Carnival Personnel

Just kidding, it's not spectacular in the least. Enjoy another regular old episode of Jacques, Joe and Biff talking about standup comedy, NHL hockey and TV watching. Oh, and Jacques does a very good deed for someone on the end of the country... the better end, some might say. Not to be confused with the "bitter end", to which is what we encourage you to listen to this whole episode. And, you're welcome, no opening or closing music. Joe took over the "editing" for this one, and he don't got a lotta time for caring about production. No, sir, he has to devote what little free time he has to spending time with his friends (old game show episodes) and family (comments section on retro video game YouTube videos).

Joe and Jacques (and shockingly, more Joe then Jacques) talk the new movie based on the infamous 1984 episode of Press Your Luck where an Ice Cream truck driver from Ohio won over 100k in one day.   Was he cheating? Was it an inside job? Was it dumb luck?  Is this guy who he says he is?   We had fun talking what the movie got right and what (admittedly) they took “artistic licensing with”.   40 years in the making and the movie and stars Paul Walter Hauser and Walton Goggins do not disappoint.     Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Opening: The Press Your Luck 1984 Show Opening   Closing Song: The Press Your Luck 1984 Closing Theme

Channeling his best David Allen Boucher Joe starts off with a little AMRS …   New Pope and New Q'Anon knuckles tattoo cipher guide.   More info then ANYONE wants as Jacques breaks his HIPPA rights to over share his medical voyage.   Jacques stand up update includes looking forward to going to the prom ... yes, he is set to tell his little stories this week at an actual high-school prom … but this week's highlight was going to Nicks and seeing The Price Is Right Host talk watching folks be more then excited just to be in the building … to being PISSED there is no car in the showcase showdown.   New Marvel movie, 3 new Star Wars show – breakdown of quick trip to Toronto for MLS game … and … and … parenting tips!   Opening: WKRP parody by @Model_CHP3Y (Twitter and Youtube)   Closing Song: Rich Get Rich (rough Dan Cray new song)    

Jeremy Shipp is a writer (no, like really a writer … like people pay him to write stuff after lawyers and agents and studios agree that HE is a guy you want to pay to write for you …) he's also one of our favorite social media content creators who has a passion for films and Hollywood that is infectious.   Jeremy loves talking movies and writing so much … he talked to us!  Well … Jacques did most of the talking but Jeremy, when he did get to talk, truly is one of the best guest we've ever had (or ever will!)   Currently writing on an animated pre-school shows, he's also written and directed a few award-winning horror shorts.   Jeremy is by all accounts a good dad who if he goes to cool places like a theme park to shoot content, he'll bring his kids!   His Windingpathmovies Instagram (YouTube and FB) accounts should come with a disclaimer your about to fall down a rabbit hole and most likely will be lost for the next few hours!   Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Opening: Welcome Back Kotter parody by @Model_CHP3Y (on YouTube)   Closing Song: Wedding Present by Beyond Id (The Stovin' Years on Spotify)

Jacques, Biff and Joe talk about the passing of Pope Francis, the latest political shenangeans of a certain dictatorial administration, and the NHL playoffs. Jacques also saw several Boston comedy legends perform during "Comedians in Their Shorts," a screening of several comics' short films at a Boston-area theater. And, um.... honestly, you can skip this episode. This was more of a wellness check than a podcast worth publishing. Yes, this is Joe writing the show notes this week. Jacques had too much to do and Biff knows better than to waste his time on this nonsense. But please check out next week's CPP Sideshow with filmmaker and TV writer Jeremy Shipp! He's quite listenable and interesting, unlike this trio here. Over.   Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Opening: Gomer by Beyond Id (on “The Stovin' Years on Spotify)   Closing: The Star-Spangled Banner (instrumental)  

11 plus years as a District Attorney … turned headlining comedian … author … musician … actor …. painter … to say Paul D'Angelo is a well-rounded Renaissance Man, is a vast understatement.   First things first … Yes, Paul has Dick Doherty stories (sadly, no Dick Bucks) but he has stories about the drive-in theater his family owned in Medford, moving to LA in mid 90s, his recent art show, the books he's written (which along with comedy specials & CDs, are all available on his site): PDangelo.com (Paul has some great content on his YouTube channel)   Also … chatted the cross over between being in front of a jury and a chatty audience member at a comedy show.   Super smart, super funny and a great guest.   @PDangelo on YT and IG Follow   CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Opening: Gomer by Beyond Id (on “The Stovin' Years on Spotify)   Closing Song: The Demise Of Your Favorite Bar by Bantom Woods (out on all platforms now)   Thanks To Paul for letting us use his Stand Up Clips Too

Like hearing a mediocre comic talk about his last week of mediocre sets at shows around New England … then this podcast is for you.   Jacques tells Joe that YET AGAIN, the highlight to his last couple weeks in stand-up was seeing a Masters Class in Comedy play out in front of him as hero to all comics, Steve Bjork gave a tiny crowd the best show they will ever see.  Truly, every show with Steve is a How To class in some aspect of stand-up.   Chat friend of Pod, Mr. Steve Cole Jr., a life long Lexington Minuteman reenactor being promoted to this year being THE famed Capt. John Parker from the Battle Of Lexington and Concord … and Steve's take-over of the local news station in hilarious fashion.   Jacques chats Luigi Mangione and his unfinished work in the medical industry,   Wanna know what region encoding is on physical media … too bad … we tell you anyways   Little TV talk … Andor, Micky 17 and Titus (2000-2002 TV show), Fix WAS in for KC with Refs … maybe.  Parenting tips and so much less.   Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Opening: Gomer by Beyond Id (on “The Stovin' Years on Spotify)   Closing Song: Lotteries & Lightning Strikes by Bantom Woods (out on all platforms now)

Did Joe and Jacques (and Mr. Wayne Russell from Open Pain Mic Podcast) go see Emo Phillips last Friday in Portsmouth NH. Yes. Did Joe and Jacques (and Wayne) hang out with Emo after having been introduced to him as a fellow comic and him treat us all like fellow comics … YES. Was it the greatest nights of our lives, including over that of the birth of our sons … No Comment. Did Emo more than live up to the hype? Yes.  Is he one of the kindest sweetest people we've ever met? Yes.   If that wasn't enough for one episode (and maybe it should have been) – we chat HANDS OFF Rallies across the country this past weekend (and Jacques and Management were part of march in rainy cold Boston) – amazing day.   Chat new music from Austin Texas band, Bantom Woods and new music soon from Dan Cray and Beyond Id (Jacques is Beyond Id)   Oh … GOP has gone full Nazi as Rep Keith Self now using Joseph Geobbles words to justify their platform.   Chat upcoming movie Luckiest Man In America based on the 80s Press Your Luck (Scandal?) as well as the TV show Norm .. the late great Norm MacDonald's 2.5 season show in 90s. And Jacques' LOVING the New Dare Devil series.   Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Opening: Gomer by Beyond Id (on “The Stovin' Years on Spotify)   Closing Song: Lotteries & Lightning Strikes by Bantom Woods (out on all platforms now)    

