Carnival Personnel

Jacques and Joe (Biff is on assignment) talk about healthcare woes, Jacques hosting the 4th Annual Merrimack Valley's Funniest Person contest, and--say it with us--WHITE PRIVILEGE. Specifically, an old white woman invading a Black woman's personal space. PLUS: Manchester City football, Jacques works at Fright Kingdom haunted house, movies, Oasis, Joe's Jimmy Stewart impression, Retro World Expo, a...

Jacques and Joe chat the boo-boo Target made with HORRIFICALLY racist Halloween custom … but hey … at least Calloway Golf is POS too. Chat Joe going on his first vacation ... EVER. And Jacques went on vacation … well to ER for a few hours. Enjoy! Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Opening: Welcome Back Kotter parody by @Model_CHP3Y (on YouTube) Closing Song: Donut S...

Apologies If you actual tuned in thinking WE’D have anything to offer in way of AI, Crypo advice or that Taylor Swift was doing the rankings.  And by apologies, are you a dumbass? We wrap up the World Cup talk from last episode – We chat the GREAT one season spin off of The Golden Girl’s – Golden Palace.  Truly … it is GREAT. Jacques is now a footballer … yep … played his first 11 v 11 game … coul...

The brilliant, funny, world traveling host of the Any Given Yesterday podcast and the official CPP senior Futbol Correspondent, Dave LaPoint returns. Does FIFA suck and somehow get worse EVERY day? Yes. Was the 2026 World Cup amazing and a (mostly) incredible tournament, YES.  We were both pleasantly surprised … if not shocked … also .. yes. Dave and Jacques chat the highlight and (few) low-lights...

Biff and Jacques got to play catch up and you get to hear it all.  You luck lucky bastards. Jacques epic drive to LA with one kid and drive home 6ish weeks later with the other one … and all the world cup stand up hunt for munga figures in Little Tokyo LA chat you can want. Biff talks deep sea fishing with son and grand kid and how awesome our mentor 98 year old Paul LaGlorie is and how awesome FN...

In honor of Mel Brooks' 100th birthday, enjoy this classic Carnival Personnel Sideshow #38 from July 26, 2018! Jacques and Joe talk about their favorite Mel Brooks movies and TV shows! Your Show of Shows! Get Smart! The Producers! Blazing Saddles! Young Frankenstein! Spaceballs! Robin Hood: Men in Tights! Don’t be stupid, be a smarty, listen to this podcast party! Facebook: https://www.facebook.co...

Legend.  Truly.  Ritch Shydner is a comic legend.  Since 1977 Ritch has been a professional working comedian, writer, actor.   Endless Johnny Carson “The Tonight Show” appearances, IMDB page a mile long, PAID by Steve Martin to help right jokes for Roxanne! A MUST follow across all the socials.  You like comedy, Hollywood … Ritch, The Stand-Up Historian is also a historian of Hollywood and Civil W...

Gotta be careful and selective with your social media postings!  You put out fun, helpful and interesting content like – does and don’t on how to make REAL movies … then some weirdo will ask you to do their podcast and THAT … is how we got the beyond amazing JESSICA REDISH to chat with us. Jessica … from starting a 99-seat musical theater in Chicago to film school in NYC to making movies in LA … P...

Yes, Carnival Personnel Podcast has been on for over nine years! Now let's never speak of this again. Jacques and Joe host another Biff-Free episode, with topics like Jacques hosting a comedy night with Steve Sweeney and Lenny Clarke, the World Cup coming to Boston, and Jacques preparing to drive cross-country with his older son to tour colleges in Southern California. Joe brags about his better h...

Comedian, Actress, Comedy Shows/Game Show Producer … and Ghost Hunter, Rae Brain is our very fun guest on this weeks sideshow. From the lead in a dinner theater troupe in Vegas to her shows at Cube Underground … if it falls under the comedy umbrella, Rae is knee deep in it – she’s recording her music comedy album, is developing a legit comedians ghost hunting show (Scared Stupid), runs live gamesh...

Making up for last time (no regular episode of CPP in a few weeks … and still, sadly, no Biff) Joe and Jacques record this super long fun filled ADHD all over the map episode. We start with going deep into the CPP vault and playing a fan favorite Joe – Self Indulgent Theater (which really, it’s not Joe being indulged ... but at Jacques demanding) … John Oliver doing the theme from Cheers. Start of...

Comedian.  Producer. Booker … Latin Major in college and now comedy contest founder, Allison Dyen is our super fun guest this week on CPP Sideshow 161.   Jacques crossed paths with Allison last year JUST before she relocated to Palm Springs (where Frank Sinatra farted in pools) when she competed in the Miked-Up Comedy (Mike Koutrobis) South Shore Comedy Clash.   NOW Allison is now in the “stepped...

