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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 009
    2025/10/06
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. This episode has stories about talking to a fan after a show, comedian websites, drive through fast food tipping thoughts, a show in Park City, Utah with a surprise parking twist, comedy intermissions, Con Air and David Chappelle, flying show running equipment with Pelican cases, a joke at 1 Night Stans in Michigan gets punched up, the guys share some raccoon facts and write some jokes live for Mark's upcoming charity event benefitting the rehabilitation of raccoons, and more. 00:00 Nate Bargatze in Denver - Fist Fight 02:05 Records broken by Nate Bargatze 04:04 Recognition Laughter (Nate Bargatze) 05:38 Buying Tickets (Nate Bargatze) 07:25 Ticketmaster ticket fees (Nate Bargatze) 11:10 Opening Acts (Nate Bargatze) -- PATREON has names 12:00 How to measure your success on stage 14:20 Jake Denver Nuggets story 17:00 Arena Comedy 19:50 Crowd work comedian trash talk (name in PATREON) 21:55 Trash show story - game show concept show 24:45 Can you joke about Charlie Kirk 26:00 Writing topical jokes 28:15 Shut up everybody 30:00 Comedy competition attitude 31:00 A Charlie Kirk joke 32:10 Joe List at the Comedy Works in Denver 33:40 Luke Mones (SNL on stage) 34:17 Comedy Works New Talent teaser (PATREON) 36:30 Frisco Comedy Show - stuck in traffic with Monica Nevis and Alvin Kuai 39:50 Do social media ads work to sell tickets 44:17 Tour dates on comedy website - Steven Rogers 46:38 Dustin Nickerson story 50:36 Mark gets offered a bad gig and comedy pay 54:00 Salt in a wound 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 talk about something crazy that happened at Comedy Works New Talent Night, a secret to making money in comedy, Nate bargatze openers with names and Jake spills about another comedian.
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    58 分
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 008 - "Dumb Comedy Wins"
    2025/09/29
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. This episode has stories about talking to a fan after a show, comedian websites, drive through fast food tipping thoughts, a show in Park City, Utah with a surprise parking twist, comedy intermissions, Con Air and David Chappelle, flying show running equipment with Pelican cases, a joke at 1 Night Stans in Michigan gets punched up, the guys share some raccoon facts and write some jokes live for Mark's upcoming charity event benefitting the rehabilitation of raccoons, and more. 00:00 Jake tells a story about a show 03:30 Dave Chappelle in Con-Air 05:05 Jake's Website 12:05 Park City, Utah (Mark) 15:45 Mark gets a parking ticket 19:30 Don't Tell Comedy Show (Mark is headliner) 24:30 Intermissions in comedy 28:45 Tip Jar comedy shows 33:00 Drive-Thru tipping 35:00 "Free Apples" 37:30 Can you make it from NYC in comedy 43:00 Mark produces a fly-in show? 48:30 Mark helps Jake with a joke follow-up 51:30 Dumb Comedy Wins 52:00 Mark and Jake workshop a joke 55:30 Raccoon facts into jokes for Mark's corporate 1:05:17 Wrapping up 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://instagram.com/bigjakehovis/ https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMastersComedy SUBSCRIBE for more episodes https://www.patreon.com/cw/MarkandJake JOIN for exclusive content This week for Patreon subscribers we talk about the Joe List film "Portrait of a Comedian" and Mark talks about how much he is paid to headline a Don't Tell Comedy show in Park City, UT
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    1 時間 6 分
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 007 - "Shorts on stage"
    2025/09/22
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. This episode has stories about Jake's questionable meal at a comedy club involving Nate Bargatze, Sunflowers, sleeping in your car, B's House in Mountain Home Idaho, stage wardrobe decisions, a laserdisc on camera, the movie Punch Line with Tom Hanks and Sally Field plus Damon Wayans, the new standup movie Is This Thing On, doing an open mic with Chloe Radcliffe, a Joe List film project and more. 00:00 NATELAND meal choice (Jake) 05:00 Zanies Nashville 10:00 Chocolate Chip Cookies with Tahini 11:00 Comedy Works South, Mark goes to a show 14:00 Gabriel Ruttedge 18:52 Punch Line movie with Tom Hanks and Sally Field 23:30 "Is This Thing On?" movie with Bradley Cooper and Chloe Radcliffe 24:45 Bad NYC Open Mic story (Mark) 29:00 Jake is a big guy 31:40 Complaining about audience size (Tiffany Haddish) 34:15 Shorts on stage (Sam Tallent) 41:30 Mark sees his joke on stage 43:45 Workshopping a Jake joke 45:20 Sunflowers 47:00 Laserdisc and VHS 50:00 How old to start comedy (Zoltan, Dave Chappelle, Matt Rife) 57:00 Portrait of a Comedian (Joe List) 57:47 Body Wash 1:00:10 Horse on Highway 1:02:00 Wrapping Up 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://instagram.com/bigjakehovis/ https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMastersComedy SUBSCRIBE for more episodes https://www.patreon.com/cw/MarkandJake JOIN for exclusive content
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    1 時間 4 分
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 006
    2025/09/15
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. This episode has stories about unwritten rules for features, The Soda Barn, Sweetwater factory tour, a McDonalds app fail, getting paid in cash, material selection for comedy competitions, a UPS store debacle, Soda Springs, Idaho geyser, some joke tips and more. 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://instagram.com/bigjakehovis/ https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMastersComedy SUBSCRIBE for more episodes https://www.patreon.com/cw/MarkandJake JOIN for exclusive content
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    1 時間 6 分
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 005
    2025/09/08
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. This episode has stories about Kill Tony, killer movies and the decade they are from, a Richard Gere movie surprise, going solo to the movies, Cheesecake Factory gift cards, Mark has a bad show and Jake gets foiled by a football parade trying to make it to a club, and more. Mark Masters and Big Jake Hovis are mostly clean comedians, available for your event, contact us with info below: Mark Masters www.markmasters.co (contact form) Big Jake Hovis bigjakecomedy.com @bigjakehovis
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    1 時間 3 分
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 004
    2025/09/01
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. This episode has stories about Cryptocurrency, Taylor Swit and Travis Kelce, the Savannah Bannanas, sharing hotel rooms, competitions, booking venues and more. Mark Masters and Big Jake Hovis are mostly clean comedians, available for your event, contact us with info below: Mark Masters www.markmasters.co (contact form) Big Jake Hovis bigjakecomedy.com
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    1 時間 4 分
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 003
    2025/08/25
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. This episode has stories about bounced comedy club checks, buying fountain soda, telling comics they aren't good, a flavor of soda that is an "abomination", gaming holiday gigs, booking big acts and ripe mangos. Mark Masters and Big Jake Hovis are mostly clean comedians, available for your event, contact us with info below: Mark Masters www.markmasters.co (contact form) Big Jake Hovis bigjakecomedy.com @bigjakehovis
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    1 時間 6 分
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It - Episode 002
    2025/08/18
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. This episode has stories about the Savannah Bananas, taking comedy too seriously, how to know when you've made it, joke notebooks, Jake has a new joke about Pokenmon, Mark loses his mind about a credit card interaction and more. Mark Masters and Big Jake Hovis are clean comedians, available for your event, contact us with info below: Mark Masters www.markmasters.co (contact form) Big Jake Hovis bigjakecomedy.com @bigjakehovis
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    1 時間 7 分