![]() J: You are driving a rental car, and I’ve only been on the road a little bit, like I’ve had one show that tours a little bit but people were like, “Oh my God, how was the tour? Was it amazing?” I was like, “Yes, I mean it was 14 hours of driving in 24 hours. J: Yes, that’s the thing that people who don’t do comedy, or - it’s probably the same with musicians, actually, it’s like definitely with musicians, but it’s like, it’s not until you’re psycho famous that you are flying jet setting place to place, like your ass is driving a rental car. M: Just up and down the East Coast but I was driving a lot and it was, it’s. In between that time, after I left Atlanta, I was also hanging out in DC, because that’s where my boyfriend lives, I was around that area, then I would come here and I would just be kind of just doing a whole bunch of. For anyone who is curious about the road, it can be very tiring. You mentioned there’s a period of time where you were based in Atlanta, but you were mostly on the road? I was like, “Here, if I need to come drive, I’ll get it.” M: I still have the car, it’s just not with me here. That’s actually such a good reason to move to New York because like, I literally lost the fiscal visibility to drive. ![]() M: I was like let me just go sit in this car down and let me get somewhere else. M: Isn’t that ridiculous? I was like, “You know what? I was saying, I need to go to New York forever and I’m like, “Do I want to pay?” Because this is how bad it was, my car insurance was about as much as my car payment. ![]() M: That’s such a stupid reason, I was like, my insurance kept going up so much to where I was like, “This is bad.” J: You were like, “Let me go to a city where I don’t drive.” M: Well, my lease was running out and this is such an awful reason but I had like a series of just minor car accidents. M: Yes, and especially since so many people got stuff just being in Atlanta so it was like, “Oh, well, if I got JFL from living here, then do I need to move?” You know, that kind of thing. J: If you’re paying your bills and having a good time, I get that. M: Yes, absolutely and I think that was the thing about just that scene where it’s like everybody was always pushing each other to be better and it would be like one person would pop and then they would go and then it would be like, “Well, who’s the next one?” It was very much like, “Let me get really good here first”, and then some people were like, “Do I even really need to leave?” J: I think things like that thrive in a more insular cultural context. I feel like art and culture in Atlanta is like, I got this sense that it really exists within its own community in the city and it’s not as much about like - I think this happens a little in Chicago but less there now, and more so with Atlanta, it’s like more about just actually that scene and being successful within that scene, rather than trying to make it big or whatever and so there’s such good drag in Atlanta, there’s such good comedy in Atlanta because it’s like. It’s a bunch of people that are here now too. We had a run where three or four years in a row like somebody was a JFL new face, one person - he won Last Comic Standing and that season, it was a bunch of Atlanta comics on their period. A lot of good comics have come out of Atlanta. The Atlanta scene is very strong, I would probably say, for the last 15 years or so. M: Let me see, I haven’t been a part of it in a very long time because even when I got here in 2019, I still left Atlanta around 2017 and I was just on the road and kind of back and forth. J: OK, but what is - I haven’t talked to anyone who’s come up in the Atlanta scene, what’s the scene in Atlanta like? J: Oh, sure, we all got to get somewhere somehow. I moved there for “comedy” but I was like, I’m going to go shack up with a man. ![]() M: Yes, pretty much - well, you got me so early. I grew up in - it’s Columbus, Georgia which is about an hour and 20 minutes southwest of Atlanta. We were just talking before we started recording, you came to New York in 2019? Listen on Spotify Or Check Out the Conversation Here The two discuss Atlanta nightlife, being on the road, and stand-up newbies. ![]() In the final episode of “Going Out With Jake Cornell,” Jake goes out with comedian Mia Jackson. ![]()
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