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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 ...

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 ...

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 48:3...

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...

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...

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 Va...

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...

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/mar...

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Mark hosts a movie 02:42 Out of order episodes 04:15 Dumb and Dumber 10:35 Silly movies 14:15 Chris Farley 15:38 Surely You Can't Be Serious 17:15 Audiobooks for free 18:25 Little Rocks of Butter 19:35 Denver Fringe 25:50 Jay Leno 26:20 Jake's book idea 31:20 Greek Grammarian 32:00 Mark's Comedy Show 34:23 Show lineup question 46:40 Jake's theory on selling tickets 48:20 Cruise Ship Work ...

[So sorry, this episode is from between episode 33 and 34 due to an error by Mark] Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 St. Patrick's Day Hat 01:03 Dimitri Martin bit 01:48 Festival tape reviews 04:15 Jake talks about a bad comic 05:16 More festival tape tips 07:23 Panda Express 10:16 Mark is an idiot segment 15:40 Dalton, GA comedy show 17:10 Mic issues 18:01 Selling 200 tickets update 19:09 Themed comedy idea from Jake 28:...

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake gets asked for clubs he's worked 04:35 Jake guitar mic story 08:52 Mark gets a guest spot request 10:56 Awesome bathroom locks 11:52 Jake glimpses into bathroom stalls 15:20 Airplane bathroom tech 15:40 Bucee's Bathrooms 17:05 Should Mark do this festival? 21:00 Pete Holmes book 23:20 Vail Comedy Festival drop out 24:10 Fringe Fest Denver 26:23 Jake does storytelling 31:20 Derrick St...

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Mark's patience pays off 01:32 Getting better club spot 2:58 Fragile comic ego 04:01 Mark reads a text 05:16 Comics on posters 06:15 Raanan Hershberg 06:32 New ComedyTicketing.com feature 08:24 Rion Evans 10:38 Jake's got a busy night 11:08 Kearney, NE 11:54 Crowd work and Ray Harrington 16:25 Jake is wrong (calendars) 17:24 BCE vs. BC 18:56 Church billboard jokes 21:55 Can-kles 22:50 Bri...

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 GeoGuessing updates 04:50 Is Comedy Art? 08:28 SNL Movie (Saturday Night) 14:14 Mark has a new joke 18:30 True Grit (movie) 19:27 ComedyTicketing.com 27:01 Jake + Ukelele? 31:10 Guillotine guards 32:20 Open Mic booking win 35:55 Mark Dentist story 40:32 Jake Dentist story 42:38 Mark shares a survey response 44:06 Movie chat (comics who make movies) 46:30 Jake IG DM story 48:18 Amos Gill, ...

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake comedy conundrum 05:10 Missing headliner 08:28 Mark booking Maine gigs 12:05 Comedy philosophy - take the money 13:46 Unlikable booker 18:20 Booker communications 24:20 Everybody's getting pushed down 25:10 Frisco Comedy Show 25:30 Hotel hack 27:00 Kearney, NE 28:16 North Platter, NE 29:21 Ogallala, NE 30:00 Back to hotel hack 34:34 Short Jake 37:00 Edward Bell 38:14 Etta Mae 39:59 M...

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Gypsum, CO 01:10 Bad cop at comedy show 02:40 Mark goes to Texas 03:45 $1000 Cowboy hat 07:25 Patagonia returns 09:55 Feature privilege 12:30 Apology to vegans 13:50 Hats on stage 14:32 Beef tenderloin 16:17 Co-working space comedy 17:40 Question for Jake 19:10 Reggie French 20:15 Long sets 21:20 Nervous to perform? 22:09 Clean Comedy Showcase 22:50 Mike E. Winfield's Dad 24:10 Jake's Dad...

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Viral YouTube Short 01:01 Grand Rapids, MN 02:25 Jake's car story 03:15 Colfax Avenue 04:13 Mark festival disaster 08:56 Jake joke stolen? 11:20 Money roller coaster - Intellistage 15:40 Jake travel Nashville vs. Cincinnati 17:30 Bad comedy festivals? 19:10 Evaluating comedy festivals 20:57 Vail Comedy Festival headliner announcements 22:42 Festival attendance thoughts 26:14 Vail Comedy F...