Always nice when it's all three – Joe and Biff competing to see which one comes close to getting more than three words in over Jacques self-indulgent ramblings.   Jacques chats the super fun memorial service for his aunt this past weekend, complete with an Elvis impersonator.   Jacques also chat some recent good stand up shows AND meeting a real hero of his, the amazing Sen. Warren in Lowell.   Chat POS Sargent Bone Spurs gutting Dept. Of Education and taking all the Black war hero of DoD website … truly white washing history.   Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Opening: Gomer by Beyond Id (on “The Stovin' Years on Spotify)   Closing Song:90s Song by Dan Cray (DanCray.net – Spotify)

Sid Singh is a Indian American Human Rights Lawyer … he's also an amazing comedian living and touring Europe full time.   Sid zoomed in from Sweden to chat with Jacques about his new special, “Illegally Funny” on YouTube.   A friend of Jacques sent him an IG reel from Sid's special that went viral and lucky for CPP, Sid didn't block us when we asked if he'd do our humble little pod.   Sid's comedy is smart, political, thought provoking and brutally honest.   Sid also … was on a legal team that beat Grifter & Chief Frump at The Supreme Court.   Yes, he is that good at both.   Great lengths will be gone thru so see Sid in NY or CA his next  trip back to States.   Give him a follow: SidSinghIsFunny on IG and YT   Opening: Gomer By Beyond Id (The Stovin Years on Spotify)   Closing Song: Tucker by Dan Cray (The Trump Era on Spotify)   Thanks to Sid for letting up use clips from his special on this pod. 

Joe and Jacques chat how NOW, legally … Jacques, is Jacques.   Chat the passing off a couple of Jacques aunts and the dread of family functions that follow.   Another week in comedy another opening for a New England legion and another show at Nick's coming up … but the big news is Jacques ISN'T opening for Emo Philips but will go see him with Joe in a couple weeks.   We chat the horrific state of the oligarchy and the Dems (again) doing their famed circular firing squad.   Also, chat Brad Marchant trade and the owner of Dallas Mavs being a … not goot person.   TV chat, little video game chat and parenting tips.   Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Opening: Gomer by Beyond Id (on “The Stovin' Years on Spotify)   Closing Song: Donut Song by Beyond Id (Written by Rod Murphy and sung by ??? Jacques??? – on “The Stovin' Years on Spotify)

Joe and Jacques we're so blown away the first time they saw Tim Champa.  It was at Nick's Comedy Stop June 2023 (with their friend All Star Tommy from LA with his wife and daughter) – we talk getting Jacques 12 year old into Nick's that night and seeing Tim dig out of a massive hole dug by the two … less than stellar comics before him.   Tim's approach to comedy – the writing … the re-writing … the re-re-re-writing-  the finding ways to be great in every room – have him well on his way to being the new regular headlining comic in the New England region but those who know his work, won't be surprised to see him as a national headliner soon.   Smart, relatable comedy with just the right amount of sharp turns and “what, did he just say what I think he said” moments that really makes his comedy stand out.   Tim is @Overweightchamp on IG, BlueSky and TikTok  Give him a follow and check TimChampa.com for upcoming dates.   Thanks to Tim for letting us post his clip at beginning and ending of show.   Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast Jacques is: JacquesFunny on Tiktok   Opening: Gomer By Beyond Id (The Stovin Years on Spotify)   Closing Song: Sober by Beyond Id (The Stovin Years on Spotify)    

Joe and Jacques play a little catch up and try not to let podcast slip into a total – we are living in Berlin in 1936, we have a dictator and the worst of the worst people are on their knees pledging to be as horrible as the can be to curry favor with the Grifter and Chief.   So we chat the awesome guest we just had and the amazing ones coming up.   Chat Jacques' way busier than it should be comedy calendar is.   Also, talk the passing of two of Jacques beloved aunts in last 6 days … not sad passing but rough week.   Hey Canada, we get booing our anthem but we were bummed and more bummed Boston couldn't have been the bigger city … yes, chat 4 Nations NHL hockey tourney and SB … amazing halftime.   Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Opening: Joe singing couple verses of The Sugar Hill Gang “Rappers Delight”   Closing Song: Make Believe by Dan Cray (Off Best Ever album on Spotify and at DanCray.Net)

About six months back Jacques saw this 15-year-old doing Dave Rattigan's Winner Circle Mic.  One of the best weekly mics in New England, stacked with headliners working out new stuff as well …  as a 15-year-old comic?   That kid is Ethan Printz and his unpaid Uber driver to the show, his Dad, Robbie.  Robbie for 30 plus years, one of the best headliners (and most liked by the comedy community) to come out of the famed late 80s/early90s Boston scene.   This was a super fun chat with a couple super fun comics.   Lots of kids go into the family business – Ethan is just starting early into the family business.  Why not.  He's good at it and a bad night of telling jokes with your day and your friends (fellow comics) beats the best day of grinding away in a cubicle doing TPS reports.   Almost every weekend you can see Robbie and Ethan at the most beloved comedy spots in New England … get to a show of theirs asap.   Follow them on the socials:   Robbie_Printz on IG EthanPrintzComic on IG   Give Carnivalpersonnelpodcast at follow in IG, Carnival Personnel on YT and JacquesFunny on Tiktok while you're at it.   Opening: Welcome Back Kotter parody by @Model_CHP3Y (on Youtube)   Closing Song: Rinse & Spit by Beyond Id (on Spotify – album: The Stovin' Years)    

Jacques, Biff and Joe are together for the first time in 2025 to try to make sense of what's been going on in America the past couple of weeks. SPOILER: it's fascism.   PLUS: The Montreal Canadiens are--get this--classy, Joe beats an Xbox game, Jacques is on a whirlwind 3-city comedy tour, and Biff checks out house prices in Japan (see above).   IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny   Opening: Gomer by Beyond Id   Closing Song: Japan National Anthem

