Feb. 16, 2026

Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 028 - "Leave the car running at the memory palace"

Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 028 - "Leave the car running at the memory palace"
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 028 - "Leave the car running at the memory palace"
Mark and Jake Try To Make It
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 028 - "Leave the car running at the memory palace"
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 Festival is great 27:03 Corporate gig check 28:10 Too much time with another comic? 29:30 Long drives with comics (Austin) 31:28 Jake loves magic! 34:30 Mathematical facts (deck of cards) 35:34 Memory Palace 39:13 Running cars redux 40:50 Don't Tell Comedy in E town 41:35 Mark is bad at geography 44:04 GeoGuessr 48::59 Trevor Rainbolt 49:58 Amazing Randi - an honest liar 52:10 Jake's books in progress 53:30 Log home building 56:35 Whiplash movie 57:27 Gary Gulman fake documentary 57:45 Giro dreams of sushi 58:46 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 festival rip-off, getting old milestone, sensory deprivation tank, ice cream floats are the Plymouth Rock of desserts, bidding a show, terrorist demands, incognito headliner, Jake does not finish books, immersion reading, Mark's monthly newsletter, shorts, field book, Mark's writing process, set lists