God Created Humor, Satan Perverted It | Comedian Nazareth | Episode #359
The BeatiDudes
Comedian Nazareth grew up Greek Orthodox in Kuwait, came to America, and built a career that was about to break wide open. Vegas rooms, management, an NBC sitcom in development. Then a friend invited him to church, where he met Christ personally, and then called his manager to quit. About 250 expletives later, he was released. What brought him back to the stage was a deacon telling him that God created humor and Satan perverted it, and that Christians of all people should be the ones laughing. Thirty-five years later, he is Dry Bar's 2026 Comedian of the Year; he still writes for an hour every day, and he closes his shows by giving up the standing ovation to tell people about Jesus instead. Paul Kolker, Nick Bezner, and Jeff Schiefelbein get into the marathon he had no business running, the nine drunks at the LA Cabaret who heard his first real set, and the woman in Vidalia, Georgia, who came to a show the night before she had to sit in court and hear how her daughter was murdered. She told him she needed the laugh. He tells the guys what he heard from backstage when she left. Along the way, the BeatiDudes cover rejection nine times out of ten, why men should let their kids see them laugh, and a wolf in Alaska licking a blade buried in bloody ice, which is the most memorable picture of sin you will hear this year. SUPPORT THE BEATIDUDES https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheBeatiDudes Our Partners: Sock Religious (10% Discount) Solidarity HealthShare Aquinas Wealth Advisors Lucid Private Office Divine Comedy Undivided Life Follow The BeatiDudes: BeatiDudes Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Jeff Schiefelbein on LinkedIn BeatiDudes Theme Song and Music By The Pencil Bureau Dave Moore Music