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People in the media are nice . Check out what a lot of these nice people had to say about me.
2/16/07 - Tony was proud to be the 2007 Chicago Comedy Awards winner of the: "Mark Sinclair Memorial Award for Most Innovative Comedian" 
 Check out the Time Out Chicago Coverage  Click here to read the feature article in The Real Chicago magazine.
Click here to read the feature article in New City Chicago Magazine. 
Click here to listen to the Chicago Public Radio clip Tony recorded to help get people to donate money to the station. 
Read The Onion A.V. Club ROCK COMEDY Blurb
View the Time Out Chicago May 11th-18th 2006 Don't Miss! View the Time Out Chicago Nov. 17th 2005 Don't Miss! View the Time Out Chicago Sept. 15th-20th 2005 Mini Article View the Time Out Chicago Nov. 4th 2006 Don't Miss! about ROCK COMEDY with partner Ken Barnard. View the Time Out Chicago Dec. 6th 2006 mini article talking to Tony about Chicago Underground Comedy. Pay special attention to the man in the center with the polka-dot tie. View the Time Out Chicago Dec. 27th 2006 "BEST of 2006" end of year feature reviewing the years most memorable jokes by Chicago comedians. One of Tony's favorite jokes was printed.
 View the Chicago Social article. The article was featured in the January 2007 issue, and highlighted the growing stand-up scene where they interviewed Tony and other rising comedians.  View the Chicago Tribune April 5th 2005 Article  View The Columbia Chronicle article   View The Chicago Magazine Marquee Mention  View Tony's WGN Channel 9 Morning News appearance.
View The Pioneer Press article about comedy, rock and roll, Tony and his involvement with the Lucky Ralph Show. View The Pioneer Press article talking to Tony about stand-up comedy and the one year anniversary party for Chicago Underground Comedy.  What the $%#$@%&*&^*$@!!!!! That's right. Remember how he said he was probably smarter than you? Well...View the Nature Medicine article . Tony was co-author of a scientific paper in a very respected medicle journal. How about that?  View the Aurora University Spartan article |
 The finger on the pulse of the Chicago stand-up scene is found at the online website, The Bastion. View the Bastion articles, 1 , 2 , 3 Read the Tony Sam Interview |
 View Tony's mention in the cool online NYC comedy site the Apiary. Here |
 View the Red Eye/Metromix - May 12th, 2006 Best Bet. View the Red Eye/Metromix - Nov. 2nd, 2006 Best Bet.
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 View the Childrens Memorial Research Center profile. Can you say, "Company wide exposure"? DAMN! |
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 View the Waterloo Courier Article
 Below is the Reader review of an improvised show that Tony is really proud to have been a part of, Social Grenade. It was directed by the very talented Al Samuels. There is more info about it on the Improv page, which you can get to via the About Me page. "You can get away with almost anything in improv as long as everyone is in on ethe game, as evidenced by the troupe Social Genade. It's members begin their 30-minute fully improvised one-act with choices that would doom less expert players. Yet these guys succeed not only in re-creating the look and feel of a gang of close friends lingering over a meal but in making it interesting. As they shoot the breeze they reveal the dozens of dramas in their lives-minor disappointments, hidden fears, hopeless hopes-that add up to a fascinating group portrait. This may not sound like much, but the patience these folks display as each member adds another brushstroke, and the faith they show in one another's work are all too rare."
-Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader
The Reader made the highly recommended Chicago Underground Comedy show, a Critic's Choice the week that I and a few other talented comedians were performing.
View The York Community High School presents, Laugh For Life 9/18/05
"Working with Chicago Underground Comedy has been awesome. Their cooperation with the press and promotional assistance helped us sell out their show. They brought us a show that was not only polished and professional, but fall-off-your-barstool funny. We can’t wait to bring them back to Jokers... I only hope we can book them again before they get too famous for us to afford!" |
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“…you really outdid yourself with the raffle prizes. You had some really great stuff … you have a great relationship with Gunther Murphy’s and the other businesses in the area. Getting the food and location donated is something that many event organizers can’t do and it makes a huge difference in your bottom line. All in all, I was impressed and am very grateful that you chose the Leukemia Research Foundation to benefit from your fundraising event. I think that it is a wonderful tribute to your grandfather, someone who you lost to this terrible disease and you obviously loved him very much. I think that when life hands you something so awful, the two best things to do are to laugh and make a difference…you did both! Thanks Again.” 