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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

Podcast · By Mark Masters and Jake Hovis · English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
13
Latest publication
Sep 28, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 28, 2026

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 060 - "Opening for Tom Arnold" (opens the original)

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    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,

  2. Episode · Sep 21, 2026

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 059 - "Some Dude Feeding a Bear" (opens the original)

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    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 Co

  3. Episode · Sep 14, 2026

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 058 - "Action Jackson vs. Motion Mark" (opens the original)

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    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

  4. Episode · Sep 7, 2026

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 057 - "The Clean Comedy Challenge Stinks" (opens the original)

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    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

  5. Episode · Aug 31, 2026

    Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 056 - "Mango mania" (opens the original)

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    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

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