Episode 205 - Neal Brennan Returns
Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
All Things Comedy
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2024
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Neal Brennan thanks drugs for his latest special.
About Neal: Neal Brennan is a director, writer, actor, and comedian known for co-creating and co-writing the Comedy Central series Chappelle's Show with Dave Chappelle. Chappelle and Brennan wrote and produced virtually every sketch themselves. In the second season, Brennan was allowed to officially direct, and helmed such sketches as “Charlie Murphy/Rick James,” “The Racial Draft,” “Charlie Murphy/Prince,” and the “John Mayer Sketch.” Brennan received three Emmy nominations for Chappelle’s Show; one for directing “Rick James,” the other two for writing and producing. Chappelle’s Show is the number one selling television show DVD of all time, selling nearly nine million units. Ask your parents what DVDs are.
About Tom: Tom Papa, a celebrated stand-up comedian with over 20 years in the industry, has made significant strides in film, television, radio, podcasts, and live performances. Notably, he's a regular on "The Joe Rogan Experience" and various late-night TV shows. Papa's literary skills are evident in his books “We’re All In This Together” and "You’re Doing Great!: And Other Reasons To Stay Alive," a collection of essays, and "Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas," a comedic look at family life. His latest stand-up specials are “Tom Papa: What A Day!” and "Tom Papa: You’re Doing Great!" on Netflix. Beyond comedy, Papa's engagements extend to hosting "What A Joke With Papa And Fortune" on SiriusXM and appearing on NPR's "Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me." His love for baking led to hosting the Food Network series "Baked." As an actor, he's worked with notable figures like Rob Zombie and Steven Soderbergh and has appeared in several films and TV shows, including the HBO film "Behind the Candelabra." Additionally, Papa has contributed as a writer to projects like "Bee Movie" and various TV series. Residing in Los Angeles with his family, Papa continues to balance his professional life with personal interests like baking.
Get in touch with or go see Tom live on stage! Radio, Podcasts and more: https://linktr.ee/tompapa/ Website - http://tompapa.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tompapa Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/tompapa Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/comediantompapa #TomPapa #breakingbreadwithTomPapa
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for breaking bread with Papa. |
| 0:03.0 | Hey, don't you know. |
| 0:05.0 | Hey, it's also a show. |
| 0:07.0 | I really wanted to, because we've worked so hard on developing our set and everything, |
| 0:12.0 | I baked you this bread by the way thank you very much |
| 0:14.9 | I want to have Joey actually bake that last time a store bought that looks that's no I'm that's a as a guy who |
| 0:20.8 | directs commercials that's that's a good-looking that's a good-looking love |
| 0:25.2 | that's what they call the pack shot it's hard to shoot food yeah it is hard to |
| 0:30.9 | there's a specialties there there's like people. I did a jack in the box or |
| 0:36.4 | Carl's junior one time and the main burger guy in LA wasn't available. |
| 0:42.4 | And the backup burger guy wasn't available. |
| 0:45.0 | So we had to use the third string burger guy and then they ended up just photoshopping a burger where the bird. |
| 0:55.4 | It was so awful. |
| 0:57.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:58.2 | It's like there's not. |
| 0:59.8 | Yeah, it's like a very, it's like anything. It's a way bigger pain in the ass than you would ever believe a hundred percent it's a |
| 1:08.1 | I remember just my mother had a small advertising agency and just still photos of food. |
| 1:14.0 | It's like you can't, you just have to get something that looks like the food but much better. |
| 1:18.2 | It's not really the food by the time you're shooting it. |
| 1:20.8 | The food has ever looked, it's the food wedding day. |
| 1:24.0 | Right. |
| 1:25.0 | That's what you're going for. |
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