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COMEDY

It's open mic week! Josiah James and Ryan Rossell share their open mic performances from earlier in the week. Josiah resurfaces some older material for his set and Ryan opens with a hilarious new bit about stage time, before crashing and burning with a Halloween bit (his words, not mine).

We were graced by a very unusual stand-up performance by a local hack comedian that went up on stage wearing a Peter Pan leotard. We play a bit of the weirdest set ever and add our colorful commentary.

We also discuss the Barry Crimmins stand-up special 'Whatever Threatens You' that was released earlier in the month over on Louis C.K.'s website. We review the hour special and play a few clips from Barry's performance.

ENTERTAINMENT

What do NFL players and dildo's have in common? They're both better when they're black. We discuss the white dildo that was thrown onto the field during the Bills vs. Patriots game.

Josiah and Ryan discuss two very powerful short films that came out recently on Vimeo. The first is The Present, by Jacob Frey. The second one they discuss is Borrowed Time, a very profound and unusual animated short by some Pixar folks.

Halloween season has just left us and Josiah and Ryan discuss the movie Hush, which is available on Netflix. This movie has maintained a 100% rating over on Rotten Tomatoes, and after watching it, it's evident why it is so liked. 

Good Headlines are back this week and all of the hosts take turns reading some fake headlines.

CLOSER

Ryan closes the show with a classic joke about a slutty grandma...my favorite kind.

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The Jokes by Jo Show: Dive into the world of humor with comedian Josiah James, comedian Doug McHizzle, and Co-Co as they bring you witty banter, edgy jokes, and hilarious anecdotes. Join us as we workshop jokes and refine our comedy craft. For more laughs and updates, visit jokesbyjo.com. Got a joke or feedback? Email us at [email protected]. Follow us on TikTok at @jokesbyjo and on Instagram at @jokesbyjo for exclusive content and behind-the-scenes fun!

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In Episode 5, M. Night Shymalongadingdong, Josiah James and Ryan Rossell discuss comedians Kevin Hart, Carrot Top and Steven Wright. In Entertainment, they discuss M. Night Shyamalan, Obama and Doritos Super Bowl commercials. In Technology, they talk about David Lynch, John Malkovich, Squarespace and D.D.O.S. attacks.

Social Shout out to @SiriouslySusan, who just recently followed @jokesbyjo on Twitter.

COMEDY

Is Kevin Hart funny? Josiah and Ryan discuss this question that popped up over on Reddit.
What's going on with professional teams that are named after Native Americans? Ryan poses this question and the two hosts discuss. Ryan shares a classic Native American joke and Josiah shares an original joke about his obsession with Native American porn. Steven Wright gets a mention and Josiah and Ryan share their favorite Steven Wright jokes.

Ryan talks about the time he met Carrot Top, and the hosts discuss his style of prop comedy.

ENTERTAINMENT

Josiah shares a music video he wrote and directed called Obama Said Knock You Out. Ryan and Josiah discuss the rap video and how it's still relevant in today's political climate. With our current choices for the next President, Josiah suggests we should let Obama go a third round.

This political parody uses the instrumentals from LL Cool J's famous hit, 'Mama Said Knock You Out' to portray President Barack Obama rapping about how he's still the best candidate for presidency. Let's let him go three rounds and knock out the other lightweight contenders.

Josiah and Ryan share a project they collaborated on together for a Doritos Superbowl commercial contest that they still feel should have won them one million dollars and a contract at a major movie studio.

This is my submission to the Doritos 2013 Crash the Super Bowl contest. It was inspired by a real life cardinal that flies into my living room window every morning.

For those that are interested, you can view the short film that inspired this commercial called The Crazy Cardinal.

Is M. Night Shyamalan back? Josiah and Ryan watch the new trailer for his latest film Split, and how this may be the proof in the pudding that he is back to making great films again.

TECHNOLOGY

Squarespace, David Lynch and John Malkovich collaborate on a new project and Josiah and Ryan share clips and discuss the new website playinglynch.com. The site is a collaborative meditation on the work of David Lynch.

How fragile is the Internet? Josiah and Ryan discuss the latest D.D.O.S. attack that targeted the DNS servers that brought down some of the most visited sites on the web. Who was responsible? How can we protect ourselves from future attacks?

