More Information About Comics in the City Starring Tom Rhodes and Tina Kim

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<p>Tom Rhodes has been around, literally and figuratively. He's been a comic since his senior year in high school, and today he is approaching 40. He's lived in Florida, San Francisco, L.A., and in New York on two separate occasions. Now he's in Amsterdam, living on a street he can't pronounce. Rhodes has played every American city that has a comedy club, and he's toured the globe so many times that when Immigration looks at his passport, they ask for CliffsNotes.

His soft southern drawl is just barely detectable in his meandering stage voice, and his arms swing freely around a body that is constantly in motion. Tom Rhodes has improved a lot as a comedian since he began as a teenager. When he speaks, it's in a mellifluous manner that suggests higher education, but Rhodes is somewhat proud that the last class he attended was in a public high school. He credits his knowledge and passion for learning to a talented group of teachers: "I was poisoned with Kerouac, Muhammad Ali, Gandhi, the Beatles. They did it for me." His humor thrives on information and intelligence. Never settling for jokes about broken toasters or remote controls, Rhodes would rather brood over race and culture.

Don't let the Southern drawl fool you; Tom Rhodes’ comedy is full of information and intelligence and, of course, humor. What can we say? This guy is huge in Europe!

Tina Kim is a former television news reporter who blends her humor with stories about growing up in America, her wacky family, her keen observations, dating, dieting and so much more. Tina has headlined in the U.S., Europe and Hong Kong. She recently presented her own show for a month run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was featured on the first season of NBC's Last Comic Standing, CNN, The Boston Globe (reviewed as "Go tonight."), The Chicago Tribune, and Reuters. Tina can currently be seen on VH-1's Super Secret Movie Rules.</p>