Mark and Jake Try To Make It

Mark and Jake Try To Make It

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Mark and Jake Try To Make It episodes

  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 045 - "FILM@Vail Comedy Festival 2026"
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy.
    00:00 Vail Comedy Festival in the books
    02:15 Walkie Talkies
    06:45 Feminine Energy
    07:45 May Mountain Weather
    08:30 FILM@Vail Comedy Festival
    11:05 FilmFreeWay.com
    14:15 ON A STRING (Feature Film)
    16:00 Ryan Reiss (BEFORE WE GET STARTED)
    19:40 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
    22:00 Pop Up Movie Screen
    25:05 Film Technical Issue
    29:40 Jake's Fallen Tree
    36:00 Chuck Roy at Loonee's
    39:00 Moving to Denver for Comedy
    40:30 Denver showcases
    44:00 Mark is inspired
    44:40 Tom Thakkar
    45:04 Robby Slowik
    45:14 Casey Balsham
    46:01 Nick Vatterott
    47:15 Jake Sketch
    49:00 Nick Vatterott Falls - https://youtu.be/MZP_OLj_9f0?si=H_80aLIl69gJllxf
    50:15 Tommy Hoarder and the Search for Missing Keys
    54:24 Free Gelato at Vail Comedy Festival
    55:15 Magic at Vail Comedy Festival
    56:16 https://www.patreon.com/markandjake
    57:40 Vail Comedy Festival comic roll call
    59:22 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 writing group beef, Kill Tony, one liner comedy, hosting joke, Caravan comedy club, Sunday show story from festival, bad Denver showcase, NYC in August seeking spots, hard to host at a festival, Marks big festival mistake, festival finances, performance deposit
    1 hr 2 min
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 044 - "Stinky Stairs"

    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake has stinky stairs 07:15 Jake\'s Home Comedy Club 08:35 Mark gets a review 11:19 Patreon.com/markandjake 12:00 Eminem lyrics 12:50 Adult graduation party 16:18 Amherst, TX 19:37 Clips to old clients 22:05 Mark\'s best private gig joke 25:08 Always Bookin\' Comedy 25:28 Jake\'s High School gig 32:00 Vail Comedy Festival 34:00 Eagle Valley Library District 37:43 Jake produces two shows 46:55 Sandwich board 48:30 Don\'t Tell at a gym 51:00 Noah Reynolds 51:55 Jake should be proud 52:40 Mark is going to Louisville, KY 57:39 Patreon.com/markandjake 58:30 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: 4 star review, recovery show with a band, adult graduation comedy pay and selfie, awful comedy show, getting paid struggle, venue contract issues, comedy show lighting, bachelorette jokes

    1 hr 1 min
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 043 - "Mark gets kicked in the teeth"

    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Adult Bingo with Jake 07:40 Clean Bingo 08:20 Comedy Works New Faces 21:20 Comedy competitions are crap 25:32 Focus on the process 26:40 Make the crowd riot 29:05 No Doubter 30:25 Material strategies 33:00 Lady falls on stage 36:14 Jake producing shows 38:35 Spotlights 43:25 Vail Comedy Show 45:08 Meta ads 48:20 Should you book expensive comics? 50:36 Mark does Beer Barn 52:21 Should you hang? 55:30 Mark gets kicked in the teeth 57:27 patreon.com/markandjake 59:15 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 Works New Faces Competition, Atsuko Okatsuka, beer barn pay, ComedyTicketing.com affiliate codes, clean show ages, typo on show flyer, Jake gets heated, senior home show, video idea, save the cat, Vail Comedy Festival marketing, Bachelorette jokes