ReporterMatt – aka MATT SHEARER from WBZ Radio Is Kinda Famous and you can see his Lil Chuck “Kinda Famous” show, THIS Saturday Feb 1!   Lucky for CPP Matt isn't to famous YET to do our humble little podcast.   The beloved WBZ Reporter Matt, to his delight and amazement has “gone viral” and caught the eye of media outlets in (old) England!  His fun quirky stories like the tiny town of Stow losing their minds over losing their Dunkin's (and yes there was another Dunkin's in next town 0.4 miles away ... or his fun (well acted), what happened to the death-trap McD's playland “attractions” of yesteryear … to his hands down BEST and probably why he won his Best Of Boston award and was inducted into WERS Hall Of Fame … his story and Jacques (Joe Flynn's) show “Goat Show” at Goats To Go in Georgetown MA   Already fans of Matt when we met in person the first time at last year's Boston Comedy Festival where Mat had the honor (and anxiety) of being a judge.   The cool stories (like living out some many of our dreams / curiosities) of “What's Behind Those Doors” in the Boston Tunnels to becoming an unexpected “true crime” reporter when he when to do a cheeky fluff, “Saugus Prada” piece.   We will not have Matt as a local reporter much longer (Matt has no plans on leaving, relax Johnson Industry corporate overlords) and he's a true Boston guys who LOVES being a true Boston guy … but come on … we know a rising star when we all see one.   A good guy, a good musician (he's stories music beds back us up on that claim) and a dad who “get it”!   Give Matt a follow and get to Lil Chuck in Boston to see him THIS Saturday!   Follow Matt Across Socials: @ReporterMatt   CPP/Jacques IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  @TheJacques4   Opening: WKRP parody by @Model_CHP3Y (Twitter and Youtube)   Closing Song: Sober by Beyond Id (on Spotify – album: The Stovin' Years)      

Southern California is on fire.  It's gonna be the most devastation national disaster in US history and already the GOP and good god- fearing Christians making it worse by saying LA (So Cal) deserves it.    We recap Jacques' and buddies Wayne and Anthony's NYE's gigs as well as Mike Koutrobis' (and Gianni Saltalamacchia's) Nick's Gig.   Jacques also had the privilege of being at the Worcester Bravehearts / Woo Sox press conference this week where he sat with close friend, greatest voice of in-stadium host AND former CPP guest Rodney – to see announcement of Futures League game being played at Polar Park this July!   Joe talks some Zelda- Jacques talks NO Application on the 25k view clip of his rescue foster Trexi in her new wheel chair – Parenting tips and … more?   IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny   Opening: Struggle by Beyond Id (on The Stovin' Years on Spotify)   Closing Song: Pepsi by Beyond Id (recorded live at WMFO Mikey D Show, on The Stovin' Years on Spotify)

If you're having a mental health crisis as you're trying to get to a Back Street Boys concert, comedian Emily Ruskowski is the hero you're looking for.   A mental health professional (Social Worker) working with kids, Emily truly is a hero.  Also, her passion for getting on a plane to go see her favorite bands makes her a hero to her 15-year-old self who knows she is “killing it” as well as Jacques' wife (aka “Management”).   Emily dropped some fantastic gems of advice on being a comic: Once you realize established comics aren't just blowing you off when they tell you to “work on the craft” and that it's NOT the crowd (generally) it's YOU, when a show doesn't go great – Lots of gold like that on this episode!   Give Emily a follow across the socials and do yourself a favor – go see a show she's headlining ASAP.   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Thanks to Emily and Don't Tell Comedy (YouTube) for the clips at beginning and end of show.   Opening Song: Welcome Back Kotter parody by @Model_CHP3Y (Twitter and YouTube)   Closing Song: New One by Beyond Id (The Stovin' Years on Spotify)

Start with quick recap of Biff's recent trip to the homeland – Land of the Rising Sun and what Jacques and Joe have been up to in comedy.   Then … the look back on the insane, ridiculous list of sideshow guest we've had this year.  So many of New England legendary comics and producers, rising stars in comedy from here and from Canada, authors …       2023 we had a lot of amazing guest but the bar was raised in 2024 and maybe one of the few things to look forward to for us in 2025 – even more amazing guest lowering their standards to do our humble little pod.   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber Opening Song: Auid Lang Syne (from It's A Wonderful Life) Closing Song: Donut Song by Beyond Id (Sung By Jacques …what? On The Stovin' Years on Spotify)

Special Christmas reposting: Sideshow 25 from 12/11/17 Jacques and Joe were pretty new to podcast and didn't know what they were doing (Still don't) but they do know … well, love anyway, Animated Christmas Specials -   We just love this Christmas-y time of year! This week, Jacques and Joe review their favorite animated Christmas specials, from Rudolph to Frosty to Charlie Brown and even Prep & Landing! Sing along to some classic Rankin/Bass tunes, including “Heat Miser” and “Snow Miser” – too much! Stop-motion, CGI or hand-drawn, all kinds of animation are welcome on this Island of Misfit Podcasts!   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber

Annie Dies A Lot. Jay Dies A Lot.   But this, “bad a video games” (except Madden) team is the amazing brain trust behind the online laugh factor of KO Comedy (ComedyHub)!   Shout out to whoever put KO on Jacques' radar (we THINK It's Sally Mullins).  Jacques has been doing shows with KO for well over a year and most Friday's driving back from shows, he logs on to KO … and … AND the always fun “After Party” with Lauren and Sarah.   We chat gaming (Last Star Fighter), meeting KO folks in the real world, Apple TV's Mythic Quest and the NFL Raiders playing games with Annie's heart and the night Joe was Jacques' drummer on a KO show.   Get in on the fun and get on their mailing list and follow them across the socials.   KOComedy.Com Twitch: ComedyHub Follow: AnnieDiesALot and JayDiesALot on most socials   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening: WKRP parody by @Model_CHP3Y (Twitter and Youtube)   Midshow Drop: Galaga Parady by Joe and @Model_chp3Y (on Twitter)   Closing Song: Wedding Present by Beyond Id (on Spotify – album: The Stovin' Years)    

Were you looking for ONE podcast that covered: how to deal with parking enforcement folks during holidays? Colin Jost's new “Pop Culture Jeopardy!” and what the folks at Buzzerblog.com think of it (that may then lead to chatting - Wink Martindale at age 91 years young, becoming the auctioneer of Howard Stern's junk?) Were you looking for information regarding the new documentary on Matt and Trey's Mexican restaurant in Colorado or the history of the Michelin Star (and the Pledge of Allegiance starting as a PR gimmick) … or were you here for chatting the costuming woes for Kristin Chenoweth's run in Boston of “The Queen Of Versailles”?   Or were you just looking for breakdown on the return of Jacques' Mom's Christmas party where Mike Koutrobis played Santa?   Wait, this is all on one coherent, well-researched, informative podcast and not some fever dream rambling of a severe ADHD comic (wannabe) and his best friend? You decide.   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening: Struggle by Beyond Id (on The Stovin' Years on Spotify)   Closing Song: Namaste by Dan Cray (on “Best Ever” at DanCray.Net and Spotify)

