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September 9, 2025 99 mins
Today Spike Feresten joins us at the table! He's written for your favorite shows including Late Night with David Letterman and Seinfeld - and he's here to talk all things comedy! Tom talks with Spike about his many interests - collecting cars, playing live ball tennis, and designing watches. Enjoy!  Check out Spike's podcast Spike's Car Radio.  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 0:01:02 TomPapa.com 0:01:57 Patreon Shoutout 0:02:27 Pressures of Spike's bread  0:03:10 Seinfeld stopped Tom from golfing  0:05:00 Collecting cars  0:10:10 Paul Newman's flat loafs and Tom's fascination  0:15:29 Comedy writing vs stand up  0:17:00 Playing tennis, live ball 0:25:50 Writing for Letterman, Seinfeld  0:30:50 Writing "Soup Nazi" episode and working with Larry and Jerry 0:40:10 Seinfeld bungalow and Hollywood magic  0:42:00 IQ Bar ad  0:44:05 Butcher Box ad 0:45:41 State of comedy in Hollywood 0:48:48 Fox late night show and cancellation  1:01:02 Colbert cancellation  1:06:12 Podcast - Spike's Car Radio 1:07:20 Personality of people who drive specific cars  1:12:10 Uncomfortable moment  1:14:32 Tom & family past Seinfeld and Spike driving Porsches 1:16:05 Father forcing fist fights 1:20:02 watching Friends and old Seinfeld episodes  1:22:35 Designing watches  ------------------- 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 #seinfeld #latenight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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