Episode Description
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
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