    1 hr 2 min
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 043 - "Mark gets kicked in the teeth"
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy.
    00:00 Adult Bingo with Jake
    07:40 Clean Bingo
    08:20 Comedy Works New Faces
    21:20 Comedy competitions are crap
    25:32 Focus on the process
    26:40 Make the crowd riot
    29:05 No Doubter
    30:25 Material strategies
    33:00 Lady falls on stage
    36:14 Jake producing shows
    38:35 Spotlights
    43:25 Vail Comedy Show
    45:08 Meta ads
    48:20 Should you book expensive comics?
    50:36 Mark does Beer Barn
    52:21 Should you hang?
    55:30 Mark gets kicked in the teeth
    57:27 patreon.com/markandjake
    59:15 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 Works New Faces Competition, Atsuko Okatsuka, beer barn pay, ComedyTicketing.com affiliate codes, clean show ages, typo on show flyer, Jake gets heated, senior home show, video idea, save the cat, Vail Comedy Festival marketing, Bachelorette jokes
    1 hr 2 min
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 042 - "Funeral Comedy"
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy.
    00:00 Funeral Comedy
    04:16 Jerry Seinfeld and fame
    05:20 Carla Clay
    06:46 Expired milk
    07:52 Funeral comedy tips
    11:05 Father's Day Comedy
    11:50 Michael Jackson movie
    13:05 Booking comic drama
    17:41 Funny AF with Kevin Hart
    24:56 Salma Zaky
    25:55 Should Mark do this comedy festival
    39:10 Joy on stage - correctional facility!
    43:55 Mountain Fresh Comedy Festival
    45:32 Jake's hosting opinion
    48:35 New Faces Contest
    01:00:03 Patreon.com/markandjake
    01:01:08 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: Athens Comedy Festival, Festival cost, Bend Comedy Festival, Salma Zaky negotiations, Mark big pay day, Funeral gig pay, organizer comic relations at festivals, hotel secrets, Mark and Jake agree on a comedy beef, a bad comedy festival, adult bingo, Krackpots comedy club, headliner drama, scam organization, bachelorette roast joke brainstorming
    1 hr 3 min
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 041 - "Hamburger at a Chic-Fil-A (Atlanta, GA)"
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy.
    00:00 Trader Joe's Soda
    02:20 Carla Clay
    03:35 Not Grizzled
    05:40 Underpaid
    07:27 Comedy Competition
    09:15 Thick Skin inquiry
    11:40 Driving logistics
    12:49 Thick Skin explanation
    14:35 Red Eye for Mark
    16:34 Empire Comedy Club & Lobster Roll in Maine
    19:05 Ice Cream in San Francisco
    20:20 Fisherman's Wharf
    20:40 Lombard Street
    21:42 Alcatraz
    23:20 Laugh Shack in Portland, ME
    25:02 Team Hotel
    25:42 Funny AF with Kevin Hart
    26:36 Doubletree free cookie
    27:49 Jake car sleep
    28:46 Jake drive KY to CO
    30:50 Jake goes Viral
    37:25 Portland, ME Donuts
    41:52 Mark Crowd Work
    42:16 Salvatore's Sandwich
    43:47 Jake body cam
    49:00 Bad Teachers
    52:14 Should Mark do this comedy festival?
    56:17 Jake books a show in Nashville
    56:54 Johnny Ater
    57:52 Great Falls Comedy Club
    59:20 patreon.com/markandjake teasers
    59:40 Plugs
    01:00:05 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: Thick Skin, Tattoo challenge, Brandt Tobler, Thick Skin pay, Idaho Springs show, dirty comedy, comedy travel costs, car rental craziness with Aombre, wrong pay at a gig, national booker rumors and drama
    1 hr 3 min
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 040 - "Donuts in Portland, ME"
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy.
    00:00 Trader Joe's Soda
    02:20 Carla Clay
    03:35 Not Grizzled
    05:40 Underpaid
    07:27 Comedy Competition
    09:15 Thick Skin inquiry
    11:40 Driving logistics
    12:49 Thick Skin explanation
    14:35 Red Eye for Mark
    16:34 Empire Comedy Club & Lobster Roll in Maine
    19:05 Ice Cream in San Francisco
    20:20 Fisherman's Wharf
    20:40 Lombard Street
    21:42 Alcatraz
    23:20 Laugh Shack in Portland, ME
    25:02 Team Hotel
    25:42 Funny AF with Kevin Hart
    26:36 Doubletree free cookie
    27:49 Jake car sleep
    28:46 Jake drive KY to CO
    30:50 Jake goes Viral
    37:25 Portland, ME Donuts
    41:52 Mark Crowd Work
    42:16 Salvatore's Sandwich
    43:47 Jake body cam
    49:00 Bad Teachers
    52:14 Should Mark do this comedy festival?
    56:17 Jake books a show in Nashville
    56:54 Johnny Ater
    57:52 Great Falls Comedy Club
    59:20 patreon.com/markandjake teasers
    59:40 Plugs
    01:00:05 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: New income source, testimonial videos, hardened by failure, weird crowd work, Ray Lau, Mark Maine money, sticker money, Nick Gordon, Roast show, bad comic, chairs, Maine run final accounting, secret to comedy, Comedy Works New Faces
    1 hr 1 min
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 039 - "Red Eye Anxiety"
    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
    1 hr 3 min
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 038 - "Wheatland, WY Root Beer"
    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
    1 hr 3 min
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 037 - "Arcade Expo Exposed"
    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
    1 hr 3 min

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Mark and Jake Try To Make It is about two clean comedians--Mark Masters (Denver, CO) and Jake Hovis (Louisville, KY) navigating comedy, life and more