Tom Shillue's cult following started at Moonwork in New York City where
monthly, literally hundreds of hipsters pile in to catch his acerbic
wit, whether telling stories about his light-saber obsessed youth, or
mulling over the Constitution's sex appeal, or the dangers of freezy
headaches. The sardonic Shillue refers to his comedy as "tales from the
not-so-dark side" of growing up in the burbs.
Backstage named him the top New York Comic, saying, "There isn't
anything Shillue can't do." Critics say he is always on point,
original, and one of the top comics in the country. The New York Times
called Shillue "inspired and subversive" and The New York Post said he
is "brilliant."
Shillue's fan base spread across the country leading to multiple
television appearances including: Conan O'Brien, NBC's Late Friday and
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. If you missed him performing stand up,
you are guaranteed to see him in one of the hundreds of commercials
he's appeared in, such as Snickers, Verizon, Audi and Lay's Potato
Chips. "People stop me every day and say 'Hey, you're that guy,
right?" Shillue explains modestly. Yep, he is.
Shillue's expanded to feature films with Max and Grace and Duane
Incarnate, as well as the web with the "30-second sitcom" series for
fairenough.com and his soon to be released web-based stand-up comix.
To find about that stuff, do what everyone else does and log onto his
popular website, tomshillue.com.