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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 039 - "Red Eye Anxiety"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 039 - "Red Eye Anxiety"
    2026/05/04
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake is petty (soda) 06:35 Buffalo Wild Wings 10:36 Murray, KY show 12:05 Host privilege 12:40 Seating show stress 19:00 Late show thoughts 21:00 House of Nanking (San Francisco, CA) 25:20 Manufactured scarcity 27:15 Redeye anxiety 29:05 Should Mark do this festival? 32:31 Fresh bookings 36:20 Janae Burris 37:05 Clean feature 41:05 Comedy union 46:20 Jake home show 48:05 Meta ads 50:55 Vail Comedy Festival 52:05 Learnmore Jonasi lawsuit 54:36 LAUGH Louisville 57:40 Derrick Stroup 58:30 RISE Comedy clean showcase 59:50 patreon.com/markandjake teasers 1:00:38 Plugs Mark Masters and Big Jake Hovis are mostly clean comedians, available for your event, contact us with info below: Mark Masters https://www.markmasters.co (contact form) Big Jake Hovis https://www.bigjakecomedy.com Follow https://www.instagram.com/bigjakehovis https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMastersComedy SUBSCRIBE for more episodes https://www.patreon.com/markandjake JOIN for exclusive content This week for Patreon subscribers we cover: Didn't like a comedian, vibe better than me, Cincinnati comics, lighting the headliner, Derrick Stroup online show story, Nate Bargatze movie, pay for a gig specifics, complain about a comedian, cancelling gigs, stiffed for pay, Derrick Stroup pay
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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 038 - "Wheatland, WY Root Beer"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 038 - "Wheatland, WY Root Beer"
    2026/04/27
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake gets panhandled 05:55 Mercury Cafe (Denver, CO) 07:04 Teens gone wild 10:37 Wheatland, WY 12:22 A&W Root Beer 16:47 Zagnut bar (Ray Harrington) 19:07 Buc-Ee's 22:27 Golf heckling 28:13 Neg 30:42 Most expensive ticket please 33:00 Jake's Home Comedy Show 36:49 Always Bookin' Comedy 39:00 Chairs! 41:40 Should Mark Do This Comedy Festival? 47:50 New Bedford, MA 48:25 Mic Stand Height 50:35 West River Comedy Club 51:35 New Bedford, MA help 52:55 Ticket update and chair layout 53:45 Bathrobe headliner 55:06 Jake Crowd Work 59:20 Patreon teasers 1:00:29 Plugs 1:02:05 Vail Comedy Festival May 22-24, 2026 https://www.vailcomedyfestival.com Mark Masters and Big Jake Hovis are mostly clean comedians, available for your event, contact us with info below: Mark Masters https://www.markmasters.co (contact form) Big Jake Hovis https://www.bigjakecomedy.com Follow https://www.instagram.com/bigjakehovis https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMastersComedy SUBSCRIBE for more episodes https://www.patreon.com/markandjake JOIN for exclusive content This week for Patreon subscribers we cover: Insult Comic (Key & Peele), Mark's book confession, Denver Fringe Fest, Ran Barnacle, comedy competition, Comedy Works New Faces Contest, New Talent Night surprise guest, New York City trying to make it, Mark the feature/opener, Noah Reynolds, Competition pro-tip, Jake YouTube Driving, Book on tape suggestion, sensitive joke, internet comment rant from Jake, booking question, Ben Dailey, Patrick Scott
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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 037 - "Arcade Expo Exposed"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 037 - "Arcade Expo Exposed"
    2026/04/20
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Louisville Arcade Expo 10:03 Comedy at the arcade expo? 12:04 Avon, CO comedy show 24:46 Mark is cynical 25:56 Spring break comedy 27:50 Jake in Nashville 32:06 Are women funny? 34:42 Mark at Comedy Works 36:12 Should Mark do this festival? 39:34 NextStop Comedy 41:05 Jake's TV challenge 49:45 Jake's Comedy Writing Meetup 52:45 Jake's challenge 55:43 Mark's ascension 58:45 Patreon.com/markandjake 59:59 Plugs Mark Masters and Big Jake Hovis are mostly clean comedians, available for your event, contact us with info below: Mark Masters https://www.markmasters.co (contact form) Big Jake Hovis https://www.bigjakecomedy.com Follow https://www.instagram.com/bigjakehovis https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMastersComedy SUBSCRIBE for more episodes https://www.patreon.com/markandjake JOIN for exclusive content This week for Patreon subscribers we cover: FILM@Vail Comedy Festival, show ticket check, poaching bribe, Mark's crazy theory, comic reveal, booking complaint (roar), twist to the bribe story, great comedy term revealed, Ft. Wayne Comedy Club, where are the punchlines?, crowd work into material, theater lineup note, Nashville coffee shop show, New Bedford MA "friends" show, flying with show equipment, YouTube comments
