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Breaking Bread with Tom Papa

Episode 326 - Sarah Sherman

26 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What unique experiences does Sarah Sherman share about her comedy journey?

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52.63 - 56.116 Tom Papa

This thing of just going and reading all the comments, by the way. Would you do it again?

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Chapter 2: How does Sarah Sherman balance her personal life with her rising fame?

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Was it a mistake?

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56.837 - 61.586 Sarah Sherman

I am going to do it in the car ride to wherever I'm going next. I'm going to keep doing it. I'm in. I'm in.

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61.726 - 62.507 Tom Papa

Are you responding?

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63.048 - 63.349 Sarah Sherman

Yes.

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63.629 - 64.11 Tom Papa

You are?

64.13 - 68.057 Sarah Sherman

Fuck yeah. People are being like, this sucks. I'm like, you fucking suck.

70.028 - 91.513 Sarah Sherman

i don't know i can't i don't know i don't i i'm not too cool i don't care i'll read anything i've actually enjoyed letterboxd reviews because it's it's you know people who like watching movies and stuff and like they're going out of their way they're making a review like people are like half a star it's fucking so i literally one guy said this was worse than every genocide in history combined

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And I'm like, amazing. Amazing. Or people are like, this fucking is so gross.

Chapter 3: What insights does Sarah provide about the pressures of performing on SNL?

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And I'm like, yeah, good, exactly. So even the negative reviews have been, because all you could ever want out of making something is that it is what it's supposed to be. It's breaking bread. A good coffee is amazing. Like I'll go to sleep the night before thinking about the amazing coffee I'm going to have. But it's like, I mean, I'm not, my tongue is stupid.

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Like I'm not actually going to taste something amazing.

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123.17 - 126.393 Tom Papa

Yeah. I'm not going to know the difference. Just, just tell me.

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126.674 - 131.119 Sarah Sherman

I'm always surprised when this is good. Like in the hotel room, a little, you just press a button and I'm like, Oh.

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The Nespresso Keurig things in the hotel are okay to use. The little coffee makers. I heard some flight attendants say that they would clean their underwear in them because it's boiling water.

Chapter 4: How does Sarah Sherman deal with audience reactions during her performances?

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Oh.

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And once I heard that, I was like, all right.

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150.219 - 156.207 Sarah Sherman

I'm like, I was wondering why my coffee tastes like discharge this morning. So nice to meet you.

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156.227 - 159.752 Tom Papa

I'm excited that you're here. And in honor of you, I need more some color.

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159.932 - 161.034 Sarah Sherman

I love it. Yeah.

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This is Oscar Peterson, who's a pianist. This is as flashy as I could get.

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And here's the thing. I'm not the kind of person who's going to be like, oh, yeah, of course I know who that is. I'm not pretending to know. Yeah.

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No, he's an old time jazz piano player from Montreal.

Chapter 5: What creative processes does Sarah use when developing her comedy material?

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And I wore a bloody tampon pin for the marinara sauce show. That's so nice.

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When did you start being fun and colorful?

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188.457 - 205.201 Sarah Sherman

I grew up being obsessed with the nanny. I'm a Jewish girl from Long Island, so my aunt would take me to Filene's basement. That's where Fran Fine would go on the show and get all her bright and tight. This is actually very Fran Fine.

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Yeah.

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206.303 - 208.086 Sarah Sherman

I love the nanny. I love her.

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She was so good.

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It's legitimately the funniest show.

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Yes. It really is.

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She's funny.

Chapter 6: How does Sarah describe her relationship with her father and its influence on her career?

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She's stunning. It's fabulous. Like, nothing's fabulous anymore.

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I know. I know. I was in a hotel. I was looking down at the parking, whatever, below me. Every car was white. Just bleh. Just white.

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229.639 - 233.405 Sarah Sherman

I appreciate the spectacle here. I appreciate it.

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233.625 - 236.55 Tom Papa

Yeah, we keep adding to it. Is there anything we could add?

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No.

Chapter 7: What challenges does Sarah face as a female comedian in a competitive environment?

237.361 - 245.388 Sarah Sherman

Um, I guess you do. Oh, you have Phyllis Diller. You don't need to add anything. It's perfect. You don't need to add anything. It's perfect.

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245.969 - 257.4 Tom Papa

Yeah. We had to, uh, we recently moved Jack Klugman over there. He was from the odd couple. Oh, uh, my wife had a crush on him when she was, he was her nanny.

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Sure.

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260.523 - 274.811 Tom Papa

And, uh, and once I heard that that was like her crush, uh, I was like, oh, I think I have a shot here with that guy. But nobody knew who he was and he was prominent in the middle. So we had to slide him over.

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Chapter 8: How does Sarah view the impact of social media on her comedy career?

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You know, it's funny though, when we take pictures at the end, he's always looming over us. I think we just have to, maybe we'll send you home with it.

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281.995 - 301.038 Sarah Sherman

Eric Andre for my birthday got me a framed picture of Polly Walnuts that he did a fake signature on. So it's like on my shelf in my house, there's this like giant gold framed bad printer paper picture fake sign by Polly Walnuts. And it's always the thing in my house that people are like, what's that?

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301.058 - 304.763 Tom Papa

Yeah, it's cool. How long did you work with Eric?

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305.232 - 333.45 Sarah Sherman

I met him, I opened for him at Comedy on State in Wisconsin. And he thought me and my friend Toler Wolf, the club manager at the time, we were living in Chicago and he was like, you two Chicago freaks would be perfect for opening for Eric Andre this weekend. So we took the bus to Madison. And Eric thought we were like local Wisconsin comedians. And so he was like, his mind was blown.

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Because he didn't know we were Chicago Hot Shots. He just thought we were.

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He didn't know you were cool kids.

338.275 - 350.048 Sarah Sherman

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then I started touring with him, and that was just... Wow. I was so spoiled. I've been very spoiled with who I get to open for in my life.

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Oh, yeah?

351.389 - 358.797 Sarah Sherman

Him, and then now I'll do some Sandler shows when I'm lucky enough to be asked. So it's like...

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