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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)"
    Mar 30 2026
    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"
    Mar 23 2026
    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"
    Mar 16 2026
    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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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 031 - "Yahtzee!"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 031 - "Yahtzee!"
    Mar 9 2026
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake comedy conundrum 05:10 Missing headliner 08:28 Mark booking Maine gigs 12:05 Comedy philosophy - take the money 13:46 Unlikable booker 18:20 Booker communications 24:20 Everybody's getting pushed down 25:10 Frisco Comedy Show 25:30 Hotel hack 27:00 Kearney, NE 28:16 North Platter, NE 29:21 Ogallala, NE 30:00 Back to hotel hack 34:34 Short Jake 37:00 Edward Bell 38:14 Etta Mae 39:59 Mark Dentist update 42:40 Parade story 45:10 Jake's themed comedy show 46:50 Big airport 49:00 Vegas public bus 50:22 Jake in Vegas 52:20 Expensive pets 57:49 Mark shares a joke 58:48 Plugs 1:00:44 Patreon 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 spills, middle of the road, Ran Barnaclo, Jay Leno, passed at Comedy Cellar, race jokes, money philosopher name reveal, outbidding comics, patching up comedy relationships, featuring headliners, comedy ego, manager advice, what comics make selling out comedy clubs, When book, Marcello Hernandez, Shane Gillis, what is making it?, quitting comedy, more name reveals
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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 030 - "Shadow of the Broad Brim"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 030 - "Shadow of the Broad Brim"
    Mar 2 2026
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Gypsum, CO 01:10 Bad cop at comedy show 02:40 Mark goes to Texas 03:45 $1000 Cowboy hat 07:25 Patagonia returns 09:55 Feature privilege 12:30 Apology to vegans 13:50 Hats on stage 14:32 Beef tenderloin 16:17 Co-working space comedy 17:40 Question for Jake 19:10 Reggie French 20:15 Long sets 21:20 Nervous to perform? 22:09 Clean Comedy Showcase 22:50 Mike E. Winfield's Dad 24:10 Jake's Dad 26:00 Jake's Mom 28:06 Stage shoe superstition 29:00 Comedy timer 29:40 Hyena's Dallas stories 31:20 Mark's 5 minute tape fail 34:20 Jake's fun show 37:50 Hawaiian audience (Tumua) 50:05 Tumua's comedy crew 43:00 Mike E. Winfield 45:30 Derrick Stroup sells out shows 46:19 Gimbal purchase fail 50:10 Don't Tell Comedy Dallas 53:20 Jake has the worst take about peaches 54:26 Jake encounters a cherry 55:27 Honeydew takes 56:07 Jake's blueberry story 58:13 Plugs 59:16 Patreon teasers 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: comedy pay etiquette, Mark private pay, pay disparity at Comedy Works, emotional pay difference, talking about pay with other comics, booker pay scenarios, Kellen Erskine, papered room, Mark gets the shaft, Ticketing platform, comedy club out of business
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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 028 - "Leave the car running at the memory palace"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 028 - "Leave the car running at the memory palace"
    Feb 16 2026
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Viral YouTube Short 01:01 Grand Rapids, MN 02:25 Jake's car story 03:15 Colfax Avenue 04:13 Mark festival disaster 08:56 Jake joke stolen? 11:20 Money roller coaster - Intellistage 15:40 Jake travel Nashville vs. Cincinnati 17:30 Bad comedy festivals? 19:10 Evaluating comedy festivals 20:57 Vail Comedy Festival headliner announcements 22:42 Festival attendance thoughts 26:14 Vail Comedy Festival is great 27:03 Corporate gig check 28:10 Too much time with another comic? 29:30 Long drives with comics (Austin) 31:28 Jake loves magic! 34:30 Mathematical facts (deck of cards) 35:34 Memory Palace 39:13 Running cars redux 40:50 Don't Tell Comedy in E town 41:35 Mark is bad at geography 44:04 GeoGuessr 48::59 Trevor Rainbolt 49:58 Amazing Randi - an honest liar 52:10 Jake's books in progress 53:30 Log home building 56:35 Whiplash movie 57:27 Gary Gulman fake documentary 57:45 Giro dreams of sushi 58:46 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: Comedy festival rip-off, getting old milestone, sensory deprivation tank, ice cream floats are the Plymouth Rock of desserts, bidding a show, terrorist demands, incognito headliner, Jake does not finish books, immersion reading, Mark's monthly newsletter, shorts, field book, Mark's writing process, set lists
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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 027 - "Tiny Jesus Super Bowl"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 027 - "Tiny Jesus Super Bowl"
    Feb 9 2026
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 0:00 Super Bowl 00:40 The R word and headliner drama 05:00 The comedian club 09:53 Comedy politics (Austin, TX) 11:23 The Voice and ugly people 14:15 Politics of booking 16:15 Pro Epstein jokes 17:25 Robert Kraft massage parlor 18:01 Jake is pro bullying? 18:32 Conan O'Brien 19:50 Jake is snowed in 22:15 Coal rolling 25:34 Dr. Mario on Nintendo 26:33 How Nintendo guns work 28:30 Jake makes omelettes 30:00 Mark's poster backdrop 30:40 Anthony Crawford is worth more 33:57 Paying comedians who would do it for free 34:38 Different buckets of comedians 39:20 Jake asks Mark a comedy scheduling question 41:39 Jake expands his senior comedy 42:35 John Candy documentary 43:46 Jake's little Jesus toys 45:40 Jake's Kill Tony plan 47:36 The Painted Porch bookstore 48:15 Hulk Hogan story 51:45 Picture of tiny Jesus 52:24 Mark's prediction about Jake on Kill Tony 54:09 Comedy Contest butterflies 54:40 Mark gets angry about registration fees 56:10 Steamboat Comedy lodging 59:01 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 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: Comedy festival rip-off, getting old milestone, sensory deprivation tank, ice cream floats are the Plymouth Rock of desserts, bidding a show, terrorist demands, incognito headliner, Jake does not finish books, immersion reading, Mark's monthly newsletter, shorts, field book, Mark's writing process, set lists
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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 026 - "-20 Degree Comedy Shows"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 026 - "-20 Degree Comedy Shows"
    Feb 2 2026
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake in Austin, TX 07:30 Jake meets Thor 09:30 -20 degree sold out show (Minnesota - Duluth and Grand Rapids) 11:15 Airport breakfast 12:30 Insulting to chickens 14:45 Poster 15:30 Derek Jeter bats 18:15 Too many Austin homeless jokes 20:45 Signed comedy posters (Derrick Stroup) 21:40 Jetbridge with snow 23:00 Winter storm driving 25:00 Mark 5 minute tape errors 29:45 Jake at The Mothership 33:30 Jake wants to bask 35:20 Jake and Kill Tony 41:10 Booking New England tour 45:30 Jake costume store update (Alamo too) 49:40 Crowd work mascot 51:35 Snowy drive 54:15 Jake secret show in home 57:05 New joke from Jake 58:00 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: O'hare airport, money at sold out -20 degree show, club pay, Jake gigs money, nursing home gig, Jake likes a gimmick show, Jake plans a Southeast run, de-icing planes, road touring money saving tips, guest spot audition, Superior WI, TSA karma, airport lunch, mark bombs a joke, Jake shares a new joke
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