Comedian Tom Ryan joins host Rich Stein

Tom Ryan has been a full-time standup comedian for over thirty years.  He made two appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman and recently performed at  Carnegie Hall. Since  he was about 10 years old, Tom wanted to be a standup comedian. The  first standup comedy he ever heard was from David Brenner and George Carlin.  At  26, he left an insurance job in his hometown of Philadelphia to move to  Florida where he landed a job at a local golf course. The job lasted  only 3 weeks. Ryan  says, “Losing that job was the best thing that ever happened to me  because it forced me to confront exactly what I wanted to do with my life.” He took a job as a doorman at the newly opened Comedy Corner in West Palm Beach. It was the lowest paying but most  valuable job he ever had. It provided him with a complete comedy  education watching acts such as Jerry Seinfeld, Dennis Miller and Bill  Hicks. It  was not long before Tom made his stage debut. Within two years he was  working full time as a comedian. Since then, Tom Ryan has worked  steadily at comedy clubs,  concert venues and corporate functions across the U.S. In addition to  his Letterman appearances, he has also been featured on Showtime,  A&E, Comedy Central and NBC. He has performed as the opening act in  concert for B.B. King, Natalie Cole, Jeff Beck, Earth,  Wind and Fire, Aretha Franklin, Tim Allen, Steven Wright, Brian Regan,  Gary Gulman,  Jerry Seinfeld, and Dennis Miller just to name a few. Tom’s comedy can be heard regularly on Sirius XM radio.   His original style makes it easy for him to write for special events. He regularly headlines corporate events including Citigroup,  HP,  Morgan Stanley and Church and Dwight. Tom  believes that the best comedy comes from the most unlikely sources.  Here is an example from his act: “I was driving around the other day and  my oil light came  on. But that little symbol looks nothing like an oil can. When it first  came on, I  thought well, apparently my car is low on gravy.” BOOK NOW (https://tomryan.com/contact) Please welcome: Tom Ryan...