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Tommy Moore is a Comedian of many hats -
all of them funny!
As a teacher, he gained the title "Professor of Fun,"
teaching two great courses: "Humor as a Life Skill" and "Stand up
Comedy Performance" for three years at Philadelphia's Temple University,
as well as guest lecturing at Drexel, Princeton, LaSalle, and St.
Joseph's Universities.
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As a speaker, he's de-stressed thousands, presenting his "Handling
Stress Through Humor" programs at corporations as diverse as AT&T,
DuPont, General Electric, Independence Blue Cross & Blue Shield,
SONY, and The SUN Company.
As an author, in his book, "Get Happy" he tells stories of
Jay Leno,
Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Johnny Carson, Milton Berle, Bill Cosby,
George Burns, Robin Williams and many, many more!
As a columnist, in his "Comedy Corner" newspaper column of 11
years, he's interviewed and reviewed every major comedian in the
country. (As well as writing for MAD Magazine.)
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On TV, he's appeared in over 80 shows on CBS, NBC,
SHOWTIME, PBS, and FOX, appearing with Steve Allen,
Joan Rivers, Allan King, Harry Anderson, Maury Povich
and many more!
On radio, he's appeared over 60 times on WCAU, WWDB,
WIOQ, WDVT, WYSP, KISS, and WHYY, with the likes of
Soupy Sales, Yakov Smirnoff, Jackie Vernon, or alone,
doing one of his crazy dialect characters!
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Internationally, he is proud to have performed
for The
Department of Defense and The USO, entertaining service
people in tours of duty in England, Iceland, Germany,Wales,
and The Netherlands.
At resort hotels he's appeared a record 350 times at Caesar's
World Hotels, as well as Split Rock Lodge, Strickland's,
Birchwood, Glenwood, and Mt. Airy Lodge, all in the Poconos.
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At casinos, he's appeared at Bally's Grand, Caesar's, Dover
Downs, The Golden Nugget, Harrah's Marina, Playboy,
The Sands, Showboat, and Trump Plaza with Robert Goulet,
Dionne Warwick, Bobby Rydell, Chubby Checker, The Coasters,
Jay Black & The Americans, and country star Janie Frickie.
In nightclubs and theaters, he's worked at the famed Copacabana,
Palumbo's, Philadelphia Academy of Music, all of Florida's Century
Village Theaters, and hundreds of comedy clubs along the
East Coast.
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But the accomplishment he's most proud of is having an act clean
enough to be able to have worked at hundreds of religious and charitable
organizations. His mission statement is "To put the FUN back in
FUNNY - and use humor to entertain, inform, uplift, encourage, and
heal."
Resume Highlights:
TELEVISION:
The Funniest Person in America - Showtime
The Peoples Choice Awards ABC
The Jane Whitney Show CBS
The Road to Comedy PBS
Maury Povichs People Are Talking KYW
The Joe Franklin Show WWOR
Evening Magazine KYW
Weekend With The Stars KYW
Saturday Night Dead KYW
AM Philadelphia WPVI
Good Day Philadelphia FOX
In Search of The 3 Stooges WTAF
Laughing in The New Year WTAF
The Out on The Town Show - WKBS
RADIO:
The Wally Kennedy Show WCAU
The Stan Gibel Show WCAU
The Harry J. Kupp Show WCAU
The Frank Andrews Show WCAU
The Jim Rodgers Show WCAU
The Irv Homer Show WCAU
The Dom Giordano Show WCAU
Harvey in The Morning WIOQ
The Dennis Malloy Show KISS
The Peter Tilden Show WDVT
The Michella Mijoun Show WXPN
The Ivory Blackwood Show WRDR
Success Stories WHYY
CASINOS:
Bally Grand, Atlantic City
Caesars, Atlantic City
Golden Nugget, Atlantic City
Harrahs Marina, Atlantic City
Playboy, Atlantic City
Sands, Atlantic City
Showboat, Atlantic City
Trump Plaza, Atlantic City
Dover Downs, Delaware
Midway Casino, Delaware
FLORIDA CONDOMINIUMS:
All Century Villages
Miami
Boca Raton
Dearfield Beach
Hollywood
West Palm Beach
APPEARANCES WITH:
Steve Allen
Harry Anderson
Alan King
Rosie ODonnell
Don Rickles
Soupy Sales
Pat Paulsen
Jackie Vernon
Henny Youngman
Jay Black & The Americans
Chubby Checker
Bobby Rydell
The Platters
The Dovels
Janie Frickie
The Coasters
The Tymes
Robert Goulet
Dionne Warwick
Shecky Greene
POCONO RESORT HOTELS:
(number of appearances since 95)
Caesars Paradise Stream (135)
Caesars Pocono Palace (120)
Caesars Cove Haven (75)
Caesars Brookdale (30)
Split Rock Lodge (65)
Mt. Airy Lodge (30)
Penn Hills Resort (30)
Birchwood Resort (15)
Glennwood Resort (15)
CRUISE SHIPS:
Liberty Bell (3 years)
Spirit of Philadelphia
Spirit of New Jersey
THEATERS:
The Academy of Music, Philadelphia
The American Music Theater, Lancaster, Pa.
The Mandell Theater, Philadelphia
USO/D.O.D SHOWS:
England
Germany
Iceland
Wales
The Netherlands
REVIEWS:
Celebrations on Ice Greg Thompson
Basin Street Follies Showboat Casino
Christmas Magic Ace In The Hole Prod
Mardi Gras Carnival Ace in The Hole Prod
Love of The Irish Ace in The Hole Prod
Thats Italian Ace in The Hole Prod
My Funny Valentine Ace in The Hole Prod
Honky Tonk Angles Ace in The Hole Prod
Ragtime Rascals Ace in The Hole Prod
The Catskills Come to You L&M Prod
COLLEGES
Temple University
St. Josephs University
LaSalle University
Rutgers University
Drexel University
TEACHER:
Laugh Away the Stress Temple University
Humor as a Life Skill Temple University
Stand-up Comedy Performance Temple Univ.
The History of American Comedy
Temple, TARP
Funny From A to Z Temple, TARP
The Great Comedians Temple, TARP
WRITER:
Comedy Corner 11 years
Get Happy
Contributor to:
Mad Magazine
Parade Magazine
Readers Digest
The More Official Jewish/Irish Joke Book
(Bantam Press)
The More Official Politicians Joke Book
(Bantam Press)
CORPORATE STRESS SEMINARS:
AT&T
AARP
ACME Markets
American Express
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Belmont Behavioral Centers
Marriott
Corporate Financial Services
Dupont
General Electric
Quallex
Lucent Technologies
The SUN Company
SONY
TV & Radio Advertising Council
U.S. Department of The Navy
Walmart
and many more!
NIGHTCLUBS & COMEDY CLUBS:
The Copacabana N.Y., N.Y.
Palumbos Phila., Pa.
The Downingtown Inn Downingtown, Pa.
The Improv N.Y., N.Y,
Catch-A-Rising-Star N.Y., N.Y.
and hundreds more!
PRODUCER:
Produced hundreds of Fund-raiser Comedy
Nights for Elks, Moose, Eagles, Knights, Kiwanis,
Rotary, Masonic Lodges, YMCA, Synagogues,
Church Groups, and Charitable Organizations
including: The Variety Club, The Special Olympics,
and The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.
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