Special RE-Posting with our good friend BILL FAY.   In this episode from Dec 17 2023 - We talk Bills new Happy Texas play ... where Jacques spend a few days in NYC couple week back hanging with Bill as he prepped for the Investors showcase with full cast and music - figure this be a fun time to repost this one. Enjoy ... again. Legendary Film Maker and … Co-Founder of Legendary Pictures, Bill Fay zooms in to chat with Joe, Biff and Jacques … who for reasons we still don't understand has been a close friend and mentor to Jacques for 20 years! The first two film companies Bill worked for out of college went bankrupt … and then he learned to fly a plane to be Hollywood's man on the ground in Africa ... along the way working with folks like James Cameron for (politely putting it) eccentric film maker Rodger Corman to producing such block busters The Patriot and Independence Day with Director Roland Emmerich. Along the way ACCIDENTLY doubling his 24-year-old selves lives saving by making a 3-day investment based on getting to see a sneak preview of Back To The Future Bill (and partner Thomas Toll) created Legendary Pictures in 2000 with a plan for a slate of big budget (largely Superhero / Action) films … Along the way just for giggles … also produced the Hangover (well for giggles and 470m at Box office making it largest grossing rated R comedy in history.) Bill also talks his favorite project, a small indy sci fi horror called Replicate … well favorite project Jacques was an associate producer on. Bill did fly to see Jacques she he was living in Qatar in 2026 … and in Qatar gave college lectures and gave road map to finance minister of how too get their country on the film making map. Bill currently is CEO of Steric Systems – a company that has developed a electronic process of smoothing liquor and spirits at distilleries.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a45uEuVH6jI Steric Systems has grown exponentially over last few years … which leaves very little time for the other new company Bill started with his brother … a Salmon spread they've made for friends and family for years … at a few pound batches at a time … now scaling up (pun intended) to 7500 lbs test with a national food chain retailer.    Bill and Jacques now have the stage show rights to the 1999 movie Happy Texas and hope to have a 6 weeks test run (maybe in Seattle) next fall.  To be clear … BILL has the rights, Jacques just loves the movie and wants to work on the play!   CPP on IG: @CarnivalPersonnelPodcast and on Twitter: @Carnival Podcast                                                                                             Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber Jacques on Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast and FB @JacquesLambert   Opening Song: WKRP parody by @Model_CHP3Y (Twitter and Youtube)   Closing Song: Other Break by Dan Cray and Beyond Id (1993)  

Jacques finally makes it to SNL … as a guest … sitting in balcony off to the side behind a huge 1K light obscuring 75% of studio from view at dress rehearsal last Saturday night.  Truly, one of the greatest nights of his (and Management's) lives.   Jacques saw Steve Martin and Martin Short last Friday, then SNL (and SNL after Party with his guest … Friend of the show Bill Fay) on Saturday, then saw Tony V and his son do an amazing show Sunday in Manhattan … did a mic in Manhattan Monday, was at Happy Texas investor read Tuesday … and was back to being a 2nd grade sub teacher in Lowell on Wednesday.   Biff is headed to Japan for a “vacation” … is he coming back?   Will the Joe-Heads enjoy his stream of consciousness soliloquy at the end of this episode? YES.  Yes, they will.   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening: Old (90s) WBCN Steven Tyler's Thanksgiving Promo Spot                   WKRP Clips from Famed “I Swear I thought Turkeys could Fly” EP   Closing Song: Make Believe by Dan Cray (on “Best Ever” at DanCray.Net and Spotify)

There are so many wonderful people in the dog (animal) rescue world.  There are so many crazy people in the dog (animal) rescue world.  Often … their the same person.   Our guest this week is one such wonderful amazing (crazy) rescue person, Lisa from the 501c, Eddie's Ranch … named for the love of her life (and IG star) the late, Eddie On Wheels.   ALSO … this is an extra special episode as we have a 2ND amazing (and crazy) rescue person filling in as co-host for this episode … Ellen from Little Big Dog Rescue … known to CPP listeners as, “Management” (Jacques' current wife).   This is the first time “Management” is on the show (TBD if this is the first episode she will listen too.)   Lisa and Ellen have worked a number special need rescue pups in past.  Recently Ellen took in a dog from Qatar rescue born without her 2 front legs … but that doesn't stop our Trixie from being awesome … as Wayne Russell from Open Mic Pain Podcast who meet her once and is smittened.   LISA … EDDIE'S RANCH IS SPONSORING TRIXIE'S WHEEL CHAIR (so that the lucky family that adopts this sweetheart won't be burdened with such a big cost.   This was a great chat with two great rescue gals.   YES a Eddie's Ranch fundraiser to buy wheel chairs for other pups is in the planning stages.   Follow Lisa at … EddieOnWheels across the socials.   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Gomer by Beyond Id   Closing Song: “Laid” by Beyond Id (on the album The Stovin' Years on Spotify)   Comedy Bit: Dog Rescue by Jacques recorded at Frogg Brewing Nov. 2024      

Christine Hurley is the undisputed Queen of New England comedy and this is one monarch that is truly loved throughout the land.   And she made time for us on her birthday to record this episode~   An amazing story of a 40-year-old mother of five who NEVER did stand up, going from auditioning for Nickelodeon's “Funniest Moms” to a couple years later being booked every day of the month.   Does she get booked everywhere and work with everyone because she's the best or because people just love being around the nicest person in comedy … the answer is, YES.   We can't wait to have Christine back on and ALSO have everyone's favorite punching bag, Mr. Jimmy Hurley come chat about the insanity that is managing the most in demand comic in the regions career … and maybe we do a family episode as daughter Libby has braved the stage to give stand up a try!   Go see her live and follow the Queen on socials at: Christine_Hurley_Comedy on IG Christine Hurley Comedy on FB   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Welcome Back Kotter parody by @Model_CHP3Y (Twitter and Youtube)   Closing Song: Other Break by Beyond Id (The Stovin' Years on Spotify)

