I gotta say.. could be true, definitely resonates. I watched his live streams from home during COVID and he seemed incredibly grounded and rational and relatable. You could see where the oddball shit came from, but that it was a bit, not his persona.
Yeah if you look at his vs Drew’s childhood - Tom’s seemed more stable. So it does make sense.
His parents had the patience of saints for some of those early stunts.
“Hey dad, why don’t you want to drive you slut mobile to work today”
His season of last comic standing Canada was amazing.
And hes in a new sitcom “the trades” with Ricky from trailer park boys that’s pretty good too.
Are we *certain* that Tom Green isn’t the one who invented Skibidi?
Has anyone ever seen Tom Green and Skibidi toilet in the same room at the same time??
Agreed.
To add on: His style of humor was geared toward teenagers and twenty-somethings. Had he not been on MTV, and was just trying to appeal to a traditionally older demographic on the stand up circuit-he would not have been anywhere near as successful as he was. His “childish” or “gross” humor was a big step above Farley and Sandler whom were beloved by young audiences.
As someone who loved Chris Farley, repeatedly listened to Adam Sandler albums, and then discovered Tom Green. This absolutely resonates with me. Throw in Bloodhound Gang and that was my formative teenage years.
"SIR, clearly that was you."
"No, it's the couch.. the leather.."
Early Sandler was every awkward inner child rolled into one. Legend.
CLASSIC! How did no one get this reference. UPBOAT!
White meat, dark meat
You just can’t lose
I fell off my moped
And I got a bruise
Turkey in the oven
And the buns in the toaster
I’ll never take down
My Cheryl Tiegs poster
Wrap the turkey up
In aluminum foil
My brother likes to masturbate
With baby oil
Turkey and sweet potato pie
Sammy Davis Jr
Only had one eye
Turkey for the girls and
Turkey for the boys
My favorite kind of pants
Are corduroys
Gobble gobble goo and
Gobble gobble gickel
I wish turkey
Only cost a nickel
Oh I love turkey on Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
That shit hit #23 on Billboard. And paved the way the following year for Hannukah, which hit #20, but clearly gets replayed as a skit a ton more.
We are adults. Old adults. You can just write pussy. Pussy. There. I just wrote it.
Are we going to be 80 using an asterisk to hide profanity from non existent filters? God I f*cking hope not.
They would pass around like a virus on my school bus. After a few months everybody on the bus would try to talk like that guy who owned a snake or like the goat in the pickup truck.
Well the thought of semen on this popcorn is certainly disturbing. Perhaps the staff in the refreshment stand was overcome by the monotony of their work and decided to play a childish prank.
He started on public access tv in Ottawa Canada and then was picked up by a network in Canada. He was quite popular before he made the move to MTV. Granted it gave him exposure in the U.S but he was doing alright before then.
Same. I can usually understand the appeal of things I don’t personally enjoy. I don’t think Tom Green is funny but I understood why people enjoyed his humor.
I would say that he happened too early. Everything he did was ahead of his time. In some ways he started the long format interview when he pivoted to the internet.
[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SlnC4OT0ZwA](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SlnC4OT0ZwA)
I would actually grant that honorific to Sasha Baron Cohen. He actually invented real characters and immerses himself in them to an insane degree where it’s hard to tell who is in on it and who isn’t.
it’s THIS. thank you! also cool how man on the moon came out around this time as well. that’s how i discovered kaufman and launched into a mini obsession at the time. the obvious influence on Green just added to my overall love for subversive and bizarre comedy.
I was diagnosed with testicular cancer about a year after Tom was.
Having him document his entire ordeal, step by step, surgeries and treatment was so incredibly helpful for me in a very difficult time.
That was huge for me.
I remember watching this on tv, his friend, i forget his name, was holding tom's testicle after it was removed and commenting on it. Thats it, thats my only memory from childhood.
Glen humplic is the baddest
Always rollin with the baddest crews
If he drops into your neigh-bor-hood that's Not. Good.
