In 2001 Tom decided to pursue comedy full time and moved to Los Angeles. That year, Tom was runner up in Comedy Central's Laugh Riots Competition. He has appeared on CBS's Late Late Show, and NBC's Late Friday . You may have also seen Tom in commercials for movietickets.com. It played in movie theaters across the country and in some lucky markets on TV. He's the guy who says, "It's a silent 'r'." Tom was most recently on National Lampoon's Funny Money on the Game Show Network and Comedy Central's Premium Blend. Tom has also performed internationally at both The Montreal Comedy Festival in 2004 as part of the New Faces Program and in 2007 at the Main Arena of The Cape Town Comedy Festival in South Africa. Tom has written and acted in numerous short films, including "El Dorko", which is based on his stand up. His philosophy on comedy is to not take himself too seriously and to assist other people in doing the same. In the future, Tom would like to stop speaking in the third person.