How? Why? Not sure … but we talk Jacques starting his new career(?) as a substitute teacher. As if the education system wasn't bad enough.   Chat another road trip with his little guy and his best pal to DC (another stop on way at Time Square to see the 11:57pm billboard show … give it a Bing or Ask Jeeves, and hit one more 6 Flags.   In DC Jacques dragged boys to West Ham United Sports Bar and then in line with the boys drops some Nichelle Nichols saving NASA knowledge and to his kids surprise, YES, first think you see is NCC-1701 USS Enterprise upon walking into Smithsonian Aerospace Museum – ALSO Jacques took picture with the Poop-Emoji Desk between Reflecting Pool and Capitol Building … AND … On Your Left.   Will Jacques get Zuckerberg's Meta Quest 3 to play the new Batman game, even knows his motion sickness will be brutal.  Who knows?   WE DO.  Yes, he will!   Little stand up chat, Halloween chat and a parenting tip … you lucky so and so's   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: WKRP parody by @Model_CHP3Y (Twitter and Youtube)   Closing Song: Vehicle Flips “Potomac”

Nice guys don't always finish last – Mark Moccia is living proof.   Every comic and every comedy show producer does fundraisers and charity shows … Mark ONLY does fund raisers and charities.   Marks is only interested in creating shows that work for venues, work for the comics and raise money and awareness for great causes.   85k and counting in his three years of running show!   Jacques recently did a show with Mark and truly saw first-hand how his approach to running shows makes him a comics favorite to work with in New England (and on that shows .. some of our favorites Lloyd Legacy and Doris Ballard were on the line up to!)   Give Mark a follow and get to one of his shows … you're gonna have a great time and a great venue and some 501-C charity is gonna get too do somemore good!   Mark Mocci -  Mark_Moccia_Comedy   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Gomer by Beyond Id   Closing Song: “Laid” by Beyond Id (recorded at The Ratt in 1995 … the night Joe officially became a band member!)

Jacques and Joe regale Biff with tales of comedy and geeking out. Thursday, they saw "Queen of Boston Comedy" Christine Hurley perform live. Friday, Jacques was a finalist at Wicked Funny's 2nd Annual Merrimack Valley's Funniest Person Contest! Then on Saturday, they paid a (for Joe, third) visit to the Shea Family "Back to the Future" Museum in Hubbardston, Mass, and capped the day off with a special 35th anniversary screening of "Back to the Future Part II"!   Plus, Jacques not-so-humble brags about meeting two-time Stanley Cup winner and Boston Bruins legend Derek Sanderson at a recording of Mark Riley's Chirping Zebras hockey podcast! Listen here: https://chirpingzebras.com/?post_type=podcast&p=2020   Also more NHL talk, assorted yuks, and a whole lotta yums!   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: "Gomer" by Beyond Id   Closing Song: "Bookends" by Beyond Id

Jacques whose home screams Halloween year round … got a late start getting up the 12 ft skeletons and inflatables … but spend weekend making up for lost time (much to the neighbors chagrin.   The three of us do a much deeper dive into the Oreo Coke Zero and Coke Zero Oreo's then anyone should.   The horrific flooding in parts of the country (followed by the horrific politicalizing the response) is treated different in Japan where, sadly, also parts of that country are experiencing the same flooding's … but they do recognize the climate change having played hand in these disasters.   Is Shohei Ohtani the greatest baseball player off all time.  Yes.   We chat little video games, little TV, parenting times and … stuff.   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Gomer by Beyond Id   Closing Song: Beyond Id – Tear Stained Eyes (THINK this was first recording Dan and Jacques … and some tool bag name PJ who jammed with us) and this is recorded on a boom box in basement of Dan's dorm in early 1990    

YES – Chris aka CPF Production aka Wicket Funny is in year 3 over at The China Blossom and we chat that a good deal … but FIRST … we chat some award-winning  Grampa's Homestyle Chili!   THIS room at China Blossom has been one of the more well-known rooms in New England comedy for most of the last 40 years.  This is Chris' 2nd stint at running the comedy room and every weekend between Labor Day and Memorial Day, you'll see the BEST comics killing it in front of a packed room!   Most clubs and bookers talk that “they're like a family” with the New England's best known folks in comedy … well Chris had nearly 50 of them fly over too Italy for his wedding a couple years ago.   When it comes to the “names” of New England comedy, Chris is arguably the most well liked (loved by many) comedy show producers but how supportive he is to the comics just starting out … he's really the most liked guy over all by this insane and funny club.   Jacques has been going too China Blossom to see shows since high school and over the last couple years, maybe seen 25 shows here –but Oct 18th for the Wicket Funny “Funniest Person In Merrimac Valley” contest  finals and the Oct 20thshow case – Jacques is counting down the days like a 7 year old does Christmas!   Chris' Webpage is:https://www.cpfproductions.com/ Flahive on Socials: CPFProductions on FB & Instagram!   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Gomer by Beyond Id (find at Spotify on The Stovin' Years) Closing Song: Ba Bada Ba Ba by Beyond Id (find at Spotify on The Stovin' Years)

Matt Misci – aka – Mr. Pinky Ring Comedy – aka The Bald Barber is our guest this week.  We JUST met Matt for first face to face last week where he was one of the hosts (and a judge … I think) at CPF Productions (Wicket Funny / Chris Flahive) comedy contest … In which Jacques, Wayne Russel and somehow Anthony Eugenio from Open Mic Pain Podcast, have all advanced to the finals Oct 18, 2024)   And YES, Matt was wearing (his dad's) Pinky Ring when we met him and boy did he live up to the hype we had heard about him.   A comic.  A host / MC.  And a booker.  He might have gotten a late start into comedy but you'd sure think he's one of those 40-year vets we chat about most episodes.   A barber IS a lot like a (hopefully) sober bartender.  You really get to know your clients and about a year into sobriety Matt went to his first mic and knew this was for him.  Yes, he does test out material on friends in his chair … they can't get up and he's holding scissors … can't ask for a more attentive audience!   Matt chats the overwhelming special support he has gotten from day one from all areas of the hierarchy of New England comedy.  Be it working material out with him, giving him shows he didn't expect to be getting for a while … even picking him up in the rain when he had car trouble on his way to a show.   Now, yes, Jacques did (very unsuccessfully) tried to start a beef with Matt and Mike Koutrobis … but Matt wouldn't bite … so Jacques just gonna have to try harder next time to make stuff up!   Give Matt a follow at: Mishcomedy00 on IG and MMisci on FG PinkyRingComedy on both IG & FB   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Welcome Back Kotter Theme Song Parody (by Joe and Chipboy on Youtube) Closing Song: Capo by Beyond Id (find at Spotify on The Stovin' Years)  

