Sideshow 152 - Jason Merrill - Gives You A Doggy Bag Of Jokes To Take Home

Sideshow 152 - Jason Merrill - Gives You A Doggy Bag Of Jokes To Take Home

Author: Carnival Personnel October 13, 2025 Duration: 1:09:44
Street Jokes are a doggie Bag of comedy shows … something you can tell at the bubbler at the office on Monday and Jason Merrill makes sure that doggie bag is full when you leave his shows.   The pride of Lawrence Tech HS, Jason got a late start in comedy but the mentoring and friendships with folks like Dave Rattigan, Dave Russo and Lenny Clark help make up for lost time.   A girl dad who has very supportive home base!    Jason joined us on his 50th birthday!  And let your Vegas based pals know he’s doing his first shows out there soon.   Follow Jason at Jasonmerrillcomedy on IG   Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival Personnel Podcast   Opening: Gomer by Beyond Id (The Stovin’ Years album on Spotify)   Closing Song: The Corporation Party (by Dan Cray off “Bitter Old Man” EP on Spotify and Youtube.)    

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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Podcast Episodes
CPP EP 246 - Jacques Fall Down Go Boom - Calls Joe [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:25
Jacques and Joe chat how aside from Jacques sister having a surgery and his brother having a work accident breaking 6 ribs and being in hospital a few days … he not wanting to be left out … took a spill and used his “pho…
CCP Sideshow 124 - Alana Foden: Comedian, Producer, Sex Toy Expert! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:35
Alana Foden got a late start in comedy and build up her confidence in the most unique way – fighting a traffic ticket in court and running sex toy parties! Right!!! Instantly seeing how awful trying to get booked on “rea…
CPP EP 245 - We Eclipses (Very Low) Expectations [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:22
Happy Tax Day – To those who pay them! Joe and Jacques flying solo, they chat this past weeks Eclipses, Joe’s kids being 1 of the 12 Angry Men in the high school play, and semi legit parenting tips (what? Asshole OJ Simp…
CPP Sideshow 123 - Dave Rattigan - The Scamps of New England Comedy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:11:30
Dave Rattigan, headlining comedian and one of the regions busiest comedy show producers - jumped into the world of stand up a little later than most but quickly made up for lost time. Starting with a gift for comedy clas…
CPP EP 244 - Boston Comedy Festival Recap … Mostly [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:31:52
Jacques spent 6 days – working the Boston Comedy Fest and was able to con Joe into helping a couple times … and having a blast. Hanging with Tony V a couple times, meeting Michael Gross (Dad from Family Ties) and lining…
CPP Sideshow 122 - TONY V, The Comic, The Legend, The Trivia Question [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:03
3/25/24 From losing track of days while playing cards at the infamous Ding Ho comedy club in the early 80s to being the FIRST comedian to perform at Fenway Park (opening for pal Bill Burr in 2023), comedian and actor Ton…
CPP EP 243 -Tigers and Lions and Bobcats ... OH MY! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:18:35
Been quit the yuk fest last two weeks for Joe and Jacques (SADLY, Biff is on ER this week) - but the numbers of shows they’re gone to and a couple nights of watching Joe’s Plex till 3am … they might have past the legal l…