Tommy Riles, Author at Life of Dad

About Tommy Riles

Tom Riles is a husband, father, and original founder of Life of Dad, the largest community of dads in the world. Riles is also the long-time audience warm-up comedian for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in addition to hundreds of other TV shows in Los Angeles. Riles started the Life of Dad community from a hospital room as his daughter was awaiting open-heart surgery at only three days old. His daughter is now a healthy nine-year old, while Riles and his wife, Lucy (who also started Life of Mom), have helped to raise over $1 Million for congenital heart defect awareness and research.

Dear McDonald’s

I'm still trying to nail down a food sponsor for my Dad-chelor Party, so here is a video and letter I put together for McDonald's over the weekend. Please share this with your local McDonald's as soon as possible.

By Tommy Riles|2011-10-31T05:48:22-07:00October 31st, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

World Series Game 7 LIVE Chat

What up, sports fans! Tonight, Life of Dad is having our very first LIVE chat. Tommy Riles here, and I'll be giving constant updates on what I'm thinking about the game. Humorous, serious, everything. But I want YOU to be involved too. Leave comments of what you are thinking about [...]

By Tommy Riles|2011-10-28T16:50:55-07:00October 28th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Chalk Talk – #4

You know the game. Babs said it. I wrote it. You guess it. What was Babs trying to say?

By Tommy Riles|2011-10-28T12:13:08-07:00October 28th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Letter To My Unborn Son – Greatest World Series Game Ever?

Dear Tommy, When your gestational age was 33 weeks, your mom and I watched one of the greatest World Series games ever. Being a Mets fan, I’ll always be a sucker for the 1986 World Series, but last night was incredible. The St. Louis Cardinals were one strike [...]

By Tommy Riles|2011-10-28T06:17:27-07:00October 28th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Chalk Talk – #3

Babs said it. I translated it. Now it is chalk talk. What was Babs trying to say? Game on.

By Tommy Riles|2011-10-27T05:42:53-07:00October 27th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Shape-shifters

I just read something really interesting in my weekly pregnancy update from BabyCenter, about my unborn son, Tommy boy, who has now been hanging around inside of my wife for 33 weeks. BabyCenter told me that “the bones in his skull aren’t fused together, which allows them to [...]

By Tommy Riles|2011-10-27T04:44:15-07:00October 27th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Chalk Talk – #3

Babs said it. I wrote it in chalk. Your job is to try to guess what word or words she was trying to say.

By Tommy Riles|2011-10-26T13:27:29-07:00October 26th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Video Response to Cheerios

After thinking about how to respond over the weekend, I decided to go see my doctor, and together, we put together this video response to Cheerios. I'm sending it in the mail to their corporate offices today. Please enjoy, and pass it along to your local Cheerios office. [...]

By Tommy Riles|2011-10-25T05:29:02-07:00October 25th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Chalk Talk – #2

Babs said it. I wrote it. You have to guess what she was saying in English. And go!

By Tommy Riles|2011-10-24T06:48:57-07:00October 24th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

Letter to Frito Lay

This one is going in the mail this morning. Frito Lay, this is the beginning of a lifelong correspondence between us. Be prepared.

By Tommy Riles|2011-10-24T06:30:03-07:00October 24th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments

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