In addition to venues in the United States, Rhodes has also performed in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Jakarta, Bali, London, Berlin, Munich, Zurich, Lausanne, Vancouver, Stockholm, Sydney, Melbourne, Basel, Geneva, Copenhagen, and Toronto.
Co-hosted with Ashna Rodjan, the podcast often features conversations with comedians and individuals (Smart Talk) he meets while traveling.
[3] He has released seven comedy albums, the most recent being The Honkey Motherland in 2020, and two DVDs which feature his performances and interviews with locals across the world.
Part of the advice Leno gave was that great comedians should be living in New York or Los Angeles to better seize performing opportunities on stage and TV.
He spent, what he describes in interviews, as the worst year of his life living in Washington Heights "like a dog", with no money and very few comedy sets in the city.
These were shot in a jail cell and edited like a music video, a format popularized in the early 1990s with Denis Leary's MTV rants.
Comic Marc Maron, a personal friend of Rhodes, hosted Short Attention Span Theater during this time.
On an episode of his WTF with Marc Maron podcast he confessed that during their Comedy Central days, he was jealous of Rhodes' commercials.
"[6] Rhodes explored this creative license when he hosted and wrote Viva Vietnam: A White Trash Adventure Tour.
Since there is no censorship on Dutch television, Rhodes was able to smoke marijuana with Tenacious D at an Amsterdam coffee shop and Steve-O stapled his scrotum to his leg in full uncensored nudity.
For a full season Rhodes filmed travel segments all over South America and Europe, including Peru, the Champagne Region of France, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Wales, the Dutch Caribbean, Aruba, Curacao, and a special Beatles tour in Liverpool, England.
Rhodes appeared on the premiere episode of Red Light Comedy - Live from Amsterdam hosted by Russell Peters.
[17] Since 2009, Rhodes' projects have all incorporated his love of traveling and filming in exotic locales, including a "Honeymoon World Tour" after he married Dutch photographer Ashna Rodjan in 2011.
Most episodes have featured interviews with comics Tom knew in his early stand-up years, such as Doug Stanhope and Brian Regan.
[19] Matador Network, a travel culture website, listed TRR as one of the top podcasts of 2011 due to its humor and diverse guests.
A special episode featured an interview with Tom's sister Laura shortly before she passed from breast cancer.
Some of the 80 pictures include Elvis at historical monuments and cities, such as the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC; Mount Rushmore South Dakota; Valley of the Temples in Sicily, Italy; Big Ben in London, England; Pyramid El Castillo in Tulum, Mexico; Tokyo, Japan; the Grassy Knoll in Dallas, Texas; Times Square in New York City; The Great Wall of China in Beijing; Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Australia; the Berlin Wall in Germany; the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco; the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas; Machu Picchu in Peru; Thailand; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Antwerp, Belgium; France; Aruba; Greece; and Argentina where he visited with family on his mother's side.
On his podcast with his Uncle Bob, Rhodes explained that since his family is from DC, that they have "a certain amount of blackness to the way they speak" and that he takes a lot of pride in that.
[22] Instead, he ended up with one of the most dangerous jobs as a Huey helicopter pilot, flying supplies and troops into landing zones during combat.
He earned a Purple Heart for his wounds and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his heroics before he returned home with a 50 percent disability.
According to Rhodes, his father was a great influence on his sense of humor and had a way of spinning horrific war stories into something funny.
"Dusty" Rhodes III died at age 70 on November 3, 2009, after suffering injuries sustained in a crash from a drunk driver.
He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on November 30, 2009 with a full military funeral, an honor he received from his service in Vietnam and in the Air Force.
[23] He had a younger sister named Laura Beth Rhodes Goldstein, who died from stage four breast cancer on April 20, 2011.
The pair recorded a podcast on Dec. 30, 2018, titled, "Our Last Day Together" [26] discussing their divorce and desire to remain great friends who love each other.
Rhodes was influenced by Hicks, whom he met when he was an open mike comic and said "He was just a nice guy that loved comedy and comedians."