Seincast Interview - Tom Leopold
Seincast: A Seinfeld Podcast
Seincast
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2015
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Seinfeld writer Tom Leopold joins us this week to discuss his career in comedy, working with show biz legends (despite being a legend himself), and the origins of "The Cafe", "The Suicide", "The Boyfriend", and "The Cheever Letters".
You can find Tom on Facebook and Twitter. But if social media's not your bag, he has an official site, too: tomleopold.net
Tom offers Private Comedy Workshops through Comedy Wire, which you can learn more about here.
Want to check out more of Tom's work? He has a wonderful album called "Just the Hits" that you can purchase on iTunes or Amazon. If you're in more of a reading mood, pick up a copy of his book "Milt and Marty: The Longest Lasting and Least Successful Comedy Writing Duo in Showbiz History" on Amazon.
Listen to Tom on The Catholic Channel and on the upcoming show "Laughing in Church" (premiering on Sirius in October 2015).
And huge thanks to Seincast listener, Eli Lebowicz, for putting us in touch!
Links from our discussion:
- Tom Leopold in "Mr. Mom"
- I can't tell you how much I love this movie. I NEVER knew that was Tom!
- Dean Martin & Jonathan Winters
- Paul Gale Comedy
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, |
| 0:02.0 | it's George. It's Elaine. |
| 0:03.0 | Come on up. |
| 0:04.0 | Hey, let me listen. |
| 0:08.0 | I never heard anything like this in my life to service. |
| 0:12.0 | This is exciting! |
| 0:13.6 | Huh? |
| 0:14.6 | Do you miss anything already? |
| 0:16.4 | Kramer, get it! |
| 0:17.4 | Kramer! |
| 0:18.4 | First is crazy man! |
| 0:19.4 | Hey! |
| 0:20.4 | So now, come on it's the stars. Hey everyone, welcome to Signcast. So we've got some good news and some bad news. Bad news is no Vinny this week. Even worse news, it's just me. |
| 0:37.0 | However, good news, the best news is that I got to speak with Seinfeld writer Tom Leopold the other day. |
| 0:44.5 | Tom was behind some of the funniest episodes like the cafe which introduced |
| 0:49.8 | Babu Batt, the suicide and and those Drake's coffee cakes, the boyfriend, the Second Spitter Theory, |
| 0:58.9 | and one of my personal favorites, the Cheever Letters and the Panties your mother laid out for you. |
| 1:04.0 | So you want an overview. |
| 1:05.5 | The first half of this interview is about Tom's childhood and his just incredible career |
| 1:11.4 | as an actor and a writer working with comedy legends like |
| 1:14.7 | check this out Steve Allen Jonathan Winters Bob Hope Chevy Chase so the list |
| 1:21.3 | goes on and on the second half of the interview gets into Tom's experience |
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