Alumnus wins big on “Deal or No Deal”

By Amanda Seef
NEWS EDITOR

Former BSG President, Ed Tommasi, has hit it pretty big. The 2005 graduate of the College at Brockport has moved on to bigger things, including his recent appearance on “Deal or No Deal,” Thursday, Feb. 14.

Tommasi has been deemed one of the craziest contestants ever, after he took deals to not only wear high heels on the show, but to also wear an A-line babydoll sequin dress. The number was quite dazzling.

“There is nothing wrong with a man wearing a dress out of sporting fun,” an anonymous NBC.com poster said. “This was easily the funniest episode I’ve ever watched.”

The show features briefcases with amounts of money in them. A dealer will decipher how much money the contestant will receive, based on the odds of what is left in the remaining cases.
Tommasi took the deal of $131,000 from the show.

Currently, Tommasi has been working for assorted entertainment gigs. It was reported that he was working with Dustin Hoffman in Dec. 2006.

According to his imdb.com profile, Tommasi was awarded a Davey Award for his work on the web series “The Lonesome Losers.”

He also worked on many productions at Brockport while he was a student. He graduated from Brockport in 2005, earning a Bachelor’s in Acting.

Currently, Tommasi is living in California.

“I’m working on a film now with Danny Glover and the lead actress from ‘Grey’s Anatomy’,” he wrote in an online message. “Hopefully I’ll land a sitcom during pilot season.”

Check back next week for a more detailed update on Tommasi’s whereabouts and what he will do with his winnings.