Tommy Boy

About Tommy Boy

Tommy Boy is a 1995 comedy movie starring Chris Farley and David Spade. The title Tommy Boy is a continuom from different characters played by Chris Farley in his early years: Whale boy and Caramel boy. These characters were born in Second City based in Chicago.

After seven years at Marquette University, hard-partying D-student Thomas R. "Tommy" Callahan III (Chris Farley) returns to his hometown, Sandusky, Ohio. There, his proud father, industrialist Tom Callahan Sr. (Brian Dennehy), gives him an executive job at the family's auto parts plant.

In addition to a job and an office, Tom Sr. reveals other surprises for his son: he is engaged to a woman he met at a fat farm, Beverly Barish-Burns (Bo Derek), and that Tommy will soon have a step-brother, Beverly's son Paul (Rob Lowe).