I think you left out something between Iowa and Hollywood. I knew Tom when he lived in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Tom was doing standup in the area. His show was Tom Arnold and the Fabulous Goldfish Revue. I only saw him perform once at a place called Backstage at the Carltom which used to stand where the Mall of America is presently. I remember sitting in Toms apartment eating "leaning tower" pizza and him telling me about a wonderful women he recently met (I beleive in Colorado) name Rosanne. Had many good times with Tom and glad to see he made it big. I was going through things the other day and found one of his business cards from back then.