
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 Nov 08, 2021
CP EP 186 - A Little Joe Goes A Long Way
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
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Did I lie to Joe and say we had a retro game store owner zooming in to talk Retro World in Hartford this past weekend … NO … that was really the plan … did it work out where Biff and I got Joe for the whole show and our lives AND the podcast are much better for it … survey says YES. Big week as Joe found Jacques a “vader model” 2600 Atari WITH 12 games for FREE for Jacques on Craigslist, which Jacques will use on Nov. 17th at Mill 5 in Lowell for his retro gaming event, called Joe’s Basement (nope, not kidding)… Joe, Jacques and their wive’s kids all drove the 2 hours to Hartford for Retro World… Jacques 1st time … Joe’s … 10th(?) … totally awesome. The all chatted Joe and Jacques taking in recent guest Greg Boggis’ first live show in 20 months, Mondo Comedy (at Luna Theater inside Mill 5 in Lowell) and yes, Jacques “borrowed” a joke from that show to open the podcast this week. Biff… had a sort of scary, real crime, clip to break down from the home land this week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaKfAWAdS8I
Biff also talks his covid booster shot and just how awful the NHL can be when it puts its mind to it!
Parenting tips, Only Murders In Building, Baby Metal … and more. Oh… much … much much more.
CP on Twitter: @CarnivalPodcast Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4
Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond Id Closing Song: Mark by Dan Cray and Beyond Id
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Monday Oct 25, 2021
EP. 185 - Halloween IS Christmas
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Jacques family IS Halloween year-round … but actually Halloween is just extra special… Special like the Paul Lynde Halloween Special that Jacques watched again with Joe post his family’s covid safe out door Halloween Party (and really EVERYONE should get to watch Ghostbusters with Joe at least once in their lives!)
On sad / tragic side of life … death on a film set, passing of actor Peter Scolari and Joe Manchin is still a GOP prick.
Biff talks the return of the NHL to national TV coverage and how good TNT is at it and how good Wolfgang Van Halen is at dealing with trolls. Biff also talks a little Shout Factor TV and Jacques talks Only Murders In The Building.
Mel Brooks has a new History Of The World and Donny 3-Scoops tries to have a new Social Media platform. Parenting tips, Crime In Japan story and much much … well much more … well … a tad more but not really.
CP on Twitter: @CarnivalPodcast
CP on Instagram: @Carnivalpersonnelpodcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4
Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond Id
Closing Song: I-Rock by Five Head (John Hunt III)

Monday Oct 18, 2021
Sideshow # 78 - Comedian Greg Boggis
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
A staple in the New England comedy scene, comedian/host/MC Greg Boggis chats with Biff and Jacques about his years in comedy, what he did to keep the jokes coming over last year and a half of the world going sideways and how excited all are about the buzz around Greg’s Mondo Comedy live shows coming back to Mill # 5 in Lowell staring Oct. 28!
https://lunalowell.com/movies/the-return-of-mondo-comedy/
Greg’s Webpage is – BoggisComedy.com
Twitter and Instagram: @BoggieNews
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4
Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond Id
Closing Song: Mind Time by Dan Cray and Beyond Id

Monday Oct 11, 2021
Ep. 184 - Kirk To Beam Up
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
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James Tiberius Kirk is going up to space … for real. Jeff Bas-hole in a smart PR move is taking William Shatner into space! Jacques and Biff talk giving blood and how people who put spoilers on line less then 3 hours after a show airs at 3am EST really need a good beat down (well … that’s how Jacques feels …) How dumb are these Tik Tok challenges and how dumb are the kids who knowingly break the law, tape themselves and post it just for the 8 seconds of fame. NHL and NHLPA doing something right for once … Carey Price and the Players Assistance Program. Covid Update, Some of TV yapping, parenting tips and well that’s about it. Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4
Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond Id Closing Song: Mark by Dan Cray and Beyond Id |

Monday Oct 04, 2021
Sideshow #77 - Ferguson – RIP Norm Macdonald
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
The great Norm Macdonald past away a few weeks ago …Or so the German’s would have us believe.
One of Joe and Jacques’ all time favorites. Biff, a big fan as well.
We chat seeing Norm live in 2019, go over some of the all-time greatest late-night talk show moments – Chairmen of the Bored, The Moth Story, The Congratulations gift basket … as well as his lasting impact on SNL News and of course … Turd Ferguson.
Joe also talks “Dirty Works” and the movie is could have been.
Joe on Twitter is @Optigrabber
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4
Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond Id

