Carnival Personnel

The whole gang is here for this one. But there isn't a world where Biff, Joe and Jacques could be considered "a gang". With the world burning ... we chat Jacques latest stand up shenanigans and Jacques laments the impending end to his favorite podcast Complaints and Observations. Biff has a legit parenting tips and we rejoice the return of Jimmy Kimmel after an extended 3 day (seemed like a year) hiatus.   This and more nothingness.   Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny Opening Song: Twilight Zone CPP Parody Closing Song: Some Song By The Waiting Place (aka Anthony Eugenio)

Biff is back this episode to catch up with Jacques and Joe and their waaaaaacky adventures! First, Joe returned to RetroWorld Expo in Connecticut for his annual family outing and *almost* beat the Whammy. Then Jacques and Joe laugh it up with Nick and Joe (no relation) at the Found Footage Festival in Harvard Square! And if THAT wasn't enough, Jacques performs stand-up at a fundraiser for Eddie's Ranch, a 501(c)3 non-profit dog rescue, with Wayne Russell, Mike Koutrobis and Christine Hurley... and Joe is IN THE AUDIENCE!   Oh, and the president continues to target his enemies and the marginalized, and the First Amendment is being obliterated EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!   Plus: World Cup travel concerns, um... politics, I think? Honestly, I zoned out after 45 minutes. But it really picks up toward the end, I'm sure. Give it a listen!   Eddie's Ranch: eddieonwheels.com    Opening Song: Gomer by Beyond Id dI dnoyeB yb remoG :gnoS gnisolC  

Buckle Up … this is a long one ... (that’s what she said) … no … no she ever actually said that ever.   Management and Jacques boys are in LA … Oasis and Halloween Horror Nights – While Jacques has Joe over to watch more early 70s Match Game   Chat passing of the great Ken Dryden, new season of Dexter, playing Atari 2600 games … and parenting tips.   Oh … and Jacques plugs some comedy stuff coming up,   Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Opening: Welcome Back Kotter parody by @Model_CHP3Y (on YouTube)   Closing Song: Bitter Old Man (by Dan Cray off “Bitter Old Man” EP on Spotify and Youtube.)

Kathe Farris got a late start in stand up … and laser tag … but has more than made up for lost time and is one of New England’s favorite headlining comics and she is willing to ruin any 9-year old’s birthday to get on the leader board.   Kathe also works with John Tobin Presents booking the most icon comedy spaces like Off Cabot (Beverly MA), Laugh Boston (Seaport area Of Boston) and The Comedy Scene (Patriots Place in Foxboro MA).   But maybe what she’s most proud of (other than her daughters) … Her Wine Cork Figures.   Treat yourself to some great laughs with Kathe’s Dry Bar Special “Stay At Home Super Hero” (on YouTube) – Her album “Have You Seen This Woman” (everywhere you get your podcast) BUT really – go see her this fall with the Mother Of Comedy Shows.   Follow Kathe on IG & FB: @GoCorkYourself & @Kathefarris And gocorkyourself.com   Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Thanks to Kathe for use of clips at beginning and end of the show from her Dry Bar Special

What a way to boost listener ship of a comedy – pop culture podcast … start with 15 minutes of football (soccer) … BIG news for LAFC (Jax family MLS team) .. Son Heung-min, greatest Korean Footballer signs.   Then we chat some of this and some of that.   First time in a spell the three clowns are in the same car (on same pod) together in a while.   Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Opening: Welcome Back Kotter parody by @Model_CHP3Y (on YouTube)   Closing Song: Lepton’s Bingo Teddy by Beyond Id off The Stovin’ Years (out on spotify)

Joe talks his epic trip to Mecca (Fun Spot Arcade in Laconia NH) and Jacques chats his current trip to Mecca (Los Angeles).   Bit of a long episode (your welcome) … cause it’s been a minute.   Joe is having a great vacation full of family time AND candle pin bowling.   Jacques LA time … Universal and LAFC games with his kid and meetings with friends of the podcast Dante The Comic, Ronak and Jenna.  And some great and bad open mics.   Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Opening: Welcome Back Kotter parody by @Model_CHP3Y (on YouTube)   Closing Song: Bitter Old Man (by Dan Cray off “Bitter Old Man” EP on Spotify and Youtube.)

Producer. Director. Comedian … and easy on the eye, Mr. Glovebox Comedy, Cam is our super fun sideshow guest this week.   If you were looking for a podcast with two production nerds talking the importance of 1st meal on set being hot … then THIS is the podcast for you,   Jacques crossed paths in the stand-up circles with Cam pretty early on when he fell down this rabbit hole of weird people seeking approval from strangers by telling jokes about how bad at sex they are.   Cam, unlike so so many in this comedy thing – has actually real big-time credits on major TV and Movies AND … AND … again, unlike most talking about using those skills to do SOMETHING in comedy … Cam has turned Glovebox Comedy from occasionally producing booked shows and a weekly open mic into a full on comedy production (burgeoning) empire.  Producing like stand up, comedy gameshows events, sketches and improv events.   Cam is a super fun follow on the social.  Loving his tours of MBTA stations.   Camkmorton on IG Also: @glovebox.tv and @glo

Worse schools in the industrialized world but cutting the Department Of Education is somehow … gonna help us catch up to German, Japan … and everywhere else with Math skills?   Same way bombing a country in the middle east is gonna make us all safer?   What?!   That … and some Stanley Cup chat, some video game talk and for those saying I wonder is Joe can channel the late great Scatman Crothers … the answers is a resounding YES.  Also, a treat for music lovers as our comedian friend Anthony Eugenio recently gifted us his old bands CD!  Pretty damn great.   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: The Waiting Place “Send Me A Sign” of The Waiting Place 5.8.10

The thing Joe loves MOST on this planet (sure sure wife and kids …) Old Game Shows and the thing Jacques loves MOST on this planet (comment censored) … old Sitcoms.   So when recently watching an episode of The Golden Girls … in which Dorothy ties out for Jeopardy (yes the great Alex Trebek AND Merv Griffen are on this episode) this send the boys down a rabbit hole which resulted in Joe’s Plex becoming a cornucopia of (mostly) sitcom’s in which one of the characters wound up on a REAL game show.   Starting with The Jackie Gleason Show in which the entire episode was a “Honeymooners” sketch where Ralph and Alice go on “Beat The Clock”   We have a hat trick of different sitcom’s crossing over with The Gong Show.   There are 8 billion people on this planet and 9 billion podcast … but only ONE which brings you a beat by beat breakdown of the  October 3, 1986  magical cross over of the sitcom 227 and Wheel Of Fortune!   Yes, I DID say this is part 1 or … how many … let’s just say MORE then 2.  You’re welcome ‘Meri

Jacques takes a well-deserved break from helping an elderly woman get their house in order on the other side of the country to tell Joe and Biff all about the grueling--yet fulfulling (?)--ordeal in great detail. TL;DR: Set up your family trust TODAY! Plus: Biff is watching anime and the Stanley Cup Final, and Joe is watching episodes of the 1980s game show "Scrabble" and his life slip away. Jacques also brings up a classic episode of "The Golden Girls" where Dorothy dreams of going on "Jeopardy!" and Joe is finally listening to what Jacques has to say on the podcast! Follow Carnival Personnel Podcast on Instagram (@carnivalpersonnelpodcast): https://www.instagram.com/carnivalpersonnelpodcast

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: Welco

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 pret

Did Joe and Jacques (and Mr. Wayne Russell from Open Mic Pain Podcast) go see Emo Philips 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 the 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 game show "Pres

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.