Jacques and Joe look on the bright side of quarantine, volunteering, Jacques’ shirtless past, the end of handshaking, Curly Howard from the Three Stooges, the return of a Wheel of Fortune contestant, the red state-blue state divide, voting during coronavirus, Bernie dropping out, and Tom Brady’s Howard Stern interview! PLUS: Video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Closing Song: “Take a Ride With Me” by The Rationales - http://www.therationales.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carni...
Apr 13, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 190
Jacques and Joe continue podcasting from their homes (instead of just one home?) and talk about Bill Withers, Patriots to the rescue, the Cuomo Brothers, the best of quarantine Twitter, comic book industry worries, awful federal AND state government crisis responses, Tom Brady’s upcoming Howard Stern interview, and Resident Evil (kinda)! PLUS: Video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast...
Apr 06, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 189
Jacques and Joe continue the coronavirus stay-at-home lockdown and yammer on about grocery shopping, unearthing old Beyond Id headshots, staying social while being distant, the economic stimulus bill, and remembering “Curly” Neal from the Harlem Globetrotters! PLUS: Sport (virtual and classic), Video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast...
Mar 30, 2020•1 hr 50 min
Jacques and Joe record the podcast via FaceTime under self-quarantine as the world fights the coronavirus pandemic! But it’s not all doom and gloom: they also talk about Kenny Rogers passing (ok, bad example), Typhoid Mary for Women’s History Month (again, bad example), and the lost ‘90s British sitcom “Heil Honey, I’m Home” about the family life of… you know what, never mind! PLUS: Sport (postponed), video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodca...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 44 min
Jacques and Joe avoid physical contact due over coronavirus concerns and discuss the passing of James Lipton, Alex Trebek’s health update, a supercut of every “Cannon” guest star, 1940s Batman war propaganda, Jacques’ canceled military tour, and Elizabeth Warren dropping out of the presidential race. ALSO: Joe sings the “Beverly Hillbillies” theme as John Oliver on another Self-Indulgent Theater! PLUS: Sport, video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carni...
Mar 09, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 188
Jacques and Joe celebrate Leap Day talking about 30 Rock’s Leap Day episode, Andrew “Dice” Clay’s “The Day the Laughter Died” double album, NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, the coronavirus jeopardizing Jacques’ military tour, Elizabeth Warren on Colbert, and the proper use of Nazi scientists! PLUS: Sport, video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast...
Mar 02, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Jacques and Joe discuss prepping jokes for Jacques’ upcoming warm-up gig and reminisce about their “comedy camp” in the ‘90s – writing bad sketch comedy for two weeks! ALSO: Boston rock radio station WAAF goes to Christian rock, Louis CK’s return to standup, Elizabeth Warren’s debate win over the corpse of Michael Bloomberg, a touching Richie Dunn story from Jacques, and Joe performs the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” theme as Emo Philips! PLUS: Sport, video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! C...
Feb 24, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Jacques and Joe talk about the Oscars, Valentine’s Day, questionable movie trailer song choices, the Great Reclining Airline Seat Debate, politics affecting family life, and Joe reads Academy Award winners as Adam Sandler! PLUS: Sport, video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Closing Song: “All Pissed Off” by Dan Cray – https://dancray.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast...
Feb 17, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 187
Renatezky returns to join Jacques and Joe in the ramble-fest! Topics include Kirk Douglas, Jacques sees “Joker” and an obscure 2006 superhero movie “Zoom”, the Iowa Caucus debacle, the State of the Union, Trump’s impeachment acquittal, Black History Month, the Red Sox trading Mookie and Price to the Dodgers for a bag of magic beans, the return of the XFL, and Joe as Bernie Sanders singing “The Jeffersons” theme! PLUS: Video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook: https://www.facebook....
Feb 10, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 186
Jacques and Joe talk about the “Good Place” finale, a Betty White documentary, the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, the upcoming Iowa caucus, the Trump impeachment “trial” ending simultaneously with American democracy, and the tragic death of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. PLUS: Sport, video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast...
Feb 03, 2020•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 185
Jacques watched the Watchmen HBO series, Joe finally cut the cord, Lev Parnas interviewed by Rachel Maddow, Jeopardy! declared its Greatest of All Time champion, the Houston Astros and Alex Cora were caught cheating, the Trump impeachment “trial” gets underway, and MORE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 184
New year, same rambling! Jacques and Joe catch up after being off for a month, talking about Christmas, TV, Star Wars, politics, and the future of Tom Brady and the Patriots! Also, they remember three legends who recently shuffled off this mortal coil: radio DJ Don Imus, Rush drummer Neil Peart, and comedy writer Buck Henry! PLUS: Sport, TV Picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast...
