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.

Shout to the Mamas.

With Mother’s Day quickly approaching, this shout has to go out to the mamas. Us dads realize that being a father would not be possible without all of you fantastic moms out there. On behalf of all dads worldwide, I thank you ladies for the following: 1. Agreeing to conceive [...]

By |2012-05-10T06:36:30-07:00May 10th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

My Daughter’s First Curse Word

My daughter is currently a sponge.  Anything I can say, she can say worse. She tries, but it just doesn’t always come out right, because she’s only two. However, every now and then, she annunciates a new word perfectly, and today was one of those days. Our family of five [...]

By |2012-05-04T12:17:03-07:00May 4th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

I’m Sorry, Son. (And Happy 5 Month Birthday!)

Dear Tommy Boy, Happy 5-month birthday! You’re my first son, my namesake, and you’re already more handsome than I’ll ever be.  I’m really glad you don’t have my ears, which I didn’t grow into until college. Listen, man.  Bro-ski.  Dude.  Brother.  Son.  Pal.  T-Bone.  T-Pain.  T-Dawg.  Fella.  Yep, those are [...]

By |2012-05-03T07:05:31-07:00May 3rd, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Comedy. Charity. Fun.

I’m very grateful today.  Last night was Life of Dad’s Stand-up Comedy Night benefiting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Friends came out for the event.  Families were there.  Some of the best and funniest comics in the country performed, talking fatherhood. That’s right…all of the comics are dads, and [...]

By |2012-04-30T07:44:26-07:00April 30th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Dear Mickey Mouse Clubhouse…

I didn't want to write this letter, but I had to.  This will be mailed to the president of Disney Junior this morning.   Here's the letter in regular text...   Dear Members of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, You probably don’t know who I am, but I know exactly who all [...]

By |2012-04-26T05:59:15-07:00April 26th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Life of Dad Comedy Night

If you are a parent and you live in the Los Angeles area, then Sunday, April 29th is a night that you do not want to miss... It's Life of Dad's first ever comedy night, featuring some of the best comics around, who all happen to be fathers. The lineup [...]

By |2012-04-24T05:46:48-07:00April 24th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

The Duchess of Riles

We’ve been looking to adopt a dog for a couple of months now, and had applied with a great organization called the Southern California Labrador Retriever Rescue. They came out to inspect our house about a month back, and now we were waiting for the perfect dog to be matched [...]

By |2012-04-23T06:34:38-07:00April 23rd, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

The Real Housedads of Orange County

Episode 1: F#*! You Todd! Episode 2: Don't Be Late for the Playdate Episode 3: The Brazilian Episode 4: Gulliver's Circle 'Don't Be Late For The Playdate' Music Video Starring Jacques de La Cruz, The Count, and Todd. David Guest - Writer Tom Riles - Writer Ryan Cummings - Assistant [...]

By |2012-04-20T17:11:15-07:00April 20th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments
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