Comedy
Jacob Jonas In this episode Mark Masters talks to Jacob Jonas, a 2+ year comedian who started in Durango, CO and now based in Denver, CO. Mark drives Jacob from the Capitol Hill neighborhood around Denver to a number of open mics, and in-between to Comedy Works as they talk comedy, comedians, and stand up comics. They discuss: - an intro from Mark, Hannibal Buress mention - Jacob Jonas joins - Breakfast King, old restaurant, new mic - Deadroom, LLC - Brunch comedy show, There - Almost 3 years in comedy - Durango comedy scene - Mark’s history with comedy - Freak train, Bug Theater - Mistakes on stage - Audience visibility - Syntax Physic Opera - Be nice to newer comics? - NY and SF scenes nicer than Denver - Gotham bringer show NYC, Andrew Schulz - Set goals - Building a set, Jacob process - Joke documents in Google docs - Recycling old jokes into new material - 8 hour comedy shift - Mark challenge: not repeat any jokes tonight - The Goods mic, Chuck Roy, Mike Langworthy - Michael Isaacs, repeating material - Secret Comedy Works offices [Breakfast King] - good crowd, early mic - diner friendly material - Mark hand motion and mic in the stand - Body language - An advantage of comic turnover (old jokes can be new again) - Show at the Breakfast King (after midnight) - Documentary (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCujNO4Cz42WodqT89GhR0Jw - Jacob Jonas on YouTube - Video editing tools, Sony Vegas - First ever mic, Irish Embassy back bar, underground - Time machine question - Be open to bombing - Be conversational - Washington Park - A well deserved bomb - Streets of London, Lion’s Lair, 3 Kings (the meanest mics in Denver) - Mark is old and gets tired - Are there mics that are not worth it? - Goals and challenges for next mic, movement, longer set - Nervous about act-outs and voices - Impersonations - Contest comedy and getting judged (Durango example) - Merging two bits together [Tea Street] - Heading to Comedy Works - Host at start - 3 “surprise” audience members Mark bombed with - Mark up to 16 minutes, Jacob up to 11 on the night - Burger King jokes - 3rd year of comedy lessons - how to use open mics - Mark’s first open mic - It feels good to see a terrible open mic comic if they are brand new - Megan and Laura open-mic hosts - New Talent Night at Comedy Works - Kelsey Cook - Working out material - Psychedelic mushrooms - Combining random topics - Jokes like a puzzle - Jeff Stonic, David Leipzig, Josh Grambo - Basement open mics (like in the home) - Driving solo and working out material - Watching stand-up - Louis C.K. in Denver last Thursday, Joe List opener - Analyzing amateur stand-up - The book, Not Good Yet - Writing process - Writer square parking lot - Talking about 2nd book [New Talent Night at Comedy Works, watching only] - Newbies crushed - Kelsey Cook drop-in - Salma Zaky 5 minute spot - Running an open mic, Friday night mic Polycarbonate - Derek Walton, a role model for running a mic - Finding a venue for an open mic - Important things about open mic success [Irish Snug] - Derek Walton - Mark past 20 minutes of material - Graphic design - Good and bad comedy posters - Photoshop, Pixelmator Pro - Social media by proxy - Facebook and comedy - Email and young people - Creating your own stage time - Not on Facebook, a pro for mental health - Alec Flynn, Kira MagCalen (artist and comic) - Goals, crowd work - Mutiny [Mutiny Information Cafe] - Mark up to 28 minutes, now 11:46PM - Show running tips, promotion - Voodoo Doughnuts - Oren Be, Irish Rover - Harrison Garcia, Jagged Mountain - Mark’s secret to promoting comedy shows - Cortez, CO - Mark is tired - Mark is cold - Mark is old - Mark love note story - Unusually attentive audience - Jose Macall, Jim owner of Mutiny - The value of open mics - The number of open mics - Cliffhanger [Kynga’s] - Mark kind of made it to 40 minutes - Spreadsheet of mics - Jacob got to 24 minutes - Got up quickly, nice surprise - Jacob on doing the same joke five times in one night - Jacob is tired, but still not old! - Mark is angry about one of the open mic comics - A bunny - The end of an epic run - https://www.instagram.com/papar_mosxas/ (Jacob Jonas) And much, much more. Strap in. This is a good one. Brought to you by Not Good Yet, the book by Mark Masters. www.notgoodyet.com