Carmen Ciricillo Show

Trying Not to Lose It w/Bill Pettifer

In this episode Carmen and Donny talk with Bill Pettifer a relatively new comedian with an easy going attitude. Bill is mellow and can go with the flow as proven in this episode by his easy laugh and ability to listen to Carmen's incessant rambling. This episode is about pain. The pain of keeping it together in the stand up business. Doing stand up is easy. Carmen and Bill talk about traveling, club owners, parking, crowds, expectations, over fantasizing etc is the hard part. Take a listen and let us know what you think.

The AI Edge w/Bob Rayhart

Bob Rayhart works at Costco and that's not all. Today a lot of comics hold day jobs and work stand up at night and Bob is doing great at both. I met Bob at a gig in Punta Gorda and consistently call him to open or middle for me at one of my shows. Bob is a big dude with long hair and a great  funny attitude. On this episode we talk about everything from digital watches to Grok. We also talk about AI and the questions we ask it by going through Carmen's history on Grok. Edging with AI and other ridiculous ideas are brought up. This is usual fare for our show. No agenda or topics just nonstop comedic ideas with zero intention of being serious. 

The Colorful Backgrounds of Comedians w/Nathan Wallace

Nathan Wallace is a very funny comedian that I've known for many years. His energy is full throttle and nonstop funny. Nathan and I talk about stage names that I made up to get work and being a fake agent to talk in the 3rd party about myself. The things comedians do to get work and are still doing. Nathan had multiple names and talks about his father's interesting past. All of us including Donny find out we are in the trailer park club and how that shaped our life. Nathan has a podcast called Radically Indifferent that is a true breath of fresh air in the comedy world. Check him out on Youtube.

Phantom Pains

On this episode Ryan Sharp from Coming this Summer podcast makes a guest appearance without his cohorts, is cohorts a word? Anyway Carmen talks about how on the previous pod without Ryan how he still called Ryans name. Thus phantom pains of feeling he was there but he was not. Also we talk about some bad Advent calendars, Halloween candy overload and how to get rid of it and much more.

The Boys are Gone

Just Donny and Carmen on this one folks and we talk about who you can depend on. The boys are not on but we still call on them like they were here. We talk FUN and what proper FUN is. Donny needs help at 31 and Carmen suggests Boomers helping Gen Z, X and Millennials as a business. Taking guys out and showing them proper FUN. Carmen was a DJ in college and discusses about the power of the music controller and so much more in this pod.

Squirreled Up

In this non linear episode we bring in guest JJ and SuperBad to discuss Carmen's fashion and his new irregular habit of watch wearing. Also dressing Donny like a pimp from Goodwill finds. Carmen wants to reduce the swearing on the show so he uses the code word squirrel to substitute for the bad one. The guys discuss movie remakes and old Sega video games like the Grinch. Toast talk happens and some discussion about lyrics of songs we didn't know.

My Mom is Listening to the Pod

On this episode we bring in Bean and Superbad to discuss many things including Carmen's mom. On a previous podcast the gang talked about Carmen's mother's uterus, describing it as the first place Carmen lived. Carmen decided to tell his mom about the pod and the boys including Donny seemed surprised. Carmen gets accused of fact checking which he denies and does not allow during the pod. Carmens daughter otherwise known as HR watched a previous pod and demanded that the video of the pod be taken down due to bad editing. Donny's computer has been in the shop so we have to cut him some slack and we don't want Don King Cady to cry even though he seems incapable. This pod cannot be described in this description because hundreds of topic keep popping out.

Fully Shaved and Ready to Dance

In this episode Carmen tries to explain the world to JJ, Jay, Ryan and Donny who are too young to understand. Carmen's disco days and his knowledge of rap music blows away these youngsters. Also Carmen had an issue with a comedy club last weekend and blows some steam off about it. How to look cool comes up and its mostly gone for Carm because of his hair. Ryan goes to the beach because of a girl and denies it. Jay works a sorority dance and tries to rip on the dancers without offending them so Carmen steps in to do it properly. Also eye glass issues and other handicaps are discussed. By the way this description may not be accurate.

Trailer Park LIfe and Real People

In this episode Bean and SuperBad and JJ show up to talk about trailer parks, neighborhoods and stories from real people. Also a lot of new superheros are created through this thought provoking brainstorming edition of the pod. Lighting fire for entertainment, wearing gold watches, living in the hood, Mr. Wonderful and more in this episode.

Little Big Men

On todays pod Lou Angelwolf, an American stand up comedian makes his debut. Lou and Carmen are good friends and have performed together on the same stages since the early 90s. In this episode the the comedians talk about the Sopranos and Tony's mental health issues. Also about Lou's use of therapy and how what you learn from 0-5 still controls you. Germans vs Italians comes up and Carmens speaks a little of both. Lou makes good points about talking to priests and about the feminine side of men. Every so often we here Donny and his attempt to stop Carmen from interrupting Lou when he talks about the Indians and how they consulted with the council of Grandmas. Also much more.