Episode 285 - Alex Edelman

Breaking Bread with Tom Papa

All Things Comedy

Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Arts, Food

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Today on Breaking Bread Alex Edelman joins us at the table! He talks holding hands with a nervous flyer, wearing tefillins, and making pottery for Seth Rogen. He also opens up about the loss of his best friend and how he navigates the current state of the world. Alex is an Emmy and Tony Award winning comedian, actor and writer. Catch Alex in THE PAPER, streaming on Peacock now. ------------------ 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:06 Best Bread 0:02:25 Agreeing with Trump 0:04:30 Nervous flyers 0:07:25 Tefillin 0:09:25 Eat anything made with love 0:11:04 Making pottery for Seth Rogen 0:13:45 Roomates and dealing with death of best friend 0:18:45 Support of friends during loss 0:20:20 Adam Brace's effect on Alex 0:26:09 Jerry Seinfeld came to Alex's broadway show 0:30:53 Starting at the Comedy Cellar young 0:35:14 Wikipedia obsession 0:36:50 Writing and Acting in The Paper 0:46:30 Developing new hour 0:50:30 Tefillin p2 0:53:03 Getting tipsy off one drink 0:56:08 The Great Outdoors, 2 week walk in Japan, National Parks 1:01:14 Uncomfortable moment 1:04:57 State of the world 1:13:45 Influences ------------------ 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	They don't tell me who's in the audience before,
0:01.9	but I came in and everyone was being really weird.
0:05.0	And I was like, did I, what's going on? They're like, Jerry's here. And they didn't say, Seinfeld. They were like, Jerry's here. And I was like, ah, fuck. And they're like, house seats. And they're like, yep. And I'm like, great. So he's in the fifth row. And everyone's wearing masks at that point.
0:21.3	And so I kept trying not to look at him.
0:23.1	I would look at the crowd like, Great, so he's in the fifth row. Right. And everyone's wearing masks at that point.
0:23.0	And so I kept trying not to look at him.
0:26.0	I would look at the crowd like, you know.
0:29.9	But also, I remember he's sitting there and I kept thinking like,
0:33.0	how did they kill Lincoln?
0:36.0	Because the whole audience is watching him.
0:40.1	And I'm like, when Lincoln was there, wasn't the whole audience like,
0:44.6	like how good was our American cousin that people are like,
0:47.7	well, he took the balcony seat, that was a mistake.
0:48.9	Yeah, but overlooking.
0:50.9	He's overlooking the thing, though.
0:53.1	I'm sure they were just like, there's fucking Lincoln.
1:11.2	But they said, he's not going to say hi. I'm like, totally fine. I'm upstairs. And they go, he wants to say hello. And I'm like, okay. It's breaking bread. And I have a place to hide my cappuccino. You can keep it out.
1:12.4	Okay, no one's going to.
1:13.2	No, it's, yeah.
1:15.6	It's a bread podcast.
1:17.7	Nice to see you.
1:18.6	Nice to see you, bud.
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