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Former 'Class Clown' Brings Comic Relief To GIs Overseas
After high school, Savitt graduated from Brook-lyn College then attended Brooklyn Law School. After the first year of law school, Savitt grew restless. "I could not see myself sitting behind a desk - I wanted to do something wild," he said, so he joined the Marine Reserves, hoping to become an attorney for the Corps. While in boot camp for the first of a two-summer program, Savitt cracked up Marine drill in-structors and fellow recruits, but was punished from time to time for telling jokes at the wrong times. Savitt said that some recruits "volunteered to get punished with me so they could hear more jokes!" He later took the advice of one drill instructor, who told him to become a comedian.
During his second year of law school, the seed for a career in comedy was firmly sown when Savitt performed stand-up comedy at several renowned Manhattan clubs, like Caroline's and Gotham Comedy Club, and, of course, Pips in Sheepshead Bay. Savitt moved to Los Angeles where he has been a full-time comedian since 2001. As a single man, Savitt's material focuses on relationship humor and has made his biggest mark over the past decade performing stand-up comedy for the United States military. He has been well received by servicemen while touring U.S. military bases in South Korea, Japan, Ecuador, Cuba, and twice in Afghanistan. This "Ineligible Bachelor," as he calls himself, is scheduled to bring non-stop laughs during his up-coming Mediterranean tour with scheduled stops at military bases in Turkey, Italy, Greece, Portugal, and Spain. Two years ago Savitt was part of "Da Brooklyn Comedy Tour" with Frank Santorelli, an actor who played Georgie the bartender at the Bada Bing Club in "The Sopranos." The two traveled around the country bringing Brooklyn-style humor to their au-diences. Savitt, who said his comedic influences are Steven Martin and Andy Kaufman, won the prestigious Bos-ton Comedy Festival in 2007. He can currently be heard daily on Sirius and XM radio comedy shows, the "Blue Collar Radio Show" and "Raw Dog." A regular on "The Bob and Tom Radio Show," Savitt has also appeared in national commercials and will appear in the upcoming independent film "Cobra Lee." The comedian's family still lives in Canarsie, and said he has fond memories of Grabstein's Deli, Coney Island Joe's, and the Canarsie Theater. He affectionately recounts some of the people he grew up with - "Friends made in Brooklyn are friends made for life." You can sample Tommy Savitt's humor on his new CD, "Who Wants Me Now?" or catch him live at scheduled performances in Manhattan during May and June. Look for upcoming tour dates on his website, www.heytommy.net.
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