Monday Sep 27, 2021
Ep. 183 - Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner … It’s JOE!
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
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All it took to get Joe to come back for a couple episodes was to have one of our comedy heroes to pass away! Worth it? Maybe. With news of the great Norm MacDonald leaving this plane of existence way to soon had Joe zoom in for this week’s CP and next week’s Sideshow. Jacques tells of his Pandemic Unemployment Assistance tale of woe … with a happy(ish) ending. Friend of the podcast Renatezky was in Boston for week and Jacques and his family FINALLY did the Boston tourist stuff they’ve talked about doing for years … like seeing the Gardner Museum (This Is A Robbery on Netflix art heist museum), Duck Boat Tour, Tea Party stuff … Biff (sort of) breaks down the do’s and don’ts of the word “Oriental”, breaks down another awesome national crime in Japan news clip and also has another “see if the round-eyed co-host can tell Japanese woman apart / guess which is the porn star” game. Biden won AZ … again. Justin Trudeau won Canada … again. Joe’s watching “Only Murderers” on HULU, Biff is watching “Dexter” and Jacques still ringing the bell for “Ted Lasso”. Joe does a great Norm Self-Indulgent Theater, parenting tips and NO it’s not too early for Halloween stuff to go up! Joe on Twitter is @Optigrabber Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4
Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond Id Closing Song: Recess by Dan Cray and Beyond Id |

Monday Sep 20, 2021
Sideshow # 76 - Musical Geniuses
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Round 3 – This week Biff and Jacques debate their favorite Musical Geniuses and SHOCKINGLY they don’t have the exact same list … but there was a lot of agreement on this one. Did Bowie beat out Randy Newman? Did Prince beat out the great Dan Cray … guess you have to listen.
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4
Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond Id
Closing Song: DKNY Bag by Dan Cray (of the Suburb EP) DanCray.net

Monday Sep 13, 2021
Ep. 182 Sussy Baka
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Jacques recaps seeing Patton Oswald kick off his new tour this week. Also, YES, Aretha Franklin was, is and always will be The Queen (highly recommend checking out the docu-movie. “Respect!”)
Sussy Buka … something Jacques’ 11 year old says (from some YouTube meme from Breaking Bad) which Biff breaks down the origin of.
Blues Clues turns 25, Elizabeth Holmes trial starts and on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 … Texas moves to become the US version of The Taliban.
NFL season starts (Jacques says Pats go 10-6 and lose in wild card round) and Brady starts season by … being Brady.
A Self Indulgent Theater (Jim’s Theme) Parenting times and … well, that covers it.
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4
Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond Id
Closing Song: Moe by Dan Cray and Beyond Id

Monday Sep 06, 2021
Sideshow # 75 Singers and Guitarist
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Biff and Jacques had a blast yapping favorite rhythm section players last side show they decided Round 2 … be singers and guitarist.
Sure … couple obvious picks … that are total clichés … but come on … if your list doesn’t have Jimi … then you need to have a big slice of STFU sandwich.
No … Jacques picks weren’t just on his list to annoy Biff … He really loves them … but yeah, annoying Biff IS a bonus.
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4
Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond Id
Closing Song: Gouge Away by Pixies

Monday Aug 30, 2021
Ep. 181 - An Intervention Intervention
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Jacques’ wife (aka Management) went to see John Mulaney new show about his intervention at the Wilber Theater 3x last week. Does she need an intervention intervention … in her defense … her friend went 4x … sssssoooo.
Biff plans on catching some of the summer movies on our list … but Jacques seen Free Guy (loved it), Jungle Cruise (LOVED they keep the corny jokes from Disney ride) and Suicide Squad.
Turns out Afghanistan still sucks … as does Covid and the California recall … but at least there is plenty of weird animation for Japan crime news … which Biff as always, breaks down in fun detail.
As always, parenting tips and a little hockey talk.
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4
Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond Id
Closing Song: Bookends by Dan Cray and Beyond Id
