Tommy Dassalo

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

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 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. In September 2024, Dassalo announced that the podcast would not continue, due to a breakdown in working relationship between himself and Chandler. He is currently the host of Filthy Casuals, a video-game themed comedy podcast, featuring Ben Vernel. 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)