Tommy Dassalo
| Tommy Dassalo | |
|---|---|
 Dassalo second from left at live recording of The Little Dum Dum Club Hawthorn May 2013 | |
| Born |
Thomas Howard Alsop 28 August 1986 Malvern, Australia |
| Website | www.tommydassalo.com |
Tommy Dassalo (born Thomas Howard Alsop) is a comedian, writer and actor based in Melbourne, Australia. He co-hosts "The Little Dum Dum Club", a comedy podcast with Karl Chandler.[1]
Early life
Born in 1986, Tommy was raised in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. He was an only child. When he was young he was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a rare bone marrow disease. This became the subject of his one-man stand-up show ""Pipsqueak" in 2012.[2]
Career
Tommy has worked as a professional stand-up comedian, as a writer for television and as an actor.[3] In October 2010[4] Tommy and his best friend Karl Chandler began recording a weekly comedy podcast, "The Little Dum Dum Club" in an effort to lift the profiles of fellow comedians above their own. Notable successes and people "Aware of the show" include Ronny Chieng and Dilruk Jayasinha. He is currently the host of "Filthy Casuals", a video-game themed comedy podcast, featuring Ben Vernel and Adam Knox.
Stand-up
Tommy has been performing stand-up comedy since he was 13 years old. He has performed nine one-man shows to date at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[5][6]
Notable stand-up shows
Writer credits (theatre)
Writer credits (television)
- 2009 - Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation[11]
- 2014 - Fully Furnished (pilot) (with Tom Ballard)
Acting credits (television)
- 2015 - Fully Furnished (pilot)
External links
References
- ↑ "Little Dum Dum Club live podcast". EnjoyPerth!. EnjoyPerth!. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- 1 2 Bennett, Sally (April 27, 2012). "Dark days turn to gold for Tommy Dassalo". The Daily Telegraph. New Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ↑ "Tommy Dassalo". The Sit Down Comedy Club. Sit Down Comedy Productions PTY LTD. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "2010 | Little Dum Dum Club | Page 2". littledumdumclub.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- 1 2 Northover, Kylie (9 April 2010). "Tommy Dassalo: An Explosion of Colours". Fairfax. The Age. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ↑ Calleri, Joe (30 March 2014). "Tommy Dassalo in Dreamboat ★★★½". Fairfax. The Age. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ↑ "Tommy Dassalo - An Explosion of Colours". Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Archived from the original on 2010-08-31. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Tommy Dassalo - Buckwild". Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Archived from the original on 2010-08-31. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "2006 Comedy Festival - I Heart Racism". Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "All The Single Ladies". Fringe Festival. Melbourne Fringe. Archived from the original on 2001-10-26. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ Steele Saunders (September 10, 2015). "Ep 184 : Tommy Dassalo & Demi Lardner love the 06/08/15 Letters". I Love Green Guide Letters (Podcast). Event occurs at 25:51. Retrieved 2015-09-23.