Cheesesteak & Chowder

We're celebrating 10 years of C&C and Bean Bag Studios all month long! One of our first 10th anniversary episodes features a check-in from our old friends, Smirnof & Stroganoff, our Russian correspondents on the links. Then, we get our taillights cracked on the Karen Read trial. Spoiler alert: She's guilty. We also cast our version of the Karen Read movie. (another spoiler alert: OJ Simpson didn't make the cut. Well he did, but not for a movie role). Finally, we talk a little bit of sports and the Celtics-Knicks rivalry that isn't, as well as the Utah Mammoth.

We welcome our newest sponsor, Daizy's Social Sodas! You can tell there's THC in these puppies because we spend the last 15 minutes of the pod pondering what things were compared to before the inventions of sliced bread and bread boxes. We also call out the news outlets for all featuring the wrong movie roles to feature on Val Kilmer's tombstone.

Anthony takes the floor to chirp and gloat about his champion Eagles! We also play a couple rounds of America's favorite game, "Who Sucks More?"

* - Due to technical difficulties, the audio failed to register on this episode from the mixer, and we ended up with just a recording of ambient room audio. So, it's tough to hear everyone, but there's some good content in there, much of it spontaneous, that we wanted to serve up to you anyway. Enjoy some important sports takes about fan gear violations, missed extra points, the defeat formation, and an impromptu fantasy draft of classic mall stores.

The Kraft signal went up for the Mayo firing/coach hiring of Jason's beloved Patriots. We wonder who actually wants to watch this new TGL golf league, and come up with all the ways we would improve it if we ran it. Then we play a couple rounds of America's favorite game, "Who Sucks More?," and Anthony brings a new game to the table - are these Oreo flavors real or fake?

We recap the food-injected year that was 2024, slide in a "Shit We Missed," play a round of America's favorite game, "Who Sucks More?," and listen to the most full throttled embrace of being who you are with the new McRib holiday jingle!

We dig into the mailbag and read an impassioned note from listener "Joey C. from Coney Island." Then we discuss the proposed "Golden At-Bat Rule" in baseball as a springboard to introducing some of the best new rule ideas - straight from the C&C development team - for all four major sports to make things WAY better. We wrap up with the interim producer giving us his birthday lineup, featuring Maude Apatow.

We kick things off this week with an "If We Ran It" where we pitch our new business venture - a theme park based on Hallmark Movies. Then, it's the state of our respective sports nations.  We analyze all 4 sports teams in each of our hometowns, give them each a gobs rating, and debate who's teams are in the best (or saddest) state.

We wonder where the term "Laundry List" came from and who the experts are who claim that certain unhealthy things eliminate random amounts of time from your life. We share illogical fears like ladders sliding off the tops of vans and impaling us while driving. Anthony hosts a round of America's favorite game, "Who Sucks More," asking Jason about two types of annoying fans at sporting events. Then, we give the rundown of our respective birthday baseball lineups - our top 9 famous people who share our birthdays, placed into a baseball-style lineup, plus a starting pitcher, and debate who has the best roster.

After some NFL takes and a discussion of whether or not the Deshaun Watson trade is the worst in sports history, we dive into some of the all time most disapointing "knock off" products that we ended up with, because they were chepear, healthier, or just available.  We're talking Hydrox cookies, Loc Blocs, and Go Bots. Then we discuss the shocking news that Capri Sun is going to be selling it's drinks in bottles and we wax on about the iconic packaging like pouches and cannisters that "Make" certain products what they are.

A whole bunch of rambling in our cups!

We're broadcasting for the first time, outside on the Villa Papagna 3.0 -- it's an old school C&C (with new skool takes)!  As we do every couple years, we give you some fresh takes (rants) on the Olympics, including which sports we could compete in and which sports should be added (pool H-O-R-S-E, anyone?).  Also, a recap of Jason's destination wedding weekend in the Vermont mountains, and some fresh travel takes coming off his honeymoon to Antigua, including an airport terminal edition of America's Favorite Game, "Who Sucks More?"