CLOSER

Josiah and Ryan discuss their upcoming open mic performances and dating 

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The Jokes by Jo Show: Dive into the world of humor with comedian Josiah James, comedian Doug McHizzle, and Co-Co as they bring you witty banter, edgy jokes, and hilarious anecdotes. Join us as we workshop jokes and refine our comedy craft. For more laughs and updates, visit jokesbyjo.com. Got a joke or feedback? Email us at [email protected]. Follow us on TikTok at @jokesbyjo and on Instagram at @jokesbyjo for exclusive content and behind-the-scenes fun!

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Open mic performances, Mascots, Nintendo Switch, and Josiah reads an email he gets from Louie C.K.

COMEDY

Josiah James and Ryan Rossell share their open mic performances with you. Enjoy Josiah rant about his wife for 5 minutes and roll with laughter as Ryan walks you through Sky Mall magazine. Both comics agree they did better than their last time on stage, so hip hip hurrah for progress. We close the segment with Ryan finally sharing a dating story on the show...it's about time Ryan!

SKY MAGAZINE PRODUCTS (AS MENTIONED IN RYAN ROSSEL'S OPEN MIC SET THIS WEEK)

GOOD HEADLINES

Good Headlines are back for a second week with 3 brand fake news headlines. Josiah shares two while Coco reads the last one.

ENTERTAINMENT

Josiah and Ryan discuss the new movie by Christopher Guest, Mascots. Both are huge fans of his work and this film certainly doesn't disappoint. Josiah gives it a 5/5 with Ryan being safe and giving it a 4/5. Be sure to catch all the comedy, exclusively on Netflix.

TECHNOLOGY

Nintendo has a new console coming out next March, and Josiah and Ryan watch the promo video and discuss the new gaming console, aptly named "Switch".

CLOSER

Josiah shares an email that he received from his favorite comedian, Louie C.K. Louie likes to write novels when he writes Josiah, so the closer for today's show is Josiah reading the entire email out loud for all the comedy fans out there. It's certainly better than any of his dating stories. To purchase Barry Crimmins stand up special, head on over to Louie's site and download it for $5 bucks.

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The Jokes by Jo Show: Dive into the world of humor with comedian Josiah James, comedian Doug McHizzle, and Co-Co as they bring you witty banter, edgy jokes, and hilarious anecdotes. Join us as we workshop jokes and refine our comedy craft. For more laughs and updates, visit jokesbyjo.com. Got a joke or feedback? Email us at [email protected]. Follow us on TikTok at @jokesbyjo and on Instagram at @jokesbyjo for exclusive content and behind-the-scenes fun!

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COMEDY

The Jokes by Jo Show introduces a new sponsor, Grab Them by the Pussy Foundation.

Josiah James and Ryan Rossell discuss their upcoming bits they intend to perform at open mic next week. The co-hosts also introduce CoCo, a new co-host for The Jokes by Jo Show that joins towards the end of the show. During the beginning of the show, Josiah gets a spam phone call which leads to a discussion about call centers. The two also discuss the second presidential debate and the parody done with the horror film score by legendary composer Danny Elfman. Ken Bone makes it into the conversation because he's such a likable guy. Josiah finishes his story about Tracy's mom, which closed the show last week.

Josiah and Ryan also discuss how they first met and what inspired them to be stand-up comedians. Josiah discusses the experience he had while singing in the shower that certified his belief that stand-up comedy was his calling.

Ryan tells another classic joke with the help of his new co-host, CoCo.

GOOD HEADLINES

Josiah and Ryan introduce a new show segment called Good Headlines where they read 3 fake headlines. The headlines were written by Josiah James and will be featured on the show weekly.

ENTERTAINMENT

Ryan and Josiah both discuss the low budget feature films they've directed in the past. Ryan talks about his film Black Wine and the difficulties he faced in firing gunshots in Brooklyn for a key scene in the movie. Black Wine is available for rent on Amazon.

Josiah discusses his film Don't Talk So Dumb and how when he signed on it was supposed to be a short film, but the writer just kept writing and it became a feature. Don't Talk So Dumb is available for rent on Amazon.

Ryan discusses all the lawsuits in Hollywood (Ray Donovan, New Girl, Broken Flowers) regarding stolen screenplays and manuscripts, and also dives deeper into two of his scripts that he believes were stolen from him after being passed on by several major film studios. Ryan has his revenge planned in the form of a children's book. Stay tuned for that to come out in the next decade. "Who knows if it will ever come out...". Speaking of children's books, Josiah recommends Go the Fuck to Sleep. And please check out Samuel L. Jackson narrating Go the Fuck to Sleep.

