Totally Tom

Totally Tom
Medium Stand up
Years active 2010-present
Subject(s) Everyday life, satire, class
Influences Alan Partridge
The League of Gentlemen
Members Tom Stourton
Tom Palmer

Totally Tom is a British comedy duo consisting of Tom Stourton and Tom Palmer.

Background

Stourton and Palmer first met as housemates at Eton College.[1] Their public school education would become a major subject in their comedy and spoofs about the perceived "posh" stereotypes associated with those educated at British public/independent schools.[2]

After Eton, Stourton, the second son of former BBC journalist Edward Stourton, studied art history at the University of Bristol while Palmer read history at Oxford University. They reunited after university and went into comedy full-time.

Career

Totally Tom first started performing together in 2010, conducting a UK university tour and launching online their short film High Renaissance Man,[3] which became an online hit.

2011 saw the duo perform at Underbelly Limited at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, for which they were nominated for the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Newcomer Award.[4] In the same year the also made their television debut on Channel 4's Comedy Lab.[5]

The duo returned to Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012[6][7] and also, appeared on BBC Three's Comedy Marathon.[8]

The duo also appear in the BBC Three stand-up/sketch series Live at the Electric as backstage crew for the show with Palmer serving as the serious one and Stourton serving as comic relief and the one who pulls the switch to start the show.

References

  1. ↑ "Two old Etonians taking over". Evening Standard. 1 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Heard the one about the posh comedian? You will". The Independent. 21 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Edward Stourton, Daily Mail "High Renaissance Man, My Etonian son the Youtube Sensation" 10 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Chortle "Edinburgh Fringe 2012 - Totally Tom" 2012
  5. ↑ Channel 4 "Comedy Lab Episode Guide, Series 33 Episode 1" 2011
  6. ↑ The Guardian "Totally Tom Edinburgh Festival Review" 24 August 2012
  7. ↑ The Independent "Totally Tom Underbelly Bristo Square Edinburgh" 24 August 2012.
  8. ↑ BBC "BBC Three Red Button Comedy Marathon"

External links

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