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 0:00 Super Bowl 00:40 The R word and headliner drama 05:00 The comedian club 09:53 Comedy politics (Austin, TX) 11:23 The Voice and ugly people 14:15 Politics of booking 16:15 Pro Epstein jokes 17:25 Robert Kraft massage parlor 18:01 Jake is pro bullying? 18:32 Conan O'Brien 19:50 Jake is snowed in 22:15 Coal rolling 25:34 Dr. Mario on Nintendo 26:33 How Nintendo guns work 28:30 Jake makes omel...

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake in Austin, TX 07:30 Jake meets Thor 09:30 -20 degree sold out show (Minnesota - Duluth and Grand Rapids) 11:15 Airport breakfast 12:30 Insulting to chickens 14:45 Poster 15:30 Derek Jeter bats 18:15 Too many Austin homeless jokes 20:45 Signed comedy posters (Derrick Stroup) 21:40 Jetbridge with snow 23:00 Winter storm driving 25:00 Mark 5 minute tape errors 29:45 Jake at The Mothersh...

00:00 Mark talks big Comedy Show logistics 04:00 More logistics, up lights 06:35 Is it winter in Vail? 08:15 Mud season 11:15 Manor Vail Lodge is beautiful 12:11 Raanan Hershberg special 13:15 Check in process 13:45 Jake in Austin, TX 15:30 Jake meets his match in Little Rock - Lucas Smith 17:35 Wednesday stage time in Arkansas 18:25 Booking a New England run (table scraps) 19:50 An inefficient business (comedy) 20:50 Rozco's Comedy Club 22:30 Jack-butt 23:05 Ryan Long 25:00 Five minute tape eth...

00:00 NYC Comedy Cellar Jon Laster 03:28 Peter Revello and Ryan Hamilton 06:00 NYC is clean 08:00 ALL OUT on Broadway - Jim Gaffigan and Ben Schwartz 11:45 New York Comedy Club (Meka Mo, Rojo Perez) 15:15 Performing in NYC 17:12 Brad Upton in Louisville, KY 28:13 Comedy is a roller coaster 34:20 Comedy competitions 38:45 Denver comedy vibe 42:18 Mark business win and scheduling 45:28 Jake the Roastmaster 49:44 Comedy reviews 52:09 Eddie Ifft New Year's Eve Comedy Works 55:04 YouTube Short "Face ...

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake gets recruited for MMA 06:00 Wing upgrades? 07:10 Comedy Works New Talent Night 13:32 Mark submits to a festival 15:51 Limestone Comedy Festival is canceled 17:45 Mark NTN cookies 19:36 Mark gets braggadocios 21:35 Mark NTN notes 23:55 Jake submission video review 25:00 Jake is visiting Colorado 25:52 Steve Vanderploeg pyramid scheme 27:38 Stranger Things 32:56 Mark smartest move of ...

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake has wings 01:00 Water park head bob 07:45 Price is right on wings 08:06 Update on Georgetown Comedy Show (no power) 09:35 FEMA of laughs 11:42 Jake's Comedy Business idea 13:30 No alcohol comedy 14:37 New Orleans comedy business win 15:47 Mark Masters comedy club 17:10 Comedy Heights in San Diego, CA 18:10 Clean comedy guidelines 21:30 2026 Comedy projects 24:15 Austin Black 24:55 Em...

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 0:00 No power comedy (Georgetown, CO) 06:30 Brandt Tobler's book "Free Roll" 08:20 Mark's Laserdisc collection management 09:10 Christmas movies (Laserdisc) 12:40 A Babe movie surprise (Christmas) 14:30 Jake teaches Mark improv comedy 27:15 Improv people money 29:25 Bad crowd work 30:20 Jake's Big idea about crowd work 32:27 Sklar Brothers 35:28 Crowd work Dry Bar 36:52 Mark and Jake Tour? 38:2...

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Calzone, a big hot pocket 06:04 Keto Pizza 08:40 World Trade Center 9/11 09:30 Brazzini's in Nashville, Indiana 11:00 Teenage aspiring hijacker 11:25 Holocaust Museum 12:40 Back to Calzones! 15:10 Tell me a joke 16:35 Tell them your favorite street joke 16:50 Mark tells a street joke 17:47 Jake tells a street joke 20:34 Mark tells jokes to rocket scientists 21:05 Corporate comedy secret 2...