The Comic Genius of THOM BRITTON

Acclaimed in comedy clubs across the nation, Thom's material is "edgy- but not offensive." With a hiigh-energy presentation and truly professional ethics , you will be rollong in the aisles with your new best friend.

His 30-minute set will run the spectrum of comedy, from discussion of the Trojan War to a fire eating display on stage. It's got a sort of a blue edginess to it even though he rarely uses a "four letter fun bomb" through out his set. In his words, "Sometimes I use my comedy to vent about things that annoy me.

"Thom is a 6' 2", long-haired, smart-ass kid from Alabama. His accent gives the audience a different feeling of, "People from the south aren't supposed to be that smart are they?"
He likes to, "Have a full comic arsenal. I want to use props. Not enough to be a prop comic but I want to go from Steve Martin intelligent brilliant comedy then switch gears and go to really dumb comedy. And maybe have a puppet farting in between the two."

Britton's humor comes from a sketch troop background so his writing is detail oriented but being on stage gives him a freedom sketch didn't. "When I'm on stage doing stand up, it's basically getting people to come into my reality. I don't do impressions or characters. My comedy is about me. It's all about my life."

Thom, for all his sometimes-complex observations, thinks comedy can be boiled down in simple way:
"I want to get my comedy from me to the audience. I want to grab them."-
Excerpts from an article by Ralph Marlbrough- Entertainer Magazine - June 2004