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Carnival Personnel

Carnival Personnel

Jacques & Joe (in Boston) have been doing comedy stuff since 94. Jacques & Biff (LA by way of Toronto/Tokyo) been on hockey team since 96. Yap pop culture and have cool guest - comedians, respected authors, renown scientist & scholars, prominent music folks, tv/film makers and just cool friends.

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01:12:42

CPP Sideshow 137 - Mark Moccia, The Laughing Of A...

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2024/10/28

Nice guys don’t always finish last – Mark Moccia is living proof. Every comic and every comedy show producer does fundraisers and charity shows … Mark ONLY does fund raisers and charities. Marks is only interested in creating shows that work for venues, work for the comics and raise money and awareness for great causes. 85k and counting in his three years of running show! Jacques recently did a show with Mark and truly saw first-hand how his approach to running shows makes him a comics

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01:21:36

CPP 258 - Back to the Funny Part II

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2024/10/21

Jacques and Joe regale Biff with tales of comedy and geeking out. Thursday, they saw "Queen of Boston Comedy" Christine Hurley perform live. Friday, Jacques was a finalist at Wicked Funny's 2nd Annual Merrimack Valley's Funniest Person Contest! Then on Saturday, they paid a (for Joe, third) visit to the Shea Family "Back to the Future" Museum in Hubbardston, Mass, and capped the day off with a special 35th anniversary screening of "Back to the Future Part II"! Plus, Jacques not-so-humble brags

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01:06:39

CPP Ep 257 - Insert Halloween Pun Here

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2024/10/07

Jacques whose home screams Halloween year round … got a late start getting up the 12 ft skeletons and inflatables … but spend weekend making up for lost time (much to the neighbors chagrin. The three of us do a much deeper dive into the Oreo Coke Zero and Coke Zero Oreo’s then anyone should. The horrific flooding in parts of the country (followed by the horrific politicalizing the response) is treated different in Japan where, sadly, also parts of that country are experiencing the same

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01:10:29

CPP Sideshow 136 - Mr. Wicked Funny, Chris Flahive

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2024/09/30

YES – Chris aka CPF Productions aka Wicked Funny is in year 3 over at The China Blossom and we chat that a good deal … but FIRST … we chat some award-winning Grampa’s Homestyle Chili!This room at China Blossom has been one of the more well-known rooms in New England comedy for most of the last 40 years. This is Chris’ 2nd stint at running the comedy room and every weekend between Labor Day and Memorial Day, you’ll see the BEST comics killing it in front of a packed room! Most clubs and bookers

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CPP Sideshow 135 - Matt Misci aka Mr. Pinky Ring Comedy

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2024/09/23

Matt Misci – aka – Mr. Pinky Ring Comedy – aka The Bald Barber is our guest this week. We JUST met Matt for first face to face last week where he was one of the hosts (and a judge … I think) at CPF Productions (Wicked Funny / Chris Flahive) comedy contest … In which Jacques, Wayne Russell and somehow Anthony Eugenio from Open Mic Pain Podcast, have all advanced to the finals Oct 18, 2024) And YES, Matt was wearing (his dad’s) Pinky Ring when we met him and boy did he live up to the hype we had

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01:04:24

CPP 256 - WE Don't Hate Taylor Swift (WE Think She's...

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2024/09/16

According to some folks at this past Friday night at China Blossom Restaurant in N. Andover MA, where the comedy room Wicket Funny is, Jacques doesn’t totally stink at stand up … nor does their pal Wayne Russell, who both moved to finals of 2ndannual Funniest Person In Merrimac Valley contest. Jacques learns what a “mom said no” item in a store is, we chat Vegas odds of Oasis tour actually happening, The Jane’s Addiction dust up on stage in Boston this weekend … and someone running for public office

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01:02:33

Re-Posting Sideshow 122 - TONY V - The Comic, The...

