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.

Rugby – What Is Going On Out There?

I’m a sports fan.  Always have been.  I grew up playing baseball, soccer, and basketball. I know all the American sports, love looking at stats, and always dreamed of being a baseball player.  I was always so surprised when I met somebody that did not understand sports.  Even [...]

By |2011-03-29T12:46:22-07:00March 29th, 2011|Blog|7 Comments

X-Factor – Los Angeles Auditions

Do you have the X-Factor? Yesterday I was working the Los Angeles auditions for Simon Cowell’s new show, “The X-Factor.” Over 15,000 hopefuls showed up at the L.A. Sports Arena, auditioning in front of producers, aspiring to get a step closer to the $5 Million Dollar grand prize and a [...]

By |2011-03-28T15:28:02-07:00March 28th, 2011|Blog|7 Comments

Real Housedads Live Tomorrow at LA Web Fest!

It is an exciting week in the world of The Real Housedads of Orange County.  After just three episodes airing (the fourth coming next month), we have been accepted into the LA Web Festival! Episodes 2 and 3 of RHDOC screen tomorrow,  Saturday March 26th at: Stage 52 Theater 5299 W. [...]

By |2011-03-25T17:51:35-07:00March 25th, 2011|Blog|2 Comments

March 11th, 2011 – The Day That Never Was

My only memory of March 11th 2011 is John Travolta telling me that we are in good hands with Quantas. Let me explain… On Thursday March 10th, Lucy and I departed at 11:55PM from Los Angeles, heading to Australia. Fourteen hours later, at 9:30 AM on Saturday March 12th, we [...]

By |2011-03-22T18:03:38-07:00March 22nd, 2011|Blog|2 Comments

Australia Week!

Last week, my wife and knocked a big one off the bucket list…we went to Australia! Yep, we had Spring Break off from Ellen, so Lucy and I took the trip of a lifetime to Sydney, Melbourne, and the Australian countryside.  Ellen even told the audience after our final show [...]

By |2011-03-21T16:37:44-07:00March 21st, 2011|Blog|10 Comments
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