Jake HovisIn 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 offAnd 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