Episode 261 - Ed Helms

Breaking Bread with Tom Papa

All Things Comedy

Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Arts, Food

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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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! Check out Factor: Factormeals.com/PAPA50off and use code PAPA50off to get 50% off plus free shipping on your first box. ----------------- 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 ----------------- Tom Papa is a celebrated stand-up comedian with over 20 years in the industry. Watch Tom's new special "Home Free" out NOW on Netflix! Patreon - Patreon.com/BreakingBreadWithTomPapa Radio, Podcasts and more: https://linktr.ee/tompapa/ Website - http://tompapa.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tompapa Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@tompapa Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/comediantompapa Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/tompapa #tompapa #breakingbread #comedy #standup #standupcomedy #bread #edhelms #theoffice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm sitting next to this group of old ladies, and they're talking about the hangover.
0:04.7	They had just seen it.
0:05.7	And they're like, it's so funny.
0:07.1	Those boys get into all kinds of stuff.
0:10.3	And they just get themselves in the worst pickles.
0:13.8	And they get themselves out of it.
0:15.9	And they're such sweet boys.
0:17.0	And I'm thinking like, did we see the same movie this is reaching yeah but what what was
0:23.6	incredible is that that movie like because we woke up the next morning and we were horrified
0:31.0	by our own behavior it allowed like all the bros to be like oh oh yeah, look at all that crazy shit they did.
0:40.3	Like, I wish I could do that with my friends.
0:42.7	And then all the grandmas would be like, oh, they felt so bad about it.
0:48.5	And so like there was something for everyone.
0:53.0	It's breaking bread.
0:59.4	We'd like to thank the good people at Factor Meals.com for sponsoring today's program.
1:04.2	Make this your best season yet with nutritious two-minute meals from Factor.
1:07.0	Eating well has never been this easy.
1:13.6	Just heat up and enjoy, giving you more time to do what you want. Get started at factormeals.com slash Papa 50 off and use code Papa 50 off to get 50% off plus free shipping on your first box.
1:22.0	That's code Papa 50 off at factor meals.com slash Papa 50 off 50. 5.0 slash Papa 50 off, 50 off, 5-0.
1:29.8	Papa 50 off for 50% off plus free shipping.
1:34.1	We'd also like to thank the good people at tompapa.com.
1:37.3	The Grateful Bread Tour is rolling along and we're playing great venues.
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