According to some folks at this past Friday night at China Blossom Restaurant in N. Andover MA, where the comedy room Wicket Funny is, Jacques doesn't totally stink at stand up … nor does their pal Wayne Russell, who both moved to finals of 2ndannual Funniest Person In Merrimac Valley contest. Jacques learns what a “mom said no” item in a store is, we chat Vegas odds of Oasis tour actually happening, The Jane's Addiction dust up on stage in Boston this weekend … and someone running for public office who hates the non-child having cat lady, Taylor Swift (who we … think is a national treasure and a great person.)  Joe gives a big thumbs up to “Legends Of Beavis”, Biff gives interesting breakdown of “Ghost Stories” from Japan and Jacques' kid has him watching JuJutsu Kaisen. Jacques and son went to pretty amazing Weezer 30th anniversary of Blue Album show (Dinosaur Jr was great, Flaming Lips sucked). Erling Haaland, footballer for Man City is a human cheat code (that's if he is human) and piss off to Complains and Observation's Dave for putting Jacques on anxiety ride watching West Ham games! Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Gomer by Beyond Id Closing Song: New One by Beyond Id (find at Spotify on The Stovin' Years)

Come see the great Tony V. THIS Friday Sept 13th at The China Blossom in N. Andover MA, where he'll be hosting and headlining night one of CFP's Wicket Funny's 2nd annual “Funniest Person In Merrimac Valley” contest – Jacques (and former CPP guests Wayne Russell from Open Mic Pain Podcast and Lauren Simms) will all be participants in. A lot of great stuff has happened with Tony since being on our podcast in March.  Now, we're not saying ALL of it is a result of being on our podcast but we're not, NOT saying that either.  Hey, the “CPP Bump” as it's known industry wide, has really helped a lot of careers … according to our own research (which is proprietary and we won't be sharing with the class.) Sure, it could be part strategic self-serving scheduling on our part back in March.  It COULD be part coincidence.  And sure, an argument could be made that these things have come about due to a life time of hard work by Tony and him being one of the best comics to ever come out of the greatest city for stand-up comedy ever.  BUT his “Life Time Achievement” award from Jim McCue & The Boston Comedy Festival this year DID happen after being on our podcast.  His ridiculously funny Comedy Dynamics special, “Wait Till You Hear This” did come out on Apple TV, Amazon Prime (and dozens of other places) AFTER he was on CPP.  Tony was also prominently featured on the very cool John Tobin Productions launch video for their “Lil Chucks” comedy club and also, when Jacques was in LA a few weeks ago, Tony did get to co-host with the very talented Gus Vireiros at The Yard Theater in Hollywood an amazing show with Bobcat Goldthwait, again all this happened AFTER having been on CPP ... and now, this Friday's Wicket Funny CFP hosting headlining gig … come on. Hope you can get a ticket for what will be a sold-out show on Friday. Follow Tony on socials at: tonyvcomic_  on IG and Tony on FB is: Tony Viveiros   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber  

Jacques is (sadly) back in Lowell after a couple super fun (and productive) weeks in Los Angeles – where Biff hosted his yearly (amazing) yearly JFT Hockey team party – as always Biff goes above and way beyond with the food and hospitality and NOT leaving the party to go have his finger sewn backed up after nearly slicing it off in food prep. Joe himself had a pretty great trip since last chat ...  his was to New York City (New York City … inside joke .. if you know you know.)  Where Joe and his much better half saw not one, not two but THREE Broadway plays … including Back To The Future.  Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Gomer by Beyond Id Closing Song: Mind Time by Beyond Id (find at Spotify on The Stovin' Years)

This is a very special episode of Carnival Personnel, but don't worry: you won't learn an important life lesson, or fight drug pushers by just saying "no," or even fend off your handsy neighborhood bicycle shop owner. This episode celebrates the 30th anniversary of FORMAL EDITION! What the heck is that, you ask? Why, it was only the premier source of public access television sketch comedy from Lexington, Mass. in the years 1994 and 1995 -- THAT'S ALL! Join Jacques and Joe with their guests and former Formal co-hosts Steve and Jim as they honor... well, themselves! They take a fond and hilarious look back at all of the comedy gold they mined in that little TV studio some 30 years ago. Listen to them laugh at VHS recordings of their own material like four middle-aged cis white male Norma Desmonds. You'll laugh, too--whether it's at them or with them, it all feels the same: FUNNY! Remember the '90s and enjoy!

Jacques is in LA for two weeks mostly doing (what he calls” comedy.  His goal is 30 open mics in 15 days and come home with 7 new(ish) minutes of yuks.  His travels on Wednesday took him to a barber shop in Inglewood CA … could have been Tom Hanks on SNL Black Jeopardy but ended up … getting invited back! Joe chats his goldmine of TV show box sets  (LOTS of 70s, 80s some 90s) he's acquired and the joyful painstaking process of putting it all onto his Plex.  A true investment in our happiness. Biff between bleeding for the cause … the cause in this case … the annual – FNH / John Taylor Fertilizer Hockey Franchise LLC's yearly party at his house.  As always, the food and hospitality was beyond expectation … and YES, he bleed for the cause nearly cutting part of his finger off in food prep … should he have gone to ER … who knows but he hockey player-ed it thru and the rest of us, can't say thanks enough. Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond Id (Beyond Id The Stovin' Years on Spotify) Closing Song: I-Rock by Fivehead

Comedian, Actress and soon to be Author, the delightful Doris Ballard is out guest this week. A life-long love of theater has had Doris on stage for years.  Always active in local politics and local television – Doris' standing in the Concord NH community really was a road block to pursuing the type of comedy she's meant to tell … and it's NOT for the pearl clutching faint of heart! This rapping grandma exemplifies the “don't judge a book by it's cover” when you see the host hand her the mic on stage.  Nothing is off limits and no one is safe … ESPECIALLY that absolutely delightful Norm Ballard … Doris husband, uber driver, sounding board and her personal piñata (as Norm really sometimes takes a beating!)  Look up the term “good sport” and there you'll find a picture of Norm. Jacques has been lucky enough to be on line ups all over New England (Maine at Jim McCue shows at Smitty's Cinema's – In New Hampshire at Dave Rattigan's shows At Murphy's Tap Room and in Lowell MA at Greg Boggis Mondo Comedy Luna Theater Shows) don't worry Vermont, you're on our list! Follow Doris across the socials and GO SEE HER SHOWS … truly, Joe's right, Kendrick LaMar be doing himself a favor by jumping onto one of Doris' show closing raps! Follow / Contact Doris:  DorisBallard@Comcast.net                                                   Facebook: Doris Ballard and Doris Ballard Comedy Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: WKRP Parody by Joe and Youtuber: Chipboy Closing Song: Recess by Beyond Id (find at Spotify on The Stovin' Years)

