Love, Me

Thomas Dale performs with the loud, urgent tempo of someone cornering relatives at a family event. Raised between Queens and Long Island, he approaches dating disasters, anxiety, and masculine posturing with theatrical exasperation.

Released in January 2015 by Comedy Dynamics, the 45-minute audio set caught Dale when he was appearing regularly on Chelsea Lately and late-night television. Material centers on everyday panics like airplane exit-row assignments, the social terror of spectator sports, and Catholic guilt. The strongest material, such as “Guys Being Guys,” targets the arbitrary lines straight men draw around physical affection.