Surviving Funny with Tom Caltabiano

Tom Caltabiano is an Emmy Award-winning writer and stand-up comedian. Caltabiano met fellow stand-up comedian, Ray Romano, in New York and frequently toured with him as Romano's opening act. Caltabiano eventually relocated to Los Angeles, and was a writer on "Everybody Loves Raymond" for the duration of the series (1996-2005) where he also lent his talents to warming up the audience and took over 30,000 behind-the-scenes photos of the show. (A book of these photos-Everybody Loves Raymond: Our Family Album-was published by Simon & Schuster in 2004.) Tom also directed and co-starred in the documentary "95 Miles to Go" with Romano, has been featured on ELR Showrunner, Phil Rosenthal's "Somebody Feed Phil", guest hosted "The Late Late Show," and was the inspiration for Scott Bakula's character on TNT's "Men of a Certain Age." Tom currenlty hosts a weekly Instagram Live, Everybody Loves Raymond 360, sharing behind-the-scenes photos and stories from the show. Send us Fan MailSpecial thanks to Wiser Time for providing the show's music.