Talk Funny Nagoyacomedy

Comedians Mark Bailey and Intesar Toufic discuss Japanese police double standards in enforcing laws against foreigners, incidents that are considered major crimes in Japan which foreigners may not be aware of, the myth of intersectionality dictating one's politics, and they play a parody from Mark Van Wrath in one of Bailey's morning drive parodies from Japanese radio. Talk Funny is a show about c...

Comedians Mark Bailey asks Intesar Toufic about celebrity worship in the gay community, Rob Halford's part as a gay icon in metal music, and how artists can talk about two levels of reality at the same time. Talk Funny is a show about comedians in Japan from all over the world, working in comedy in Japan, writing comedy, working, doing stand up, and getting paid in comedy in Japan. Brought to you...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Intesar Toufic discuss Frank Zappa, are the Eagles overrated? Other topics include respecting an artist's work, and some pranks we both participated in long ago far beyond the statute of limitations. Talk Funny is a show about comedians in Japan from all over the world, working in comedy in Japan, writing comedy, working, doing stand up, and getting paid in comedy in Japa...

Comedians Mark Bailey and special guest Intesar Toufic discuss the infamous nightmare show where he did open mic, Toufic's experiences doing open mic with Nagoyacomedy, and how to balance ad libbing in standup with writing quality comedy material. Talk Funny is a show about comedians in Japan from all over the world, working in comedy in Japan, writing comedy, working, doing stand up, and getting...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Mike Miller take on the phenomenon and trend of ASMR videos and videos where people watch others eating. They wonder how it can be possible that such trends are considered entertainment with all of the choices available, and comments Mark should not reply to. Talk Funny is a show about comedians in Japan from all over the world, working in comedy in Japan, writing comedy,...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Mike Miller do a review of the Joe Rogan Experience and the controversy involving cancel culture, how letting unpopular views and opinions should be aired and not restricted, and Mike and Mark pick their favorite interviewers and journalists. Talk Funny is a show about comedians in Japan from all over the world, working in comedy in Japan, writing comedy, working, doing s...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Mike Miller do a quick pet peeves with the agrieved segment, what Mark wants on his tombstone, how The Emperor coming to your restaurant isn't always a blessing, Mark talks about how to get doors to open for you, the cold mask problem is addressed, and concerns about the plans for the 2021 Olympics. Talk Funny is a show about comedians in Japan from all over the world, wo...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Mike Miller discuss the differences in how you can talk to the police in Japan vs. what you would expect in your home country and some Olympic crackdown jokes that we made about the Japanese police that they are shaking down the public even though the Olympics were postponed until next year. Mark has a ridiculous story about a fellow colleague of Mark's, a convenient excu...

At Nagoyacomedy we dedicate this week's podcast episode in memory of our friend and comedy fan Dave Ola, whom we lost last week at the age of 55, RIP. Comedians Mark Bailey and Mike Miller do a quick recap of the Carlos Ghosn controversy and oppressive police tactics in Japan, Mark recounts his own Kafka-esque experiences with the police and who they are here to protect, hint: its not foreigners....

Comedians Mark Bailey and special guest Intesar Toufic review the netflix series Fauda and the feature the Spy, and our guest talks about comments his friends make, and we completely solve the conspiracy theory of israeli moon bases and the mideast crisis. Talk Funny is a show about comedians in Japan from all over the world, working in comedy in Japan, writing comedy, working, doing stand up, and...

Comedians Mark Bailey and special guest Intesar Toufic compare revenge strategy of the mideast and Sicilian style, Mark's convenience store adventure and the resulting revenge contest being held on the podcast currently. Talk Funny is a show about comedians in Japan from all over the world, working in comedy in Japan, writing comedy, working, doing stand up, and getting paid in comedy in Japan. Br...

