Jacques & Joe (in Boston) have been doing comedy stuff since 94. Jacques & Biff (LA by way of Toronto/Tokyo) been on hockey team since 96. Yap pop culture and have cool guest - comedians, respected authors, renown scientist & scholars, prominent music folks, tv/film makers and just cool friends.
Episodes
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
With Joe SADLY packing the Luseum for his move, Biff and Jacques have a crappy talk about Jacques upcoming colonoscopy and the FOUR Biff’s had! What!?
Balloon Boy Part Two – The Chines Sequel … as recording started news broke of the spy balloon that was spotted drifting over Montana, where Jacques knows first-hand of Nuke silos from his time spent in the hills of Belt MT! No, seriously.
Jacques chats being on comic/porn actress/friend of our podcast, podcast Hello Cougar this week and brings all up to speed on his sludge through open mic land which this week brought him to a mostly 20something gay mic in Somerville!
Jacques started and finished Breaking Bad in a week … LOVED IT and his 15-year old whose been dying for Jacques to watch it got some quality time in together bonding over meth!
Call him Ahad - Biff breaks down the Whale Meat Vending machine saga back in his homeland and gives us a snapshot of Whaling in general … Whale meat was a staple in school lunches growing up for Biff.
What will Biff do with no NHL this week. Brady retired ... yeah, right!
CP on Twitter and Instagram: @CarnivalPodcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: Gommer by Dan Cray and Beyond Id
Closing Song: Wedding Present by Dan Cray and Beyond Id
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Jacques & long-time pal Mike Ragogna chat about their years of working together (Mike was A&R executive at Universal Music Group and then Capitol Records). With no Biff and Joe to keep the guard rails up … Jacques (whose audio is HORRIBLE on this one) rambles more than usual. You’ve been warned!
Mike & Jacques worked on DOZENS of amazing music DVD projects together and it was Mike doing that lead to Jacques being Billy Ray Cyrus quasi-manager and producing a half dozen of his videos, two TV specials, a TV pilot and DOZENS of NFL/NASCAR anthems/concerts.
The two talk Mike’s career as a singer/song writer starting in Mike’s teen-years (his first break writing and singing on Marvel Comic Records themed Spider-Man album. Mike song “Peter Stays And Spidy Goes” is a well know anthem in the 70s SpiderVerse. SADLY Joe wasn’t here talk about Mike singing on the 1984 Atari Pole Position Commercial!
Mike and Jacques give shout outs to many “unindicted co-conspirators” they’ve got to meet along the way… Like Joni Mitchell and music exec legend Bob Mercer… No .. not kidding.
Mike and Jacques relationships has survived trying times … like the time Mike picked Jacques up to drive 8 hours to Phoenix where Jacques booked Mike to do an anthem with the NHL Coyotes … sounds great but Mike got to Jacques’ house moments after the NE Patriots suffered one of worse losses in the Brady Era and Jacques was in a horrible mood and didn't take to Mike the entire ride … THEN … Jacques snoring lead to Mike having to get another room in the middle of the night!
Mike on Twitter is: @Ragz2008CP on Twitter and Instagram: @CarnivalPodcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: Clark and Bruce by Mike Ragogna
Closing Song: Waiting For The Plane To Land by Mike Ragogna
Other Music on this Episode: Peter Stays and Spidy Goes By Mike Ragogna
1984 – Atari Video Game Pole Position Commercial (feat. Mike Ragogna)
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
With Joe doing grown up things it’s just Biff and Jacques (and his worse then usual audio) yapping.
Big shout out (and apology) to our pal Dave at Complaints and Observations Podcast … he gave out his number to leave messages and Jacques … did.
Another podcast, another mass shooting … this one really close to Biff in LA and in a VERY Asian area. UGH.
Jacques updates on the grind that is open mic stand up and the way to often white guys punching down and being gross in 2023. Jacques also started his JTF Hockey Tournament in May yearly work out regime … and has goals of NOT sucking this year in Phoenix!
Biff’s This Week In Crime In Japan clip PLAYED … 9th grader commits murder over cell phone use … ssssoooo fun story? Ugh.
The new House session begins with the shit show expected and no end of the shit show in sight … buckle up!
HIGHLIGHT … A Joe’s Self-Indulgent Theater from Ep. 116 (10/7/19) a Don Adams/Don Knotts mash-up/duet of Ice Ice Baby the highlight … YES! YOU’RE WELCOME!
CP on Twitter and Instagram: @CarnivalPodcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: Gommer by Dan Cray and Beyond Id
Closing Song: Hook Shot by Fivehead (Twitter @wykydseptyr )
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Upon Jacques request, Biff and Joe put on tin-foil hats like his and they take turns playing Art Bell and chat their thoughts on UFO, Time Travel, What In Science Fiction becomes Science Fact over next few hundred years … and everything else covered by “In Search Of” in the 1970s!
A fun yap feast where if you’re still listening to this podcast after hearing this one … that’s on you!
CP on Twitter and Instagram: @CarnivalPodcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber
Jacques on Twitter is: @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: In Search Of (1970'sTV Theme Song)
Closing Song: 12 Dirty Cabana’s and Me by My Brother Zebulon (1992-ish: Twitter @wykydseptyr and @RodMurphy011 )
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
The lads start the New Year right where they left off … talking about everything and nothing all at once.
