CPP Sideshow 127 - Joseph Katz - Comedian and Possible Time-Traveler

CPP Sideshow 127 - Joseph Katz - Comedian and Possible Time-Traveler

Author: Carnival Personnel May 20, 2024 Duration: 1:08:54
83-Year-Old-Jewish-Vaudevillian trapped inside a 24-year-old’s body, Joseph Katz is our guest this week. A finalist in the 2024 Boston Comedy Festival – Joseph Katz chats with OUR Joe and Jacques about their mutual love for the Dick Van Dyke Show, Jack Benny and pre-Carson Tonight Show (Note: we all also LOVE Carson’s Tonight Show.)  Katz had a cable access (Daily Show) type program in high school, followed by his college radio comedy talk show at WMUL at UMass Lowell (about 3 miles from Jacques’ shack) – Comedy IS his life!  And his life is pretty good! Katz falls somewhere between the great Emo Phillips and the Boston Legend Steven Wright.  An “absurdist” style of very smart humor with hard to see coming, sharp right turns. The youngest comic on the finals stage at BCF this year and he’s only going to get more seasoned.  He is truly one to watch as he’s just that lucky break from becoming a nationally known comic. Follow Joe Katz:  JooeKatzComedy on IG Jacques on IG/FB: Carnivalpersonnelpodcast – TiKTok: JacquesFunny                  Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast @TheJacques4 Biff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey Joe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber   Opening Song: Welcome Back Kotter Parody (By Joe and YouTuber: Chipboy)   Closing Song: Dan Cray “Where U Been” Off album Best Ever (Dancray.net/Spotify)

Ever feel like most conversations are too polished and miss the raw, funny chaos of real life? That’s the exact territory Carnival Personnel occupies. Hosts Biff, Jacques, and Joe have made it their unofficial mission to embrace the beautifully unrefined, treating each episode as a catch-all for whatever is on their minds or in the news. You’ll hear them riff on everything from pop culture and video games to sports and politics, often veering into delightful nothingness. The magic of this comedy podcast isn’t just in the hosts’ chemistry, though that’s a huge part of the appeal. Somehow, they also manage to pull in an incredible array of guests-renowned filmmakers, comic artists, authors, professors, and even the occasional lawyer or politician-all of whom get drawn into the same wonderfully low-stakes, high-laughs atmosphere. It feels less like a formal interview and more like eavesdropping on a hilarious conversation among very cool friends who aren’t afraid to be silly. Tuning in means joining a conversation where the standards are comfortably low but the entertainment value is consistently high, proving that the best discussions often happen when you stop taking yourself so seriously.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

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Duration: 1:05:58
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Duration: 1:21:21
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CPP Sideshow 138: Christine Hurley - The Queen Of New England Comedy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:07
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CPP Ep. 259 - Hot For THIS Teacher??!! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:31
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Duration: 1:12:42
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Duration: 1:21:36
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CPP Ep 257 - Insert Halloween Pun Here [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:06:39
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CPP Sideshow 136 - Mr. Wicked Funny, Chris Flahive [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:29
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