Mark Masters and Jake Hovis
Mark and Jake Try To Make It
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 more
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Mark Masters and Jake Hovis
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Latest episode
Nov 2, 2026
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Episodes
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 040 - "Donuts in Portland, ME" 11.05.2026 1:00:57
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 Fisherm...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 039 - "Red Eye Anxiety" 04.05.2026 1:02:17
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...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 038 - "Wheatland, WY Root Beer" 27.04.2026 1:02:35
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 39:0...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 037 - "Arcade Expo Exposed" 20.04.2026 1:02:12
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...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 036 - "Chris Farley Fringe Fest" 13.04.2026 1:02:58
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 C...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 035 - "Out of order, really ep. 33.5" 06.04.2026 1:00:45
[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...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 034 - "Wide is Good (in comedy)" 30.03.2026 1:01:34
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...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 033 - "Can-kles Crowd Work" 23.03.2026 1:01:36
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...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 032 - "Guillotine Guards" 16.03.2026 1:01:43
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...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 031 - "Yahtzee!" 09.03.2026 1:00:53
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 2...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 030 - "Shadow of the Broad Brim" 02.03.2026 1:00:06
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...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 028 - "Leave the car running at the memory palace" 16.02.2026 1:01:01
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...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 027 - "Tiny Jesus Super Bowl" 09.02.2026 1:02:01
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...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 026 - "-20 Degree Comedy Shows" 02.02.2026 1:00:09
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 Jetbr...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 025 - "Raanan Hershberg is Morbidly Jewish" 26.01.2026 1:01:47
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 bu...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 024 - "New York City Comedy Tourist" 19.01.2026 1:02:51
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 Roas...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 023 - "STRANGER THINGS in Venezuela" 12.01.2026 1:01:13
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 visitin...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 022 - "Blackout comedy chicken wings" 05.01.2026 58:10
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 i...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 021 - "Christmas movies for Pete Lee" 29.12.2025 1:02:03
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 Bi...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 020 - "Mark tells his favorite street joke" 22.12.2025 1:01:01
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...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 019 - "Big Jake Hovis is a Feature's Feature" 15.12.2025 1:03:06
Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake gets screwed 06:00 Mark gets busted 11:25 Is everything meaningless? 12:17 Apollo 13 for dumb people 13:56 Mad at Target 17:38 Jake's Wife price check 19:03 Jake's Wife thrifts 20:45 Mark and Jake try to get on TV game shows 23:55 Mark does a run with Graham Kay 32:35 Comedy show runni...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 018 - "Dog Poop at PHX" 08.12.2025 1:00:35
Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 0:00 PHX dog poop 2:45 Bad holiday jokes 4:30 Jake's brother funny airport story 9:50 Mark runs the light at Comedy Works 14:30 Mark asks for this Comedy Works tape 17:00 Recording audio for comedy sets 17:45 SiriusXM 19:40 Question about money 20:15 Jake goes up at Zanies in Nashville 24:39 Thic...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 017 - "Skankfest Gianmarco Soresi" 01.12.2025 1:01:45
Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake gets shekels 04:54 Skankfest Comedy Festival 06:33 Beignets and soda 09:00 Airplane drink cups 11:00 Should Jake start a festival / Jake's first tape 12:50 Brad Williams 14:55 Jake does corporate shows 17:20 Comedy in a suit 19:16 Louisville Gala 22:28 Gianmarco Soresi 29:45 Jake Corpo...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 016 - "Sundae Scam (Ghirardelli Dubai Chocolate)" 24.11.2025 1:02:20
Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Scammed buying a Sundae 03:50 Budgeting games 06:10 Jake does another podcast (Pokemon) 10:57 Airport scam 16:57 Travel unlocks the brain 17:30 Jake gets a comedy offer(comedy union) 23:24 Sam Miller rules 24:23 Mark gets good karma 28:00 Jake works with Dale Jones (merch sales) 34:02 Jake...
Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 015 - "Chris Herren" 17.11.2025 1:03:05
Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. This episode has stories about ID hijinks, haircuts, measuring comedy, Sam Tallent, an existential crisis, themed comedy tours and more. 00:00 Mark and a French Mathematician 01:40 Jake speaks French? 07:36 Mark competes with World Series in Medford, OR 09:12 Mark complains about showroom seating...
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