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Ep 47: Mispronunciation w/ Jere Pilapil

Tommy Sunshine — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:52:16 +0000

In other words, when you get old you start doing things without even noticing, simple things like misspelling words, forgetting the names of people you’ve spent years knowing and hours speaking to and mispronouncing the name of Jere Pilapil! I’m old ok, gimme a break! Even throughout my (not-so) subtle ignorance, Jere ( @ParodyOfAJere )

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Ep 46: The Englishman w/ Adam Langlois

Tommy Sunshine — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:34:46 +0000

In todays podcast, you’ll find me and Adam Langlois have a very interesting conversation which covers a lot of ground. We go over places we’ve both been, experiences abroad, and have an uneasy moment or two. Its all good though, we came through on the other side much better for the experience and cover a

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Ep 45: Don’t be hatin, w/ Justin P. Drew

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 28 May 2013 22:59:50 +0000

Hey everyone, in today’s podcast, I traveled all the way down to east Boston and invaded a buddies house. Thanks Jeff! But as for the topic of the show, Justin P. Drew and I shoot the shit for a bit covering topics far and wide. Including a great story involving two former podcast guests,

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Ep 44: The Crack ho Bros w/ Caleb Larson

Tommy Sunshine — Sun, 12 May 2013 22:00:12 +0000

In todays episode, Caleb Larson comes by the fantabulous Sunshine Studios and we have a really great conversation in which we both share some hilarious tales from our lives. We talk about Caleb’s time in NY attending NYU and his funkadelic escapades in the NBC studios where he expressed his creative exercising abilities. And of course, we

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Episode 43: Why be good? w/ Jeff Young

Tommy Sunshine — Wed, 01 May 2013 00:44:27 +0000

Todays episode of the podcast features a very funny guy who is practicing the art of stand up comedy in the Boston scene. He’s new, he’s old, well not as old as me, and you’ll love our conversation. We talk about our lives, our perspectives on comedy, and well, just click it and listen for

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Don’t be grabbing my Vine

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:41:33 +0000

Lately I’ve become enamored with an app called Vine. Download it on your app store if you’re a cool iOS user like myself and enjoy the fun! Briefly, what the app does is take 6 second videos and posts them to your vine feed. The tool you use to take the videos is very slick

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Louie Berceli and Paw get into it…

Tommy Sunshine — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:47:01 +0000

I know you guys have been waiting for it. I mean really, how the hell could you not? The most highly anticipated Sunshine Open Mic yet! Louie and I had a great time chatting it up bout comedy, politics, TV, and even had my Paw come on the show to get into arguments about who

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Ep 41: Running late with spooky Bob Carney

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:58:47 +0000

This weeks podcast features Bob Carney and its all about what was the upcoming Halloween fun. Yeah, I know, I’m slow, what you gunna do about it!? Me and Bob discuss scary movies, shows, stories and have a great time with it though. You’ll have fun joining us in our conversation. We even manage to discuss

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Ep 40 Cracking up with Anthony Scibelli

Tommy Sunshine — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:30:39 +0000

Anthony Scibelli may be a quiet young man when you meet him, but he’s anything but quiet when it comes to his work in comedy. Anthony writes for cracked.com with a number of well read articles, he’s recently started creating content over at Unscene Comedy and he was semi-finalist at this years Boston Comedy Festival!

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Ep 39: Where is Shawn Donovan?

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:48:52 +0000

Well Shawn Donovan sure ain’t in Boston! He’s gone and done pulled chocks and drove to Beverly! Hills that is… Thats right, everybody, he’s in LA, LALA land, the land of mexican taco trucks, open mics galore, and sunny beaches! Shawn left us all out here a few months back to work his comedic prowess

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OMG!

Tommy Sunshine — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:37:13 +0000

Check this out… Talking to one of these guys tomorrow for the podcast! Amazing video! Watch live streaming video from bostonglobe at livestream.com &nbsp

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Ep 38 He ain’t no Navajo, he’s Abhishek Shah!

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:26:35 +0000

A young open mic comic who’s been busting his ass since the day he hit Sally O’Briens for the first time, Abhishek Shah is sure to make you laugh. He’s extremely personable, extraordinarily kind, and has such great stories to tell! In this podcast, myself and Abhi talk about growing up Indian, Bollywood, Hollywood, and

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PJ Brown come on down!

