When Bargatze told Esquire about the Emmys announcement in May, he joked, “Well, the election probably helped.” True to his word, it’s possible that Hollywood executives were drawn to his brand of apolitical comedy. But according to Marc Maron, who once brought Bargatze on tour with him as his opener, “He’s bigger than what’s going on socially.”

Nate Bargatze, the ceremony’s disastrous host, set forth that he had set up a $100,000 pool of money to donate to the unimpeachable nonprofit the Boys & Girls Club.