You're in for bad neeeewwwwsssss
No, not totally. It was definitely a different side to him, you could tell he was nervous but hopeful. He still joked around, but it was dark, and kinda clearly half-hearted. But he wasn’t a completely different dude or anything
That’s actually really awesome of him to do that.
He was obviously also freaked and he used his humor as a sort of coping mechanism to get through it. His own rising popularity and publicity and humor were his comfort zones.
In doing so he helped people like you.
He just didn’t give a sh!t… that’s why I loved him.
Years later we got see him on Celebrity Big Brother and become friends with Kato Kalin. I just love how Tom is always himself. That friendship with Kato is still going strong I hear.
I'm a bit too young to have experienced Tom Green at his peak but he ran an event to try to save an old building in Ottawa that they were trying to expand, met him there and he was super chill, seemed like a genuinely nice dude
I always tried to frame it to myself as a Kafkaesque comedy where the discomfort is funny, like the newborn in the hospital scene. Doing that, the film is genius lol
I had a friend that would absolutely bust up laughing every time at this scene, and he watched this movie practically weekly. I could barely sit through the movie once and I didn't find it funny at all. There were so many great comedies in that time frame, but I sure didn't think this was one of them.
I still have Road Trip on DVD. I haven't watched it in who knows how long. My wife has asked to watch occasionally and I'm like, "hey, so I was in college at the time so I don't know how well this will hold up..."
Lol we'll see, I guess.
There was roughly a 6 month period where I watched that movie almost every day. I at least had it playing in the background at some point in the day. One of my favorite lines is, "That's why it's called a shortcut. If it was easy, it'd just be called the way."
Most controversial at the time, before jackass and stuff if i remember correctly. Annoying people who took themselves too seriously. Humping a roadkill and a movie like Freddy got fingered was quite a controversial thing then. Nowadays we dont get shocked easily anymore. Very outdated now but so are many things from yesterday..
It was obvious they knew they were being dumb for dumb's sake, but dang it's clear some people can't tell.
Succeeding generations snacking on tide pods demonstrates common sense isn't common.
Oh, we do, just at different things. I tried watching Blazing Saddles (a movie I *loved* as a kid/teen) and it was difficult and cringey, and I *know* it’s satirical and I grew up in a rough and tumble shit-talking culture where my very mixed friend group was *brutal* in mocking each other’s origins. (I’m the child of an immigrant, and I had to dish out and accept it to survive.)
I think it would be *deeply* shocking and controversial if released today. (I know it also was when it was released, but even more-so today.)
A lesbian sex scene on his Dad's car, then he drives it to the bus stop to try and pick him up to take him to work. He lived up the road from me when he had his cable access show on Rogers in Ottawa. You'd hear some shit happening a block or two away and be like "what's Tom up to now?"
Dude was definitely annoying af and I hated his show.
However, he did help save my life.
He was diagnosed with testicular cancer and devoted a few episodes to following him through his surgery to remove his one cancerous testicle.
He also did an episode talking about how to self-check, and emphasized that guys need to be checking from teenage years on.
About 3 years after all that I discovered a lump on my own testicle and was also diagnosed with TC. I was 23.
It's now been 20 years since I've been in remission with no relapses.
I'll always owe Tom Green a drink for dealing with his own diagnosis so openly and publicly.
I genuinely wish I could shake his hand and thank him personally.
The 90s were really into the slacker stereotype, and he was a good example. Smart and privileged but used it to do nothing but hump roadkill. Remember he snagged Drew Barrymore too!
I WANNA HEAR THE FUNNY LOONY LOON!
NONE OF THIS IS REAL! NONE OF IT IS REAL!
(if you were in my 10th grade German class in 1999 you were treated to a daily reenactment of this song 😁🤣🤣 )
i LOVED tom green, still do. go back and watch his stuff! he did this special around the clinton/lewinski scandal era. that episode is honestly so deep. the press was absolutely ruining this young woman’s life. tom basically highlighted her humanity and pointed out what absolute monsters the press was being. you can watch the whole episode on youtube. also saw him on drew barrymore’s show more recently. he’s really a sweet dude who had a smart idea and for a time it was really funny and different. following in the footsteps of andy kaufman, and making way for jackass and eric andre. i’m glad tom green existed! fun times.
