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 Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
We end a really good year of the podcast by looking back at a few things that went right in our lives this year… and a look ahead of to fun stuff we hope happens.
Biff – Successful year of reconnections (having gone to his HS reunion in Hawaii), reconnected with old friends in Japan when he took his son on a trip to the home land (his sons first trip to the land of the rising Sun.) AND … Biff got a sweet new rescue puppy (that’s about 120lbs now) and yeah she barks a things at night but that’s her job and she super sweet! Looking ahead … another Japan trip!
Joe – Putting faces to names with Biff (the CP outing in August to Bar-Cade when Biff was intown) and ALSO meeting All Star Tommy (and his family) and go to Nicks Comedy Stop. Also, thankful to finding the new digs he and his family calls home. Joe’s trip to the Back To The Future Museum with our old sketch troop pal Steve … And … he’s NEW Plex account is nothing but joy!
Jacques – shouts outs and thanks some of the amazing guest we’ve had this year on the podcast ( ) as well as the podcast he listens to that he LOVES … (Strike Force, Complains, Open Mic, Gilbert). As well he chats and gives thanks to some of the awesome people he’s met starting back into Stand-Up comedy (names here). First time in 15 plus years Beyond Id recorded new songs. Jax also cheats the very unexpected life turn of being a dad to TWO sports kids who … were NOT sports kids but they found stuff THEY liked and wanted to try and it’s been a fun turn of events that bonded them even more.
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: Joe’s acapellaof The Sugerhill Games “Rappers Delight”
Closing Song: Tucker by Beyond Id (find on Spotify under Dan Cray’s Trump Era EP)
Monday Dec 25, 2023
Monday Dec 25, 2023
It’s Christmas Day and what more could YOU want … then a freshly wrapped episode of CPP?
Last regular episode of the year and it has stall…by all…more xmas special chat … a shout out to last weeks sideshow guest Bill Fay and chat about upcoming guest Maria Dennis (NHLPA lead legal council)
Jacques chats having hard time coming up with gifts cause his spoiled kids have EVERYTHING… and sad news of his !st world issues of his 12 foot skeletons demise.
Joe talks how got a PS4 VR headset from friend whom Joe 2 years before was helpful acquiring for his friends kids… but cause they’re so spoiled they never used it …
Biff chats some cultural differences coming from Japan as kid … and wether or not he’s having KFC as X-Mas meal.
But our REAL gift to the listener …an instant classic …top 3 ever- Joe Self-Indulgent rendition of Whams! “Last Christmas” as song by Gilbert Gottfried!
CPP on IG: @CarnivalPersonnelPodcast and on Twitter: @CarnivalPodcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: Twilight Zone Parody
Closing Song:
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
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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=a45uEuVH6jISteric 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) |
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Did you know that KFC is the BIGGEST meal in Japan for Christmas? No really it is. Joe knew that.
Biff, Jacques and Joe talk about their Christmas plans and how things are changing as their kids are older. Couple nice family Christmas stories from yesteryear.
A little Christmas miracle is Jacques has unexpectedly fallen in love with the 2006 Twister Sister “A Twisted Christmas” album.
Joe chats new documentary about the AWEFULSOME Star Wars Christmas Special. Rock-Paper-Scissors to decide gym equipment usage, Resident Evil talk … Some NBA talk … what?
Parenting tips and holiday love all around.
CPP on IG: @CarnivalPersonnelPodcast and on Twitter: @Carnival Podcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: Twilight Zone Parody
Closing Song: Twisted Sister – “Oh Come All Ye Faithful” totally used without permission.
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
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Wayne and Anthony – The host of one of our favorite podcast Open Mic Pain zoom in to talk with Joe and Jacques about how to properly run a focused podcast with a point!
Jacques met Wayne and Anthony on the comic open mic circuit and over last 8 months have become good pals. It was fun a month ago when they met Joe for first time but already felt like friends who knew each other from listening to each others podcast (sad really.)
Super fun chat about Wayne and Anthony’s friendship, their path into comedy and how their podcast came about. How their comedy is evolving (as well as their podcast) and what their hopes in comedy are.
It’s such a different chat with comics with younger kids and the extra work that takes to make getting to Mics happen (especially for Anthony who lives in Maine but mostly does mics in NH and MA with Wayne.)
We also chat what some of Jacques’ favorite episodes of OMP have been … and tells them how Steve Martin NOT being on their favorite stand-up comics list is criminal!
Check out (like and subscribe) to Open Mic Pain where fine podcast are found (I listen / watch on Spotify.)
Follow Wayne on IG/FB @waynerussellcomedy Follow OPM at all @OpenMicPain
Opening Song: Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond ID
Closing Song: Joe doing Beastie Boys “Fight For Your Right” as American’s Senator – Bernie Sanders
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Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Biff returns from The Land Of The Rising Sun after taking his son on his first trip to the home land! Hoping someday for a CP field trip with Biff to Tokyo (I call dibs on wearing the Lugi outfit doing the cart racing through the streets!)
