Carnival Personnel

Jacques and Joe yap about Batman ’66, the Joker movie, Bernie’s heart, other political nonsense, Brady on Tik Tok, and Self-Indulgent Theater presents Joe as Don Adams AND Don Knotts in a not-so-epic rap battle! PLUS: Sport, Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Closing song: “Namaste” by Dan Cray – https://dancray.net Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/...

Jacques and Joe talk about the Trump whistleblower, climate change marches, Spider-Man’s return to the MCU, the end (?) of the Mass Pirates, and Joe performs monologues from The Dark Knight Rises as Bane and Alfred in Self-Indulgent Theater! PLUS: Sport, Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Closing song: “Love” by Dan Cray – https://dancray.net Facebook:  https://www.fa...

Jacques and Joe celebrate Batman’s 80th anniversary by recording a Sideshow about all things Batman so long that Batman turns 81 at the end. Hand us the Bat-Editing Software, young Robin! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast

Jacques and Joe talk about Antonio Brown’s short career as a Patriot, 1930s football movies, the Climate Change Strike, Justin Trudeau’s brownface scandal, the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower, and other junk! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Closing song: “Wait” by Dan Cray – https://dancray.net Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https:...

Jacques and Joe spent one magical evening together watching failed TV pilots from the ‘80s and ‘90s: “Lookwell” (Adam West), “Where’s Rodney?” (Rodney Dangerfield), and the legendary “Heat Vision and Jack” (Jack Black)! Top it off with a little “Lidsville” (Sid & Marty Krofft, Charles Nelson Reilly) and the Hollywood—er, “Storybook Squares” (Paul Lynde)—and you can guarantee neither of them had an...

Jacques and Joe yap about Hurricane Dorian, Sony vs. Marvel, new Iggy Pop and Pixies albums, Jerry Lewis Telethon memories, Antonio Brown, and those darling New England Patriots! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast

Jacques and Joe preview the New England Patriots 2019 season and give their scientific and accurate predictions of how the Pats will crush their opponents on their way to yet another glorious -- and in no way annoying to most of America – Super Bowl victory! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast

Jacques and Joe gear up for back-to-school, Patriots football, and wrapping up summer! ALSO: Self-Indulgent Theater (Joe) presents Casey Kasem promoting the Thursday night TV lineups from 1977! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast

Jacques and Joe spend a lot of time both watching old TV and movies and talking about them: “Airplane!”, “The Amazing Spider-Man”, “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson”, David Letterman, and “The Stranger” from 1946 starring Orson Welles! They also yap about new stuff like “Good Omens”, Jim Gaffigan’s “Quality Time” special, and documentaries “The Image Revolution” and “The Family”! PLUS: Random V...

Jacques and Joe talk about the recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton (or Toledo?!) that the President blames on violent video games, because it’s the 1990s! Also, Jacques plans to go cold turkey on video games in his house! Coincidence?!?! Yes, actually. PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https...

Joe annoys Jacques by explaining every acronym said in this episode – it’s FUBAR! Jacques watches Avengers: Endgame on a continuous loop (shocker), Democratic candidates pile on Biden and Obama (?!) in the latest debates, #MoscowMitch trends, Trump bashes Baltimore, and Reagan was–get this–a bit racist back in the day! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook...

Jacques returns from his month-long cross-country trip to L.A. and Joe couldn’t be happier (for which he should get help)! Jacques sees Spider-Man: Far From Home, Disney/Marvel unveils MCU Phase 4 at SDCC, streaming options become more “diverse”, Jacques unfollows Dennis Regan on Twitter, Trump gives a speech in front of a clearly doctored presidential seal, Mueller testifies and nothing changes!...

Jacques takes time during his vacation to L.A. to dial into the podcast and tell Joe about the many theme parks his family visited over the last couple of weeks! They stopped at multiple Six Flags, Universal Studios Hollywood, and the new Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland where Jacques actually got pilot the Millennium Falcon, a true childhood dream come true! Joe played some video games. PLUS...

