Kevin Masters Show starring Tom Rhodes
| Kevin Masters Show starring Tom Rhodes | |
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Tom Rhodes interviewing Ilonka Elmont with Dutch subtitles on the Kevin Masters Show.
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| Starring | E-Life |
| Country of origin | Netherlands |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
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RTL Nederland Holland Media House |
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| Original network | Yorin |
The Kevin Masters Show starring Tom Rhodes is an English language Dutch television late night talk show that aired every Monday night at 10 p.m. by the Yorin television station from 2002-2004 in the Netherlands.
Kevin Masters Show starring Tom Rhodes was hosted by comedian Tom Rhodes and featured rapper E-Life as the musical sidekick.
Rhodes started performing in the Netherlands at Toomlers once a year, beginning in 1998. The RTL network contacted Rhodes London management after seeing him perform in 2002. The producers wanted an American host to interview Dutch celebrities and interpret Dutch culture. The name "Kevin Masters" was simply a generic American name the producers used to fill in until they assigned an actual host. The audition for a host was held at Toomlers, (Yiddish word for "Traveling Merrimaker") the home theatre of Comedytrain, the first stand-up comedy collective in the Netherlands. The actual show was filmed at Rozen Theater in Amsterdam. He was living in Amsterdam with a girlfriend at the time of auditioning for the show. Tom's audition for the show featured his normal stand-up routine and was selected as the best by producers. In addition to Dutch celebrities, Tom also interviewed American celebrities. The charm of the show was that the American host had no idea who these Dutch celebrities were, which added to the humor Rhodes could play upon with each guest.
As a stand-up transitioning to talk show host, Rhodes had to learn to ignore the audience and speak to the people at home through the camera lens. To help him with this task, the Dutch producers allowed him to tape a cut out of Muhammad Ali's head over Camera One. The cut-out remained for the entire first season. In every episode, Rhodes would experience an aspect of Dutch culture in a five-minute film. He called this his favorite part of the show. Some of these experiences included: spending a day with a Dutch farmer, covering the Prime Minister debates, a tour of the Red Light district and gay night life of Amsterdam, attending fashion and master chef awards. Anything culturally unique in Amsterdam was explained to Rhodes by experts, which Rhodes called "like having a magic passport to the entire country."
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