Carnival Personnel

Among the potpourri of awful political stories Jacques loves to drone on and on about, he also regales Joe with more personal stories of racism his family has recently experienced! And sports! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Defunct Sponsor, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Closing Song: “Silver Surfer (NES) – Level 1 Theme (Remix)” by ChipBoy: https://www.youtube.com/user/gameboyadvantage F...

Jacques and Joe recap the week in stupid: Roseanne’s costly racist tweet, Samantha Bee’s C-word slam on Ivanka, and Kim K and the Huge Ass! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Defunct Sponsor, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Closing Song: “The Color of Adventure (Blanco OST)” by ChipBoy: https://www.youtube.com/user/gameboyadvantage Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter: ...

The new Sideshow’s here! The new Sideshow’s here! This is the Sideshow you all (Jacques and Joe) have been waiting for! Finally, an in-depth, tedious, rambling, non-sequential, misremembered, quote-heavy analysis of one of the funniest movies ever made: Steve Martin’s The Jerk! If it weren’t for this masterpiece of understatement, Carnival Personnel might not exist, since Jacques and Joe would hav...

Jacques and Joe celebrate one year of babbling nonsense by… doing more of the same! Trump, geek stuff, whiny liberalism; they got you covered! Here’s to another year of this! Oh, dear… PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Defunct Sponsor, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast

Jacques and Joe talk Royal Wedding, Yanny vs. Laurel, Making China Great Again, the Mueller anniversary, and yet another school shooting in America! ALSO: Joe’s son’s final high school performance, John Taylor Fertilizer’s hockey tourney, and RIP Margot Kidder! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Defunct Sponsor, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcas...

After going missing last week, Jacques and Joe dispel rumors of a suicide pact with a fresh episode this week! Topics include the Golden State Killer, NY AG Eric Schneiderman’s ousting, Avengers: Infinity War box office, and of course, Trump! ALSO: Bruins, Little League baseball, Mass Pirates, and Bill & Ted 3! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Defunct Sponsor, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE!...

Jacques and Joe explore the possibilities of a Korean peace agreement and Trump’s (maybe) meeting with Kim Jong Un, Cosby’s guilty verdict, Anthony Jeselnik in Boston, a belated Thor: Ragnarok review (about time, Joe!), and the return of Double Dare! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Defunct Sponsor, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:...

Glomming on to the Avengers: Infinity War hype train, Jacques gives us a history lesson on the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe to date. From Iron Man to Black Panther and everything in between (even Hulk), relive the last 10 years and 18 Marvel movies in painstaking detail. Consider this episode the seventh Infinity Stone. Excelsior! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter: ...

Jacques and Joe start by honoring the Honorable Judge Harold T. Stone, the late Harry Anderson, then move to the late Barbara Bush and finally the late Adolph Hitler… huh?! They also sneak in more politics, video game and sports talk! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Defunct Sponsor, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitte...

Jacques and Joe discuss the Facebook Senate hearing, as well as former “King of Kong” Billy Mitchell’s ban from Twin Galaxies, the problem with Apu, Mass Pirates arena football, Bruins playoffs, politics, and other stuff! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Defunct Sponsor, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carniva...

Jacques gives his recap of and inside look at the inaugural game of the Massachusetts Pirates arena football team! Other topics include the upcoming royal wedding (meh), Sinclair’s not-at-all-creepy anti-“fake news” manifesto, sad hockey stories, and unexpected nudity … wait, what? PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Defunct Sponsor, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebo...

Jacques and Joe, as usual, praise President Trump on Making America Great Again, expose the FAKE NEWS in liberal lame-stream media, and wish the Patriots would just move the team to London already! PLUS: Joe’s Weight Lifting Tips, Jacques’ Top Ten Jeff Foxworthy Jokes, Snowflake of the Week, Pro Wrestling Highlights, and MORE! *** Sponsored by the National Rifle Association *** Facebook:  https://...

While Jacques’ family joins hundreds of thousands across the country in the March For Our Lives for gun control, Jacques and Joe do their part by talking about it! They also delve into Trump’s Thursday from Hell, Stormy on 60 Minutes, and Michael John Bolton’s new job as National Security Advisor, not to mention some arena football action! PLUS: Women’s History in Comedy, Random Video Game Review,...

