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    In which the Sir John Comedy Company has two stages at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

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  1. Public Bookmark 7

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    “So what, we just mumble and whisper into the computer and eat Doritos and millions of people will wanna watch?”

    “Nail on the head, Bird. Nail – on – the – head.”

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    Or, Matt and Jay try to go viral.

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    16 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 50

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    There are no windows in the Skydome’s cramped detention room so nobody gets the moment that Jay’s nose starts bleeding, dripping heavily into his lap. His hands are still cuffed behind his back. He tries to wipe the blood off on his shoulder and succeeds in smearing it across his lips, over his left cheek. It keeps dripping like a leaky faucet. 

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    06 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 23

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    Somehow, Matt has become an adult before Jay. He goes on runs, lifts, cooks at home, reads, takes more than 2 showers a week, goes out on the weekends, does his laundry consistently. It drives Jay crazy. It's not fair. He goes back to sleep, pulling the covers over his head, hoping that maybe he'll disappear.

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    05 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 22

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    The whiteboard is the catalyst, but it really isn’t. It tips over a series of dominoes that lead to Jay’s bedroom, get under his feet, and walk him out the door. But, in the morning after, when the whiteboard has that big, capital D ‘Don’t’ on it, and Matt won’t be honest about having written it, despite it clearly being his handwriting, the whiteboard isn’t the catalyst, because Matt gets up on the couch and erases it, and it’s almost like it wasn’t there to begin with.

    A retro/prospective on Jay McCarrol's fame.

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    05 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 22

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    Okay. Fine. Whatever. He's going to get it over with. Jay's going to kiss him. He's going to kiss Matt. Honestly, it'll probably be really normal. Or like, just kind of gross, because Matt is kind of gross. They did everything together. He had only been nervous earlier because it was going to be so public. His heart was only hammering because he'd just been running for like fifteen minutes. Fifteen minutes is a long time for someone to run continuously.

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    oh my god Jay get up GET UP!

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    02 Jun 2026