Joe and Jacques finally get to yap their outing to see the amazing Henry Winkler at a NRP book release event in Cambridge and the boys getting to shake hands with the Fonz (and yes, Jacques was latterly driven to tears … and more shocking, speechless!)
Little Thanksgiving chatting. Little Barbie (the movie) recapping and Jacques talking about his root canal.
Return of the Defunct Sponsor of the week ... hey, we need the money. Parenting tips and some TV talking.
CPP on IG: @CarnivalPersonnelPodcast and on Twitter: @Carnival Podcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond ID
Closing Song: PJ by Dan Cray and Beyond Id – Live WMFO (DanCray.net)
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
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Joe and Jacques saw Brian Longwell (The Corporate Comedian) a few weeks back and were blown away. Brian is more of an “act” then a stand-up comic. Part one-man show meets a half hour long hysterical Kids In The Hall sketch. Brian’s path to comedy included a long stop as an engineer at Bell Labs for years before starting his own wildly successful tech company. When we asked when Brian quite his day job and became a full-time comic … on the zoom he held up a circuit board he was designing and told us he hasn’t! He still owns his company and can’t ever stop building stuff! Brain IS looking forward to (mostly) retiring and doing more shows. Maybe the cruise circuit is in his future. Huge thanks to Brian’s MUCH better half (Nikki) for getting his zoom up and work out and for jumping in aa couple times and being AWESOME!
Follow Brian on Instagram @BCLongwell And his website: www.brianlongwell.com CPP on IG: @CarnivalPersonnelPodcast and on Twitter: @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: Other Break and Lull by Dan Cray and Beyond Id (WMFO 1993 … I think)
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Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Biff and Jacques chat nick names as Jacques futbol son is on a team where lot of kids (including his 2 best pals) speak Portuguese and his name is Cabelo Longo (Long Hair) … it comes from a very sweet place … it will grow on him (see what I did there) but we LOVE it. ON OTHER HAND … Cabelo Longo’s U14 teammates had racist things yelled to them in Futbol championship game in Amherst NH.
Biff and Jacques have a hockey brother (Guitar Center Scottie) in LA whose Japanese Boy Band model looking son moved to Quebec to play prep school hockey … he was in Boston area so Jacques and his son got to see and hand out and really was a good day.
Jacques family got to be in room while Management’s boss talked with her pal who currently is on the ISS (yes, the International Space Station).
A classic Joe Self Indulgent Theater, talk some of Jacques comedy stuff and how Taylor Swift is not an economy unto herself… and … she’s awesome.
CPP on IG: @CarnivalPersonnelPodcast and on Twitter: @Carnival Podcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond ID
Closing Song: All Pissed Off by Dan Cray (DanCray.net)
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
We each came up with a list of 10 sounds from our childhoods (to early adulthood) that defines us.
We knew we’d have some cross over but there were a lot of fun surprises –
Here were our list.
Biff: Bionic SFX from 6 Million Dollar Man, Space Invaders Aliens Descending, Radio Fuss, Japanese Paper Trucks, Godzilla Cry, Answering Machine Beeps, WKBS Do You Know, Ultra Man Transforming Sounds, Soda Can Tabs, 8-Track Changing Song Chuck.
Joe: Loony Tunes Theme, Super Mario Bros Theme, PBS Closing Credits Logo, MBTA Doors Opening and Door Closing Sounds, 70’s Sitcom Opening Cheer, CBS Special Presentation Logo, Apple IIe Booting Up, Ghost Buster Proton Pack Charging and Firing, Price Is Right – DING,
Jacques: Light Sabre Turning On – Duel Starting, Missile Command, Boston Bruins Theme Music, Polaroid Picture being taken, Jiffy Pop, Polaroid Picture Being Taken, Dos Matrix Printer, Star Trek Teleporter, Rotary Telephone, Dodge Ball Ping-ing.
CPP on IG: @CarnivalPersonnelPodcast and on Twitter: @Carnival Podcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond ID
Closing Song: Mind Time by Dan Cray and Beyond Id
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Sure, they could have stayed home and watched it for free on Peacock BUT Jacques kids have been waiting nearly 10 years to see the long rumored FNAF (Five Nights At Freddy’s) movie hit the big screen for off to the big screen they went.
Joe and friend of podcast Jim went to Jacques show this past week at Luna Theater in Lowell and they chat headliner Brian Longwell and his MOCK motivational speaker corporate presentation routine. GOLD.
We chat Joe’s latest curations to his Plex account and how a 1974 episode of Jabbewocky they watched about representation and cultural appropriation – it could run today with zero edits made.
CPP on IG: @CarnivalPersonnelPodcast and on Twitter: @Carnival Podcast
Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey
Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber
Jacques on Twitter is @TheJacques4 (but really … @CarnivalPodcast)
Opening Song: Opening Song: Gomer by Dan Cray and Beyond ID
Closing Song: Moe by Dan Cray and Beyond Id (like 1991 I think)