Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 061 - "BCC Please"
00:00 Jake fasts
04:09 Jake goes to Chattanooga, TN
04:54 Mike Palascak and Jay Leno
06:18 Mark breaks Jake's fast
07:38 Fasting for 40 days
10:07 Flat Earther forum
12:00 Mark needs Dentures?
13:35 Comedy Catch Comedy Club
17:40 Lying in comedy
18:10 Carnival ball toss tips
20:40 Lying is OK
22:25 Logical fallacy
23:10 Do jokes travel?
25:45 Penn & Teller
28:14 Shadowbanned
29:28 Prison guard jokes
33:15 Joke Truther
35:33 Lying is like a cow gate
37:08 The Moth
39:42 You can't fire me, I quit
46:18 Maturity in the face of rejection
49:30 Ninja Pizza oven
54:38 Pizza cheese
55:45 Accidental calzone
56:30 BCC please
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1:01:06 Plugs
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This week for Patreon subscribers we cover: Pizza secret, moral quandary, another pizza secret, white elephant, cornballer, faceless corporation, should this tape be destroyed, easter egg hunt, speed limits, comedy club pay, comic discussion, feature pay, merch sales, generous headliner, Montrose
28 Sept 2026
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 060 - "Opening for Tom Arnold"
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
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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
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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
21 Sept 2026
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 059 - "Some Dude Feeding a Bear"
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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