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Episode #389

Joey Smith talks with Valerie Lopez about

• Growing up on pawn shop comedy DVDs and the life-changing loss that pushed him to the mic
• Balancing a full-time corporate job with touring the country for Jeremiah Watkins
• His legendary mattress return bit and why audiences keep confessing their own retail scams after the show
• Why getting that first laugh within three seconds is the hardest note he's ever been given — and why it's exactly right

Recorded May 2026 at Fallout Theater Podcast Studio

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• YouTube - youtube.com/@Thisisjoeysmith
• Instagram - @thisisjoeysmith

Joey can be seen and heard:

• 2026 FPIA Preliminaries - July 5, 7:30pm, Cap City Comedy Club
• Regularly performs at Black Rabbit Comedy Club
• Regularly performs at Sunset Strip Comedy Club
• Touring with Jeremiah Watkins (watch IG for dates)

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