Episode 268 - Justin Willman

Breaking Bread with Tom Papa

All Things Comedy

Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Arts, Food

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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This week Justin Willman joins us at the table! It's magical! Justin shares how he got his start in magic after breaking both his arms, how he builds out his tricks, and reveals if he plants audience members. Enjoy! Check out Justin's new Netflix special, Magic Lover - out now! Text PAPA to 64000 to get twenty percent off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply. ButcherBox is offering our listeners $20 off their first box and free protein for a year. Go to ButcherBox.com/papa to get this limited time offer and free shipping always. -------------------------- 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:10 Patreon Shoutout 0:01:40 Welcome & First meeting 0:03:40 The Wilman black tee 0:05:35 Justin's new special 0:10:10 Debunking tricks and plants 0:12:12 Starting magic at 12 after breaking both arms 0:19:02 Starting young & Kings of Comedy 0:21:20 Overhearing magician hurting bird after bad set 0:23:48 Learning about human behavior from deceiving humans 0:28:54 Getting stumped 0:29:34 Magician influences 0:32:53 Rising up with comedians 0:35:14 IQ Bar Ad 0:38:07 Butcher Box Ad 0:40:34 Magic history 0:42:49 Traumatic kids bday party bird experience 0:44:30 Rabbits 0:47:48 Uncomfortable moment 0:54:00 Magic Castle 0:56:26 Coming up with a new hour 0:57:38 Lucky playing card trick 0:59:42 First magic Netflix special and showing the audience -------------------------- 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 #justinwillman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was doing a birthday party in Burbank and in the backyard, beautiful day, made the bird appear.
0:06.7	A little gust of wind and the bird flapped and flew.
0:11.3	I thought the bird knew what the deal was, not to fly, but it flew up into a tree and it's just chilling in this tree.
0:17.7	And I'm trying to act like that's normal.
0:19.7	Behold, you know.
0:20.7	Yeah. And thinking that the bird would'm trying to act like that's normal. Behold, you know. Yeah.
0:21.2	And thinking that the bird would eventually try to fly again and get tired because he doesn't
0:25.7	do this a lot and kind of spiraled back to.
0:28.6	Back home.
0:29.3	Yeah, because I did have another show to go to.
0:32.4	And I'm going through the act.
0:34.3	Bird's still in the tree.
0:35.4	I make the bunny appear.
0:36.6	All the kids are petting the bunny.
0:37.7	And I'm kind of like, you know, I got to, all right.
0:40.2	So I tell the parents I'm going to come back after this show.
0:43.4	And if you guys have a ladder, I'll climb the tree and I'll try to kind of prod him down.
0:47.7	Yeah.
0:48.3	And I came back a couple hours later and they answered the door, not as excited to see me. They told me that right after I left, as they're singing happy birthday, a hawk flew in
1:00.2	and ate the bird in front of the chagher.
1:05.4	Yeah.
1:06.5	It's like, ta-da.
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