Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 023 - "STRANGER THINGS in Venezuela"

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Jake gets recruited for MMA 06:00 Wing upgrades? 07:10 Comedy Works New Talent Night 13:32 Mark submits to a festival 15:51 Limestone Comedy Festival is canceled 17:45 Mark NTN cookies 19:36 Mark gets braggadocios 21:35 Mark NTN notes 23:55 Jake submission video review 25:00 Jake is visiting Colorado 25:52 Steve Vanderploeg pyramid scheme 27:38 Stranger Things 32:56 Mark smartest move of the year! 35:32 Mark aggravation of the year 36:39 The dirt on Mark Masters 37:33 Food warning in NYC 40:19 Jake soda flex 41:05 Agree to disagreeable 42:48 CONAN booking error 44:24 Jake dumb move (Ray Lou) 46:24 Physical jokes 47:26 Jake dumb move (driving) 51:15 Movie theater worthy TV finales 53:35 New Year's resolution (teaser) 56:35 Mark 700 seat theater preview 58:32 Hacked by Chinese 59:00 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: Festival reveal, Flyover Comedy Festival, World Series of Comedy 2026, Chinese Hacking screenshare, 2026 slow down year?, review score wonkiness, show gig parlance, comic name reveal, bummer booking inquiries, how many comics on a show, resolutions, another comic name reveal