Joni Grassey is your favorite comedian’s favorite comedian.  Go on … Go ask Ken “The Viper” Rogerson … go ask Sir Lenny Clark or the GREAT Mr. Tony V … ask bookers like Mike Smith …   Insane (and true) stories for days!  A walking spark-plug!   This episode does with a warning, “Joni Grassey is captivating and addicting, listen at your own risk!”   Joni’s roots in comedy start by watching Johnatha...

Jacques, Joe and Biff reconvene after more than a month since the last regular episode! Jacques talks about serving on a jury, only to be banished to the Phantom Zone as an alternate juror; spending an evening with Stormy Daniels (on tour); working with legendary comic Ken "The Viper" Rogerson; and his cross-country road trip with former Sideshow guest Woody. Biff brings Jacques up to speed on the...

One of our favorite IG content creators, New England Dad aka comedian Zach Remi is this week’s guest.   Been following New England Dad a while and by the fates of stand up, Jacques was on a fundraising show recently with Zach and now … this week’s very fun guest.   We chat life balance between social media content creation, stand up … and being a dad … and we chat Will Noonan’s luscious head of ha...

Impending YouTube star MIKE RAD is our guest this week.  Mike is a longtime working actor in Hollywood who has decades of stories from set AND from …. Being a Hollywood Bartender.   Mike’s new channel launched this week and we chat his first post (his time with the late great Chuck Norris when Mike starred on Walker Texas Ranger) –   Truly this will be one of the best follows on the socials AND Mi...

Jacques chat with one of the nicest comics he’s met in his LA travels the last three years, Tanissia Sprull!   Tanissia comedy is very real and personal.    Born to army parents on a base in German … to today, Tanissia has never had a boring life!   This was a fun chat but we shoul have stared with Beyonce I think!   Follow Tanissia on IG @Thetanissiasprull   Follow CPP on IG @Carnivalpersonnelpod...

The whole gang is here to talk the record-breaking time from celebrating the US Men’s Hockey Gold Medal to wishing Canada had won it … or ANYONE ELSE.  On other hand, extreme happy for US Woman’s ice hockey and another great story from figure skating.   Jacques GameStop credit card is 39.9% interest!  How is that legal … oh right, grifter and chief has done away with all oversight and consumer pro...

Comedian, content creator and singer of Boston’s long lost (beloved) hardcore bank Drop Anchor is this week’s super fun guest.   Ryan’s comedy is just like his mothers comedy (who was a stand up during the comedy boom in the 80’s) except … Ryan’s funny and his moms comedy (according to his friend) is unwatchable,  Note: we’d still love to have her on as a quest.   Ryan’s social media is a mix of f...

Gluttony thy name is an unregulated buffet line at an American Legion Hall Comedy Show.    Let’s face it … nothing IS more American then stuffing your face and not giving a sht if they person behind you even gets a god damn crouton!   That’s the majority of this episode … Jacques whining to Joe on behalf of the 65-70% of people who didn’t get ANYTHING to eat (and there was nothing on the menu Jacq...

Jacques, Biff and Joe open the show with their fondest Catherine O'Hara memories. The thrill seems to be gone for them in the lead-up to the Big Game between New England and Seattle, and they can't seem to avoid politics when discussing sporting events like the Winter Olympics and upcoming FIFA World Cup. WARNING: Jacques tells two corny jokes at the top of the show. Listener discretion is advised...

What an amazing chat with truly one of the most interesting persons I’ve meet in the music biz in a long time,   Madeline Bocaro in her early teens became pen pals with pop culture icon, Yoko Ono an over the last 50 decades their friendship let to her writing, “In Your Mind, The Infinite Universe Of Yoko Ono.    Madeline was part of the ground floors of (Jacques beloved) CMJ in the late 70s, was a...

Talk the sad closing of Brennan’s In Santa Monica, home to Turtle Racing for over 50 years coming to a close.   Jacques had the BEST awful NYE shows on the Cape.   Review The Naked Gun 2025, recap Joe’s sleep over and Get A Life viewing party, Is 6-7 dead … Parenting tips and WHY is NFL making fans pay for 7 streaming services to watch their team?   Follow: on IG/YT – Carnival Personnel – FB Jacqu...

CPP is starting off 2026 pretty strong with the Lovely and Talented Wayne Russell from the OMP Podcast co-hosting with Jacques and they had a fantastic chat with Comedian, Booker, Show Runner … Former Semi Pro Football Player and (Real Football) Soccer Ref, Mr. Mike Smith.   Don’t want to leave out Mike’s also a long-time journalist and high school math teacher and a proud husband and proud dad of...

Joe and Jacques recap the year it was and what a year … it was.   Recap Jacques stand-up comedy follies, recount the best (and worst) guest … that sort of stuff.   Emo Phillips Night, London Trip and Eddie’s Ranch Giggles Shows … the best.   Talk favorite TV shows of the year, Jacques surgery and much much more … like way way too much more … this should have been an hour at best … well best be not...