GREAT interview! I had the honor of doing voiceovers for Jay (the Tonight Show with Jay Leno) from around 2000 through 2007. I was basically the go-to dude for comedy bits where they needed a character or fake announcer, movie trailer guy etc. It was great working with Jay's team!

We're all happy Jay is still alive. He is a real treasure. Tom, you are magnificent too. Cant wait to get your book. Cheers..

So glad to see Jay Leno in long form, and with the great Tom Papa

Glad you are better Jay. Thanks for your commitment to preserving/harboring the great car/cycle collection -works of art and techno wonders.

Mr Leno entertained America for decades and continues to share his smart sense of humor and wit. He is a national treasure.

I’ve seen Jay a couple times. He’s the funniest comedian I’ve ever seen live. I had no idea. I remember my face actually hurt from laughing non stop for so long. I recall that there were no dead spots. It was continuous rapid fire jokes. This was back in the nineties.

This is one of the best podcasts online! So enjoy the Papa!

I laughed extremely hard and applauded at the plastic surgery/how old am I? joke! Actually one of the best I've heard in a while.

first time breaking bread-er here, loved this ep! so happy to see jay doing fine, it's truly amazing you can't even tell he ever had severe burns at all. now to continue binging old eps, thanks tom!

i love jay self made humble

Jay is spot on about ads on late night; we watch it on KZfaq to skip ads.😎👍🏻

The avuncularity will be off the charts with this episode. I'm super okay with that.

I miss the old guard comedians. They were so genuinely natural. Felt like if the moment just happened you could have a casual conversation. Jay is a national treasure because he embodies that spirit, reflects and shares who they were, just as we remember them. Who else takes the time to do that? No one.

That was a very nice, laid back chat. I wish Jay would do a vlog for a week of his filming his car show, running to catch his plane to a show. Then back/ on to the next one. I watched a small band vlog their way around 3 festivals during a week this summer and it was really interesting

Papa is 'proud' of his Country, the uSA. Now that is really funny; LMAO

I’m twenty minutes in and this is already a great podcast! Thanks ,Tommy and Jay! Happy 4th!

Jay still cracks me up! Tom Papa is a mensch too.

Thanks Tom. An invaluable chat to share with us all.

The fire saw that chin and was like "I am no match." 😂😂 (I love u Jay!! Stay strong bro!!)

Have always loved Jay and will continue to do so!!

5:55 Interview actually starts.

Fantastic interview - thank you!

Really enjoyed that inview! Wow what a story about Dangerfield having a stroke on stage, and the moment with him Jay had with him in the hospital! Amazing ❤

This was so enjoyable. Jay is Jenuine.

Jay memory with jokes and about cars is next level stuff

The world needs Dave Letterman to do an episode of Leno’s KZfaq garage show. Pick a car, any car, but we need to see it. Jerry would make a nice addition.

Great get. Amazing. Will be a watch again

Great discussion on the science and history of stand up and related. Jay is a walking encyclopedia. Fascinating.

Tom I just found you from your genius Netflix show...I will get your book...I am now a fan

Is Jay's mic off?

🍞🍷I am reading all these comments below and agree with each of them. Repeatedly Jay is referred to as a "national treasure" and I must say that it really says it all. I'm following his many interviews with great enjoyment. He is so relaxed, comfortable, natural, insightful, honest -- and with a genuine humility rarely seen. This interview is splendid, and I am grateful for your interviewing style that let's Jay be Jay. Super well done by you both.🍞🍷

Jay. Yes we need recording of your shows. I will always go see you when you come to town. For sure, my idol since I was like 10. Good to show the next generations ;)

going to enjoy this i feel. 👍

Great show Tom!

That McD’s and Barney’s story is fantastic!

Such a great show!

That was just the best interview. I met jay briefly at some car shows and its hard to talk to him at those events. Your show exposed what he is really like, JUST HIMSELF! Thank you for that. It was just a great personal interview. Thank you again.

thick felt pad with silicon rubber under it with the mic stand on top of the felt would go a long way in stopping the noise.

Great episode! Honestly I’ve never been much of a fan of Mr Leno; I am now, to be sure!

Great episode!

Why is one of the camera angles the back of the guest's head, and the other angle crosses the line of action?

Jay and Seinfeld were great on Letterman in the beginning. That's where I first seen them. Numerous times.

I look a lot of videos of Jay but I didn't know it was dead bad Thank you to ask a little bit deeper 😲😲✌️✌️l🎉🎉🎉🎉

Rodney new years eve in sunrise florida was the best

Happy fourth to you and your family, Tom. And to all you commenters on here too!

🙋‍♂️THANKS TOM,FOR INTERVIEWING JAY…VERY GOOD SHOW 👏👏👏…I am the same age as JAY …and this is IMHHO…SO MUCH BETTER,than reading a book 📖🤗💚💚💚

This is the best Country there is. Happy 4th of July everyone.🙋🏻‍♀️💜🇺🇸

Neat!

Hilarious episode 😂

Hyperbolic is exaggerated language. Lol. They meant hyperbaric. Great interview for sure.

What a lovely intro.

well done

Breaking Bread is an under the radar podcast... surprised not higher subscriber count than 38.5,.

No one cracked Johnny up more than Rodney.