Last week, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe had jobs; Trump changed all that! Jacques and Joe discuss their firings, along with St. Patrick’s Day traditions, Weird Al making polka history, gun violence protests, Toys 'R' Us closing, and even more Trump crap! PLUS: Women’s History in Comedy, Random Video Game Review, Defunct Sponsor, Netflix picks, Parenting Ti...

A snowstorm hits the Northeast and down goes Frazier-- I mean, Jacques! He breaks his foot after slipping on ice and Joe scrambles to care! Stormy Daniels sues Trump, NRA sues decency, North Korean talk (?), Mark Hamill’s Walk of Fame Star, and Joe sees Weird Al & Emo Philips in concert! PLUS: Women’s History in Comedy, Random Video Game Review, Defunct Sponsor, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MO...

Jacques and Joe discuss White House drama, Trump’s non-response to Putin’s nuclear gun show, blaming real-life gun violence on video games, and fun stuff, too… just kidding, it’s awful out there! PLUS: Women’s History in Comedy, Random Video Game Review, Netflix Pick, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast

Great Scott! Joe finally gets to mumble-- er, talk about his favorite movie, Back to the Future! Time circuits on, flux capacitor… fluxing, and engines running as we cause a rift in the space-time continuum by exploring all of the pitfalls, perils and plot holes of this classic trilogy! Don’t be a butt-head: make like a tree, meet your density, and listen! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carni...

The NRA would have gotten away with shifting the blame for the latest school shooting to the media and mental illness, away from their beloved, family-friendly, readily available weapons of mass destruction, if it weren’t for those meddling kids! Jacques and Joe talk about the tenacity and bravery of these teenaged shooting survivors, and their role in taking on the MAN and his guns! PLUS: Random...

The wait is over! Jacques finally reveals to Joe and the world who Luke's father is, how Han made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, if Jar-Jar Binks is really a Sith lord, and his rankings of the nine Star Wars movies released to date (yes, including the Holiday Special)!  Listen, or listen not. We won't "force" you to! Facebook: www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/carn...

Yeah, the title pretty much sums it up. PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Defunct Sponsor, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast

Everyone loves a parade: pro football, the Olympics, brutal dictators, and Donald Trump! This week, Jacques and Joe parade through topics such as Trump’s wind-blown hair, Mike Pence’s icy reception at the Winter Olympics, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch, a-little-too-catchy beer ads, and Quincy Jones dissing everyone dead or alive… except Cosby. PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Defunct Sponsor, Parenting...

As a flimsy tie-in to the Netflix movie “A Futile and Stupid Gesture” about Doug Kenney, co-founder of National Lampoon, Jacques and Joe seize the opportunity to butcher their favorite skits from the National Lampoon Radio Hour, which aired in the years just before the debut of Saturday Night Live and served as a launching pad for many of its writers and performers. (How’s THAT for a run-on senten...

Time to put Joe’s basement to its intended use: talking about conspiracies! The Nunes memo about the conspiring FBI, the New England Patriots conspiring with Satan to win at every turn, and video game geeks conspiring to hold onto their 35-year-old world records, faked or otherwise! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Defunct Sponsor, Netflix Pick, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebo...

It’s almost time for the “Big Game,” gang! Are you ready for the “Big Game” like we are? Well, we got your “Big Game” covered right here with all the “Big Game” talk you need! Patriots and Eagles and Brady and Sports! Don’t forget the “Big!” Can’t leave out the “Game!” If you know a Bigger Game, then prepare for a physical assault because there is no Bigger Game than The “Big Game!” Facebook:  htt...

Jacques and Joe talk about the fallout from former US Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s sentencing, Boston Bruins' Brad Marchand’s suspension, the return of the XFL, and the Patriots heading to the Championship Game That Can’t Be Named Without Expressed Written Consent by the National Football League! ALSO: Stranger Things 2 SPOILERS (three months later), Drew Carey goes down, and Trump’s ignored w...