CoCo the Co-Host

The Jokes by Jo Show hired a new co-host to help them each week and she will be featured several times throughout each episode moving forward. This week, she helps Ryan and Josiah finish the punchlines for several jokes.

TECHNOLOGY

In lieu of a technology piece, Ryan urges Josiah to tell another dating story. Josiah amuses Ryan with a hilarious and unfiltered experience of a date with a girl who worked at Forever 21.

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The Jokes by Jo Show: Dive into the world of humor with comedian Josiah James, comedian Doug McHizzle, and Co-Co as they bring you witty banter, edgy jokes, and hilarious anecdotes. Join us as we workshop jokes and refine our comedy craft. For more laughs and updates, visit jokesbyjo.com. Got a joke or feedback? Email us at [email protected]. Follow us on TikTok at @jokesbyjo and on Instagram at @jokesbyjo for exclusive content and behind-the-scenes fun!

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In this second episode, you'll hear comedians Josiah James and Ryan Rossell perform a live open mic, critique their craft, discuss rehearsal techniques, and close the show with two epic stories from their younger years in Orlando.

COMEDY

Comedians Josiah James and Ryan Rossell share their open mic performances from earlier in the week and critique each others shows. Josiah opens with his belly button bit that he mentioned in Episode 1 and Ryan opens with his AIDS joke. The hosts talk about comedy technique, where and how you should rehearse your material, and why jokes are always in threes. Ryan tells a classic joke about a vagina operation.

ENTERTAINMENT

We discuss the parody presidential debate from last week's episode of SNL and Alex Baldwin's excellent portrayal. "A caricature of a caricature", as Ryan puts it in the show. Josiah shares how he would have written the debate for SNL if he was a writer on the show.

TECHNOLOGY

Josiah and Ryan discuss Hurricane Matthew and how lucky we are to be able to predict storms with such accuracy. This brings up the topic of Orlando, and Josiah and Ryan both share their favorite Orlando stories. Josiah discusses his obsession with this girl that worked at a movie theater and their first date. Ryan tells this amazing story about being in Orlando for Spring Break and finding himself homeless.

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The Jokes by Jo Show: Dive into the world of humor with comedian Josiah James, comedian Doug McHizzle, and Co-Co as they bring you witty banter, edgy jokes, and hilarious anecdotes. Join us as we workshop jokes and refine our comedy craft. For more laughs and updates, visit jokesbyjo.com. Got a joke or feedback? Email us at [email protected]. Follow us on TikTok at @jokesbyjo and on Instagram at @jokesbyjo for exclusive content and behind-the-scenes fun!

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COMEDY 
At a lower level, they talk about George Carlin's new posthumously released album, "I Kinda Like It When a Lotta People Die." Ryan shares two of his favorite jokes, while Josiah tests out a new bit called "19th Century Social Media", which he calls Carlinesque. ​https://open.spotify.com/album/3a341nEQigEkIVgkUQ6L84 

ENTERTAINMENT
Josiah talks about the new video that surfaced of the college students being interviewed at the Poly Tech Institute in Texas about basic common knowledge. Ryan shares his thoughts on the new movies Snowden and Sully. Ryan asks Josiah about his new animated series that just launched called "Just JoKing" and why it took 3 years to get the first pilot episode launched. You can watch the pilot episode over on the Jokesbyjo YouTube Channel. http://youtube.com/jokesbyjo

TECHNOLOGY
 Josiah discusses his recent appearance on the internationally syndicated talk show "The Big Picture" with Thom Hartmann. Josiah discusses how he was able to phone into a live TV show while driving. You can watch Josiah call into the show from his car by watching the full interview here. https://youtu.be/br-Ignnz8pE

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The Jokes by Jo Show: Dive into the world of humor with comedian Josiah James, comedian Doug McHizzle, and Co-Co as they bring you witty banter, edgy jokes, and hilarious anecdotes. Join us as we workshop jokes and refine our comedy craft. For more laughs and updates, visit jokesbyjo.com. Got a joke or feedback? Email us at [email protected]. Follow us on TikTok at @jokesbyjo and on Instagram at @jokesbyjo for exclusive content and behind-the-scenes fun!

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