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15 Facts About Tom Leopold

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Tom Leopold was born on 1949 and is an American comedy writer, performer, and novelist.

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Tom Leopold has written episodes of Seinfeld and Cheers, along with several books.

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Tom Leopold provided vocal performances with Jonathan Katz in animated productions for the Internet such as Hey, We're Back and Explosion Bus.

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Tom Leopold was born in Miami Beach, Florida, and grew up in nearby Coral Gables, the son of Paul and Joanne Tom Leopold.

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Tom Leopold attended Coral Gables Senior High School before graduating from the School of Performing Arts at New York University.

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Tom Leopold began writing material for National Lampoon magazine and went on to work on The National Lampoon Radio Hour when it was created in 1973.

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Tom Leopold worked with performers such as Chevy Chase, Richard Belzer, and Christopher Guest.

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Tom Leopold transitioned into television sketch comedy writing when The Chevy Chase Show began in 1977.

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Tom Leopold wrote for other programs such as The Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.

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Tom Leopold later began writing for television situation comedies and has done this successfully ever since.

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Tom Leopold wrote two episodes of Seinfeld and he co-wrote the episode "The Cheever Letters".

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Tom Leopold left his name on the movie, but has done no film writing since.

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Tom Leopold has written two novels; his first was Almost Like Being Here in 1988, which was followed by the sequel Somebody Sing in 1990.

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In 2012, Tom Leopold began hosting a weekly radio show, Entertaining Truth, on The Catholic Channel exclusive to Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

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Tom Leopold owns a summer home in Greenport, New York that he bought from Kofi Annan.