Comedy
Jake Hovis In this episode Mark Masters talks to Jake Hovis, a new comedian from Denver, CO. In high school basketball he led the state of Colorado in blocked shots his senior year! Mark drives Jake from Avon, CO to a show in Aspen, CO and they talk comedy, comedians, and stand up comics. They discuss: - Aspen Comedy Show at Silver City Saloon - Colorado driving conditions - Lincoln, NE showcase - How Jake got into stand-up, improv, church - Tracking open mics in spreadsheet - Favorite Denver open-mics - Finn McCool's Friday night mic - World Series of Comedy - Audio recording open mic sets - Feedback from wife, teamwork - "Blacking out" on stage - Books - Starting Standup, Serious Guide to Writing Jokes - Not Good Yet by Mark Masters - Check from Tattered Cover, Daron - Media Mail - Vail Comedy Show, Aspen Comedy Show - Jake's first time to Aspen - Big Jake, football, basketball - Megan O'Neill, Larry Sanders, Sarah Silverman, Blake Griffin - Surprises in comedy - Improv - 8 bit kids: Brenna Bigelow, Sean Wissing, Aaron Maslow, Lauren DuFault, Bonnie - Challenges - Steve Rannazzisi - Jessica Michelle Singleton - Ben Roy - Jake's next steps - Clean comedy, PG-13? - Accents - Digital marketing - John Crist - Elliott Woolsey, Brent Gill, Sam Tallent - crazy open mic stories and Jake's mom - Annual open mic goals - High school teacher summer - Laura Thompson - New Talent Night at Comedy Works - Denver open mic comedy scene - Earn your keep show at Irish Snug, Edward Bell, Michael Sayedian - Fresh & Clean with Big Jake - Ben Dailey - Show running, marketing [Show] - Reviewing the show, great! - High fives, handshakes, tips - Crowd work, focusing - Sheriff - Mixing dirty and clean jokes - Jake's set - Big pay day - Forgetting tags - Nathan Lund - Ryan and Jeremy at Silver City Saloon - Venue relationship - Taking pictures at shows - Next goals - 50 minute set for Jake - 70 people in audience - Youtube.com/bigjakehovis - Eeland Stribling - Sign off 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