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

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)