Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Greg Warren went from selling Jif to selling out arenas with Nate Bargatze—powered by one legendary peanut-butter bit and a ruthless writing system. In this masterclass, Greg breaks down the decades-long grind, the exact edit notes Nate gave that leveled his special, and the habits that quietly make comics great.
What’s inside:
- The peanut-butter bit: why going narrow beats going broad
- Nate’s game-changing notes on “The Salesman” (title, cuts, open on the joke)
- The writing stack: morning pages, 7-page premise sprints, and chasing “offshoots”
- Mike Birbiglia’s “false bottoms” concept (and how to dig deeper)
- Gary Gulman’s background-listening trick to sharpen delivery
- Clean reboot, career revival with 800 Pound Gorilla, and opening in arenas
- Real talk on social media vs. stand-up and playing the long game
If you want to see more of Greg Warren, check out his specials (“The Salesman,” “The Champ”) and listen to Greg’s podcast, The Consumers (produced by Nate Bargatze):
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4aMLhoDw6JYN6jPN1leI6XHUy9PvZhOn
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0:00 – Intro & the peanut-butter origin
3:40 – Greg’s writing system
9:25 – Passion on stage
11:13 – Go deeper
15:02 – Linking up with Nate
19:06 – Nate’s edit notes, going clean, and the career reboot
20:12 – Opening arenas with Nate
22:04 – The long game: keep writing
30:26 – PB history
Subscribe for more tips here: youtube.com/c/HotBreathPod?sub_confirmation=1
Greg Warren went from selling Jif to selling out arenas with Nate Bargatze—powered by one legendary peanut-butter bit and a ruthless writing system. In this masterclass, Greg breaks down the decades-long grind, the exact edit notes Nate gave that leveled his special, and the habits that quietly make comics great.
What’s inside:
- The peanut-butter bit: why going narrow beats going broad
- Nate’s game-changing notes on “The Salesman” (title, cuts, open on the joke)
- The writing stack: morning pages, 7-page premise sprints, and chasing “offshoots”
- Mike Birbiglia’s “false bottoms” concept (and how to dig deeper)
- Gary Gulman’s background-listening trick to sharpen delivery
- Clean reboot, career revival with 800 Pound Gorilla, and opening in arenas
- Real talk on social media vs. stand-up and playing the long game
If you want to see more of Greg Warren, check out his specials (“The Salesman,” “The Champ”) and listen to Greg’s podcast, The Consumers (produced by Nate Bargatze):
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4aMLhoDw6JYN6jPN1leI6XHUy9PvZhOn
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Subscribe for more comedy interviews and tips: youtube.com/c/HotBreathPod?sub_confirmation=1
Join our email list: hotbreathpodcast.com/vip
Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/HotBreathComedyNetwork
Patreon: patreon.com/hotbreathpod
Classes and workshops: hotbreathmedia.com
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0:00 – Intro & the peanut-butter origin
3:40 – Greg’s writing system
9:25 – Passion on stage
11:13 – Go deeper
15:02 – Linking up with Nate
19:06 – Nate’s edit notes, going clean, and the career reboot
20:12 – Opening arenas with Nate
22:04 – The long game: keep writing
30:26 – PB history
