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.

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

#1 Funny Video of the Year – Life of Dad

The day has arrived...after much thought, I'm going to share what I think is the funniest video Life of Dad has created this year.  You think I'm wrong?  Tell me which videos you liked better! The #1 Funny Video of the Year is... Dad-chelor Party! I have always thought that [...]

By |2011-03-17T00:00:13-07:00March 17th, 2011|Video|0 Comments

#2 Funny Video of the Year – Life of Dad

We're getting closer...what will the creator of Life of Dad choose as the two funniest videos of the past year? Well, I'll tell you number two right now... The #2 Funny Video of the Year is... Male Breastfeeding, Part II I love this video for multiple reasons: (1) I think [...]

By |2011-03-16T00:00:47-07:00March 16th, 2011|Video|1 Comment

#5 Funny Video of the Year – Life of Dad

This week I'm going to be sharing what I think are the five funniest videos that Life of Dad has created in its one year of existence.  Please share your thoughts on each video.  Do you think its funny?  What other videos have we done that are funnier? #5 Life [...]

By |2011-03-13T00:00:46-08:00March 13th, 2011|Video|1 Comment

Onesie Wednesday – 3/9/11

Onesie Wednesday is back.  Here's what you have to do...go put on an adult onesie, and take a picture with your father-in-law and one of your nephews.  Enjoy. If you have a photo of you in a onesie with your wife's dad, send it to me.  And congratulations [...]

By |2011-03-09T05:00:42-08:00March 9th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments
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