Episode 251 - Joe Gatto
Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
All Things Comedy
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
This week on Breaking Bread it's an Italian love affair - the hilarious Joe Gatto joins us! The words spumoni, cannoli, and biscotti are said often - but those are actually just the names of Joe's many dogs. These two peas in a pod talk all about their shared interests: desserts, Italian families, and comedy. They bonded so much they will soon collaborate on a short film. Tom's wife is not allowed to listen to this episode, if you're not Tom's wife, please enjoy!
Check out Joe Gatto!
Joe Gatto's new comedy special Messing With People is out now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQghA0123NA
Joe's podcast Two Cool Moms with co-host Steve Byrne just kicked off its 2nd season via iHeartMedia: https://sacksco.com/pr/joe_gatto_073024.html
Joe's tour: https://punchup.live/joegatto#tour
Gatto Pups and Friends: https://gattopupsandfriends.com/
Joe's first ever children's book Where's Bearry? is out now via Penguin.
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0:00:00 Intro
0:03:36 Welcome & bread
0:03:34 Joe's new special & filming at The Paramount
0:05:50 Joe's Mother being a mom to all the Jokers
0:08:29 Cooking and ordering for the family
0:10:35 Going to Vegas for Thanksgiving with mom
0:11:55 Flying into Newark on 9/11
0:13:20 Meeting Impractical Jokers Joe on the street
0:16:44 Gatto's Pups And Friends - Senior dog rescue
0:24:23 Uncomfortable moment
0:25:40 Finding names for all the dogs
0:26:05 Adoption and getting the word out
0:29:30 Fearlessness and childhood effecting comedy
0:33:40 Kids futures
0:34:40 Marriage reconciliation
0:39:25 Christmas cooking
0:41:00 Going vegan
0:46:00 Baking bread
0:46:36 Desserts
0:48:17 Touring
0:48:47 Charity event in Pittsburgh and singing Circle of Life
0:50:41 Being a filmmaker, action comedy
0:52:56 Tom & Joe are making a short film together
0:54:57 Reach of Impractical Jokers
0:59:00 Going to Alaska and performing in all 50 states
1:00:00 Getting back together
1:01:40 Being the worst first date guy and anniversaries
1:05:45 The short is turning into a feature
1:06:44 Goodbyes: Gatto Pups And Friends and Tour
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to another edition of Breaking Bread with Tom Papa. We've got a good one. |
| 0:06.6 | Today we have Joe Gatto from impractical jokers, from stand-up comedy, from his house, which could really be called Dog Island. |
| 0:18.1 | This man lives with 14 dogs. I know stop too many don't judge him don't judge |
| 0:24.7 | him it's not too many it's way too many it's way too many it's 14 dogs he says that well he actually |
| 0:32.1 | doesn't say it's got to smell kind of weird i think he would admit it but you know, I have two dogs, and it's a real pain in the ass because I don't know why this is, but my wife seems to think, and maybe I can use this podcast to correct this behavior. |
| 0:48.8 | She thinks we have to walk them around the neighborhood two or three times a day. |
| 0:53.5 | We have a yard. You have a great yard. I've been there. So we can just put them in the neighborhood two or three times a day. We have a yard. |
| 0:55.2 | You have a great yard. I've been there. |
| 0:56.6 | So we can just put him in the yard. |
| 0:58.3 | That's what he never walks his dogs. |
| 1:00.9 | He's got 14 of them. |
| 1:02.6 | He doesn't own one leash. |
| 1:04.8 | Smart. |
| 1:05.7 | It's really, like I would get a bunch of dogs if I didn't have to walk them. |
| 1:09.5 | It's the walking. |
| 1:11.3 | You've got to walk around town and carry this thing. |
| 1:13.8 | I don't get it. |
| 1:15.3 | Why do you think my wife doesn't want me to just let him out back? |
| 1:19.5 | Because she doesn't want poo and pee back there. |
| 1:23.1 | Oh. |
| 1:24.8 | Well, there is anyway. |
| 1:26.5 | I guess there'd be more. Oh, from them. I don't know. |
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