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"Every religion needs to control their chumps. It's a war on happiness'. In this episode I talk everything Paris. Paris is in my heart. Je suis Paris. Opening: excerpt from La Marseillaise' by The National Anthem of the French Republic End song: Jacques Brel - Quand on n'a que l'amour

Henry Phillips is a one man comedy hit making factory. He established himself many years ago as a purveyor of original hilarious songs and tours regularly crushing skulls with his laugh inducing music. Aside from his music he has harnessed his abilities lately with the making of his underground classic comedy clips on youtube.   Henry's Kitchen is his humorous take on the many cooking videos that abound on the internet today, but none with the stinging hilarity that Henry infuses as his main ingredient. You & You're Fu*king Coffee is the other series of excellently written video short series clips that has become so popular that Mike Judge starred in one because he was such a fan of them. I highly recommend Henry's Big Foot episode of You & You're Fu*king Coffee with Rick Overton as the park ranger.   He is a man of many talents and someone who I am always happy to see because he is always striving for more in his creativity and he is the least pretentious person ever to work in show business and that

  While doing the Kuala Lumpur International Comedy Festival Matt Davis and I sat down to talk about doing comedy all over the world. Matt was inspired by my years of living the nomadic life of a comedian with no home and now he has thrown caution to the wind and he is on his own epic adventure. It is Matt's plan to tour all over the world for a year if he can set the gigs up to cover the time span and end his journey at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It is a brave ambitious plan and I was happy to meet up with him on his Asian segment of this journey. From here he will go to India and Africa. He needs help to plug in the holes in his calendar and I am just the guy to offer him help and advice. The man from Birmingham, Alabama is expanding his horizons and that is why it is my pleasure to welcome back to my show the one and only Matt Davis!   This episode was recorded in Kuala Lumpur End Song:  Lynyrd Skynyrd  Sweet Home Alabama   Official Website:  http://www.tomrhodes.net Albums on iTunes: http://apple.co/

My Vinyl record collection has been in storage for 10 years and now I am unleashing savory slices for you of the strangest and most wonderful obscure selections for your sonic gravy consumption. The servings in their running order include: Laughter and gunshotsThe Hindenburg DisasterEtta James Tell MamaBillie Holiday One for my baby and one more for the roadWill Rogers Bad Will TourBBC End Of World War II Louis Armstrong I've got the world on a stringGroucho Marx WC FieldsTom Lehr SmutAnthony Quinn In my own way... I love youTelly Savannas SomethingNat King Cole L O V EFlip Wilson The devil made me do itThe big sounds of the dragsGeraldine and Ricky Reading the bibleVan Morrison Town called paradise In the garden This episode was recorded in Los Angeles. (Update PT 1:27 PM: Obscure Vinyl_final 1:38:25 replaced with Obscure Vinyl_2_final.mp3 1:35:29)

In this episode I reflect on my many years coming to Chicago and how much this city has meant to me personally. From my years of partying in late night blues joints to the healthy living of briskly walking along Lake Michigan every morning of today. I talk about Chicago Fun facts, John Fox, Bernie Mac, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, Zanies and my magnificent love story with Ashna that began with our first trip together to Chicago. In this episode I talk about why Bill Murray is my Buddha and the most perfect moment I have ever experienced in Chicago. Muddy Waters - I Am Ready   Willie Dixon - Back Door Man Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call  Bernie Mac on Def Comedy Jam Scene from Groundhog Day Bill Murray on Charlie Rose Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago   This episode was recorded in Chicago  

After doing a weekend at the Omaha Funnybone I slipped down to Lincoln to do a gig at the historic Zoo bar. A few hours before my last show in Nebraska I sat down and recorded this rant of interesting knowledge nuggets about Nebraska, what I've experienced here and how I feel about a lot of the big issues of the day at this moment in time. After having having traveled the world Nebraska is a very exotic place to me. People in lumberjack shirts and Cornhusker hats seem like movie extras to me. Please enjoy the one and only me!   This episode was recorded in Lincoln, Nebraska   Tom Rhodes Black Power Netflix Suggestions: Winter on Rising Black Power Mix Tape  Nina Simone  No No Fela Muscle Shoals   End Song : Atlantic City by Bruce Springsteen  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-LIEr43_wk

I first met Jeffrey Gurian at the HBO Aspen comedy festival in 1995. Back then I was chasing the devil's flame in New York with Mitch Helberg 1998-1999, Jeffrey was there many times hanging out with us after shows and keeping notes on the exotic wild life he was observing.   His history in comedy is remarkable considering that he started out as a dentist who wrote jokes for Milton Berle, Joan Rivers, Rodney Dangerfield and Dice Clay. He has been around the business for so long many comedians say if you don't know Jeffrey Gurian you are not a real comedian.   Not only do I know him, he was kind enough to let me stay with him in his penthouse apartment on the Upper East side last year when I visited New York. He is a regular contributor to The Bennington program on Sirius XM and he also covers all the latest happenings in the comedy world at comedymatterstv.com and his red carpet coverage of major comedy events can be seen at youtube.com/GurianNewsNetwork In life there are not many true friends that will let yo

Bas Rutten is a living legend in the fight world. He is in the UFC Hall Of Fame and is the perennial host of Inside MMA. He is one of the most intensely exciting pugilists ever to step into any ring and his charm as well as his skill led to the rising popularity of the sport when it was in its infancy. He is funny, intelligent and most importantly he is from Holland and that is why it is my pleasure to present to you now the one and only Bas Rutten!     This episode was recorded in Los Angeles End song: Classified feat. David Myles - Inner Ninja  