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2024/09/09

Come see the great Tony V. THIS Friday Sept 13th at The China Blossom in N. Andover MA, where he’ll be hosting and headlining night one of CFP’s Wicket Funny’s 2nd annual “Funniest Person In Merrimac Valley” contest – Jacques (and former CPP guests Wayne Russell from Open Mic Pain Podcast and Lauren Simms) will all be participants in. A lot of great stuff has happened with Tony since being on our podcast in March. Now, we’re not saying ALL of it is a result of being on our podcast but we’re not,

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01:38:58

CPP EP 255 - Bleeding For The Cause

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2024/09/03

Jacques is (sadly) back in Lowell after a couple super fun (and productive) weeks in Los Angeles – where Biff hosted his yearly (amazing) yearly JFT Hockey team party – as always Biff goes above and way beyond with the food and hospitality and NOT leaving the party to go have his finger sewn backed up after nearly slicing it off in food prep.Joe himself had a pretty great trip since last chat ... his was to New York City (New York City … inside joke .. if you know you know.) Where Joe and his

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01:42:26

CPP Sideshow 134 - Formal Edition 30th Anniversary

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2024/08/26

This is a very special episode of Carnival Personnel, but don't worry: you won't learn an important life lesson, or fight drug pushers by just saying "no," or even fend off your handsy neighborhood bicycle shop owner. This episode celebrates the 30th anniversary of FORMAL EDITION!What the heck is that, you ask? Why, it was only the premier source of public access television sketch comedy from Lexington, Mass. in the years 1994 and 1995 -- THAT'S ALL! Join Jacques and Joe with their guests and

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01:21:10

CPP ep 254 - Barber Shop Comedy Is The Best

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2024/08/19

Jacques is in LA for two weeks mostly doing (what he calls” comedy. His goal is 30 open mics in 15 days and come home with 7 new(ish) minutes of yuks. His travels on Wednesday took him to a barber shop in Inglewood CA … could have been Tom Hanks on SNL Black Jeopardy but ended up … getting invited back!Joe chats his goldmine of TV show box sets (LOTS of 70s, 80s some 90s) he’s acquired and the joyful painstaking process of putting it all onto his Plex. A true investment in our happiness. Biff

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CPP Sideshow 131 - American's Sweetheart, Comedian...

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2024/08/12

Comedian, Actress and soon to be Author, the delightful Doris Ballard is out guest this week. A life-long love of theater has had Doris on stage for years. Always active in local politics and local television – Doris’ standing in the Concord NH community really was a road block to pursuing the type of comedy she’s meant to tell … and it’s NOT for the pearl clutching faint of heart! This rapping grandma exemplifies the “don’t judge a book by it’s cover” when you see the host hand her the mic on

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01:07:08

CCP 253 - Time Square Taco Bell At 2am

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2024/08/05

Where can you go to hear Olympic talk from three guys who haven’t watched ANY of the Olympics but HAVE seen a few memes … BUT did spend the night before recording binge watching 3 Battle Of The Network Stars … right here baby! Where can you go to hear a breakdown of the WRONGFULLY (universally panned) UPN’s 1998 The secret Diary Of Desmond Pfeiffer … (OTHER than the Forgotten TV and Tele-Hell Podcast … Right here baby! Biff had Joe and Jacques do a blind ranking game of talk show host … there will

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CPP Sideshow 130 - Tyler Morrison Says Horrible Stuff...

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2024/07/29

Joe and Jacques meet Tyler Morrison back in April when he was in town for the Boston Comedy Festival, Tyler was at the BCF in his role as owner/producer of the comedy label Standing 8 Comedy (taping the two nights of semi-finals) and to record HIS podcast (Fight Stories) in front of a live Boston / BCF audience.Tyler himself is a national touring comedian as well as creator of HIS yearly comedy festival (on year 15) – Cottage Comedy Festival. Tyler has a bunch of amazing special up on his

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01:14:02

CPP Ep. 252 - Bye Bob

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2024/07/22

I don’t think we ever had REAL breaking news while recording an episode … but news broke (sadly) Biden is stepping aside … and we talk about … The passing of the GREAT Bob Newhart.Joe chats the new NES Champions DELUX he picks up this week and the history of “The Golden” cartilage! Chat more dead New England comedy summer shows and the few bright spots along the way. Jacques chats his sons sad trip to St. Louis (and taking them 3 days to get home cause Delta Airlines SUCKS) Little Godzilla Minus

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01:36:08

CPP Sideshow 151 - Comedian and Chirping Zebra, Mark...