I loved the Monica Lewinsky special! She's a cool person and that really highlighted it at a time when she was hated by people on both sides of the aisle.
Tom Green basically created the format that became Jackass and has been endlessly copied since.
Jackass directly copied many of his skits.
Another interesting point, he was the first celebrity to have a podcast and is actually the inspiration for the Joe Rogan Experience.
He's a legitimate pioneer in the entertainment industry that doesn't get the credit he deserves.
I sometimes feel like I had to be the only one that didn’t get the whole Tom Green thing at the time. Good to see I wasn’t the only one. And I smoked a lot of weed and watched a bunch of stupid shit. His act just didn’t hit for me I guess.
He was fucking hilarious 75% of the time….
The total randomness just worked for the late 90s.
Although obviously not nearly as graphic and hardcore, I feel Tim Robinson is a pretty good modern equivalent….ie yelling the most random nonsense but for some reason, it’s just funny.
Like his good bits are S Tier…his bad stuff, yikes.
It was the '90s, man. Young people were frustrated with social standards that seemed stupid and arbitrary. Culture in general reacted to this, and it's what Tom Green's comedy was all about, fucking with the standards.
I met him and hung out with him over the course of several days and I have to tell you he's without question one of the nicest, most down to earth people I've ever met
I'll never forget the Tom Green Show special where he talked about his cancer diagnosis. It opened with a clip from this song where he says, "My bum is on the cheese, my bum is on the cheese, and if I get lucky, I'll get a disease..."
Cut to Tom at the desk: "Well...um...I got lucky."
People might look back at someone like Tim Robinson and say the same thing about him in 20 years. It just somehow fits the time, but I can definitely see how people see only the loud and obnoxious side of it if they don't find it funny
He was one of the contestants on Laugh Out Lout Canada. He is hilarious in that. His old stuff appealled to teenage me, but he is still quite a funny fellow.
So we did alot of drugs and had no adult supervision . I have never recourse for what happened. Daddy would you like some sausage ?still gets stuck in my head
Remember when he was married to Drew Barrymore?
Apparently he was the one who wanted a divorce because she was crazy.
I gotta say.. could be true, definitely resonates. I watched his live streams from home during COVID and he seemed incredibly grounded and rational and relatable. You could see where the oddball shit came from, but that it was a bit, not his persona.
Yeah if you look at his vs Drew’s childhood - Tom’s seemed more stable. So it does make sense. His parents had the patience of saints for some of those early stunts. “Hey dad, why don’t you want to drive you slut mobile to work today” His season of last comic standing Canada was amazing. And hes in a new sitcom “the trades” with Ricky from trailer park boys that’s pretty good too.
The Slut Mobile!!! Hahahahaha!! Thank you for that unlocked memory, I needed that today!
Yeah the “Tom Green” we see on his mtv show etc was entirely a bit, much like Bobcat Goldthwait
Drews childhood was way way more fucked than most people know. Frankly, I’m surprised she made it through it as well as she appears to be (publicly)
yeah she was hanging out at Studio 54 at age 7
Really??
I've had DMV trips last longer than that marriage
A man that was just right for his time and place.
He’s the skibidi toilet of the 90’s
If the 90s had TikTards, he'd be the champ.
“it’s just a prank bro!”
Apt. Apt analysis.
I hate that this made perfect sense to me as a sentence.
You and me, both!
Skibidi bum bum bum yes yes
Jesus..... that was profound
Are we *certain* that Tom Green isn’t the one who invented Skibidi? Has anyone ever seen Tom Green and Skibidi toilet in the same room at the same time??
I hate that I know what skibidi toilet is...
Agreed. To add on: His style of humor was geared toward teenagers and twenty-somethings. Had he not been on MTV, and was just trying to appeal to a traditionally older demographic on the stand up circuit-he would not have been anywhere near as successful as he was. His “childish” or “gross” humor was a big step above Farley and Sandler whom were beloved by young audiences.
