Tommy Dassalo: Cutie Pie

8 May 2015 | 12:25 pm | Paul McWhirter

"Tommy Dassalo, bounding onto the stage with the gusto of a performer strutting onto a stage 20 times the size."

A not-so-full Container did nothing to dampen the boyish charm of Tommy Dassalo, bounding onto the stage with the gusto of a performer strutting onto a stage 20 times the size.

Dassalo delighted the small crowd with tales from his boyhood days, complete with his first experience of joke-thievery from a classmate and his literally uncontainable excitement for the new Nintendo 64.

His drawings (which called to mind doodles most commonly found on school pencil cases) also wove their way into the set, breaking up the hour perfectly and seamlessly capping off already stellar punch lines.

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