Tomi Walamies
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2024
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Tomi Walamies has done over 2,000 gigs in eight different countries, appearing on television in England, Belgium, and Finland.
As well as writing for the top news satires in Finland, his latest show tackles the big topics of religion, politics, racism, and homophobia.
In this episode, we delve into the cultural differences between Finland and the UK, Tomi's analytical approach to stand up (and life!), and we also explore the origins of his podcast, Queer and Dumb, the mission of a straight person exploring the queer scene.
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You can also listen to Tomi's podcast, Queer and Dumb, on Spotify and where-ever else you get your podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/7J3crxM1tSvO3E0G1kmiVm.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the show I'm Stuart Goldsmith this is the comedians comedian and today it's a blast from the past for me |
| 0:10.4 | Perhaps a blast from the future for you if you are as yet unfamiliar with Finnish comic Tommy Valamis. |
| 0:15.6 | He is absolutely brilliant and this was such a joy and you can probably hear the sunshine spreading across my face as I just reflect on how lovely it is to reconnect with someone who you've not seen for so long and with whom you shared such an |
| 0:33.7 | important time me and Tommy were open mic acts together many years ago like |
| 0:38.2 | 16 17 18 years ago on the London comedy scene and he has gone on to wonderful things. |
| 0:45.4 | He's done over 2,000 gigs in 8 countries appearing on television in England, Belgium and Finland. |
| 0:50.9 | He writes for the top news satires in Finland and his latest show |
| 0:54.0 | tackles the big topics of religion, politics, racism, and homophobia. |
| 0:58.0 | He also has a wonderful podcast which is called Queer and Dumb and this is their podcast description |
| 1:04.0 | Trans Man Jamie McDonald answers questions from dumb straight man Tommy Valonies. |
| 1:08.0 | So loads to talk about here. |
| 1:10.0 | In the first half of this episode we'll discuss the journey from graduating business school to launching into comedy |
| 1:15.2 | We're going to get into Tommy's analytical and research focused approach to stand up and to everything else |
| 1:20.5 | And we're going to talk about what it's like performing in |
| 1:22.8 | Finland with a substantially smaller stand-up circuit. Remember if you join the |
| 1:27.1 | insiders club on patreon at patreon.com.com pod you can watch the full |
| 1:31.4 | episode and get access to over 16 minutes of bonus features |
| 1:34.3 | with Tommy, including the cultural influence on Finland from the US and UK scenes, and if viral |
| 1:40.0 | crowd work clips have yet to hit their shores. Plus Magic the Gathering for those |
| 1:44.7 | that care and I can't remember was this off of Mike or was it on the show we |
| 1:50.0 | talk about how Tommy is in the background of an episode of South Park. |
| 1:54.2 | If that doesn't crop up in the show, tweet at me at ComCom Pod, what's this South Park thing |
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