Episode 252 - Jason Alexander
Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
All Things Comedy
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2025
⏱️ 101 minutes
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Summary
This week on Breaking Bread the multi-talented Jason Alexander joins us in the studio! Tom and Jason take a deep dive into Jason’s career - from becoming a professional actor at the age of 15 to the “trifecta” - they discuss how Jason navigated it all! But the real question is - who knows Jerry Seinfeld better - Tom or Jason? Enjoy!
Check out more Jason Alexander on his podcast “Really, No, Really.” and his upcoming film, The Electric State that comes out in March 14.
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0:00:00 Intro
0:03:24 Wild Grain Ad
0:04:23 Welcome & game shows
0:05:00 New Jersey and falling into career track
0:09:00 Professional acting at 15
0:10:33 Fate = luck and ability
0:12:15 Father
0:17:10 Mother
0:19:00 Loving magic as a kid
0:22:22 'As Long as You're Asking' show
0:25:20 Theater in New York in the 80s
0:25:33 Pretty Woman & Seinfeld
0:27:00 Seinfeld taking off
0:30:05 Finding out George was Larry David
0:31:50 Don't give Larry notes
0:35:00 Jason within George
0:36:35 Navigating fame
0:38:55 Jay VS Jason
0:41:47 Wild Grain Ad
0:43:46 Trade Coffee Ad
0:45:07 Creating so many laughs
0:50:00 Using comedy to build bridges
0:54:20 One Voice
0:57:40 Baking Bread
0:58:40 Kids live in the neighborhood
1:02:15 Being a grandfather
1:04:00 Kids being funny
1:05:00 Life after Seinfeld
1:07:10 Therapy and finding true self
1:17:54 Uncomfortable moment
1:19:00 Wanted to do drama originally
1:23:36 'Really No Really' Podcast
1:24:55 Taste test
1:27:15 Toilets
1:29:15 Working with Jerry
1:40:10 Goodbyes
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, welcome to another great show today. Oh, this is exciting. I'm excited about this one. |
| 0:08.8 | Jason Alexander. Come on. Come on. You know, sometimes I think the show's maybe getting too good. |
| 0:16.8 | It might be just getting a little too. I'm very excited. |
| 0:27.1 | He's a Jersey boy who hit a big, an actor from New Jersey, which really warms my heart. |
| 0:32.8 | Of course, you know him as George from Seinfeld. |
| 0:36.7 | It's kind of crazy to even say that, right? |
| 0:39.1 | Is there anybody in the world that wouldn't know that? |
| 0:40.1 | I don't... Right? |
| 0:40.5 | Nobody. |
| 0:41.7 | Well, you should be listening to this, though. |
| 0:43.0 | Yeah, really crazy. |
| 0:46.0 | A great, great person. |
| 0:47.4 | This is my first time meeting him, and I won't pretend. |
| 0:51.9 | I already did the interview. |
| 0:53.1 | So that's why I'm a little giddy. |
| 0:54.9 | I can pretend that it hasn't happened, but I respect you all too much. |
| 0:59.7 | We just wrapped up and he was great. |
| 1:03.8 | Did I go too long? |
| 1:04.8 | I might have gone too long. |
| 1:06.1 | There's no such thing as to talk. |
| 1:07.4 | It's good. |
| 1:08.0 | All right. |
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