Love it Nederland city of Groningen 🎉🎉🎉

Nothing keeps Jay down.

Is Tom paying attention?

01:13:30 married, no complaining 💜 🌌

Now that is a Hollywood wig at it's shaggiest.

Jack Burns replaced Don Knotts after he left The Andy Griffith Show. The character's name was Warren Ferguson. He was only on for 11 episodes & then he was phased out due to the character not catching on.

Glad you're ok Jay. Sorry that happened to you.

*Begins at **5:50*

I like video podcasts . What if you’re on the low carb diet is it still breaking bread.?

Please invest in some shockmounts

I never really liked Jay when he had the Tonight show...But when got out from the under the rules of TV I'm one his biggest fans...And jokes about the Lbtw/123kns (the G's I know want no part) community have got to come back...It's a treasure trove of hilarious material...Chappelle has barely scratched the surface...

Looking for definition of Hyperbolic chamber? LMAO your best guess, go.

Jake from State Farm is a good lay😉

The ONE thing I can do (sort of) is sound production. The mikes should be insulated from the table, and if they were wearing cans they'd hear Jay tapping the table making that annoying sound. SOMEONE should be monitoring what's actually being recorded. Gobel was wearing brown shoes as a JOKE because one of his best lines was "Did you ever feel like it was a black tuxedo world and you are a pair of brown shoes?".

Hyperbolic Chamber..... makes sense for two comedians. LOL..... Such an appropriate Freudian Slip

I would think a man who's afraid to put out a special for fear of cashing in his jokes may put similar consideration into the dispensation of his anecdotes. I've heard these stories in about every other podcast he's done. Thankfully he's a good storyteller!

Whadaya call 2 billionaires at the bottom of the ocean. A good start.

The term is HYPERBARIC chamber, not hyperbolic.🙂

A loaf of bread started the interview and got better ratings that Papa...but at least I don't need as many sleeping pills with this guy!

Treat Williams got killed in a motorcycle accident late last month. I think they were friends.

Sound could be a little louder...

Somebody would get offended if you called O.J. a murderer.

hmmm... needs to be in the same studio or is it really a podcast? i feel like im listening into a phone conversation. respect the format Jay...

Yeah, respectfully eight days when you’re Jay Leno!!! Any other shmuck would look like an abstract painting for the rest of his life!!!

Geez, need a color correction for this. Trying to keep the burn visualized for everyone 🔥 lol

What’s with the lighting? Looks like you’re doing these in a terrarium.

Hyperbaric chamber for oxygen therapy

The percentage of people that cared about the writers strike was the writers, the people on their shows AND............................Yea that's it!......

Carson stole Maude Frickert from Jonathan Winters, and changed the name to Aunt Blabby.

imagine if you had recorded the audio

Tom didn’t look like he enjoyed this podcast. Why?

You should have asked him if he's still in love with Trump.

I like Jay, how could you not, but the fact his show ran so long is not evidence it was particularly good. He was bland, safe, comfortable, familiar, and there was an audience for that in that era. There are plenty of formulas by which mediocre things can sustain popularity. Look at McDonald's, Tyler Perry movies, the New York Knicks, etc.

I took it the other way. The billionaire's life was worth less.

Come on if you're braking bread you should lay out a spread

Wow Jay actually looks younger. Maybe if you burn your face off, what comes back is fresher skin? I don’t know.

I like Papa but podcast studio design is not his strong suite.

CAN NOT HEAR JAY

Excellent,, but somebody needs to tell Jay to watch that Carson, George Goble, Dean Martin thing again because I've heard him get it wrong 2 or 3 times now,, he's way off.. It was funny as hell and brown shoes were mentioned but he's way off....

You should fix the audio. Your voice was just a little too loud compared to Jay's.

Set design needs help...and then a plastic glass of water for Jay? Come on. So easy to do better. Sound comes and goes. I love the series.

You ask us to buy your book...and.then just simply give it a good review, whether or not we like it. Why not just give it your best shot, and put it out there, and let people decide on their own? Give it a good review, even though your readers...(or maybe some of them?) "don't understand it"? Do you have a low estimation of (at least some of) your reader's intelligence, or were you just adding a little humor to your promoting your book? No, I don't mean to make out that your plug for your book is anything terrible. It's just that it's always bothered me how people, on their websites, automatically tell their readers to "like and subscribe" to their sites, without giving the reader the space on their own, to make their own decision, based on the quality of the site. It always bothered me, but I realize it's a common practice, to tell readers how they should respond to a website, And, as I said, the way you did it wasn't anything terrible. But when you tell people to automatically give your site a positive review, whether they like it...or even understand it...I had to respond to it.

Quit with the guilt jokes. Comedians, especially ones that have F U $ should keep the pedal down. You two are great. Podcasts have broken the “you can’t say that” BS.

Good interview. However, I did note that neither of them addressed the real issue with the current late night television hosts. Kimmel and Colbert go out of their way to promote their political agenda. It's a stupid mistake and displays no real skill at real humor. Jay Leno is still one of the best. He knows his job and does it better than most.

Tom, good show. Just do the world a favor and lose the wallpaper.

This is unwatchable due to the host, Tom Papa, saying the word "Yeah" and interjecting it every 10 seconds or so. An occasional "Right" but mostly "Yeah". So annoying. Some type of Tourettes?