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Biff and Jacques chat that passing of the GREAT Charles Grodin.  For Biff it’s King Kong, Midnight Run and Carson … Jacques it’s Ishtar, Midnight Run and Lettermen… Heavens Can Wait and Great Muppet Caper round out both their top 5. Jacques talks the time he tried to convince his friend Kat who was a foreign exchange student from Greece that DISPITE what you see and hear .. Letterman and Grodin re...

39 years later Jacques FINALLY watched Blade Runner.  Biff creates a new way to see if Jacques can tell Japanese woman apart with a new game called Find The Porn Star.  Seems the last administration DIDN’T fix the millennia old middle east problems and the GOP redefines the term “field trip”. Jacques drives by his old girlfriends (sports radio) house to remind himself how he’s over them/it.  The N...

Tom Rogan, successful television producer (founder of Authentic Entertainment) turned successful Chocolatier (and longtime friend of Jacques) chats how not only do people buy $16 candy bars …  but he can NOT keep up with demand. Tom and Jacques’ worlds  intersect at the corners of dog rescue, survivors of working with Billy Ray Cyrus and as unofficial co-presidents of the Julian Edelman fan club....

If you think the opening jokes are bad … wait till you see Mortal Kombat.  Jacques talks getting marriage counseling with his Alexia devices and Biff talks LA Covid coloring system hinting at being racist and his Zoom failure this week. If you like the song Tutti Frutti (and who doesn’t you’ll LOVE this week’s Self-Indigent flash back with Joe from Ep. 140 doing John Oliver singing Little Richard!...

Biff manages to find the strength to record AFTER getting on the ice the night before for first time in over a year!  Biff manages to find the strength to record for a 2nd time this weekend as Jacques really Jacques’d up the original recording from the day before!  Biff talks paying a birthday visit to the founder of FNH and godfather for So. Cal hockey Paul.  Jacques yaps his latest first script...

Christmas in April, as Joe makes his triumphant return to CPP on this supersized episode.  If you were looking to hear what two middle-aged white dudes and a middle-aged Asian guy’s thoughts are on the passing of DMX and Little Nas X’s twitter timeline were, you came to the right place! With all the time Matt Gaetz spends with teenage girls, you’d think one of them would have shown him how to make...

Make the calls. Make the calls. Make the calls. This week Biff and Jacques welcome longtime friend Al to chat his decades long career of selling happiness.  Al is the quintessential, old school sales guy whose products and work ethics turned out to be recession proof and even covid proof.  He specialized in selling licensed character goods to the party stores and dollar tree type stores. Al talks...

I wish we could just have a pure yuk fest podcast that’s fun and light … we plan them that way … then a couple sick fcks commit horrific acts of domestic terrorism, GOP committed to raging war on black voters… we lose a couple actors working on some favorite shows … Jacques’ kids teacher resigns over being forced to return to in person teaching BEFORE being vaccinated … add to fact the podcast aud...

When the world goes sideways (natural disasters, once in a century pandemic made 10x worse by lack of empathy and leadership) … everyday people (metaphorically) put on tights and capes and fly to the rescue.  This week’s guest is one of those heroes. Our friend Abby whom helped an AMAZING local charity organization do INCREDIBLE things from the very onset of the March 2020 Covid shut down. LLAMA (...

Things come in threes and Biff and Jacques yap 3 anniversaries this week: the 1 Year anniversary of the Covid 19 (two week) lock down, the 10 year anniversary of the Japan Tsunami and the 3rd (arguably most tragic of the anniversaries) the 7year anniversary of management’s wedding to Jacques (that Biff officiated .. so really, it’s ALL his fault!)  HEY Good News … turns out America doesn’t have a...

This week’s sideshow Biff and Jacques’ guest Matt, has a dead-end job.   Yet, there is a lot of stiff competition at his work.  You know how sometimes living people become not living people … since his early teens, Matt’s worked in the LEGAL (important to point that out) body removal business.  Working at the funeral home his grand-dad started, Matt is the funniest guy to drive a hearse since Mich...

Jacques finally pays for a live-stream (Patton Oswald) worth the money! Boys chat it’s GREAT to see FNH pal JT on MSNBC but sadly because he’s representing the family of a guy shot by cops for being black while holding an Ice Tea. Fiercely independent, totally unregulated Texas needs AOC and Beta to put on capes and play superhero, Biff talks bukkake (no really, he does) and from the CP Vault (Ep....

