Episode 293 - Patton Oswalt

Breaking Bread with Tom Papa

All Things Comedy

Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Arts, Food

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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This week Patton Oswald joins us at the table! He and Tom chat industry expectations, comedy in the social media age, and of course, Tom puts Patton's encyclopedic film knowledge to the test. Enjoy! Check out Black Coffee and Ice Water, out November 20, only on Audible! Don’t get them socks. Get them premium wireless for $15/mo. Shop Mint Unlimited Plans at mintmobile.com/breakingbread Check out https://www.squarespace.com/PAPA to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PAPA Eat smart at FactorMeals.com/papa50off, and use code papa50off to get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year. Get delicious, ready-to-eat meals delivered—with Factor. (Offer only valid for new Factor customers with code and qualifying auto-renewing subscription purchase.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	At the end of the movie, he's giving this new detective, who just comes in at the end.
0:06.2	The psychiatrist.
0:07.2	The psychiatrist.
0:08.3	He's just going through, let me explain to you what Norman Bates' psychological condition is,
0:14.0	believing that he's his mom and the psychological...
0:16.5	There's three types.
0:17.1	He goes on for 12 minutes giving this explanation explanation where today, even a high school kid would
0:23.0	be like, oh no, yeah, his mom's, yeah, he's psychotic.
0:27.4	He has to break.
0:28.4	We know so much more now.
0:30.3	But again, back then, that was considered so shocking and so unsettling that they had to
0:37.3	have the voice of authority.
0:40.3	This is a rare condition where Norman is both Norma and Norman and normal.
0:47.7	And it's like watching a film strip.
0:49.6	It is so like what the fuck.
0:52.1	And then luckily Hitchcock knew how clanky it would be and then they cut back
0:55.9	to when Norman is sitting there with his blanket around him and which is the also it's the
1:01.9	creation of the Kubrick stare which is in all of Kubrick's movies which is the guy is this am I on
1:06.4	camera here go do it. It's breaking bread.
1:11.9	Good to see you, buddy.
1:13.1	It's so good to be back.
1:14.3	Yeah, it really is.
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