Mark and Jake Try To Make It Episode 045 - "FILM@Vail Comedy Festival 2026"

Mark and Jake Try to Make it is your favorite podcast about two comedians trying to make it in comedy. 00:00 Vail Comedy Festival in the books 02:15 Walkie Talkies 06:45 Feminine Energy 07:45 May Mountain Weather 08:30 FILM@Vail Comedy Festival 11:05 FilmFreeWay.com 14:15 ON A STRING (Feature Film) 16:00 Ryan Reiss (BEFORE WE GET STARTED) 19:40 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 22:00 Pop Up Movie Screen 25:05 Film Technical Issue 29:40 Jake's Fallen Tree 36:00 Chuck Roy at Loonee's 39:00 Moving to Denver for Comedy 40:30 Denver showcases 44:00 Mark is inspired 44:40 Tom Thakkar 45:04 Robby Slowik 45:14 Casey Balsham 46:01 Nick Vatterott 47:15 Jake Sketch 49:00 Nick Vatterott Falls - https://youtu.be/MZP_OLj_9f0?si=H_80aLIl69gJllxf 50:15 Tommy Hoarder and the Search for Missing Keys 54:24 Free Gelato at Vail Comedy Festival 55:15 Magic at Vail Comedy Festival 56:16 https://www.patreon.com/markandjake 57:40 Vail Comedy Festival comic roll call 59:22 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: Comedy writing group beef, Kill Tony, one liner comedy, hosting joke, Caravan comedy club, Sunday show story from festival, bad Denver showcase, NYC in August seeking spots, hard to host at a festival, Marks big festival mistake, festival finances, performance deposit