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:57:12 +0000

2nd time around with down town PJ Brown and we discussed everything from Louis CK’s show to Mt Rushmore love beads all the way back around to PJ’s employment with Dildo-Rama and big Teddy P’s Firehose! Its a conversation with a little bit for everyone and a little more about everyone. We discuss PJ’s ability

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Hanging with Mr. Bedgood

Tommy Sunshine — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:55:05 +0000

Check this out! Me and Shaun Bedgood sat down a little while back for a nice conversation. Shaun is a hilariously funny young comic who’s been turning heads, splitting belts, and making a name for himself some seven years now. Its a nice chat which I think you’ll find interesting so go ahead, click on

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Like nothing even happened!

Tommy Sunshine — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:46:36 +0000

Yes people, thats my story and I’m sticking to it! Nothing to see here, I have not been in a slump, no sir. No, no, no, I haven’t been bumming or depressed, huh uh, nope, not I, kind blog readers. I’ve just been measuring the effect of focusing all of my energies upon eating shitty

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EP 35 The world keeps turning with Danielle Soto

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:32:49 +0000

So todays show is Juicy! I’d even say its bigger and juicier than some rednecks in Lizard Lick North Cackalacky! The lovely Danielle Soto came over to the illustrious Sunshine Studios and we listened to and discussed some earlier conversations with earlier guests which have never made it to the light of day. Honestly, I

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Ep 34 Bryce Hanson tells jokes!

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:14:01 +0000

For this weeks show, I talked to a young comic who hails from Maine, Bryce Hanson! Together we had a great conversation about comedy in general but focused on how we’re amazing comedic talents and the rest of the comics out there suck butt! LOL come on, get real, you know better than that… Or

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EP 33 Kyle and Will Part Deux

Tommy Sunshine — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:01:22 +0000

Just a few short weeks ago, Kyle Ploof, Will Noonan and myself began a great conversation which stretched out a bit long so we decided to split it up into two podcast episodes. So here you have it, part Deux! We discuss much needed vacations, finding crazy stories, bad parenting, inappropriate behavior and so much

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EP 32 Alan Fitzgerald’s LA Vacation

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:32:33 +0000

Today’s guest is Alan Fitzgerald! Just back from LALA land he’s filled with joy and exciting stories of happiness and telling jokes west coast style! I met Alan back at the Stadium Club in Quincy and he’s never told any material relating to Nietzsche, although such things could be in his future! Alan’s material is

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Ep 31 As the world turns, PT1

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:27:30 +0000

Kyle Ploof and Will Noonan took a little trip to Tewksbury and what a time we had. What a great show. Two of my favorites come back to the Sunshine Studios to throw down with some amazing podcast action ranging from the good, to the bad, to the ugly! We chat about the new radio

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Group assholes

Tommy Sunshine — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:33:49 +0000

Growing up we’re all subjected to being shit on a little. But how about those people who never know when to shut the fuck up? Isn’t it great as an adult we don’t have to deal with this anymore… Oh wait, Facebook Group assholes! Have you ever noticed, how every now and then there are

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Ep 30: Mr. Roger’s biggest fan

Tommy Sunshine — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:54:19 +0000

Outside of Sally O’s, I had just finished up my brilliant 2 minutes of mind altering comedy and was hitting the road trying to make the 9pm Green Dragon start so as not to piss off the lovely Jessie Cash. Dave comes up to me and said hey, introduced himself and spoke some good words

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Ep 29: Staleface!

Tommy Sunshine — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:30:23 +0000

The first time I saw John Staley was at Grandma’s Basement and my first impression centered around pot. He has a very unique delivery, slow, metered, unwavering and blank staring. Imagine, a young white Tommy Chong with more substance. His material is typically one line, quippy, original and requires you put your thinking cap on

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EP 28: The Laugh of Boston

Tommy — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:30:55 +0000

PJ Brown! The one and only Laugh of Boston Comedy! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, than you ain’t seen enough Boston Comedy, son, get yo ass out there! First time I met PJ, was my first time up at Grandma’s Basement Open Mic. PJ, is almost always there it seems and is

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Sizing your bets

Tommy — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:30:42 +0000

You know, I always figured I was just joking when I spoke about how my dad used to keep his guns in my bedroom closet… I mean he taught me gun safety and all, we used to go plinkin on a regular basis, so whats the big deal right? I was a highly competent firearms

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Crowbars, carts, and tool boxes

Tommy — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:42:39 +0000

On Sunday, I took a ride out to Quincy to help my friend grab his tool box out of one of his buddy’s garage in Brighton. This buddy of mine is a connoisseur of the ganja if ya know whats I mean. That being said, I typically smoke his ass up whenever we hang out

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Ep 27: Yo, you got to have effort!