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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 036 - "Chris Farley Fringe Fest"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 036 - "Chris Farley Fringe Fest"
    2026/04/13
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Mark hosts a movie 02:42 Out of order episodes 04:15 Dumb and Dumber 10:35 Silly movies 14:15 Chris Farley 15:38 Surely You Can't Be Serious 17:15 Audiobooks for free 18:25 Little Rocks of Butter 19:35 Denver Fringe 25:50 Jay Leno 26:20 Jake's book idea 31:20 Greek Grammarian 32:00 Mark's Comedy Show 34:23 Show lineup question 46:40 Jake's theory on selling tickets 48:20 Cruise Ship Work 50:49 Podcasts can make money 51:40 Matt Rife 52:52 Patreon notes 53:31 The failure is what makes you good 53:58 Sandhill cranes Jurassic Park 55:27 Duluth, MN big boats 56:20 Weird places and seeing things 56:48 Baroque Art 58:30 Plugs 1:02:35 Patreon.com/markandjake Mark Masters and Big Jake Hovis are mostly clean comedians, available for your event, contact us with info below: Mark Masters https://www.markmasters.co (contact form) Big Jake Hovis https://www.bigjakecomedy.com Follow https://www.instagram.com/bigjakehovis https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMastersComedy SUBSCRIBE for more episodes https://www.patreon.com/markandjake JOIN for exclusive content This week for Patreon subscribers we cover: Dumb and Dumber Laserdisc, revealed headliner, Gary Gulman, dense jokes, Brad Upton, Washington state comedy, Jake comedy frustration, driving logistics, Comedy Catch Comedy Club, Matt Rife Providence RI, Cruise Ship money, headshot conundrum, politics on stage, clean comic, be a clown
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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 035 - "Out of order, really ep. 33.5"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 035 - "Out of order, really ep. 33.5"
    2026/04/06
    [So sorry, this episode is from between episode 33 and 34 due to an error by Mark] Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 St. Patrick's Day Hat 01:03 Dimitri Martin bit 01:48 Festival tape reviews 04:15 Jake talks about a bad comic 05:16 More festival tape tips 07:23 Panda Express 10:16 Mark is an idiot segment 15:40 Dalton, GA comedy show 17:10 Mic issues 18:01 Selling 200 tickets update 19:09 Themed comedy idea from Jake 28:47 Gorgeous sunset (image) 29:47 Joe Praino website 32:24 Porch Pirates 36:30 Trash disaster 40:15 Jake haircut story 42:10 Should Mark do this festival? 46:45 Comedy is easier as a man 47:21 Hannah Jones is leaving Denver 47:54 Patreon teaser - why Mark doesn't want to get passed at Comedy Works 51:15 Fringe fest update from Mark 53:58 Raanan Hershberg Breckenridge Sell Out 58:23 Plugs Mark Masters and Big Jake Hovis are mostly clean comedians, available for your event, contact us with info below: Mark Masters https://www.markmasters.co (contact form) Big Jake Hovis https://www.bigjakecomedy.com Follow https://www.instagram.com/bigjakehovis https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMastersComedy SUBSCRIBE for more episodes https://www.patreon.com/markandjake JOIN for exclusive content This week for Patreon subscribers we cover: Jake gets paid after 4 months, Mark hits the jackpot, Hannah Jones, Gianmarco Soresi, Hershberg & Stroup, feature pay at a club, Jake bids too little, Mark's hot take on Comedy Works, some info on a comic we discuss often, Jake's corporate gig, Google reviews, wind down and wrap up
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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 034 - "Wide is Good (in comedy)"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 034 - "Wide is Good (in comedy)"
    2026/03/30
