This week on Breaking Bread the hilarious Retta joins us at the table! She shares about getting her start in stand up, transitioning into acting, and hosting her show on HGTV. We even get the behind the scenes scoop of some crazy houses she's filmed at. As fellow New Jerseyans Tom & Retta also bond over home cooked meals growing up. Enjoy!

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0:00:00 Intro Song

0:00:15 Wild Grain Ad

0:01:05 Tompapa.com

0:01:47 Welcome & eating bread

0:02:49 Traveling shows

0:03:44 Funky smells in houses

0:06:20 Pressure of Hosting & Ugliest House in America

0:09:44 Retta's personality & navigating HGTV

0:12:30 Standup into acting

0:14:28 Grass Valley, CA house & SangRETTA

0:17:04 New Jersey & moving out

0:19:45 Singing, religion, and musicals

0:24:45 Family & brother who is a sneaker head

0:27:15 Handbag obsession

0:32:29 Wild Grain Ad

0:34:08 Trade Coffee Ad

0:36:04 Liberian food growing up

0:38:00 North Carolina open mics

0:42:00 Moving to LA

0:43:38 Moesha

0:45:42 Stand up & creativity

0:49:47 Slackers audition

0:52:00 LA & the industry

0:56:57 Uncomfortable moment

0:58:29 Proud parents & cooking

1:02:49 New season of Ugliest House in America

1:05:30 Crazy house story

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This week on Breaking Bread, Tom is an absolute fangirl because the legendary Chris Bianco joins us in the studio. They discuss how comedy and baking both have the ability to comfort people in times of need. Chris shares about his efforts to help people during the LA fires. He even handles Tom's bread like an old grandma - but - does he give Tom his stamp of approval? We still don't know. Enjoy!

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This week on Breaking Bread Harland Williams joins us in the studio. We reveal his two biggest claim to fames: starting the John Deere trend and being the king of Canada. He shares about growing up, getting sent to boarding school, and realizing he was on his own in this life. Tom and Harland also share an open dialogue about the current political climate.

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0:00:00 Intro

0:03:00 Resturants, Musso & Franks 3:00

0:07:14 Being mocked as a kid 7:14

0:14:23 Boarding school

0:21:10 Realizing he's on his own

0:25:13 Dating Scene

0:26:00 Catholic School

0:29:10 Meeting Harland when he moved to LA

0:30:15 John Deere trend & Ashton Kutcher

0:35:00 Religion growing up

0:38:08 Canada assimilation

0:50:57 Uncomfortable Moment

0:56:25 Elon Musk

1:05:40 Media & politics

1:18:20 Jan 6th

1:22:13 Bird Flu

1:27:30 International Comedy

1:30:20 Beirut

1:33:32 Bread & Goodbyes

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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!

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

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