Episode 258 - Kevin Bacon

Breaking Bread with Tom Papa

All Things Comedy

Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Arts, Food

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This week Kevin Bacon joins us at the (New York) table! He reflects on the massive success he's had from Animal House to Footloose to JFK. He recalls the jump from waiting tables to being on a private jet with Liza Minnelli! Catch his latest work, The Bondsman now streaming on Prime Video. Enjoy!

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0:00:00 Intro Teaser

0:01:00 Patreon

0:02:05 Wild Grain Ad

0:02:57 Welcome & Bread

0:05:19 Eagles

0:08:26 Los Angeles

0:11:55 Being a "New York actor"

0:14:48 Growing up & wanting to be famous

0:18:00 Turning down a tv show

0:20:22 Animal House & Soap Operas

0:22:50 Always thinking about the next thing

0:24:50 Supportive parents

0:26:00 Retirement is not in sight

0:27:20 The Bondsman and Kevin's different gears

0:29:00 Not having a signature "thing"

0:31:10 Wild Grain Ad

033:34 She's Having a Baby & Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

0:38:00 Footloose fame and learning to dance

0:50:13 JFK

0:53:10 Sirens

0:54:17 Carrying the role

0:55:47 Uncomfortable moment

0:57:03 Playing real people

0:58:35 Oliver Stone

1:00:00 Directors

1:02:47 Touring, The Bondman & Writing Songs

1:09:10 Touring

1:10:30 Gratitude for career & family

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Transcript

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0:00.0	It's only been a handful of times that I've played a real person.
0:05.4	And at that handful of times,
0:09.5	it hasn't been anybody that anybody would know.
0:13.5	So I've never had to do one.
0:15.0	Was JFK real?
0:16.1	Was that guy real?
0:16.9	Yeah, not really.
0:18.3	He was kind of a combination of a few.
0:20.6	Of different ages. Yeah, he was kind of a combination of a few. Of different ages.
0:21.3	Yeah, he was kind of a combination of a few different people.
0:24.5	Yeah.
0:24.9	One of which Oliver sent me out one night into New Orleans to hang with this guy.
0:36.2	Oh, really?
0:37.2	And he gave me kind of like a tour of the, you know, various, like, leather bars and sex clubs of kind of underground New Orleans.
0:48.7	And thankfully, Gary Oldman agreed to come along with me.
0:54.2	You weren't alone?
0:55.5	I wasn't alone, no.
0:58.7	It's Breaking Bread.
1:00.4	Hey, everybody, exciting news.
1:02.7	You know, our Patreon is up and running.
1:05.0	Very cool side project from Breaking Bread with Tom Papa,
1:09.7	where bonus stuff is waiting for you.
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