Friendship is one of the masterpieces of nature and I have never had two truer friends than Lou Angelwolf and Kevin Rogers. We all met as young comedians in Clearwater, Florida in 1986 at Ron Bennington's comedy scene and we were so earnest about influencing the world in a positive way through our comedy that we can ourselves The Sheperds. They have been there for me through thick and thin. We have cried together and laughed together and never not been friends and that is why it is my pleasure to introduce to you now the one and only Lou Angelwolf and Kevin Rogers! End song: My Morning Song by The Black Crowes This episode was recorded in St. Petersburg, Florida

Ian Edwards is one of my favorite comedians because of the supreme intelligence he brings to his well thought out ideas. He inspires  me every time I see him perform and that is why it is my pleasure to present to you now the one and only Ian Edwards!   End Song: Bob Marley Acoustic Medley This episode was recorded in Los Angeles  

I first met Mishka Shubaly at Doug Stanhope's desert party ten years ago. Since then he has gone on to become one of the best selling authors on Amazon and kindle for the heart felt outpouring of honest words that he has produced about his love life, ship wrecked survival, drinking and giving up drinking. He and I recently did a show together in Los Angeles and before the show we sat down to record this conversation which brims with the same honesty and lovingkindness that made me like him many years ago when we first met. His stories are epic and his heart is true and that is why it is my pleasure to present to you now the one and only Mishka Shubaly!   End Song: Tom Waits Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards) This episode was recorded in Los Angeles

One of the bright new young stars of the comedy world is the nephew of Bill Hicks. I could not have enjoyed more watching him perform and talking extensively as a friend and that is why it is a pleasure to present you now the one and only Ryan Hicks! NY State Of Mind by NAS    

Stefan Pop is one of the bright new stars of the Dutch comedy scene. He also books the international acts for Toomler, the best comedy club in the Netherlands. In this conversation we talk about the Malaysian airliner full of Dutch people that was shot down over the Ukraine and how soon is too soon to make jokes after a tragedy. Recorded in the back garden of an Amsterdam South home on a perfectly gorgeous summer day. It is my pleasure to present to you now the one and only Stefan Pop! End Song: REM Orange Crush This episode was recorded in Amsterdam

Hooray for humanity! From the legendary Kids In The Halls comedy sketch group it is my pleasure to present to you the one and only comedic genius of Kevin McDonald!   End Song:  The Cure  Love Cats Recorded in Winnipeg, Canada

Pulitzer prize winning author Gilbert King is a library of congress of civil rights knowledge and in this episode he brings an avalanche of powerful knowledge nuggets. I have been friends with him since I did my first open mic night on February 4, 1984 and that is why it is my pleasure to present to you now the one and only Gilbert King!   End Song: Big Black Cadillac Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins       This episode was recorded in Howey In The Hills, Florida

Ron White is one of my favorite comedians and it is for very personal reasons that I am his fan. I started out on the Southern circuits of the United States just as Ron White did and I knew about him years before the rest of the world did because we were doing the same gigs.    I think what I like the most about Ron is I know how hard he worked to get where he is today and it gives me hope that it is possible for older hard working comedians to bust the lid off of show business and "make it."   When I watch him perform it is like watching your favorite team play who wins every time because he always delivers the goods. I love hearing him talk about his private jet and when I hear him do so I think to myself "Damn right brother, you deserve your own private jet."    Through the small world of comedy and the mutual friends we have I got to record this conversation with Ron last month in Las Vegas. I got to watch him from the back stage area of The Mirage casino destroy a sold out house, then I waited patiently

In celebration of America's birthday I have talked to people I consider to be great Americans talking about the rapid changes happening in the United States today. It is my pleasure to present to you now comedian Scott Capurro, Pulitzer price winner Gilbert King and my big brother John Rhodes!     YouTube clip 1: Watch Obama's phone call to same-sex marriage plaintiff   YouTube clip 2 & 3: President Obama delivers Eulogy – FULL VIDEO (C-SPAN)     End Song: Super Bad - James Brown   This episode was recorded in the USA  

Sam Coleman is currently the editor of Esquire magazine for Malaysia. I met him when I lived in Amsterdam where he was at that time the editor of ExPatriots magazine and he did a cover story on me when I had the late night talk show there. He is filled with valuable knowledge, he is a man of style, he has a kind golden heart and he is one of the truest friends I have ever had in this life. We have so much shared history together, I love him like a brother and that is why it is my pleasure to present to you now the one and only Sam Coleman!   This episode was recorded in Kuala Lumpur Endsong: Zina - Babylone    

This episode was recorded in Beijing. Tony Chou is a Beijing based comedian who does comedy in both Mandarin Chinese and English. If that alone was not enough to qualify him as a Beijing badass he is also an on air financial advisor/commentator for thew state run China news channel CCTV. He has become a good friend I respect that strong developments he has made as a comedian and a performer. In this conversation we talk about the rapid change that has taken place in Chinese society and how money is the religion of China. "I would rather cry in a BMW than laugh on a bike." It is my pleasure to present to you now the one and only Tony Chou!   End song:   Don Gibson    Sea Of Heartbreak 

This episode was recorded on the road   Driving from Los Angeles to San Francisco with the one and only legendary Dr. John Cooper Clarke.   Audio cameo: Some Cunt Used The N Word - John Cooper Clarke   Song: Cocksucker Blues - Rolling Stones   Song: The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life - Al Jolson and Bing Crosby Endsong: Pirate Love - Johnny Thunders