Comedians Mark Bailey and special guest discuss Dave Chappelle's 2019 special Sticks and Stones from all angles, how cancel culture has gotten McCarthy level dangerous, and Mark tries to explain a prickly LGBT joke from Chappelle. Talk Funny is a show about comedians in Japan from all over the world, working in comedy in Japan, writing comedy, working, doing stand up, and getting paid in comedy in...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Mike Miller do a quick Adam Carolla podcast review, how foreigners in Japan are sometimes passive-aggressive in competition, how Mark got around his resistant assistant, and how to get a radio station on the air yourself in order to get your paycheck, also Mark tells a few of his favorite Yiddish jokes. Talk Funny is a show about comedians in Japan from all over the world...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Mike Miller discuss the useful lessons in Japan and life from the movies Mr. Baseball and Howard Stern's Private Parts, how Mark ran into obstacles from his bosses on morning drive radio, what it was like working with Zip-FM, radio-i, and Tokai Radio stations in Nagoya and how Howard Stern competitive radio strategy works in Japan. They also talk about the origins of Toyo...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Mike Miller discuss how hard it is to tell on social media if your friends are spoofing you or are misunderstanding a post on comedy boards such as Mark Bailey comic, how people are re-gifting back to Mark a joke Mark told in 1982 and how you cannot out-pun a former radio DJ. We also discuss how you could probably expect Mark Bailey to make a joke on the Mark Bailey Comic...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Mike Miller discuss Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and some of their favorite and least favorite episodes, the joke thief controversies over joke-lifter Gad Elmalah, how Mark did Ricky Gervais' Caitlin Jenner joke before Ricky wrote it and how comics sometimes arrive at the same punchlines or premises, how Seinfeld can be elitist, you will have to take...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Mike Miller discuss stories about student motivation and tips for helping motivate students and learners, some quick Japanese language tips from Mark, Mark's story about what grade a dead student gets in Japan literally without fail, the economic breakdown of why MLM is a scam every time, why if a product isn`t sold in stores run for your life, they discuss the real way t...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Mike Miller discuss more stories from the xenophobic racist bipolar mart near Mark's house, how a lot of police in Aichi are failed baseball club members and college drop-outs that hate foreigners. The difference between old style father figure police and modern bully police in Japan and in the US on occasion. We discuss the Japanese law enforcement lie that recently for...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Mike Miller discuss a fiasco that happened to Mark after the so-called Nightmare comedy show, Mark explains the abusive incident that he was a victim of and outs an uneducated racist xenophobic right-wing convenience store owner that has exhibited hostile behavior to foreigners over decades and that his family has known for 30 years, and how xenophobic police are in Nagoy...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Mike Miller discuss briefly the so-called Nightmare comedy show, and how we made a churasco sandwich out of a flash mob fiasco of people who don't pay or speak Japanese or English in a part of town where a guy was just murdered, how we had a 15 minute crash course in translating our sets into Brazilian Portuguese, and how Mark tried to salvage the mood with a recurring Mi...

Musician Tomo Shaga of Tomo Shaga Tribute Band and Nagoya music scene fame joins Mark Bailey on Talk Funny. Apologies for the sound as it was not recorded in studio but we felt the content was important to hear. The interview is echoed because we are recording live from a stage in front of live amplifiers, Tomo and Mark discuss whether Johnny Depp is really a musician, adventures of playing live o...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Mike Miller discuss briefly the No Agenda show featuring Adam Curry, and of which Mark is a huge fan, Dave Chappelle's netflix special and its controversy or lack thereof, Chappelle's take on the Louis CK and Kevin Hart scandals and his post-show prologue, casting couch culture, the double standard of nudity scandals and when is it not the man's fault? They also talk what...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Steve Howard discuss personal pronouns, Steve's open mic experience on the US west coast, performing in front of millennial and SJW crowds, performing in front of fellow comics, differences between Osaka and Tokyo stand-up crowds, and being heckled by a baby. Talk Funny is a show about comedians in Japan from all over the world, working in comedy in Japan, writing comedy,...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Steve Howard discuss difficult problems they are asked to solve by comedy fans, why Mark does comedy, why his kids may not learn anything from Mark's stand-up act, Steve's gum-chewing secrets, Mark's relationship with REM shows, recalling wild open mic and violent drunks we have dealt with on our own staff, why you need to respect the show producer and booker in a comedy...

Comedians Mark Bailey and Steve Howard discuss writing and practicing jokes about your spouse and children, Steve's WWII and his father-in-law story, Mark's jokes about homicide and suicide and domestic situations, more pet peeves with Steve, and a story of a run-in with a law enforcement officer in the audience. Talk Funny is a show about comedians in Japan from all over the world, working in com...