Tommy — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:38:18 +0000

And effort is what this next guy has! Guitler Rafael, the man, the myth, the legend. First saw Guitler perform at the Comedy Studio as comic in residence back in January ’12… Ran into him on the T and gave him a creepy stalker note. But I promise, I’m no stalker! Jimmy Anicet told me

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Ep 26: Chris Bender

Tommy — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:39:52 +0000

Chris Bender is a young man with an absolutely amazing work ethic when it comes to getting out and working on his craft. We met back last September or so at the Stadium Club. What I didn’t know at the time was that he was fresh from the Seattle scene and new to Boston for

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Slingin the dough!?

Tommy Sunshine — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:18:54 +0000

You know, don’t we all love us some Domino’s Pizza? I know one of my favorite pastimes is watchin some TV on the couch and contributing to the obesity problem in America. But back in the day, I used to be a General Manager for Domino’s Pizza! Talk about a tough job! 50 hours a

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Master of kitchen utensils

Tommy Sunshine — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:24:06 +0000

Growing up, all of us did some pretty dumb things, didn’t we? Myself, I put a 9mm hole in our living room ceiling with my paw’s Beretta. Folks, it was either me or the ceiling and let me tell you, there is more than one lady out there who feels that bullet took a wrong

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Year in!

Tommy Sunshine — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:41:48 +0000

Been a year now since I’ve been in search of how to best bare my soul in the pursuit of making audiences laugh. Man, I did some stupid things starting out which I really didn’t comprehend until spending a few days driving around from mic to mic. I do apologize to those of you whom

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EP 25: A man with many shoes…

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:00:52 +0000

On today’s episode of the Sunshine Open Mic Podcast, we have Shane McHugh! Turns out, @ShaneMcHuge is a great guy who’s into many creative avenues. He’s directed/produced/acted in a short series called Land of Redemption which you’ll find a link to below. He’s formally edumacated in the art of producing film. He’s producing his

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Write write write write write write….

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:18:43 +0000

So, I’ve been writing a lot lately. Not getting out as much. The multitude of excuses for this I will ignore and not delve into, kinda just leave it at that. When reading the title of this post, I prefer you say the words like the video below… I do have a couple new bits

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Ep 24: Steve McConnon, Boston’s own raconteur

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:34:55 +0000

The first time myself and Steve met was at the Rosebud Bar and Grill when they used to hold a weekly open mic there on Sundays. It was in my first month or so of comedy and Steve offered me some great words of wisdom on dealing with getting along in comedy. He was inspiring

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Something you never want to google

Tommy Sunshine — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:57:51 +0000

So in my opinion, there are some things in life you should never look up in google. For me, its; Dropped iPhone in toilet. Now, its not like I had all kinds of other shit going on in my life to be depressed about, I had to go further brighten up my day by pitching

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Ep 23: Andrew, Pat, and Tommy make Tosh seem straight

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:45:31 +0000

Hi boys and girls, on today’s podcast myself, Pat Barrett and Andrew Durso put forth a most solid attempt at making Danny Tosh seem straight with the first 15 minutes of the podcast, not gunna wanna miss it! Gay Gangstahs FTW! But trust me, you won’t find a couple of nicer guys who seize the

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Mediocre thoughts, vitriolic loathing

Tommy Sunshine — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:32:22 +0000

Recently I’ve come to a point in life where I am beginning to feel old. I would like to attach a label to this point in my life and realize its probably what some may call a mid-life crisis. Of course, I don’t feel like I’m in any crisis, nothing so dramatic for me. But

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Ep 22: Justin Silva, the banjo man!

