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Something You Should Know - September 23 Comedian Adam Wilka at Billy Frogs this Thursday and at The Grain Bin This Friday · Something You Should Know!

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  Speaker 1: Excited to have a comedy call right now with one
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  Speaker 1: of my favorite local comedians. And I haven't seen him
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  Speaker 1: on stage in a long, long time. We've got Adam
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  Speaker 1: Wilka joining us right now. And he's going to be
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  Speaker 1: performing at Billy Frogs on Thursday and at the Grain
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  Speaker 1: Bin on Friday. And you were out for a late
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  Speaker 1: night open mic last week. But up until that, you
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  Speaker 1: haven't done comedy in a little while.
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  Speaker 2: Have you, Adam? I have not, my friend. It has been, gosh,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think... I think the last time I did
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  Speaker 2: a real serious set was before my oldest son was born. No, no.
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  Speaker 2: It was in the first year of his life, though.
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  Speaker 2: And he is six. So it's been a minute.
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  Speaker 1: It has been a minute. And this Thursday and Friday
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  Speaker 1: is kind of like a throwback for me. Some of
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  Speaker 1: my favorite comics that I haven't seen in a while.
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  Speaker 1: So we've got Adam Wilke, who we're talking to right now.
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  Speaker 1: Jake Cox, who is also extremely funny. And I haven't
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  Speaker 1: seen him do comedy in forever. And Reed Baxter, who
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  Speaker 1: I met the very first time I ever did stand-up comedy,
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  Speaker 1: he was on that same exact show. And I've known
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  Speaker 1: him for years. And again, I haven't seen him do
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  Speaker 1: comedy in a while. So I reached out to all
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  Speaker 1: these folks and said, hey, would you guys do me
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  Speaker 1: a big favor and come out and do a show?
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  Speaker 1: And every one of you said yes. I'm so excited.
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  Speaker 1: And again, for folks that maybe haven't had a chance
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  Speaker 1: to see Adam Wilka do comedy ever, what kind of Humor,
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  Speaker 1: would you say you're known for? How would you describe
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  Speaker 1: your style of comedy?
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  Speaker 2: You know, that's a really hard question to answer, John.
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  Speaker 2: How many do you ask? Let's see. You know, I,
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  Speaker 2: I would say I, I'm a storyteller. Yeah. I, you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously I've, I've had six years of kids. I got
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  Speaker 2: three of them now. So I've got a lot of
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  Speaker 2: material to draw from there. Yeah. But I also like to,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how to describe it. I like to
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  Speaker 2: hit people with an unexpected punchline. Oh yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and that's one of the things that I've always
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  Speaker 1: liked about your humor. It's, sometimes kind of feels like
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  Speaker 1: it just comes out of left field because you got
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  Speaker 1: this story that's going this way and then boom, out
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  Speaker 1: of nowhere, this other thing. And to me, that's fun.
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  Speaker 1: That's a really fun way. You know, my stories are
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  Speaker 1: all just kind of true stories that I do dumb
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  Speaker 1: stuff and I just tell the dumb stories. I don't
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  Speaker 1: have to think about it a whole lot because I
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  Speaker 1: just keep doing dumb stuff. But yours, it's very smart humor.
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  Speaker 1: And I like that and I appreciate that.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, man. Don't get me wrong. There's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: dumb stuff, too. Because like I said, I have three
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  Speaker 2: kids under seven. So trust me, there's some stories that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they're literally some of these jokes. It's literally
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  Speaker 2: just stuff my kids have said and done. So it's
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  Speaker 2: an easy joke to remember. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I am excited to have you on the stage
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  Speaker 1: on Thursday night at Billy Frogs. We've been doing that
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  Speaker 1: show since February. Have a nice crowd each Thursday. And
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  Speaker 1: in the middle of the summer, I was worried because
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, man, when it gets warm, I wonder how
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  Speaker 1: this is going to go. And we still had, like,
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  Speaker 1: even on the lowest night, 25, 30 people. But there
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  Speaker 1: are times we'll have 50, 60, 70 people in there. So, again,
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  Speaker 1: come out and join us. It's a free show at
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  Speaker 1: Billy Frogs every Thursday. And then we just started doing
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  Speaker 1: a thing at a place called The Grain Bin. That's
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  Speaker 1: the back room at the Red Eye on North Cliff Avenue.
