Episode 261- Ed Helms
Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
All Things Comedy
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
This week comedian, banjo player, and history buff Ed Helms joins us at the table! Ed and Tom discuss some of history's biggest snafu's and the fact that somehow, we always make it through. Ed also shares about some of the biggest moments in his career: The Daily Show, The Hangover, and let's face it, probably his appearance on this podcast. If you were waiting for Tom to bring up Wacky Packs in casual conversation, it's your lucky day. Enjoy!
Check out Ed's new book, SNAFU: The Definitive Guide to History’s Greatest Screwups, out now!
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0:00:00 Intro
0:00:54 Factor Ad
0:01:36 TomPapa.com
0:02:25 Patreon
0:03:38 Ed's Podcast and book, SNAFU
0:06:10 Research and fascination with history
0:08:53 You can't throw away National Geographic's
0:10:53 Wacky Packs
0:14:20 We always make it through
0:21:18 Baking bread and banjos
0:29:12 NY stand up early days and The Daily Show
0:32:26 Writing a book is dense
0:34:32 Continuity police
0:35:22 Factor Ad
0:37:16 The Hangover journey
0:46:15 Silly questions
0:49:26 Government run mistakes
0:56:45 Uncomfortable moment
0:58:55 Back to silly questions
1:02:20 Returning to a quiet life
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Tom Papa is a celebrated stand-up comedian with over 20 years in the industry.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for breaking bread with Papa. |
| 0:03.1 | Hey! |
| 0:03.9 | Don't you know? |
| 0:05.1 | Hey! |
| 0:05.5 | It's how we go. |
| 0:07.0 | Hey! |
| 0:07.6 | It's time for breaking bread with Papa. |
| 0:10.8 | Hey! |
| 0:11.4 | Don't you know? |
| 0:12.7 | Hey! |
| 0:13.2 | It's also a show. |
| 0:14.6 | Hey! |
| 0:15.6 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:16.6 | If you love this podcast and who doesn't, you can get more of it if you join our Patreon. |
| 0:22.2 | It's a great way to support the podcast. |
| 0:24.6 | And it gives you extra stuff, bonus episodes, stuff from the road, videos, audio, and you get to interact with us and give us advice and ideas of what you'd like to see. |
| 0:42.5 | We've invited people here to the studio. |
| 0:45.0 | They're helping us decorate. |
| 0:46.9 | They're able to get special episodes that we don't even air in the regular feed. |
| 0:52.2 | It's a great place to become more involved |
| 0:56.5 | in the Breaking Bread family. |
| 0:59.2 | You can join us here at the table. |
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