A tight twenty minute banger!  Why are the Minions and Murder Mystery Parties still in my life? Also, boneless chicken wings have no business calling themselves "wings." 

The interim producer joins the C&C boys for round 2 of renaming American sports teams. We take another handful of teams from the four major American sports that we think have mediocre or crappy team names, and come up with much better ways for them to re-brand themselves. This time around, we fix the Las Vegas Raiders, the Atlanta Braves, the New York Jets, the Brooklyn Nets, and our own local Carolina Hurricanes.  Pour the moonshine and sip into this chock full of genius.

Fans of professional American sports are either going to love or hate this episode but make no mistake, we are making the world a better place, once again. Jason and Anthony go through a dozen of the worst-named teams in pro sports and give them a naming makeover. You always wondered why the Lakers and Jazz kept their lame names that were tied in to previous home cities or what the hell is a guardian??  Well, imagine living in a sports universe that included a little bit of Tampa Smoke, Hollywood Elite, L.A. Aftershock, and St. Louis Arch Enemies! We also kick off the episode with a round of America's favorite game, "Who Sucks More" and ask why the likes of Chelsea Handler and Tenacious D are "Still in My Life??!"

We're back with a tighly packed episode featuring THREE rounds of America's favorite game, "Who Sucks More?" where we ask the question about people who collect shit and people sell shit. Meanwhile, we have something to say about those people who stand outside for 13 hours to watch the NFL Draft. 

We kick it off with some (outdated) NFL draft takes, followed by a sponsor getting called out and put on notice.  Why is April Fool's Day still in my life? and finiching up with the Mount Rushmore of Moustaches, featuring Fred Goldman!

To celebrate our 200th episode, and kick off our next 100 episodes, we're doing a crossover celebration with the Mix Tape Mafia's 100th episode, reflecting on some of the breatest bits and music from the past 300 episodes in Bean Bag Studios.

We take a long (but distinguished) dive into the gluttony that is season 6 of Love is Blind, with our trademark comedy gold and C&C takes on all the hot messes from the Charlotte season. We've also got a new sponsor to Bean Bag Studios... the Tushy! And we've shoehorned in some "If We Ran it," some "Get Your Ass Back on Track," some "Why are you still in my life?," and a compelling traffic-related round of America's favorite game... Who Sucks More?

It's been said by many that when C&C comes up with a great idea, the world takes notice and generational innovation usually follows. This episode is all that and a bag of chips. Hang with us through some great sports Hall of Fame debate and some exceptional ways we would change and improve all Halls of Fame in sports. Our penultimate take may be the best - a new proposal to fix the calendar, with the invention of "Leaptober."

Jason's youngest offspring, Colby, joins the boys of C&C for a Star Wars fantasy draft, where we pick rosters of heroes, villains, droids, creatures, planets, and space ships. Get ready to nerd out!

Disclaimer: This episode was recorded BEFORE the Patriots FIRED Bill Belichick and hired Jerod Mayo. Because there are obviously alternate timelines in the universse, we hopped into the DeLorian and the Flux Podcassiter took us to one.

Legos? Cabbage Patch Dolls? Easy-Bake Oven? Which legendary toys will get chosen in our C&C Christmas Toys Fantasy Draft? Jason and Anthony welcome in returning guest podders 2-N Jenn and her daughter Tori to the studio. Plus, the interim producer who's calling in live from "the field." Who will draft the best roster? Listen and find out!

It's holiday time and we're tossing the new NBA In-Season Tournmanet into America's Favorite Game, "Who Sucks More?" We've also got some quick NFl takes and give the "Why are you still in my life?" business to a few of our ex-80's characters.

Life's curve balls have caused a little hiatus but gobster nation calls and we're back in studio!It's an action-packed epsiode with some great airport stories, including a game of "Who Sucks More?" for dudes in the VIP lounge. We dive into some NFL and Bill Belichick, as well as why we hate fantasy football in this week's "Shit We Care Too Much About." Pais, Pais, and the interim producer.

