#367: Comedy In a Cancel Culture—Tom Leopold

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🗓️ 3 January 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman, This is Spinal Tap, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind) said, “When it comes to comedy, Tom Leopold has an extra gene. You may not know it, but he has probably made you laugh.” Harry Shearer (The Simpsons, NPR, This Is Spinal Tap) called him “a semi-precious stone in the crown of comedy,” appellations Leopold treasures.

Indeed, he may well be one of the most prolific and successful comedy writers ever, having written for sitcoms in the US and the UK, material for Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Jonathan Winters, Michael McKean, Chris Guest, Chevy Chase, et al.

Raised Jewish, the natural raconteur was baptized and received into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil in 2011. The conservative-minded comedy writer and one-time actor has some fascinating insights into what we call the culture, especially important for the Covid-19 lockdown.

In this episode you will learn

Whether comedy is a skill you learn or must be born with
How his father’s storytelling tradition shaped young Tom’s imagination
What it’s like to meet, and write jokes for, your heroes
The time Vice President Mike Pence served him a coffee on Air Force Two enroute to Cleveland where Pence was set to give a talk written by Leopold
The meaning of “comedy is tragedy plus time” and “death is easy, comedy is hard”
How Jews and Catholics share a love of story

Resources mentioned in this episode

Episode 5 (wow!) of The Patrick Coffin Show with Tom Leopold about his conversion
Jonathan Winters stand up act “The Talent Show.”
Don Rickles at Ronald Reagan’s 1985 inaugural ball
Eddie Murphy’s first Tonight Show appearance (1982).

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show. We're going to talk about things that are funny. Are you ready for some comedy?
0:05.0	Is it time in this pandemic upside-down world to laugh a little bit? We're going to do it today with my friend Tom Leopold.
0:11.0	But first, I want to let you know this episode of the Patrick
0:14.0	Coffin show is brought to you by drumroll my pillow.com I love my pillow I love my
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0:25.9	in my luggage before I go on a trip, and I also love Mike Lindel. I've interviewed Mike
0:30.7	twice on this show and I'm very picky about who comes back for a second time and comedy writer
0:37.0	The legend Tom Leopold is one of those second timers and he'll be here in a moment to talk about
0:44.1	The things that we're going to talk about but have not rehearsed. So go to my pillow.com my name Patrick gets you a massive discount. Check
0:48.5	out also the discount on Mike's new book which is being made into a movie it's called
0:52.1	what are the odds from new book which is being made into a movie it's called What Are the Odds from
0:54.0	well I don't this is the title but from crack addict to CEO again my puller
0:59.8	com my name Patrick gets you a big Patrick Coffin Show discount.
1:03.0	Coming up next, Tom Leopold, but first, this fake celebrity endorsement.
1:08.0	Warning, a following podcast contains ideas and arguments that might challenge your worldview.
1:14.0	The man's a national treasure.
1:16.0	Whether you're raising Arizona or just leaving Las Vegas,
1:20.0	the Patrick Coffin Show will blow your face off.
1:23.7	As promised, Tom Leopold has been a staff writer on shows.
1:28.3	He ran the comedy writers room at Columbia University.
1:31.4	He has written for all the greats, Bob Hope, Steve
1:33.7	Allen, Lucille, Billy Crystal, Chevy Chase, Tim, Tim, this probably a Tim in there, Christopher
	...

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