Tommy Dassalo

Tommy Dassalo (born Thomas Howard Alsop) is a stand-up comedian and writer based in Melbourne, Australia. He co-hosts The Little Dum Dum Club, a comedy podcast with Karl Chandler. He also co-hosts the Filthy Casuals podcast with Ben Vernel and Adam Knox.

Early life
Dassalo was born as Thomas Alsop in 1986, and raised in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. He is an only child. At age nine, 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.

Career
Dassalo has worked as a semi-professional stand-up comedian, a writer, and an actor.

Stand-up
Dassalo has been performing stand-up comedy since he was 13 years old. He has performed thirteen one-man shows to date at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

He appeared as a guest host on Episode 51 of the Weekly Planet.

Notable stand-up shows

 * 2010 - An Explosion of Colour
 * 2011 - Buckwild
 * 2012 - Pipsqueak
 * 2016 - Little Golden Dassalo
 * 2017 - Dinner For Two
 * 2019 - Balding Cherub
 * 2022 - Turtle Island
 * 2023 - Scam Artist

Podcasts
In October 2010, Dassalo and Chandler began recording a weekly comedy podcast, The Little Dum Dum Club, to promote the work of fellow comedians.

He is currently the host of Filthy Casuals, a video-game themed comedy podcast, featuring Ben Vernel and Adam Knox. He previously hosted a sports podcast called You Beauty with his friend Sam Gray.

Writer credits (theatre)

 * 2006 - I Heart Racism (with Dave Bushell)
 * 2009 - All The Single Ladies (with Bart Freebairn)

Writer credits (television)

 * 2009 - Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
 * 2014 - Fully Furnished (pilot) (with Tom Ballard)

Acting credits (television)

 * 2015 - Fully Furnished (pilot)