Jacques brings everyone up to date on his mid-life crisis of starting a stand-up career in his 50s … what? And how his families over the top season yard décor brings happiness to passers-by and gifts of skeleton dogs and Vultures to them.
Say it Ain’t So Joe … Joe’s family preps for a move across town thus bringing an end to where CP all started – Joe’s vaulted “LOSEUM”. Pour one out for “Random Video Game Reviews” from the past.
Biff talks about getting high score on the game of Excel Spreadsheets as his current work project barely gives him time to breathe and get to Friday Night Hockey (FNH) on time.
Greta Thunberg MURDERS Andrew Tate … on Twitter. Southwest MURDERS their reputation (which was iffy at best to begin with) and the GQP’s Sedition Caucus MURDERED what little dignity Kevin McCarthy had.
CP on Twitter and Instagram: @CarnivalPodcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: WKRP parody by @Model_CHP3Y (Twitter and Youtube)
Closing Song: Three Plus Minutes by Fivehead (Twitter @wykydseptyr )
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
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Because Biff is a real grown-up with a real job … he can’t come out an play … so it’s just Joe and Jacques chatting what they HOPE they accomplish and what they think holds instore for themselves and the world for the year 2023.
Will Brady come back to the Patriots? Will Jacques move back to Los Angeles … will his family find him if he does.
How many Rez Evil reboots and TV reboots come out? Will Jacques love every new Star Wars and MCU project (pretty sure the answer is yes!) Will DC stop shooting itself in the foot (pretty sure the answer is sadly NO.)
A tiny look back at the AMAZING guest CP tricked into coming on the podcast in 2022 and looking forward to possible guest and a spin-off(?) in 2023!
CP on Twitter and Instagram: @CarnivalPodcast Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: WKRP parody by @Model_CHP3Y (Twitter and Youtube)
Closing Song: Rinse and Spit by Dan Cray & Beyond Id
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Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
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Tis the season to gift wrap our last episode of the year … and with a real fan favorite … the return of the beloved self-indulgent theater with Joe singing The Kinks Father Christmas as Gilbert Gottfried (not a dry eye in the house!)
Jacques yaps his open mic follies, google worrying about his mental well-being and his son learning how heart breaking it is to care about watching sports!
Beside EVERYONE, who says the 1973 British movie The Wicker Man is better then the 36k budget VelociPastor … we chat both with equal passion!
Twitter imploding and NYPD evidence warehouse in flames … ain’t we lucky we got em’ … good times. CP on Twitter and Instagram: @CarnivalPodcast Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray & Beyond Id
Closing Song: Enough For Everyone by Dan Cray & Beyond Id (Shitty recording from The Ratt in Boston 1996)
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Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
You only hurt the ones you love … so Joe, Biff and Jacques REALLY must love each other! In an episode where there is a lot of laughter … also a lot of excruciating “Sophie’s Choice” decisions. The guys play a game where they list (3) things they know one of the other loves and make them pick which one has to go … based on Jacques 12 year old while driving the other day asking Jacques to pick between Star Wars, DC Comics and Marvel Movies … Jacques had to pull over to give it real thought … and make his kid get out of the car and walk home!
CP on Twitter and Instagram: @CarnivalPodcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray & Beyond Id
Closing Song: Sober by Dan Cray & Beyond Id
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
You only hurt the ones you love … so Joe, Biff and Jacques REALLY must love each other! In an episode where there is a lot of laughter … also a lot of excruciating “Sophie’s Choice” decisions. The guys play a game where they list (3) things they know one of the other loves and make them pick which one has to go … based on Jacques 12 year old while driving the other day asking Jacques to pick between Star Wars, DC Comics and Marvel Movies … Jacques had to pull over to give it real thought … and make his kid get out of the car and walk home!
CP on Twitter and Instagram: @CarnivalPodcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray & Beyond Id
Closing Song: Sober by Dan Cray & Beyond Id
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Joe, Biff and Jacques chat some good stuff like SPIRITED the new instant classic Christmas special with Ryan Reynolds & Will Ferrell, Georgia Senator Warnock winning his 4th election in 2 years and Brittney Griner release (and all the racism the GQP could throw her way).
Jacques actually got a really honest to goodness phone book in the mail this week and also finding (much to Joe’s chagrin) the show breakdown and opening skit he was pitching local cable company when Joe mistakenly asked him about simply doing a podcast back in 2016!
Jacques chats his latest stand-up comedy follies, his uncle dying (who he was not close enough to, to know that he lost a lung in 1974 when he was shot by a cop running from a heist in Chelsea MA – True story).
Biff and Jacques get into it a bit over both thinking World Cup games ending on penalty kicks is stupid by Biff seeing them as a necessary evil.
Joe breaks down the new Nintendo Switch – Atari 50th Anniversary Celebration pack and a bit of a history lesson of just how shitty Atari was to the employees that built their empire.
CP on Twitter and Instagram: @CarnivalPodcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song (BOTH times, you’ll see) : Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond Id
Closing Song: Beyond Id’s cover of Dinosaur Jr’s Freak Scene (awful live 1991 recording from The Rat in Boston)