Jacques and Joe discuss the passing of Regis Philbin, Herman Cain, and John Lewis, Jacques’ impulse purchase of a retro console TV set, the vast library of programming on HBO Max, more COVID folly, and baseball’s mounting struggles since returning to the field during a pandemic! PLUS: Sport, video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE!

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Jacques and Joe test their memories of last week by discussing Jacques’ FNH Zoom call, Beyond Id getting back to rehearsing, renewing a driver’s license mid-pandemic, the wonderful world of the Peacock app, a national coin shortage, AOC giving it back to a disrespectful colleague, the Lincoln Project, Dr. Fauci’s first pitch, and the Red Sox mostly not kneeling during the anthem on opening day!

PLUS: Sport, video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE!

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Jacques and Joe keep it brief this week, talking about the passing of John Lewis, RBG’s health, Chuck Woolery’s tweets, the push to open schools despite the rise in COVID cases, secret police rounding up protesters in Oregon, and other fun stuff!

PLUS: Sport, video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE!

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Jacques and Joe review the weak (sic) that was, including Alexander Hamilton, the “Mandalorian” behind-the-scenes series, the inspiration for the spoof TV show “Police Squad!”, drive-in movies during a pandemic, Trump commuting Roger Stone’s prison sentence, state governments vs. masks, and Jacques’ best 7/11 story!

PLUS: Sport, video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE!

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Jacques and Joe remember comedy legend Carl Reiner, from writing and performing on Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows”, to the classic “2000 Year Old Man” routines with Mel Brooks, to creating “The Dick Van Dyke Show”, to directing four movies with Steve Martin, including the iconic “The Jerk” and “All of Me”.

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Jacques and Joe finally go to see “Hamilton” (on Disney+) and watch more TV like “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” about crime writer Michelle McNamara and the Golden State Killer, HBO’s “The Leftovers” and “Watchmen”, and “If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast” with the recently passed Carl Reiner!

PLUS: Video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE!

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Jacques and Joe yap about Trump’s not-really-a-rally in Tulsa, an old VHS tape from 1986, meeting your heroes, removing blackface from comedies, the D.C. statehood bill, COVID-19 on the rise in the South, and Jacques finally drawing the line in the sand with his parents over the President!

PLUS: Video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE!

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Jacques and Joe give their oh-so-meaningful, cis-white-male opinions on Aunt Jemima being canceled, talk of a Washington, D.C. statehood bill, Juneteenth as a national holiday, changing racist team names, as well as John Bolton’s upcoming Trump tell-all (?) book, the MAGA rally in Tulsa, Bill Barr firing Geoffrey Berman of the SDNY, Ted Cruz vs. Hellboy, and more athletes testing positive for COVID-19!

PLUS: Video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE!

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Jacques and Joe talk about Jacques’ birthday Zoom call, justifying buying Grease 1 & 2, HBO Max temporarily removing “Gone with the Wind” and permanently removing Elmer Fudd’s gun, a problem with the Mendon drive-in owner, J.K. Rowling’s transphobia, NASCAR banning the Confederate flag, David Bowie calling out MTV’s racism in 1983, Trump’s planned rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth, COVID cases spiking, and Self-Indulgent Theater with Joe and Jacques improvising a scene where coronavirus meets “Curb Your Enthusiasm”!

PLUS: Video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE!

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Jacques and Joe comment on the Black Lives Matter protests over police brutality and racial inequality in America, the Buffalo PD’s response to their pushing and injuring a 75-yeard-old protester, concerns about a rise in COVID cases, the NFL’s statement on BLM, Drew Brees’ controversial video, and Jacques’ son becoming a YouTuber (?)!

PLUS: Video games, TV picks, Parenting Tip and MORE!

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