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Read the article at comedywham.com Episode #389 Joey Smith talks with Valerie Lopez about Growing up on pawn shop comedy DVDs and the life-changing loss that pushed him to the mic Balancing a full-time corporate job with touring the country for Jeremiah Watkins His legendary mattress return bit and why audiences keep confessing their own retail scams after the show Why getting that first laugh within three seconds is the hardest note he's ever been given — and why it's exactly right Recorded May 2026 at Fallout Theater Podcast Studio Follow Joey YouTube - youtube.com/@Thisisjoeysmith Instagram - @thisisjoeysmith Joey can be seen and heard: 2026 FPIA Preliminaries - July 5, 7:30pm, Cap City Comedy Club Regularly performs at Black Rabbit Comedy Club Regularly performs at Sunset Strip Comedy Club Touring with Jeremiah Watkins (watch IG for dates) Follow @ComedyWham on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitch, and Tiktok If you'd like to support our independent podcast, check out our Patreon page at: Patreon.com/comedywham . You can also support us on Venmo - just search for ComedyWham.