Where can you go to hear Olympic talk from three guys who haven't watched ANY of the Olympics but HAVE seen a few memes … BUT did spend the night before recording binge watching 3 Battle Of The Network Stars … right here baby! Where can you go to hear a breakdown of the WRONGFULLY (universally panned) UPN's 1998 The secret Diary Of Desmond Pfeiffer … (OTHER than the Forgotten TV and Tele-Hell Podcast … Right here baby! Biff had Joe and Jacques do a blind ranking game of talk show host … there will be more of this stuff moving forward … lots of fun. Jacques chats car camping at the Judy Blume NJ rest stop on the way to 6 Flags after letting his 14-year-old and his best pal check out Time Square at 2am on a Wednesday night (Did you know the Taco Bell in Time Square has hard booze?) Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Gomer By Beyond Id (find on The Stovin' Years by Beyond Id on Spotify) Closing Song: Where U Been by Dan Cray (DanCray.net and on Spotify)

Joe and Jacques meet Tyler Morrison back in April when he was in town for the Boston Comedy Festival,  Tyler was at the BCF in his role as owner/producer of the comedy label Standing 8 Comedy (taping the two nights of semi-finals) and to record HIS podcast (Fight Stories) in front of a live Boston / BCF audience. Tyler himself is a national touring comedian as well as creator of HIS yearly comedy festival (on year 15) – Cottage Comedy Festival. Tyler has a bunch of amazing special up on his @TylerMorrison @Youtube channel Buckle up and wear a helmet cause Tyler's comedy hits hard! Tyler's Fight Stories co-host is another great headliner comedian (based in NJ by way of Toronto) John Moses. This really was a fun chat and Jacques is gonna try to drag Joe up to the great white north too hopefully do shows with Tyler this fall! Follow Tyler across his socials like – IG is TylerMorrison123 and check out his websites for tour dates TylerMorrison.ca Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Welcome Back Kotter Parody (By Joe and YouTuber: Chipboy) Closing Song: Sober by Beyond Id (off Stovin' Time on Spotify) Thanks to Tyler for letting use us clips from his special: Running Rampant

I don't think we ever had REAL breaking news while recording an episode … but news broke (sadly) Biden is stepping aside … and we talk about … The passing of the GREAT Bob Newhart. Joe chats the new NES Champions DELUX he picks up this week and the history of “The Golden” cartilage! Chat more dead New England comedy summer shows and the few bright spots along the way. Jacques chats his sons sad trip to St. Louis (and taking them 3 days to get home cause Delta Airlines SUCKS) Little Godzilla Minus One talk with Biff and well … that's mostly it. Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Beyond Id “Gomer” (off The Stovin' Years on Spotify) Closing Song: Reunion Café by Dan Cray (of Wetbrian album on Spotify and DanCray.Net)

Career hockey referee turn headline comedian (turn podcaster) – Mark Riley was our guest this week. It was just Jacques and Mark, so it's not that the chat went off the rails … there were no railed to keep them on tract to start. Mark has one of the most interesting paths to the mic of any comedian quest we've had. Mark's podcast Chirping Zebra is a must subscribe to if you're a hockey person … who also likes to laugh a lot.   MarkRileyComedy and Chripingzebras on IG                                                                     on Facebook - MarkRiley  And FrankieChrips is also a fun follow on IG Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: WKRP Parody by Joe and Youtuber: Chipboy Closing Song: Laid by Beyond Id off The Stovin' Years (on Spotify)

1986 Jacques went to Nick's Comedy Stop with a buddy from his hockey team … a short 38 years later – He (with Joe there to make it a great night) did a set on the stage the truly launched hundreds of comedy careers. Thank you Mr. Mike Koutrobis! On the other side of the comedy coin, Jacques chats the epidemic of dead shows in the summer and looking forward to LA trip and working with Danta and Sally. When Joe hears “bike shop” he goes to a happy place (Pee Wee's Big Adv) … Jacques goes to Bike Shop from Different Strokes.  W – Joe. July 11th – the one and ONLY chance for a judge to sentence POS Trump (but we're not holding our breath) – and credit where credit is do, once again the DEM Party masterfully demonstrating their skills of the circular firing squad NOW, with 3 months to go, saying Biden shouldn't run.  GOP – Evil, DEMS – Morons. Some football (soccer) talk, some tv talk, parenting tips … and live song (crappy quality) from Jacques' band Beyond Id playing The Rat in 1993. Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Beyond Id “Gomer” (off The Stovin' Years on Spotify) Closing Song: Beyond Id – Live At The Rat in Boston 1993      

Working comedian Liam Hales was our super fun guest this week.  Liam can be seen somewhere in New England every weekend hosting or featuring. Most Saturday's Liam is at McCue's Comedy Club in Portsmouth – Also a regular at Smitty's Cinema's (in Maine & NH) as well as City Winery in Boston to name a few places.  He is also an integral part of the Boston Comedy Festival production team. After time in a college improv troop, Liam spend a few years in Los Angeles working the comedy scene (where he cross paths with our great friend of ours Sally Mullin's - Sleazy Does It On Amazon Prime) Liam's material is very open, personal and relatable. He's liked by and he cracks up all the big name comics (like Tony V) he works with and also goes out of his way to help the new comics (like Jacques) get stage time (as a comic and a host0 and is always so encouraging and supportive.  Between his kindness and being 6-6 and build like a lot 70s Buick station wagon, Liam exemplifies the term gentle giant … but I still wouldn't want to heckle him. Also, a big thank you to Liam for letting us use clips from his awesome comedy album: Please Forgive Me (available on Apple Music and other places … and there are some fun clips on YouTube as well). Always posting fun clips from shows, Liam is a great follow at:                             LiamHalesNH and McCuesComedyPortsmouth on IG Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Joe's acapella of The Sugerhill Games “Rappers Delight”  Closing Song: Building A Wall by Dan Cray and Beyond Id (Check out video Dan made for song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZnlObttN-I)  