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake gets asked for clubs he's worked 04:35 Jake guitar mic story 08:52 Mark gets a guest spot request 10:56 Awesome bathroom locks 11:52 Jake glimpses into bathroom stalls 15:20 Airplane bathroom tech 15:40 Bucee's Bathrooms 17:05 Should Mark do this festival? 21:00 Pete Holmes book 23:20 Vail Comedy Festival drop out 24:10 Fringe Fest Denver 26:23 Jake does storytelling 31:20 Derrick Stroup special Nostalgic 34:05 Jake finds a new venue 38:10 Jake's home show update 40:32 Wide is good 43:50 Mark has flight attendants at a comedy show 45:01 Vail Comedy Show now has 100+ reviews 45:43 Google reviews 48:26 Facebook reviews 50:52 Best Western Plus in Ogallala, NE 53:50 Hotel breakfast waffles 57:40 Hotel breakfast bacon 59:31 Patreon update 1:00:01 Plugs Mark Masters and Big Jake Hovis are mostly clean comedians, available for your event, contact us with info below: Mark Masters https://www.markmasters.co (contact form) Big Jake Hovis https://www.bigjakecomedy.com Follow / bigjakehovis / @markmasterscomedy SUBSCRIBE for more episodes / markandjake JOIN for exclusive content This week for Patreon subscribers we cover: Street comic, not getting paid by club, WSOC host run-in, Vail Comedy Festival dropout, New Bedford Massachusetts, Colorado gig contract, Voicemail, poaching, festival overlap, guest spot shenanigans, some comics make a lot of money, vacation comedy, great show, front row story
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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 033 - "Can-kles Crowd Work"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 033 - "Can-kles Crowd Work"
    2026/03/23
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Mark's patience pays off 01:32 Getting better club spot 2:58 Fragile comic ego 04:01 Mark reads a text 05:16 Comics on posters 06:15 Raanan Hershberg 06:32 New ComedyTicketing.com feature 08:24 Rion Evans 10:38 Jake's got a busy night 11:08 Kearney, NE 11:54 Crowd work and Ray Harrington 16:25 Jake is wrong (calendars) 17:24 BCE vs. BC 18:56 Church billboard jokes 21:55 Can-kles 22:50 Bringer show 27:22 Mutiny Information Cafe open-mic 28:15 Illustrating comedians 29:27 Mark gets a caricature 30:44 Should Mark do this festival? 39:30 Power Slap 48:25 Billy Graham 51:45 Vail Comedy Festival rejection email 59:05 Patreon plugs 59:55 Plugs Mark Masters and Big Jake Hovis are mostly clean comedians, available for your event, contact us with info below: Mark Masters https://www.markmasters.co (contact form) Big Jake Hovis https://www.bigjakecomedy.com Follow / bigjakehovis / @markmasterscomedy SUBSCRIBE for more episodes / markandjake JOIN for exclusive content This week for Patreon subscribers we cover: Comedy Festival dirt, ranking festival comics, cringy comedian bio, Yoshee, Sam Tallent, Vail Comedy Festival and Mark break all comedy convention, festival tape story, tape reviews, FILM@Vail Comedy Festival submission, a famous comic's book, venue staff turnover, Derrick Stroup NETFLIX special
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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 032 - "Guillotine Guards"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 032 - "Guillotine Guards"
    2026/03/16
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 GeoGuessing updates 04:50 Is Comedy Art? 08:28 SNL Movie (Saturday Night) 14:14 Mark has a new joke 18:30 True Grit (movie) 19:27 ComedyTicketing.com 27:01 Jake + Ukelele? 31:10 Guillotine guards 32:20 Open Mic booking win 35:55 Mark Dentist story 40:32 Jake Dentist story 42:38 Mark shares a survey response 44:06 Movie chat (comics who make movies) 46:30 Jake IG DM story 48:18 Amos Gill, Australian comic 50:20 Cincinnati Bengals comedy 51:45 National booker inquiry 54:50 Bachelorette party comedy 56:10 Phone call win 57:31 Booking changes 58:36 Bad gigs 59:10 Plugs Mark Masters and Big Jake Hovis are mostly clean comedians, available for your event, contact us with info below: Mark Masters https://www.markmasters.co (contact form) Big Jake Hovis https://www.bigjakecomedy.com Follow / bigjakehovis / @markmasterscomedy SUBSCRIBE for more episodes / markandjake JOIN for exclusive content This week for Patreon subscribers we cover: Mark quote for Bachelorette party, Jake's money algorithm, Jake rants about bad comedy, Mark is losing confidence, comedy tutoring, national booker show story by Jake, comedy union bidding, Jake's struggling feature, Mark's struggling feature, racist audience member, Cavin Eggleston, hosting can be degrading, gun at a comedy show, Last Best Comedy Club, lost venue for Vail Comedy Festival, Kellen Erskine
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