Episode Description
Jacob Rupp
In this episode Mark Masters talks to Jacob Rupp, a 6 year comedian who started in Boulder, CO, but lives in Denver now.
Mark drives Jacob from Denver, CO to a show in Aspen, CO and they talk comedy, comedians, and stand up comics.
[Note: This video starts mid conversation because of bad file management and ends mid conversation because the battery dies, apologies]
They discuss:
- Writing and deciding what is funny
- Modifying material based on audience
- Watch comic before to try to call back for an audience member
- Hosting at Comedy Works
- First interaction with Comedy Works
- Buffalo sighting!
- Johnny's Cigar Bar, Boulder
- Deacon Gray
- Comedy Works timeline, from newbie to hosting
- Finals of New Faces, Janae Burris
- Tips and tricks for comedy contests
- Noah Reynolds, Korey David
- Be a person in the room, acknowledge events
- Greg Hutt, Austin, TX
- Loonee's Comedy Club, Colorado Springs, CO (hosting, clock)
- The Improv
- Nebraska shows
- Border City Comedy Festival, Windsor Canada
- Mountain shows are for stretching
- Vail has a great audience
- Denver showcases
- 7 and 9PM vs. 8 and 10:30PM show times
- Adam Cayton Holland, The Grawlix
- Dave Chappelle at a Denver showcase (Too Much Fun above City o' city)
- Validation of showcases
- Call to Arms show, Katie Bowman, Brad Galli
- Denver Underground, Ben Bryant, Irish Snug
- Boulder Comedy Show, Brent Gill
- Mark swears on camera!
- Plug for Not Good Yet, the book
- Clean comedy
- Interpreting laughter at open mics
- Open mic laughter
- Las Vegas open mic story
- Dead stop driving, Colorado mountain driving tips
- Dealing with bad rooms (don't mention it)
- Hell drive story
- Aaron Maslow, Miriam Moreno
- Vail Brewing Company, good beers
- The ins and outs of booking
- 50 first jokes Timmy Lasley, Karen Wachtel from High Plains
- Running a mic, Alan Bromwell
- The Irishman
- Eeland Stribling calls
- Favorite movies, Alamo draft house
- Movie theaters
- Film school and movie talk
- Streaming shows
- Watching stand-up online
- Jacob's favorite comics, John Mulaney, Rory Scovel, Daniel Tosh
- Selling jokes
- What is the end game?
- Film making, phone it in film festival, Zac Maas
- Michael Isaacs, "comedic genius"
- Kevin Clapman, Boulder, CO
- Re-telling old jokes
- Screenwriting tips for joke writers
- Harris Alterman
- Patrick Richardson - docu-series Wow Colorado HaHa Wow - Jacob Rupp episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czVGANd1_xM
[Battery dies]
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
In this episode Mark Masters talks to Jacob Rupp, a 6 year comedian who started in Boulder, CO, but lives in Denver now.
Mark drives Jacob from Denver, CO to a show in Aspen, CO and they talk comedy, comedians, and stand up comics.
[Note: This video starts mid conversation because of bad file management and ends mid conversation because the battery dies, apologies]
They discuss:
- Writing and deciding what is funny
- Modifying material based on audience
- Watch comic before to try to call back for an audience member
- Hosting at Comedy Works
- First interaction with Comedy Works
- Buffalo sighting!
- Johnny's Cigar Bar, Boulder
- Deacon Gray
- Comedy Works timeline, from newbie to hosting
- Finals of New Faces, Janae Burris
- Tips and tricks for comedy contests
- Noah Reynolds, Korey David
- Be a person in the room, acknowledge events
- Greg Hutt, Austin, TX
- Loonee's Comedy Club, Colorado Springs, CO (hosting, clock)
- The Improv
- Nebraska shows
- Border City Comedy Festival, Windsor Canada
- Mountain shows are for stretching
- Vail has a great audience
- Denver showcases
- 7 and 9PM vs. 8 and 10:30PM show times
- Adam Cayton Holland, The Grawlix
- Dave Chappelle at a Denver showcase (Too Much Fun above City o' city)
- Validation of showcases
- Call to Arms show, Katie Bowman, Brad Galli
- Denver Underground, Ben Bryant, Irish Snug
- Boulder Comedy Show, Brent Gill
- Mark swears on camera!
- Plug for Not Good Yet, the book
- Clean comedy
- Interpreting laughter at open mics
- Open mic laughter
- Las Vegas open mic story
- Dead stop driving, Colorado mountain driving tips
- Dealing with bad rooms (don't mention it)
- Hell drive story
- Aaron Maslow, Miriam Moreno
- Vail Brewing Company, good beers
- The ins and outs of booking
- 50 first jokes Timmy Lasley, Karen Wachtel from High Plains
- Running a mic, Alan Bromwell
- The Irishman
- Eeland Stribling calls
- Favorite movies, Alamo draft house
- Movie theaters
- Film school and movie talk
- Streaming shows
- Watching stand-up online
- Jacob's favorite comics, John Mulaney, Rory Scovel, Daniel Tosh
- Selling jokes
- What is the end game?
- Film making, phone it in film festival, Zac Maas
- Michael Isaacs, "comedic genius"
- Kevin Clapman, Boulder, CO
- Re-telling old jokes
- Screenwriting tips for joke writers
- Harris Alterman
- Patrick Richardson - docu-series Wow Colorado HaHa Wow - Jacob Rupp episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czVGANd1_xM
[Battery dies]
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