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:00:49 +0000

I met Justin at the Varsity Club in Quincy MA in my first couple of months doing comedy. His humor is a few levels of education above my own, but always with an interesting twist. He lives up in New Hampshire somewhere and his comedy is but one aspect of this guys creativity! I’ve seen

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Ep 21: Carly Thaggard, straight from Seattle

Tommy Sunshine — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:30:48 +0000

So yeah, ever just figured you’d dedicate all your energy to your passion? Ever just up and packed all your worldly possessions and driven cross country with nothing but a hybrid and a hamster? Well this young lady has! What a story she has to tell and I can’t wait to start getting into it

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EP 20: Steve Slaughter, extreme goat dresser

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 29 May 2012 12:59:05 +0000

So my next guest reminds me of someone from my past. Unfortunately I don’t know who. I don’t know, what can I say about this next cat? He tells a lot of jokes in different buildings? Yes! He’s a three time winner of Cheapshots Comedy’s line of the night? YES! He’s an artist in more

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Beefin up ‘cuz bein a beefcake ain’t ez!

Tommy Sunshine — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:48:26 +0000

Since I last had the wherewithal to trow some words your way about my comedic attempts, I’ve been continuing upon a tight regimin of beefin up and working out my comedy musculature. I was eyeing my next Comedy Studio date at that time and once again I’m eyeing my next Studio show again! So in preparation of hitting

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Ep 19: Matt Aromando is very PC

Tommy Sunshine — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:00:39 +0000

This next guy I’ve known since the old Stadium Club days back when I used to walk 5 miles in the pouring rain and snow to do comedy. He’s always a joy to talk to and brings an intellectual brand of comedy to the stage. One of my favorite things about him though is his

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EP 18: Rich Karski! This is how its done people!

Tommy Sunshine — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:57:17 +0000

Hey people, guess what? On the show today I have a comedian you’ve quite possibly never heard of before. But hey, thats your problem, because this guy is out there. Cutting his teeth in Wisconsin while he was garnering an education higher than my own and refining his act back home in Boston. His dog

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Ep17: Sarah Martin is crazy!

Tommy Sunshine — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:00:11 +0000

Today I managed to convince a very lovely lady to come sit down and chat with me at the Sunshine Studios. We met while doing comedy at the Varsity club in Quincy, MA one night and I instantly fell in love with her down home, not afraid to mix it up, one of the guys

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What it is, what it be!?

Tommy Sunshine — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:22:43 +0000

Been a while since I updated my comedy travelings so figured, well hell, now is as good of a time as any, right? The last time I wrote about what I was up to was on 4/20 so I have to give some of the blame to the good times that have been rolling ever

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EP16: Matt Kona, a comic coming up!

Tommy Sunshine — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:00:52 +0000

HEY! You there! Visit itunes and rate or review the podcast… Click here: Sunshine Open Mic Podcast on iTunes! Have you ever fucked up your first interaction with a person so bad you gave up on ever getting to know them? Well I have and amazingly enough the gods seem to have smiled upon me.

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Ambush comedy 101

Tommy Sunshine — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:04:02 +0000

So once again I was sitting around checking out my facebook looking for an open mic when I saw Riley Mathews post about this being the first Tuesday of the month and bring your new material to work on to the Varsity Club! YEAH BABY! So as I was getting ready I figured I should

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Ep15: Zack Cordes… YEP! He’s a weird one!

Tommy Sunshine — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:00:03 +0000

Beware all ye who enter these halls, there is trouble brewing down there behind that doorway… ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK! Today’s guest is quite possibly one of the most unique individuals I have met since doing comedy. He’s one of those guys you never know what he is going to say next, not

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Speaking of guns!

Tommy Sunshine — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:16:10 +0000

Now don’t get me wrong, I am a firm believer in the 2nd amendment but sometimes you gotta be smarter than the gun and more importantly smarter than the 12 year old. Let me tell you a story about covering your tracks. Once upon a time, my paw and mom let me stay home from

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EP 14: Mike Kerrigan, damn hoodlum!

Tommy Sunshine — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:30:53 +0000

Today on the show, comes an upcoming legend of Boston Comedy. This guy is a cool cat who spins some of the most thoughtful, witty, hysterical material you will hear around town and I love getting any chance to hear him I can. He’s one of those guys who’s amazingly cool and has red hair.

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