Dildarian, 53, who voices Tom in the series. “Maybe some of that is growing up in New Jersey and looking over the river into New York City and always, to some degree, not quite participating in the success and fun that the rest of the world seems to be having.“I’ve been told I’ve got a natural skepticism of things … whatever it is, it’s an underdog quality and an outsider mentality that I think is consistent,” he said. “I don’t think about it when I’m writing — it just comes out.”That’s undeniably evident in “Ten Year Old Tom,” back for Season 2 (June 29 on Max) with its titular elementary school student protagonist who’s 10 going on 40 — and who finds himself in bizarre, surreal situations in a world peopled by oddball and weirdo adults.(Each episode consists of two 12-minute vignettes unfolding in the minimalist animation style of Dildarian’s previous series, “The Life and Times of Tim,” which aired on HBO from 2008-2012.)In the season opener, a shady consulting firm buys the naming rights to Tom’s school and chooses Tom as its mascot (he slicks his hair back and dons a suit and tie) before it all goes off the rails. “And yeah, we helped orchestrate numerous political assassinations but we’re not about murdering people for political gain, we’re about communities,” its smarmy public relations chief tells a school assembly (he also mentions “strong ties to the 9-11 attackers …as consultants“).In the episode’s second half, Tom and his tattooed, hard-drinking mom (Edi Patterson) install a hot tub on their front lawn — leading to Tom pretending to own a neighbor’s luxury yacht and taking his pals out for a ride (it’s piloted by his slovenly, bare-chested, beer-bellied uncle).Like that.“My writing style is very spontaneous,.

Steve Dildarian on the weird, oddball universe of ‘Ten Year Old Tom’

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