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2024/07/16

Career hockey referee turn headline comedian (turn podcaster) – Mark Riley was our guest this week.It was just Jacques and Mark, so it’s not that the chat went off the rails … there were no railed to keep them on tract to start. Mark has one of the most interesting paths to the mic of any comedian quest we’ve had. Mark’s podcast Chirping Zebra is a must subscribe to if you're a hockey person … who also likes to laugh a lot. MarkRileyComedy and Chripingzebras on IG

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CPP EP 251 - Jacques Performed At Mecca - Nick's...

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2024/07/08

1986 Jacques went to Nick’s Comedy Stop with a buddy from his hockey team … a short 38 years later – He (with Joe there to make it a great night) did a set on the stage the truly launched hundreds of comedy careers. Thank you Mr. Mike Koutrobis!On the other side of the comedy coin, Jacques chats the epidemic of dead shows in the summer and looking forward to LA trip and working with Danta and Sally. When Joe hears “bike shop” he goes to a happy place (Pee Wee’s Big Adv) … Jacques goes to Bike Shop

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01:12:46

CPP Sideshow 150 - Comedian Liam Hales

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2024/07/01

Working comedian Liam Hales was our super fun guest this week. Liam can be seen somewhere in New England every weekend hosting or featuring. Most Saturday’s Liam is at McCue’s Comedy Club in Portsmouth – Also a regular at Smitty’s Cinema’s (in Maine & NH) as well as City Winery in Boston to name a few places. He is also an integral part of the Boston Comedy Festival production team. After time in a college improv troop, Liam spend a few years in Los Angeles working the comedy scene (where he

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01:04:00

CPP EP 250 - Stunt Biff Has Left The Building!

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2024/06/24

Biff and Jacques fly solo this week – chatting Jacques recent comedy adventures: Opening and hosting for ex NHL ref Mark Riley and another show with Steve Bjork where after, Jacques Mom let’s Steve know he is very funny and should stick with this comedy thing.The only thing worse then everything in your house breaking at once is a repair person who tries bullying your wife into writing a better review as you catch him in the act of trying to mark up a part 600%. Jacques has a St. Louis trip and a

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01:19:16

CPP Sideshow 129 - MYSTARU!

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2024/06/17

Comedian and a non-toxic middle-aged guy who is NOT afraid to tell his friends he loves them OR to openly talk mental health issues, MYSTARU is our guest this week. Rapper – Break Dancer – DJ – PROUD former Dunkin Donuts alumni turned comic and clearly the guy Ben Affleck modeled his Dunkings persona after – Mystaru is ALSO a pod (Vlod) cast co-host of “Real Or No Reelz” A competitor in McCue’s 2024 BCF – Mystaru is booked on shows (and hosting shows) all over New England on a constant basis. We

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01:12:11

CPP EP 249 - Birthday Gifts, Anniversary Shows and Biff

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2024/06/10

Been a bit since Biff was on the podcast! Was a delight to have the whole starting line up back.Joe gifted Jacques TWO awesome T-Shirts for his birthday this weed and we talk Jim McCue’s 3rd year anniversary shows at his comedy space in Portsmouth NH … and how Jacques did at that show! We chat the run of great guest and plug next week’s sideshow with comedian Mystaru. A debate raged over Monkeys riding Swans was a possibility and it was Ostriches in the video game Joust. You know – totally current

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