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Movie Meltdown - Episode 426

This week we have a very special guest\u2026 comedian, writer, actor - Tom Arnold. Now, most of you out there are probably more or less familiar with Tom, and if so\u2026 you know that if nothing else \u2013 he has had one of the more interesting stories of anyone who\u2019s made their way into the entertainment industry. His journey from a humble Midwest childhood to become one of the most notorious people in Hollywood - is that of legend. So we sit down with him to hear how it all began, just where it\u2019s led him over the years\u2026 and some of his interesting film roles that happened along the way.

And as we consider going streaking through the nursing home, we also bring up... open mic night, Andy Kaufman, he\u2019s outside playing football with these homeless guys, it makes my dad laugh, Herbert Ross, I peaked then, Dustin Hoffman, I walked twenty miles in my underwear in December, Arnold Schwarzenegger, that\u2019s who I was then, Arthur Hiller, funny horror, Lorenzo Lamas vs. Brian Wimmer, Icarus, On the kill floor, Dunston Checks In, DMX, Everclear punch, John Landis, Dead Ant, Bob Hope Special, he would be speaking Chinese, Anthony Anderson, I just have to settle, he gave him a heart attack in the middle of the movie, Happy Joe\u2019s Pizza, Steve Buscemi, drive-in movies, and then you\u2019ll have these crazy dreams, Robin Williams, working at the meat packing plant, Jenna Ortega, Saving Flora, Kristen Bell and the most replayed movie on cable TV ever,

\u201cIt\u2019s a world you can\u2019t even imagine. You know, just the idea of Hollywood\u2026 how do you get there from Ottumwa, Iowa? It\u2019s just impossible.\u201d

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