It's a signature C&C fantasy draft with Pais, Pais, Tori, and the interim producer. We are each drafting a 5-movie roster consisting of a time travel movie, a rom com, an alien movie, an original theme song movie, and a flex.

We suffered a tragic technical and creative loss in Bean Bag Studios during the great coconut water incident of 2023. Long-story short, we lost a couple recorded episodes that we had in the can after the death of our primary BBS laptop/hard drive and iCloud misfire. But HAVE NO FEAR, Gobster Nation... we are professionals and we are here to bring you a quick cliffs notes version of the comedy gold that was lost on those epsisodes. So enjoy a nice, compact 20 minute recap episode of the "Lost Recordings" before we get our asses back on track with the new studio equipment as we head toward 200...

After a few weeks of mourning, Jason is finally ready to dive into the ruins record-breaking season flaming out in round 1, which leads to some classic C&C discussion about the problem that is the road-team advantage in both the NHL and the NBA. We discuss the replay changes we'd make as Czar of sports and Pete Davidson gets the treatment of "Why are you still in my life?"

The success of the new MLB pitch clock has us theorizing what other sports and elements of life in general could be massively improved (if we ran it) by adding timers and penalties. Also, some ig NHL playoff predictions (spoiler alert: we're picking the B's)

In this week's episode, Anthony recounts his recent jaunt through Jason's hometown where he had some chowder and lobster ravioli in Boston's North End. Jason goes on a rant about how lobster ravioli always comes up way too short in the lobster department. Then Jason dreams about Lamar Jackson coming to the Patriots and his Bruins winning the Stanley Cup. We play a few rounds of America's favorite game, "Who Sucks More?" including one about dudes on an airplane that Anthony forgets we already played out once before!

As we prep for the debut of the fourth and final season of HBO's Succession, we decided to do a death pool draft, C&C style, picking two rosters of the all the potential characters who could eat it on Succession. First prize, of course, is a bottle of VCR. You want to know what second prize is? Second prize is 6-pack of PBR. Third prize is you're fired.

It's a super bowl preview for Anthony's Eagles! We also talk about the Bruins and the remarkable 2015 NHL Draft. Then we reveal some of the crazy new pro bowl games, including some of the lesser known games that didn't make air on the braodcast, but we have them for you on C&C, thanks to a secret fax from commisioner Roger Goodell. We also talk about what constitutes a "supergroup" and discuss the new nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and we scratch our heads over why these acts are considered Rock & Roll, let alone, hall of famers. It's a jam-packed old school Cheesesteak & Chowder!

It's our annual discussion and quick picks of the entire NFL playoffs. Some gloating of Anthony's first seeded Eagles, and Jason has to bring up his NHL-leading Bruins. Then of course, some business getting for The Addams Family... once again. AND... a very big announcement in the BBS universe!

It's an old school C&C holiday episode as we brag about our first place sports teams, exchange gifts and reflect on 2022.

C&C hits the links and the strip in Vegas! We're in studio for a mega recap of our JP50 trip to Vegas, including special cutaways to some live pod segments from the mile high club with Jewel, Reflection Bay at Lake Las Vegas, and the Foundation Room atop the Mandalay Bay Hotel.

Have no fear - C&C is here to get the world spinning back on its proper axis... aka, give some actual objective analysis to why Top Gun: Maverick wasn't actually that good. We also recap other summer happenings and celebrate the start of football season with some pumpkin beer!

It's the lost Spring Sessions as we relocated to the new Bean Bag Studios 3.0. We've got a roll of Necco wafers and some airplane editions of Who Sucks More? amount other things as we roll on a soft launch for the upcoming Grand Opening.

It's a quick, action-packed 24-minute helping of C&C where we discuss the newest stupid competition shows like Domino Masters and Is It Cake? Then we share with the listeners a few of the lesser known new shows that you may not have heard about yet. Plus, a quick douchebag round of America's favorite game, "Who Sucks More?"