Biff and Jacques fly solo this week – chatting Jacques recent comedy adventures: Opening and hosting for ex NHL ref Mark Riley and another show with Steve Bjork where after, Jacques Mom let's Steve know he is very funny and should stick with this comedy thing. The only thing worse then everything in your house breaking at once is a repair person who tries bullying your wife into writing a better review as you catch him in the act of trying to mark up a part 600%. Jacques has a St. Louis trip and a few weeks coming up then a few weeks in LA – doing comedy, yes.  Play hockey … we'll see. Very little talk about the (hopefully but unlikely) jail time in Spray Tan Comb Overs July 11th sentencing … but then onto Stanly Cup and Celtics championship yapping. Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Gomer (by Beyond Id off album Stovin' Years On Spotify)   Closing Song: Dan Cray “Quieter Now” Off album Best Ever (Dancray.net/Spotify)

Comedian and a non-toxic middle-aged guy who is NOT afraid to tell his friends he loves them OR to openly talk mental health issues, MYSTARU is our guest this week. Rapper – Break Dancer – DJ – PROUD former Dunkin Donuts alumni turned comic and clearly the guy Ben Affleck modeled his Dunkings persona after – Mystaru is ALSO  a pod (Vlod) cast co-host of “Real Or No Reelz” A competitor in McCue's 2024 BCF – Mystaru is booked on shows (and hosting shows) all over New England on a constant basis. We chat how blown away we are of the mentoring some of the biggest and best names in New England comedy are constantly doing (like the great TONY and Steve) and how, yeah there are some tool bags in this club but the friends we're making and the fun we're having … It's a heck of a ride. If you can't find MYSTARU (Shawn Ruiz) or Real or no Reelz on ALL the socials – then you're not looking very hard! (and YES we do chat his possible MySpace channel) Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Twilight Zone CPP Parody Closing Song: Best Ever by Dan Cray (off Best Ever on Spotify, DanCray.Net)    

Been a bit since Biff was on the podcast!  Was a delight to have the whole starting line up back. Joe gifted Jacques TWO awesome T-Shirts for his birthday this weed and we talk Jim McCue's 3rd year anniversary shows at his comedy space in Portsmouth NH … and how Jacques did at that show! We chat the run of great guest and plug next week's sideshow with comedian Mystaru. A debate raged over Monkeys riding Swans was a possibility and it was Ostriches in the video game Joust. You know – totally current and not insanely 1984 jr high stuff. Some video game chat, so parenting tips and can Biff adopt Joe and marry Jacques and move to Japan if election in November doesn't go well for democracy? Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Beyond Id “Struggly” (off The Stovin' Years on Spotify) Closing Song: Sin Pathetic by Dan Cray (off The Salad Days 1997)

Casey Crawford, Co-Champ of the 24th Annual Boston Comedy Festival 2024, a Jimmy Kimmel Alumni and most likely the ONLY guest we'll ever have on from South Dakota! Casey made up for a (very) late start in comedy with an insanely meteoric rise the first couple years in comedy … and to do so from Nebraska's 5-person comedy scene … WHAT? Casey is an absurdist comedian who delivers his out of left field jokes while in a semi crazed, let's give THIS guy some space when he gets on the subway, character.   We had the most insanely fun and cerebral chat regarding breaking down the mathematics of a good fart joke.   Casey Crawford – IG: CaseyCrawford1978   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: WKRP Theme Song Parody (By Joe and YouTuber: Chipboy)   Closing Song: Beyond Id – Laid off “The Stovin' Years” (BeyondId/Spotify)

HOLY SNICKIES – 7 YEARS OF OUR CRAP. Yep … 1st CPP was Memorial Day Weekend 2017 – Insane.  Pats were GREAT.  My kids liked me … but 1600 Penn Ave was … not good. Highlights from THIS episode … talking Jacques ripping a tooth out opening his pool (who had THAT on their bingo card), Joe's kid graduating highschool and on to college, some celeb deaths (Dabney Coleman, Steve Lawrence, Morgan Spurlock) Actual sports chat (briefly) as Jacques went to HISTORICAL game 2 of PWHL inaugural Walter Cup, Man City (predictable) wins Premier Leauge, and Joe watched B's break Boston's hearts again. TV chat – Joes loving Fall Out and Jacques could only stomach ep 1 of 3 of Ashley Madison doc. Little gaming talk.  Parenting Tips and much much more … like too much … we gotta keep this to an hour. Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: WKRP Theme Song Parody (By Joe and YouTuber: Chipboy)   Closing Song: Beyond Id – Lepton's Bingo Teddy (BeyondId/Spotify)

83-Year-Old-Jewish-Vaudevillian trapped inside a 24-year-old's body, Joseph Katz is our guest this week. A finalist in the 2024 Boston Comedy Festival – Joseph Katz chats with OUR Joe and Jacques about their mutual love for the Dick Van Dyke Show, Jack Benny and pre-Carson Tonight Show (Note: we all also LOVE Carson's Tonight Show.)  Katz had a cable access (Daily Show) type program in high school, followed by his college radio comedy talk show at WMUL at UMass Lowell (about 3 miles from Jacques' shack) – Comedy IS his life!  And his life is pretty good! Katz falls somewhere between the great Emo Phillips and the Boston Legend Steven Wright.  An “absurdist” style of very smart humor with hard to see coming, sharp right turns. The youngest comic on the finals stage at BCF this year and he's only going to get more seasoned.  He is truly one to watch as he's just that lucky break from becoming a nationally known comic. Follow Joe Katz:  JooeKatzComedy on IG Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Welcome Back Kotter Parody (By Joe and YouTuber: Chipboy)   Closing Song: Dan Cray “Where U Been” Off album Best Ever (Dancray.net/Spotify)

Been a minute since Biff Joe and Jacques were on a pod together! Chatted being on a show (and Joe being part of the fun) this past weekend (thanks to pals Wayne and Anthony from Open Mic Pain Podcast) – with them AND Boston Comedy Fest 2024 Co-Champ Casey Crawford (who is our guest in 3 weeks!) As a legit news source for so many, we'd be doing a disservice if we didn't weigh in with our well-educated opinions on the Kendrick v Drake kerfuffle, the Tyson v Jake Paul upcoming bout and Netflix editing Kim Kardashian being boo-ed edit out of Brady Roast. Also yap - Jay Weinberg being MORE then Max Weinberg's son, Boston's PWHL triple OT playoff win (a little NHL stuff), New Batman video game JUST being on Meta VR (maybe), parenting tips and a show stopping – pulled from the CPP Vault, Joe's self-indulgent theater rendition of Paul Lynde singing Sinatra's “My Way!” Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening: Gomer by Beyond Id (The Stovin' Years On Spotify)   Closing Song: 614 by Beyond Id (The Stovin' Years On Spotify)