- In August 2013, he faced criticism over a joke he posted on Twitter and Facebook about a raffle for an AR-15 automatic rifle by a Maryland state senator at his reelection fund raiser. He wrote, "I don't see the need to own an assault rifle. I would find it interesting if whoever wins this raffle would get depressed and use the prize on him(or her)self." After days of a back-and-forth debate with Second Amendment advocates, the joke was removed from social media.
- Graduated from Fallston High School in Fallston, Maryland in 2001.
- In 2010, he was a candidate for the District B seat on the Board of Education in Harford County, Maryland. He received 1,173 votes (20.6%) and placed third in a five-person race.
- He is a part-time P.A. announcer for the youth tournaments at the Ripken Baseball complex in Aberdeen, Maryland.
- Is a recovering alcoholic, having started drinking at the age of 19, and stopping on New Year's Eve 2011 at age 28.
- A stand-up comedian, he specializes in one-liners, black comedy, blue comedy, wit, insult comedy, and political satire. His comedy style has been described as acidic and his material is based on targeted (and sometimes controversial) observations of politics, pop culture, his travels, his home state of Maryland or even himself.
- In March 2015, he caused controversy when he performed at a cancer benefit fundraiser in Timonium, Maryland. He made the following joke, "This one bumper sticker says, 'Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my gun.' I want to come up with a bumper sticker in response to that one that says, 'More young women are shot in the face by guns than have been shot in the face by Bill Clinton.'" The joke was later deemed so distasteful by the event organizer it later evolved into a social media battle on Facebook and a subsequent barring for future fundraising events by the organizer.
- Graduated from Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 2005.
- An avid baseball fan, he is a supporter of the Baltimore Orioles and the short-season single-A affiliate the Aberdeen Ironbirds.
- On October 22, 2013, he was appointed a member of the Harford County (Maryland) Democratic Central Committee. He ran for his first full-four year term in Maryland's Primary Election on June 24, 2014 and received 8,342 votes, finishing first overall among the candidates. He resigned on May 1, 2017 to focus on other projects.
- On 1 April 2015, he started a stint as a frequent co-host on "Walrus and Friends," an Internet lunchtime radio show that premiered 30 March 2015 on the Long Island Biker Radio network with motorcycle enthusiast and fellow comedian Tim "Thunder Walrus" Yarosh. The show only ran three months before its end on 10 July of that year. His final episode was the day before, 9 July.
- From 2014 until 2016, he was a P.A. announcer for the Babe Ruth League's Cal Ripken World Series in Aberdeen, MD.
- His classmates at Fallston High School included Vince Eustace and Nicole Leanne Nelson.
- On 11 July 2007, he was a guest on a morning show on WIYY-FM in Baltimore, MD. During the sports segment, local sportscaster Keith Mills read a news story of the death of Dr. Bruce Kennedy, the husband of NASCAR board member Lesa France Kennedy, and Michael Klemm, a NASCAR pilot, both of whom died in a plane crash in Sanford, Florida. After Mills read off a list of deaths of NASCAR drivers and officials due to plane crashes, he said, "They should stick to driving cars." After a silence, the radio show did a phone-in vote as to whether he would be allowed to stay in-studio or be thrown off. The callers overwhelmingly voted him off the show.
- He wanted to become a stand-up comedian after watching Seinfeld (1989) and seeing Jerry Seinfeld do his comedy at the beginning and end of each episode.
- On 8 December 2013, he fasted for 24 hours in solidarity with immigration reform advocates in an effort to call Congress to debate and pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation.
- In February 2016, he wrote an open letter on social media to Jeffrey Gahler, the sheriff of his native Harford County, Maryland, rebuking him for staying silent over James DeWees, the sheriff of Carroll County, Maryland, openly criticizing President Obama for not speaking up about the shooting deaths of two Harford County sheriff's deputies. He charged that Sheriff DeWees should not have politicized the deaths and asked Sheriff Gahler to rebuke the sentiments. As a result, he faced backlash from supporters of both sheriffs and from numerous law enforcement advocates.
- Actively campaigned for Chris Van Hollen in Maryland's 2016 U.S. Senate campaign.
- From January 2016 until August 2020, Tom was a writer for the political/comedy podcast, "PolitiPod." He was the host of the "Word From The Street" segments.
- Since October 2020, Tom is the host "Tom Myers vs. the Rest of the World," a comedy-based current events podcast featuring an opening monologue and a panel discussion with comedians, writers, musicians, journalists and political figures.
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