Disclaimer: This incredibly entertaining episode was taped just before the Super Bowl, at the beginning of the Olympics, after Jason's bout with the 19, before Kevin James choked on a rubber biscuit, and smack in the middle of Wordle-mania!

It's another session of casting couch - America's second favorite game, where we recast a current day reboot of some of our favorite childhood TV shows. Today we tackle Night Court and Who's the Boss. But before we get there, we have a few hot takes on football, some shout-outs, including Andy Cohen for preaching about the REAL Journey!

Inspired (or uninspired) by Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear's casting in their recent Facts of Life/Different Strokes reboots, we decided to do our own recasting of a few of our favorite old sitcoms, as if they were rebooted today for some ridiculous live performance with random actors who were too old or completely miscast for the parts. We bring you a NEW cast for Three's Company, Gilligan's Island, Happy Days, and Cheers! In our version of this game, we take all the allowable C&C liberties and talk through which actors of today, regardless of age, would make up super fun casts for these reboots.

It's a bonus holiday/football episode! We play a round of America's Favorite game, "Who Sucks More?" and ask why ugly Christmas sweaters are still in my life. And what's the difference or the best (or worst) among white elephants, yankee swaps, and secret Santas? And why are these a thing? Then some sports takes and a bunch of ways we'd make the NFL better in a classic "If We Ran It."

As we tend to do, we rambled long so we split out holiday episode into two parts. Here's part 2, where we ask the questions of why the Sex and the City gals are still in my life? (along with adults playing teens on 70's sitcom remakes). Some debate about family size vs. party size vs. king size vs. super size, and an "If we ran it" about how we would organize things if we ran the National Snacks Classification Commission (NSCC). We discuss the Mac Jones era and Jason eats a tiny bit of crow for welcoming Bill Belichick back into his life. After a little discussion of the current states of Boston and Philly sports teams, and an on-air reveal of the new Bean Bag Studios cards that Santa left in our stockings, Anthony calls himself out in this week's "Get your ass back on track."

Thanksgiving stories, B.O. vs. T.O. (taco odor), and all kinds of bitching and moaning about the holiday season. We cut it into two parts because it went so long so here is the first 40 minutes.

Tom Brady returns to New England, and why is The Addams Family still in my life?

We put up the Scram signal and Jason can't hold back his excitement over the start of the Mac Jones era (and the end of the Scram Newton era) for his beloved Patriots. We take a bite off the Shaq-a-Roni pizza pie when Shaquille O'Neal endorses C&C. Upon discovery of "Swimply," the VRBO-style swimming pool rental app, we workshop our own new "shitty" ideas including "Uber Johns" and "Uber Jacks." And why is the McRib still in my life?

We've got 99 reasons why the Olympics would be better if we were in charge! By 99, we mean a few, but who's counting. I don't know, but I know who's NOT counting... Olympic Cyclists. Let's get to it...

Does a salad have to have greens to call itself a salad? We discuss the shortcomings of starch slathered in mayonnaise, an impromptu stud envy cherry-picking fantasy draft, and a whole lot more!

You've heard of famous athletes whose names suit their job perfectly - like basketball's Tim Duncan, football's Joey Goodspeed, or professional poker player Chris Moneymaker. Well, in this episode we give you a few of the lesser-known folks that belong to that club... aka, the "Willy Waveman All-Stars." Also, why is the Noid back in my life???

We ponder questions about shoehorns, starbucks stoppers, why Godzilla is still in my life, the world's best jackets, and a visit to the Pappy's Products test kitchen.

Jason and Anthony are joined by interim producer Hunter, as they put together their respective Mt. Rushmores for "hometown d-bags," aka, the guys from each of their hometowns (Boston, Philly, and NYC) who they hated to root for, but had to because they played for their favorite teams. Then Jason takes issue with the fact that curly fries never come unseasoned, we wonder why Punky Brewster is back in our lives, and we gently dip our toes into the Dr. Seuss cancel culture discussion.