Jan 13, 2020•2 hr•Ep. 183
Jacques dreams of a Barney Miller-themed Christmas tree and Joe stumbles through a few more “It’s a Wonderful Life” scenes in this sort-of Christmas episode! ALSO: Star Wars “Rise of Skywalker” and “Mandalorian” talk and the spoiler culture of social media, the impeachment proceedings, and is Jacques finally “done” with the Patriots?! PLUS: Sport, TV Picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast...
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 182
Jacques and Joe gab about Hillary Clinton on Howard Stern, the “Peloton Wife” ad and Ryan Reynolds’ response, Kamala Harris dropping out of the presidential race, Trump the worldwide laughing stock, the annual Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer special, Antonio Brown’s weekly gaffes and apologies, Die Hard, and whatever else grinds their gears this week! PLUS: Sport, TV Picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast...
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 181
Jacques and Joe discuss “The Mandalorian” and its breakout star “Baby Yoda”, Sasha Baron Cohen’s anti-hate-speech speech, Tesla’s fashion-backward Cybertruck, Fiona Hill’s impeachment inquiry testimony, Lindsay Graham’s emotional pro-Biden viral video, Gronk playing with Pats fans’ emotions, and Joe’s Self-Indulgent Theater rendition of “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “White and Nerdy” as Bernie Sanders! PLUS: Sport, Random Video Game Review, TV Picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook: https://www.faceboo...
Nov 25, 2019•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 180
Jacques and Joe recap Comics Come Home 25, Week 1 of the Trump impeachment inquiry, Roger Stone found guilty, Stephen Miller’s a—wait for it—white supremacist (!), Deval Patrick’s running for President, Sonic the Hedgehog’s movie makeover, Boba Fett’s less-is-more popularity, Dunkin’s fake meat push, and the new Disney+ streaming service, including a new "update" as to who shot first in Star Wars! PLUS: Sport, Random Video Game Review, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/c...
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 179
Jacques and Joe waste an hour talking about the week that was: Hollywood Superman dies, a tragic accident at a Buffalo Wild Wings, Joe buys a Paul Lynde biography, Jacques thinks Back to the Future is racist, Don Jr. equates soldiers’ ultimate sacrifice with his family’s “struggle”, ABC News discovered to have killed the Jeffrey Epstein story back in 2016, and just for giggles, Joe recites a classic scene from Tommy Boy! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Clos...
Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 178
Jacques and Joe talk about Halloween 2019, the Beer Fund Kid story (better late than never), Trump crying (?) after being booed the World Series, and famed NYC coroner Michael Baden questioning Jeff Epstein’s “suicide”! PLUS: Sport, Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Closing song: “To-Do List” by Dan Cray – https://dancray.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast...
Nov 04, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 177
Jacques and Joe recap the week that was: Elijah Cummings’s funeral, the GOP storming an impeachment inquiry hearing, Scorsese and Coppola vs. the MCU, Joe sees “Joker”, Jacques gets “Star Wars” tickets, and more Patriots drama! ALSO: Self-Indulgent Theater featuring Joe as Paul Lynde as Linus in “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!” PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Closing song: “Wings” by Dan Cray – https://dancray.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/...
Oct 28, 2019•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 176
Jacques returns from Saudi Arabia and is forced to pull the plug on video games… for now! RIP Bill Macy (Maude, The Jerk) and Rip Taylor! At least four more Trump news stories! And Tom Brady makes a cameo in a Paul Rudd show leaving a “massage parlor”! PLUS: Sport, Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast...
Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 175
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/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast...
Oct 07, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 174
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.facebook.com/carnivalpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast...
Sep 30, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 173
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
Sep 26, 2019•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 172
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://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast...
Sep 23, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 171
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 anything better to do on a Saturday night! PLUS: Random Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parentin...
Sep 16, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 170
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
Sep 09, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 169
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
Sep 05, 2019•57 min•Ep. 168
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
Sep 02, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 167
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 Video Game Review, Netflix picks, Parenting Tip and MORE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnival...
Aug 19, 2019•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 166
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://twitter.com/carnivalpodcast...
Aug 12, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 165