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  Speaker 1: And there is a ticket for that one. It's in
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  Speaker 1: a separate room. It's a little different situation. But the
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  Speaker 1: cool thing is it's the same people that own both.
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  Speaker 1: So they're like, hey, if you don't want to buy
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  Speaker 1: a ticket, just go see the one for free on
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  Speaker 1: Thursday at Billy Frogs. We're cool with that, too. But
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  Speaker 1: I would like for you to come up and see
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  Speaker 1: that room. And I'd like it so much that I'll
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  Speaker 1: even give you a free ticket if you register today.
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  Speaker 1: Go and sign up. We're trying to get some folks
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  Speaker 1: to be out on Friday nights and have some fun
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  Speaker 1: with us and see this new room. You were there
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  Speaker 1: last week for the late-night open mic. It's a pretty
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  Speaker 1: cool room, isn't it?
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  Speaker 2: It's an awesome room. I really like what you've done
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  Speaker 2: with the place, John, because I remember back in the day,
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  Speaker 2: I did an open mic there before, and it's a
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  Speaker 2: totally different room. It's a real club now, so it's cool.
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  Speaker 1: It turned out so great. And the lighting system in there,
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  Speaker 1: and I'll tell you, we had some wonky stuff going
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  Speaker 1: on with the lighting last week, but we got it
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  Speaker 1: all squared away. And I've got a nice setup to
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  Speaker 1: record audio and video. And my future vision is someday
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  Speaker 1: for people to be here to record comedy specials in
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  Speaker 1: that room. And again, we're getting it dialed in and
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  Speaker 1: getting it ready to go. Folks, come out, be a
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  Speaker 1: part of it. Come out and check it out. Learn
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  Speaker 1: more at SiouxFallsComedyClub.com. Come out and see The Room on Friday.
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  Speaker 1: If you'd like to register to win free tickets, I
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  Speaker 1: would love to give you some free tickets. Go to SiouxFallsComedy.com.
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  Speaker 1: You'll see a button right on there to register to win. Adam,
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  Speaker 1: thank you very much for being a part of this.
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  Speaker 1: And like I said, as I was kind of adding
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  Speaker 1: this and I'm like, I want to reach out to
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  Speaker 1: people I know. And Adam and Jake and Reed are
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  Speaker 1: three comics that I absolutely find hilarious. And I haven't
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  Speaker 1: seen you guys in a long time. So I am
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  Speaker 1: super excited for this week. I think it's going to
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  Speaker 1: be awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Me too, John. I'm like over the moon, man. When
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  Speaker 2: you reached out, it made my day. I didn't even
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  Speaker 2: hesitate to say yeah, and then I went. Oh, man.
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  Speaker 2: Better start writing some jokes.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and the cool thing is you and I don't
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  Speaker 1: work too far from each other. You're like right up.
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  Speaker 1: What's the name of the place you work? Like a
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  Speaker 1: block and a half away from me here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: We're neighbors. I work for the Gordon Flesh Company. I
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  Speaker 2: actually sell copiers and phone systems for them.
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  Speaker 1: So if somebody needs a copier or a phone system,
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  Speaker 1: they can reach out and talk to you or just
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  Speaker 1: come and see you at a comedy show and say, hey,
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  Speaker 1: I need your card. I got to buy some stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely. I will tell jokes for free to all
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  Speaker 2: of my customers. There you go.
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  Speaker 1: I love it. Well, I am excited to see you
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  Speaker 1: on Thursday and Friday. Thank you again for taking the
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  Speaker 1: time to chat, Adam.
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  Speaker 2: Awesome. Thanks, John.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. Again, Adam Wilke, a very, very funny guy, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm so excited to see him back on stage this
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  Speaker 1: Thursday at Billy Frog's, this Friday at the Grain Bin
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  Speaker 1: on North Cliff Avenue. Get all of the details at SiouxFallsComedy.com.
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  Speaker 1: We've got a calendar there and a place to register
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  Speaker 1: to win free tickets. Again, SiouxFallsComedy.com. Something you should know.
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  Speaker 2: Bye. Bye.