FilAm fashion designer Robin Tomas embarks on new journey in comedy | TFC News New York, USA
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I'm Robin Tomas. I am from New York City, but originally, I was born and raised in the Philippines.
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Filipino fashion designer Robin Tomas is following in the footsteps of his mother,
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the celebrated comedian and actress, Tessie Tomas.
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The budding stand-up comic has been making the rounds at comedy club open mics in New York City.
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I shoot it with Ozempic.
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It's the hottest drug.
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Guys, the days of E, K, and T, they're gone.
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It's all about the O.
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Ozempic is so hot, they have bootleg versions of it in Chinatown.
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And it's called Olympic.
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And the EpiPen, it's actually a pen you can write with after.
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And you turn it around, it says, I love New York.
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Tomas says it's his way of honoring his mother's legacy
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as the queen of daytime TV,
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and stand-up comedy in the Philippines.
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I was in the womb of a comedian.
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You know, I've absorbed everything.
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I grew up with a comic, and we would spar naturally with humor.
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Tomas even went to school at the Harvard of Comedy Clubs, the comedy cellar.
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For fashion, I went to Parsons, which is also one of the best schools in the country.
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And I think for comedy, I decided, you know, why not go for the best?
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And get the really good training from.
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A few legends started their careers in light entertainment at the comedy cellar,
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like Jon Stewart, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Dave Chappelle, as well as Ali Wong.
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Tomas is just getting started with his newfound career,
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and he's getting some attention from the Phil-Am community,
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including from Paz Herrero, daughter of the late Filipino comedian, Subas Herrero.
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I came because of Robin.
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You know, but it is part of, you know, it's part of the fabric of New York, you know.
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You had Adam Sandler starting here, Chris Rock starting here,
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so maybe Robin Tomas will be the next one that we'll see on national TV.
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I think that's great.
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Honestly, I think it runs in the family.
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We'll just, you know, we're so magulo at times, but we just chase our dreams.
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If this is like his calling, so be it.
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Sharing the comedy stage at The Stand NYC is Filipina stand-up comic, Patricia,
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Ding Lassen also took the same class with the very same teacher
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at the Comedy Cellar some five years ago.
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She shared some of her tips for the new comic.
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Just keep getting on stage, writing and editing.
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Like, I probably throw away about 80% of what I write
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until I can condense and condense and condense until it is sharp and everyone's laughing.
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Tessie Tomas, meanwhile, tells her son to enjoy the ride
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in his newfound playground.
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Robin, I wish you all the luck in the world
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as you fall into the difficult, challenging world of stand-up comedy.
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Pero sa totoo lang, medyo nabigla din si Mami.
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Hindi ko akalaing seseryosohin mo.
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Nag-take-up ka pa pala ng comedy writing course.
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Baka naman mas sumi ka ito, pakes kay Mami, ha?
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Ako na lang ang front act mo.
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Big dream, Netflix special. Bakit hindi?
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Or more, I want to be able to perform in a big crowd.
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As they say, dreams do come true in the big city of dreams called New York City.
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Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News, New York.
