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Funny You Should Mention: Geoffrey Asmus

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Geoffrey Asmus explains how Catholic school, priests chasing laughs, and a Randy Moss analogy shaped his sense of what technically counts as a joke. We talk about layered comedy that lets different audiences hear different things and how losing fans can be a sign the bit is working. Plus: Lutherans, LinkedIn shame, Wikipedia ambition, country capitals, and why spacing is the real superpower. Produced by Corey Wara Video and Social Media by Geoff Craig Do you have questions or comments, or just want to say hello? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠thegist@mikepesca.com For full Pesca content and updates, check out our website at https://www.mikepesca.com/⁠ For ad-free content or to become a Pesca Plus subscriber, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ For Mike's daily takes on Substack, subscribe to The Gist List https://mikepesca.substack.com/ Follow us on Social Media:⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pescagist/ X https://x.com/pescami TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@pescagist To advertise on the show, contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠ad-sales@libsyn.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://advertising.libsyn.com/TheGist

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0:00.0

It's Friday, February 6, 2026 from Peachfish Productions. It's the gist. I'm Mike Peska.

0:09.9

And today's a funny you should mention Friday. Yeah, it's funny you should mention that. It's Friday.

0:14.8

And it's funny you should mention it with Jeffrey Asmus. Really great comedian. Now, I'll tell you how he came

0:19.5

across Jeffrey Asmus. It has to do with

0:22.3

the fact that his name is Jeffrey. No, I wasn't just searching for whitecom. Which is his URL,

0:28.8

would be odd if I did. He claims to be the only funny white comedian in America. I mean,

0:33.6

all of those statements, except maybe only, are true. He's from Minnesota, has an abiding hatred of the Lutherans, all right, possibly

0:42.5

exaggerated for comic effect.

0:44.5

And we talked about that.

0:45.4

We talked about losing the audience, which can be good.

0:48.1

That maybe leads to long-term building the audience.

0:51.5

You know, and then you give the Easter eggs in there that rewards the persistent fans or those paying attention. Jokes can work on a couple levels with Jeffrey Asmas. So how I found out about him is in the credits, maybe you hear me credit Jeff Craig. Well, it turns out Jeff Craig has a little bit of Jeff Dar, he admitted to me. And he said, you got to check out this guy. I'm like, that guy's great. What a coincidence you have the same name. And Jeff Craig kind of

1:14.5

sheepishly admitted, I kind of look out for all the other Jeff's with a G in the world.

1:19.9

You know, Jeff Craig lives in Belgium. And so if there was, in fact, only one funny white

1:25.2

comedian in America, that doesn't mean he, Jeff Craig in Belgium,

1:30.4

wouldn't have access to other funny white comedians. Luckily, nothing of the sort is true,

1:36.0

except it is sort of true that our Jeff has Jeff Dar, which, you know, is a serious condition.

1:43.0

People allergic to Jeff Dar shouldn't take Jeff

1:45.0

Dar. I very much enjoyed my conversation with Jeffrey Asmus. Enjoy.

1:53.8

So building a wardrobe takes the right kind of balsa or perhaps oak, but actually I speak

2:04.0

none of the physical construct.

2:05.8

I speak of the concept of a suite of clothes.

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