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Dallas comedian CAIN, fresh off winning the 2025 Pervis Wilson Funniest Stand-Up in Dallas Competition, returns to the FMP to discuss the mysterious and lightly regulated sport of comedy competitions. In this episode, CAIN walks us through his third year in comedy, including the high-stakes strategic dilemma faced by every comic in a competition: Do you burn your best jokes early to survive the first round, or save them for later and risk being eliminated by a guy doing crowd work about Crocs? We also get into CAIN’s open-mic strategy, discuss the Dallas comedy club scene, and his journey to his first headlining show occurring January 11th, 2026, at the Addison Improv.

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Dallas comedian CAIN, fresh off winning the 2025 Pervis Wilson Funniest Stand-Up in Dallas Competition, returns to the FMP to discuss the mysterious and lightly regulated sport of comedy competitions. In this episode, CAIN walks us through his...

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