Sitcom writer's road to Catholic church no laughing matter

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Sitcom writer Tom Leopold in 2009 (CNS/Courtesy Tom Leopold/Arne Svenson)

by Mark Pattison , Catholic News Service | Sep. 21, 2013

Washington--Tom Leopold is a very funny guy. He's also a Catholic.

He has been funny longer than he has been a Catholic. But being a Catholic doesn't stop him from being funny.

"I can't go more than two lines without getting a laugh," Leopold told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview from New York.

Leopold has spent the better part of his adult life writing sitcoms, including episodes of "Cheers," "Seinfeld" and "Will and Grace." He recently came back from England, where he did what he called some "punching up" of a batch of scripts for new episodes of "The Muppet Show." He has written for such diverse comic talents as Bob Hope and Chevy Chase, and written with some of the most inventive minds in comedy, including Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer.

http://ncronline.org/news/art-media/sitcom-writers-road-catholic-church-no-laughing-matter

Audio interview.

[CBHagman]

1. He likes reality shows?

But that's heresy!