Mark and Jake Try To Make It

Mark Masters and Jake Hovis
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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

  1. 1d ago

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 058 - "Action Jackson vs. Motion Mark"

    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Mark's Cookie Cookbookzine 06:05 Action and Motion 07:40 Jake is in Denver 09:15 Casa Bonita was bad 14:10 Auctioneering Fantasy Football draft 18:55 Macguffin 19:48 Jake is producing a show 23:04 Invisible headliner 25:45 Genuine comedy 26:19 Public speaking trick 27:50 Shotgun comedy (SESH) 30:05 New comics 31:50 Mark's annoyance with hosts 33:37 Denver Bears (what kind?) 34:30 Woodland Hills, CO 35:50 Mark pops up an outdoor comedy club 38:30 Travel stool 40:28 Reunion testimonial video 41:18 Sleeping audience member 41:43 Magic Conference 46:25 Magic practice 47:58 Lance Burton 51:09 Cancelling gigs 52:54 Tom Arnold 54:08 Theater comedy 54:40 Addressing yourself 56:25 Theater merch line 58:52 https://www.patreon.com/markandjake 1:00:07 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: Nate Bargatze's Dad, Pay what you want, Mingle with magicians, Zine margins and tips, cookie recipes, thousand dollar purchase, off the truck eBay buys, Jake buys new equipment, festival submission tip, Jake quitting services, comedy statistics, getting discounts, escrow and deposits, big event venue search, theater pay, burying a comic

  2. Sep 7

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 057 - "The Clean Comedy Challenge Stinks"

    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Do you have more poop jokes? 03:15 Saying no to gigs 06:18 Jake gets an offer 07:40 Getting info from bookers 10:05 Throwing a comic a bone 12:45 Clean Comedy Challenge (Jake no like) 22:38 Overpriced and underdelivers 27:13 Kellen Erskine 29:39 Silver lining 35:14 New comedy club name mystery (KY) 43:23 Comedy Cellar Brilliance 46:25 Lying audience 48:32 High School reunion jokes (Casper, WY) 53:39 DJ 55:05 Jake is writing a book 1:00:12 https://www.patreon.com/markandjake 1:01:12 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: Bob Zany joke, Headliner pay, Guest set pay, Fear on stage, TV show application, magic, Vegas bus, Fantasy Football gig, negotiating gig pay, campground comedy, improv, Vegas comic, new segment idea

  3. Aug 31

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 056 - "Mango mania"

    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Brooklyn Cat Cafe Comedy 02:40 Ugly Home story 04:20 Carmen Lagala 05:20 Emily Catalano 06:30 Mark new jokes 07:05 Mark is nervous in NYC 08:01 Brad Upton 09:03 Caitlin Peluffo 10:04 DTCCC 13:07 Payment methods 14:20 Applying to competition 15:50 Jake Travel Story 18:00 Found money 19:28 NYC Food 20:56 Ice Cream House in Boro 21:45 Venchi Gelato 22:18 Little Cupcake Bake Shop 23:04 Mango mania 25:32 Cincinnati breakfast sausage 26:40 Cheong Fun (food cart) 28:10 Los Tacos No. 1 28:56 Bleecker Street Pizza 29:15 Improv in Cincinnati 33:20 Improv pathway in NYC 34:48 Sam Tallent 35:45 Jake first time at NTN 36:24 Mark meets Jim Gaffigan 38:20 NYC Joke 39:40 Major Destim (no phone) 43:10 Looking for a place to live in NYC 44:55 New Comedy Club in Louisville, KY 50:10 New Open Mic 52:36 NYC mics 53:56 Jack Crawford (NFL) 55:45 Comedy Cellar (MacDougal) experience 56:43 SESH Comedy 57:58 https://www.patreon.com/markandjake 59:39 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: Dan Soder secret, pay at NYC shows, national touring act texts Jake, Mark met one of his openers recently, how to work the Comedy Cellar system as a customer, Mark hiccups with no phone, Comedy Cellar lineup, Jake gets a huge compliment, tech fixes for Jake, Jake books a good gig, Mark hacks for Broadway tickets in NYC, mystery at Radio City Music Hall, Jake's Book of Mormon story, Mark's NYC joke, Mark's corporate pay

  4. Aug 24

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 055 - "Mark goes no phone for 6 days in NYC"

    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Airborne Carbs (Lambert's) 03:51 A meal with Zoltan Kaszas 05:33 Jake wins a free steak 07:00 Mark does comedy for nutrition professionals 11:45 Frito Pie 12:55 Mark's brain is full 15:34 Aquarium Comedy Mystery 19:05 Red Rocks (backstage) 20:40 Denver Aquarium 23:15 Ice Cream in NYC (Morganstern's) 24:12 E-town carpool 28:30 Car nap 29:50 NATELAND LIVE 32:35 Apples (Dusty Slay) 35:20 Comedy in a manger 36:18 Greeley, CO (Adam Tiller) 38:52 Jared Chandler 39:38 Mark gets a glamour shot 41:10 Addie Lynn 41:30 KY Headshots 42:40 Mark tries a new joke 43:27 Nate Bargatze gets drunk 44:00 NYC Open Mics 45:59 Working with Zoltan 48:10 Jake tries a new joke 50:30 Al Jackson 51:35 Walking NYC with no phone 55:00 Zombies in NYC 57:25 No phones in Haiti 59:30 https://www.patreon.com/markandjake 1:00:16 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: Bad comedy festival, High Plains Comedy Festival, Funniest person in the midwest contest, comic relocating to Los Angeles, Comics from Denver in New York City, 5 shows at Denver Comedy Lounge, Cincinnati comedian, Kill Tony, Nashville comedy, Seattle comedy, RISE Comedy Festival (contest festival), festival tips and heartache, AJ Wilkerson, Mark gets a kick in the nuts by not having a phone, Jake gets a kick in the nuts, car trouble, car investment

