Episode 266 - Carol Leifer

Breaking Bread with Tom Papa

All Things Comedy

Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Arts, Food

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

The incredibly talented Carol Leifer joins us at the table! Everything Carol touches seems to turn to gold - Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and now Hacks. Carol shares behind the scenes stories of writing for each of these hit shows. She also discusses why kids can absolutely not be at her stand up shows. Enjoy! Check out Carol's new book How to Write a Speech at Barnes and Noble. For a limited time, Wildgrain is offering our listeners $30 off the first box - PLUS free Croissants in every box - when you go to Wildgrain.com/PAPA to start your subscription Get 50% Off Your One Month Trial with Trade, at drinktrade.com/PAPA Text PAPA to 64000 to get twenty percent off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. ------------- 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:39 Patreon shout out 0:01:09 Wild Grain Ad 0:01:54 TomPapa.com 0:02:58 Bread and bombing on stage 0:05:31 Comedians are good in emergency situations 0:09:13 The loudest snack is Pirate's Booty 0:11:00 Corporates 0:12:33 Stand up before writing and being funny 0:16:00 First open mics 0:20:08 Carol's new book and giving speeches 0:29:15 Best writing job - Seinfeld 0:33:05 Larry David 0:35:00 Mixture of Jerry & Larry and idea generation 0:40:45 Trade Coffee Ad 0:43:27 Wild Grain Ad 0:45:30 IQ Bar Ad 0:48:44 Italian 0:53:04 Carol thinks Tom can't dance 0:55:25 Ketchup and ranch 0:56:45 Working on the Oscars 1:00:50 Uncomfortable moment 1:02:50 Writing for Hacks and other projects 1:08:35 Being a woman in comedy ------------- 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! 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 #seinfeld #curbyourenthusiasm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Something you said years ago is still bangs around in my head.
0:04.7	Really?
0:05.1	Mm-hmm.
0:05.8	We were at a party.
0:07.3	Okay.
0:07.9	A New Year's Eve party at the Seinfelds.
0:10.8	Yes.
0:11.7	You remember this?
0:12.7	I don't.
0:13.4	I remember the party.
0:14.2	And it was getting late.
0:17.3	And then they started dancing.
0:18.5	And you said to me, Tom, do you do you dance and I said I don't know
0:23.7	you go you said you look like you've never danced before and you know what I would say the same
0:32.3	thing if we went to a party tomorrow I would ask you the same two questions. It's Breaking Bread.
0:39.9	Hey, everybody. A great way to support the podcast and all of the crazy stuff we do around here
0:45.4	is to join us at Patreon. Patreon.com. Look up Breaking Bread with Tom Papa and you will have access
0:53.2	to hanging with us when
0:55.1	everything is over at our after show. You'll also get bonus episodes, stuff from the road,
1:01.3	lots of cool stuff. Go over to patreon.com. We think you should join up because then we can talk more
1:07.3	when all of this is over. Are you ready to bring all your favorite carbs right to your doorstep?
1:12.4	Be sure to check out Wild Grain so you can begin building your own box of artisanal breads,
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