Erik Terrell and Jake Mattera grapple with the social anxiety of getting rid of their friends and their jokes in this episode. The comedy friends reveal that they both now find themselves at a pivotal and painful point in life. It's a point of major turnover. New friends. New material. New Stand-Up Guys.

Today's episode begins with the guys immediately falling off the rails before Jake glances at his phone to pick a random topic.

How do YOU deal with letting go? DM us at @StandUpGUysPodcast on Instagram and let us know!

A Soft One: https://orcd.co/asoftone
LIVE at Helium Comedy Club: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/erik-terrell-live-at-the-helium-comedy-club/
Shameless Plug: https://open.spotify.com/show/2eE5gllsY92r3ShAY1YnKR

We love you, Brenda! Get Well!

One Stand-Up Guy is a real beggar giver. The other is not. Can you guess which one gives? Tune in and find out! This week, the friends tackle a much-anticipated topic, dealing with beggars! As always, it'll get pretty stupid.

Listen close for some suggestions on how to deal with beggars and much more tried and proven advice on how NOT to deal with beggars. Don't miss the Shameful Story of the beggar that broke our Jake Mattera's heart, and Erik Terrell reveals his least favorite beggar ethnicity.

How do YOU deal with beggars? DM us @StandUpGuysPodcast on Instagram, and let us know!

A Soft One: https://orcd.co/asoftone
Live at Helium Comedy Club: https://bit.ly/3hQwpIx

Shameless Plug: https://www.instagram.com/bfinnellcomedy/?hl=en
Shameless Plug: https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-crime-of-the-century
National Alliance to End Homelessness: https://endhomelessness.org/

Jake and Erik open the podcast by revealing whether they smoke. Afterwards, some intense kindness conversation ensues as the fellas revisit the story of Joe, Jake's Lawn Mowing Neighbor. They read a response from Meg Goetz involving this "Joe-Gate," and Jake the Reciprocator reveals how he responded to the unsolicited kindness. Erik differentiates unsolicited help and unsolicited kindness.

The comedians' ADD takes over the podcast as they both cope with being sent unsolicited money. Finally, Erik gets unnecessarily stressed out about giving Sam a hug, and Jake headlines the pod with another legendary Shameful Story that involved the Sanitation Department as well as Testicular Department.

Jake's New Comedy Album: https://orcd.co/asoftone
Erik's New Comedy Special: https://bit.ly/3hQwpIx

Shameless Plug: https://www.hbo.com/100-foot-wave
Shameless Plug: https://www.graperoommusic

How do you tell others about your big project in a humble way? To little avail, the fellas desperately try answering this painful question. Listen as Jake and Erik once again discuss their struggles of telling others about their comedy specials and albums in a Stand-Up fashion. Jake gives some fresh, hot original ideas for promoting a comedy album/special, and the Stand-Up Guys share their experiences failing to promote their special/albums at live comedy shows.

You're not going to want to miss Jake's Louis Armstrong impression, Erik's very shameful story of promoting to his electrician, and the ongoing saga between Jake the Reciprocator and the Old Neighborly Lawn Mower. The social anxiety is turned all the way up in this episode.

Jake's New Comedy Album: https://orcd.co/asoftone
Erik's New Comedy Special: https://bit.ly/3hQwpIx

Shameless Plug: https://www.hulu.com/movie/summer-of-soul-6f2160ed-eaa2-462a-b495-f61f4f31714d
Shameless Plug: https://www.terrellhalsey.com/

The friends discuss a myriad of Social Anxiety situations on this episode. Tune in to episode 15 of Stand-Up Guys for Jake Mattera's description of a very common, massive insult that people give when they ask about his album. It's a question Jake says he gets very frequently. The guys provide one or two very sad tale of a new cell phone and one very sad tale of an attempted friendly joke, which landed as an unfunny micro-aggression.

Erik's New Comedy Special: http://bit.ly/3hQwpIx
Jake's New Comedy Album: http://orcd.co/asoftone
Shameless Plug: http://pathouse.bandcamp.com/album/im-here
Shameless Plug: http://music.apple.com/us/album/inappropriate/1537934131
Shameless Plug: http://terrellhalsey.com

Warning: No real advice will be given on this episode. However, you will love the fun stories of Stand-Up Guys road rage. We begin this week's episode trying to take Jake Mattera seriously. The comedians then reveal which side of road rage they fall on. Can you guess which Stand-Up Guy was caught with a gun in the car?

In the shameful conclusion to this episode, one of the guys tells a story of their extremely hard-to-impress father, while the other host tries to pay for coffee without his wallet.

Jake's New Comedy Album: https://orcd.co/asoftone
Erik's New Comedy Special: https://bit.ly/3hQwpIx

Shameless Plug: https://orcd.co/erikterrell
Shameless Plug: https://www.instagram.com/_apositiv/

Tomorrow's the BIG DAY! On Tuesday, August 3, Erik Terrell's debut comedy special will be streaming on Amazon Prime Video and more platforms. On Friday, August 6, the album will be available on all music streaming platforms. The Crybabies celebrate this moment with an entire episode all about supporting Erik's Amazon Special. The guys provide easy ways to show your love and support, discuss different options for what to say when you see them in person, and reveal why the comedy special is titled "LIVE at Helium."

Two very different neighbors of Jake Mattera ambush Erik two weeks in a row. Tune in for not only those shameful stories, but a pair of closing shameful stories involving everything but pants.

Jake Mattera is BACK! He isn't wearing pants either.

A Soft One: https://orcd.co/asoftone
Erik Terrell LIVE at Helium: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/erik-terrell-live-at-the-helium-comedy-club/

Shameless Plug: Mongoose Sticker Girl outside Jake's house...Only 25 cents!
Shameless Plug: comedydynamics.com

Eight days before Erik's special streams on Amazon, the friends get together for an extremely fun episode full of self-reflection, self-deprecation, and Paula. Jake gives some very strong advice on this episode, and the guys personify the jarring sound of a ringing phone.

Jake Mattera once again proves to be the King of Shameful Story as he drops the mic with another legendary installment of the Shameful Story segment. Erik starts the pod with comments about the pressure of his upcoming special and later opens up about his Toxic Positivity.

Congratulations Dave Terruso and Amy Moore!! From The Stand-Up Guys...

A Soft One: https://orcd.co/asoftone
Erik Terrell LIVE at Helium: https://bit.ly/3hQwpIx

Surprise drop-in stealthily ambushes the podcast from behind Erik. Jake Mattera and Erik Terrell discuss their personal rules surrounding when and how to plug yourself in conversation. The guys offer some of the easiest ways to get people's support while squeezing as many mentions of Erik's Special and Jake's Album into the podcast as they can.

In Shameful Stories, Erik drives another public wedge in his relationship with his family, and Jake ruins an opportunity to gain a new fan after being caught off guard with a very old-fashioned request.

Shameless Plug: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-chills/id1458646903
Shameless Plug: https://lovablemonsterspod.com/
A Soft One: https://orcd.co/asoftone

Erik's Amazon Special hits on August 3

The Stand-Up Guys offer a couple helpful and humorous hacks for getting out of a conversation. Jake ends the pod with the greatest installment of Shameful Stories to date. It is a wild ride you do not want to miss. We apologize for the long episode, but you will certainly not regret hanging around.

The guys celebrate their 10th Episode in a major way as they kick off by discussing people's reactions to hearing old jokes and comparing comedy to music. They then dive into Erik's never-ending numbers. Jake's ADD, Erik's hug move, and Jake's habit of talking people to the car. Alright, bye.

A Soft One: https://orcd.co/asoftone