  5. Aug 17

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 054 - "Mark's Cookie Recipe Book"

    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Bristol Farms The Cookie 02:00 Knock off recipes 04:49 Reddit recipe disaster 06:30 Merch convo with producer 08:00 You can't copyright a recipe 13:35 Playbill assembly 16:40 The hot sauce guy 17:00 Lighters (Erik Escobar) 18:30 Bad lighting at comedy room 20:10 Ballcap on stage 27:15 Wally's (Popcorn Buc-Ees) 32:20 John Oliver vs. Buc-Ees 35:20 Pizza Hut (original store) 38:52 Thick Skin ejection 43:50 Blazing Saddles movie 45:10 Spacebars movie 46:10 White Men Can't Jump movie (original) 47:40 Jake watches documentaries about polygamy 54:45 Mark does a corporate 58:36 https://www.patreon.com/markandjake 1:00:16 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: Mark's cookie secret, poached venue drama, Thick skin bomber, New Talent Night standby, New Faces wildcard show, Competition comedy, an insane questionnaire, roasts, pay drama, High school reunion show

  6. Aug 10

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 053 - "Los Angeles Flat Earther"

    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Los Angeles flat earthed 01:00 Baked Potato train 03:40 Colombian Exchange 07:05 4th of July Nerd 10:15 Summer of Watermelon 11:44 Teacher appreciation contrast 12:55 Los Angeles Comedy 13:30 Brand new rental car 14:25 Papp Johnson 20:10 Professional seat fillers 22:20 Be nice (in comedy) 25:30 L.A. Country Club comedy 28:30 Mark sees Bill Burr 32:50 El Segundo Comedy with Cooper Lyden 33:42 Andrew Orolfo 36:30 Moving for comedy 37:03 Jake in Austin, TX 40:55 "Well see about that" 43:04 Pro move by headliner 43:59 Mark gets aggravated 47:15 Jake booked last minute 50:36 Blair Socci 53:05 Dave Chappelle 53:42 Postcard Hail Mary 55:12 Direct Mail 57:28 Athens Comedy Fest (update) 01:00:18 https://www.patreon.com/markandjake 01:01:40 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: New York comedian drama with name reveal, comedy misinformation, Comedy Works New Faces, Comedy competitions dirt from Jake, a terrible comedy festival with name reveal, World Series of Comedy, name reveal of "slimy" booker, a moral business quandary in comedy, magic show disappoints Jake, booker who writes long emails name reveal, festival rejection letter (Mark), Bill Burr premises, festival lineup review

  7. Aug 3

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 052 - "LIVE and in person with Mark chewing gum"

    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Driving into Kentucky 01:30 Jaundice bridge 02:47 Mark's Tour Poster 04:02 Iowa City, IA 10:30 Mark's merch 11:33 Mark's note to comics 13:20 Trying not to laugh 14:16 Jake's triple feature 17:00 Feature pay 18:15 Mark's new books 19:15 Feature merch 22:45 New listener comments 24:33 iTunes Five Star Review 25:30 A new Mark Masters in Denver 27:49 Lisa Lane 32:00 Comedy show standby 36:40 Read 'Em and Weep 37:30 Cookies & Cream Ice Cream 39:26 High Point Creamery 40:12 Baskin Robbins Bubblegum Ice Cream 41:45 Mark is stressed at the ice cream store 43:15 Social Contracts and lines 45:50 Hershey's Drive-In Hand Dipped 47:30 Jake's Golf Heckling 50:15 Mark's driving logistics 55:04 Jeff Arcuri 59:28 https://www.patreon.com/markandjake 1:00:02 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: Iowa City pay, Midwest run pay, Fleming show pay drama, Jake works for a testimonial, how far would you drive for X dollars, getting paid in cash math, Mark's book margins, inside baseball for Denver comedians re: Comedy Works ladder, drinks with Comedy Works headliners, New Talent Night notes, Anthony Crawford, competition season, scamming a competition, brain worms, advancing at Comedy Works

  8. Jul 27

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 051 - "Lawnmower talk in Waco and OKC"

    Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Mowing Lawns 04:30 Extension Cord Lawnmower 07:50 Zero Turn Lawnmovers 12:45 Bad backs 14:40 Stage Socks 15:45 Grocery Gym Bag 17:17 Shoe Spectrum 20:00 Back recovery tips 21:20 Mark sleeps in his car 23:42 Go Bananas in Cincinnati 24:06 Jake's Car Breaks Down 27:29 Phone a friend (road work) 28:40 AAA 30:40 Mechanic from comedy club 32:57 Mobile Oil Change 37:14 Stay in your car 39:00 FIFA World Cup 40:10 Mark solves penalty kick controversy 42:25 Big Flight Attendant 44:35 Loaded gun in Airbnb 46:45 Columbine 49:10 Blood face painting 50:00 Outdoor comedy donkey 51:02 Mark's flex 52:28 TommyKnocker Root Beer 53:18 Jake does a state fair 54:36 Hot Dog Eating Contest 57:00 4th of July routing 58:25 In person episode 58:49 https://www.patreon.com/markandjake 59:44 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: Heckling experience, Comedy Competitions, Check drama for headliners, Comedy poster, Hotel drama, Credit card limit, Greeley show pay, Comic Cents comedy club, Idaho Springs pay stuff, Clean Comedy Profanity, Comic Cents pay, Comedy Fort, Frustrated headliner, Midwest travel logistics, Road dog money, Working for free

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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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  • Creator
    Mark Masters and Jake Hovis
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    57
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Mark and Jake Try To Make It
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