I figured I'd start this every-once-in-awhile feature on great Iowa ambassadors -- native sons and daughters that have made it big but still rep their Iowa roots.

What better way to start than with Tom Arnold?

Remember when our Hawkeye homeboy would show up on the hit TV show, Roseanne, with an Iowa sweatshirt on? I used to beam with pride whenever Arnie Thomas would walk in the Conner household wearing the black and gold.

Arnold went on to marry Roseanne Barr -- the two even opened a restaurant, Roseanne and Tom's Big Food Diner, in Eldon, Iowa.

The couple divorced and the restaurant closed, but Arnold went on to appear in several TV shows and films. You may have even noticed him giving a pep talk to the Iowa men's basketball team during halftime of their recent NCAA tourney game on TBS.

We love you, Tom. Keep reppin' the Hawkeye State!

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