Video game developer, entrepreneur and overall really nice guy BESH zooms in to drop some knowledge on Biff and Jacques.  BESH talks about coding his own DOOM levels on his dads old IBM computer in Jr. High, to the process of putting an entire team of professionals together to produce games, get them to market and make a living.  BESH lays out some of the pros and cons of working for a AAA develop...

Valentine Day tips from CP? No, not really.  FINALLY, Harriet Tubman is going on the $20 bill!!  Long over due!  Big shout out to a real-life hero Hayden. Larry Flint’s health takes a turn for the worst.  Biden keeps acting like a President as Florida Man’s 2nd Impeachment trial rolls on.  Gina Carano goes out of her way to get fired by Disney (finally).  Biff brings us “This Week In Japanese Crim...

Dr. Ross Salawitch is a Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at The University Of Maryland.  He’s like our own Captain Planet.  With President Biden instantly rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, we thought talking with Ross, whose book, “Paris Climate Agreement: Beacon Of Hope” which is a road map of how to actually achieve the goals of the agreement would be a refreshing change of pace from Jacq...

The Fraternal Order of FNH steps in to help right a wrong … How do you turn away a 95-year old WW2 hero showing up to get his Covid Vaccination? Easy, asked the clowns in Glendale AZ.  Not on our watch! Jacques learns it’s GREAT to support artist you love during a pandemic maybe just read the fine print. Should we love Uber Eats and Progressive commercials THIS much? Mel Brooks gave us Jews In Spa...

Biff and Jacques chat the Great Willie O’Ree. The Bruins, a little late to the dance, are finally retiring Willie’s #22 he wore in 1958 when he broke the color barrier.  Biff tells of a personal interaction with Willie in Santa Monica, CA a few years back.  Biff also points out while Willie’s number being retired most likely was a positive step brought on by the BLM movement, the NHL has a long wa...

Jacques and Joe (record scratch) … Jacques and BIFF?  After unsuccessful attempts to beg, bribe and blackmail Joe to return to CP, Jacques cons long-time friend, long time hockey team mate (and former CP guest) Biff to co-pilot.  Social media giants FINALLY do the right thing, and like ‘Merica itself, kicks Donny_2-Scoops to the curb. Bracing for Pardon-Palooza.  Going over the “other Joe’s” prior...

Jacques and Joe finally say goodbye… to Donald Trump! They celebrate the election of Joe Biden as the next president, plot the possible courses for the incoming Biden-Harris administration, and discuss the ever-present division between Republicans and Democrats after this historic election! Also, a special show announcement at the end of this supersized episode that is sure to cause division among...

Jacques and Joe talk about both Borat movies. Very nice! Great success! My wife! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast

Jacques and Joe dread—er, preview the 2020 presidential election, talk about Halloween or lack thereof, Jacques jamming with bandmate Dan Cray, the end of Tab cola, Adele on SNL, Jared Leto’s Joker in the Justice League Snyder cut, Jacques’ anxiety over a job opening with the USO, France’s terrorism scares, Trump’s dangerous rallies, last-minute changes in voting laws, more COVID cases in sports,...

Jacques and Joe talk about Halloween candy and TV traditions old and new, childhood costumes they’d rather forget, a death at an old candy factory-turned-condo, the final presidential debate, and game shows during COVID! PLUS: Sport, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Closing Song: “Laid” by Beyond Id Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast

Jacques and Joe recap Bill Burr on SNL, a flaming Zamboni video, a Fleetwood Mac-inspired TikTok video, a cougar attack video, the SCOTUS confirmation hearings, dueling presidential town halls, and other stuff! PLUS: Sport, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Closing Song: “Lepton’s Bingo Teddy” by Beyond Id Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalp...

Jacques and Joe remember rock legend Eddie Van Halen, as well as talk about Jacques’ latest USO event, the Harris/Pence VP debate, a foiled terrorist plot to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, Trump’s health status, and SNL back live in the COVID era! PLUS: Sport, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast

Jacques and Joe struggle to find something newsworthy to talk about this week, since it’s been all quiet on the home front over the past seven days! Wait, this just in: Trump only paid $1,500 in taxes in the last 10 years, then hijacked the first presidential debate with Joe Biden, and found time in his busy schedule to contract COVID-19! And there’s a new Borat movie coming out! PLUS: Sport, vide...