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Mark and Jake Try To Make It

Mark and Jake Try To Make It

By: Mark Masters and Jake Hovis
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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 moreCopyright 2026 Mark and Jake Try To Make It Career Success Economics Performing Arts Stand-up Shows
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  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 060 - "Opening for Tom Arnold"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 060 - "Opening for Tom Arnold"
    Sep 28 2026
    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake at the Lake 03:43 Mark and Tires 06:12 Jake's First Car 09:15 Alignment exception 10:44 Is Mark a lake guy? 12:24 Great uncle 16:04 Private Jet Money 17:34 Dog Stars movie 18:54 Clean Comedy Challenge stinks 20:05 Drew Davis (Nashville, TN) 20:42 Mild racism (allowable) 21:26 Jake does not like music 23:32 Youth Pastors 24:32 Leslie Norris 24:57 Clean Comedy Collective 27:50 Beaver, UT 30:15 Moving Tickets 32:10 Mark opens for Tom Arnold 34:38 Fog machine 35:35 35 minute set 36:38 Hanging with Tom Arnold 37:37 Jake's surprise set length 40:00 Set construction 42:07 Squeaky clean 43:12 Brain division 43:47 Mark's crazy gig 46:45 Latino economic conference 49:48 Corporate wisdom 40:08 Birthday gig 52:29 Gig timing 53:28 Gig or client should win? 54:52 Activity book 56:40 Crowd Work questions 59:32 Prized possession 1:02:25 https://www.patreon.com/markandjake 1:03:56 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: Mary Mack, Comedy club pay, paying comics, hotel incidentals, comic that quit comedy, feeling ripped off, an amazing library story, repair story, stolen goods on ebay, magician beef, lies and truth in comedy, Jake shares a joke and Mark gives him an idea, Tom Arnold show, Vail Comedy Festival win
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 059 - "Some Dude Feeding a Bear"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 059 - "Some Dude Feeding a Bear"
    Sep 21 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 Boulder, CO 02:29 Jesse Carter 04:19 Denver Zoo (Lion brothers) 07:08 Bear feeding 08:19 Idaho Springs Beau Jo's Pizza 09:21 Early leave changing 09:50 Canon Beach in Oregon 10:52 Janae Burris 12:52 Comic cancellation 14:50 Comic conundrum (pay and gigs) 17:13 Replacable 19:04 Unavailable 19:52 r/standup and Jon Lovitz 21:55 Chris Kattan 22:34 Gypsum, CO 24:12 Oversharing 26:18 Comedy Works New Faces Semi-Finals 27:27 Dylan Kantor 31:29 Leah Bonnema 34:00 Sam Tallent and Janae Burris 34:13 Ben Dailey is a boring white guy? 35:49 Everybody is immensely interesting 38:18 Premature white hair 39:19 Magic patter 40:47 Sarah Sherman / Squirm 41:10 Jeremy Lomax 42:22 Carrot Top 43:18 Jake Golf Heckles 47:00 Taping tips 49:16 Golf heckle improvement ideas 50:28 Bose S1+ Speaker 52:45 Comics can learn from magicians 56:05 Stay away from the magic 57:43 Obviously a liar on stage 59:15 Pre-crowd-work 59:44 https://www.patreon.com/markandjake 1:00:44 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: August finances for Mark, crazy gigs, comic vouch thing, Krackpots Comedy Club, Colorado comedian rankings, complaining about audience, comedy couple, headliner struggle, Nateland, Comic Cents Comedy Club merch, comic pick up secret, golf heckle jokes, questions for Mark, Steve Martin, does Jake lie, Tom Arnold, Mark asks Jake a question, Jake driving tip
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 058 - "Action Jackson vs. Motion Mark"

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 058 - "Action Jackson vs. Motion Mark"
    Sep 14 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 Cookie Cookbookzine 06:05 Action and Motion 07:40 Jake is in Denver 09:15 Casa Bonita was bad 14:10 Auctioneering Fantasy Football draft 18:55 Macguffin 19:48 Jake is producing a show 23:04 Invisible headliner 25:45 Genuine comedy 26:19 Public speaking trick 27:50 Shotgun comedy (SESH) 30:05 New comics 31:50 Mark's annoyance with hosts 33:37 Denver Bears (what kind?) 34:30 Woodland Hills, CO 35:50 Mark pops up an outdoor comedy club 38:30 Travel stool 40:28 Reunion testimonial video 41:18 Sleeping audience member 41:43 Magic Conference 46:25 Magic practice 47:58 Lance Burton 51:09 Cancelling gigs 52:54 Tom Arnold 54:08 Theater comedy 54:40 Addressing yourself 56:25 Theater merch line 58:52 https://www.patreon.com/markandjake 1:00:07 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: Nate Bargatze's Dad, Pay what you want, Mingle with magicians, Zine margins and tips, cookie recipes, thousand dollar purchase, off the truck eBay buys, Jake buys new equipment, festival submission tip, Jake quitting services, comedy statistics, getting discounts, escrow and deposits, big event venue search, theater pay, burying a comic
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    1 hr and 3 mins
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