Jacques and Joe talk about Lin-Manuel Miranda dissecting the Queen & David Bowie song “Under Pressure” on Conan’s podcast, Jacques’s upcoming family cross-country road trip to L.A., O.J. Simpson on Twitter, Harvard denying a Parkland student over racist comments, the first of the Democratic presidential debates, Hope Hicks’s transcripts, tension with Iran, and Joe duets “Under Pressure” as Gilbert...

Joe’s life goes into the bonus round this week as he tells Jacques all about the new Card Sharks and Press Your Luck revivals! Jacques gushes about some other podcasts now that he’s sworn off sports radio for the summer, Jon Stewart’s emotional speech to Congress, Sarah Sanders hits the bricks, and Jacques recaps a documentary about a long-lost Fantastic 4 movie by Roger Corman! PLUS: Random Video...

Jacques turns 50 this week, and you whippersnappers better stay off his lawn! Will he make it to his upcoming Dan Cray with Beyond Id show? Jacques’s boys get their first haircut in forever, a brief Godzilla review, Trump visits the UK, non-championship “Straight Pride” parade planned in Boston, Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals, and Joe played video games and watched TV for a change! PLUS: Random...

Jacques regales Joe with recaps of his trip to L.A. for his movie premiere and Phoenix for the annual hockey tournament with the FNH gang! ALSO: Bill Buckner remembered, Jeopardy talk, and Self-Indulgent Theater presents Joe as Paul Lynde singing “My Way”! PLUS: Sport, Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  ht...

Jacques and Joe lift their Avengers: Endgame spoiler ban (because Joe saw it), Jacques plugs the premiere of his movie Assimilate, Joe does the Cheers theme as John Oliver, and they pay homage to the late Tim Conway! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast

They (Joe) said it wouldn’t last: the 100th episode of Carnival Personnel! Jacques and Joe look back on the past two years of this sh*t show! ALSO: Sandler hosts SNL, school shooting heroes, Trump crap, and the 49th anniversary of the iconic Stanley Cup-winning goal by Bobby Orr! PLUS: Sport, Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Closing Song: “Big Mistake Factory” by Fi...

Jacques and Joe remember Peter Mayhew, aka Chewbacca, talk some politics, Bruins, Tom Brady on Kimmel, blah blah blah… does anybody really read these? PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Closing Song: “Driving Us Home” by Dan Cray – https://www.dancray.net Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast

Jacques and Joe are joined by Jon, software developer and former player on the famed MIT Blackjack Team, which inspired the 2008 movie “21” and was featured on “Breaking Vegas” on History Channel and Game Show Network’s “Anything To Win”! Jon takes us into the world of professional card counting, the training involved to make the team, and even sprinkles in a few blackjack tips for those brave eno...

Jacques and Joe babble incoherently about Shazam!, Avengers: Endgame, Joe Biden 2020, Bernie Sanders on Fox News, Bruins playoffs, NFL (Patriots) Draft, and season two of Cobra Kai! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast

Jacques and Joe are joined by Jon, software developer and former player on the famed MIT Blackjack Team, which inspired the 2008 movie “21” and was featured on “Breaking Vegas” on History Channel and Game Show Network’s “Anything To Win”! Jon takes us into the world of professional card counting, the training involved to make the team, and even sprinkles in a few blackjack tips for those brave eno...

Jacques and Joe dive into the Mueller Report (what’s visible), the Notre Dame fire, and the record-breaking Jeopardy! champion streak. Also, Joe is moved by a recent episode of The Orville and curses Scott Grimes’ name for making him sweat from his eyes! PLUS: Sport, Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  http...

Jacques and Joe welcome fellow game show fan Rodney to gush over their favorite game shows—old and new—as well as game show hosts, game show themes, and game show home games! Part two of an epic two-part Sideshow! No Whammies here! Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast