replied, \u201cA new way for companies to lose money.\u201d<\/p>\n After the first award of the night was given out, Bargatze returned to the stage. Not to deliver a monologue exactly, but to issue a stern warning to this year\u2019s winners about adhering to the 45-second speech limit. Bargatze said he had made a $100,000 donation to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, but he would not hesitate to deduct $1,000 from that total for each second a winner went over that time limit.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s tough, it\u2019s brutal,\u201d Bargatze deadpanned. \u201cWhat are you gonna do, though? I can\u2019t change it \u2014 this is a game I made up and these are the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n To sweeten the deal, though, Bargatze said that if speeches came in under<\/em> the 45-second time limit, he would add $1,000-per-second back to the total. Still, the comedian cracked to any speed demons in the crowd, \u201cDon\u2019t go crazy, though, because I am paying for this. Some of you go over a little, some go under. Do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n This is not only Bargatze\u2019s first time hosting the Emmy Awards<\/a>, but also the first time he\u2019s hosted a major awards show. The stand-up comedian has been on an impressive tear the past few years, releasing acclaimed specials like 2021\u2019s The Greatest Average American<\/em> and last year\u2019s Your Friend, Nate Bargatze<\/em>. He\u2019s also hosted two well-received episodes<\/a> of Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/a> and is set to make his film acting debut in next year\u2019s The Breadwinner<\/em> (which he also co-wrote).<\/p>\n In a recent interview on CBS Mornings<\/a><\/em>, Bargatze said of preparing for the Emmys, \u201cI\u2019m used to performing in front of live people, not an audience like this of all the people that you know. So, it will be fun to get in there, get onstage, get that first joke, hear that first laugh, and then just get running and just really make your own of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Along with serving as the night\u2019s host, Bargatze is also nominated for two Emmy Awards this year: Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special, both for Your Friend, Nate Bargatze<\/em>.<\/p>\n After hosting the Emmys, Bargatze will head right back on the road for his Big Dumb Eyes tour. He currently has a ton of stand-up dates across North America scheduled all the way through next August. <\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nate Bargatze put a fresh spin on the awards show opening monologue by not doing a monologue at all. Instead, the comedian celebrated the majesty, mystery, and stupidity of television with a delightful opening sketch reminiscent of his popular \u201cWashington\u2019s Dream\u201d skits on Saturday Night Live. Rather than playing the founding father of the United […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2022278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[351553,349795,371844],"class_list":["post-2022277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-founding-father","tag-nate-bargatze","tag-philo-t-farnsworth"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Nate-Bargatze-Celebrates-the-Majesty-and-Stupidity-of-TV-in.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}