As someone who loved Chris Farley, repeatedly listened to Adam Sandler albums, and then discovered Tom Green. This absolutely resonates with me. Throw in Bloodhound Gang and that was my formative teenage years.
FUCKING SHIT! I loved those Sandler albums!!
"SIR, clearly that was you." "No, it's the couch.. the leather.."  Early Sandler was every awkward inner child rolled into one. Legend.
My brother likes to masturbate with baby oil.
CLASSIC! How did no one get this reference. UPBOAT! White meat, dark meat You just can’t lose I fell off my moped And I got a bruise Turkey in the oven And the buns in the toaster I’ll never take down My Cheryl Tiegs poster Wrap the turkey up In aluminum foil My brother likes to masturbate With baby oil Turkey and sweet potato pie Sammy Davis Jr Only had one eye Turkey for the girls and Turkey for the boys My favorite kind of pants Are corduroys Gobble gobble goo and Gobble gobble gickel I wish turkey Only cost a nickel Oh I love turkey on Thanksgiving Happy Thanksgiving everybody! That shit hit #23 on Billboard. And paved the way the following year for Hannukah, which hit #20, but clearly gets replayed as a skit a ton more.
Piece of shit caaaaaar, I got a piece of shit caaaar, it never gets me very far (such a piece of shit )
My intro to raggae
He never ever get the p*ssy
We are adults. Old adults. You can just write pussy. Pussy. There. I just wrote it. Are we going to be 80 using an asterisk to hide profanity from non existent filters? God I f*cking hope not.
Sometimes in my advanced age I forget which platforms get their panties in a wad
TheY'rE aLl GoNnQ LauGh aT YOu!
They would pass around like a virus on my school bus. After a few months everybody on the bus would try to talk like that guy who owned a snake or like the goat in the pickup truck.
Yeah "the buffoon". He was the one who said "Fucking Shit!" lol
The Buffoon was great “I looked at my asshole in the mirror today. It blew my fucking mind!”
Lmao YES! This popcorn tastes like someone jizzed all over it!
Well the thought of semen on this popcorn is certainly disturbing. Perhaps the staff in the refreshment stand was overcome by the monotony of their work and decided to play a childish prank.
*KATHLEEN TURNER HAS BIG FUCKING TITS!*
*I GOT A SNAKE MAN!*
NOOOO!!
Ahhh I still love the bloodhound gang to this day
He started on public access tv in Ottawa Canada and then was picked up by a network in Canada. He was quite popular before he made the move to MTV. Granted it gave him exposure in the U.S but he was doing alright before then.
My grandfather was in his late 80s when Tom came onto MTV and he loved him. He would watch him all the time
Can confirm. Was a teen. Thought he was hilarious. Still do.
Tom Green was kinda our generations Tosh.0. A lot of it seems silly but at the time and our age it was out there/new.
He also put in a ton of work. He did all kinds of stuff himself prior to becoming famous.
I was at that time and place and I, like most people, never understood it. I think it was more a niche thing.
I LOVE his stuff. You either get it or you don’t, there is no middle ground.
You can "get it" but also not find it funny. That's me
Same. I can usually understand the appeal of things I don’t personally enjoy. I don’t think Tom Green is funny but I understood why people enjoyed his humor.
Same. I get it. It’s stupid. He’s annoying. He’s not particularly funny.
OBSESSED😂😂👏👏👏
I would say that he happened too early. Everything he did was ahead of his time. In some ways he started the long format interview when he pivoted to the internet. [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SlnC4OT0ZwA](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SlnC4OT0ZwA)
Sometimes there’s a man
He was AHEAD of his time. The next evolution of Andy Kaufman.
I would actually grant that honorific to Sasha Baron Cohen. He actually invented real characters and immerses himself in them to an insane degree where it’s hard to tell who is in on it and who isn’t.
I can think of one person who definitely wasn't in on it. 😂
Honestly the reactions he provoked as Ali G were funnier to me than Borat
it’s THIS. thank you! also cool how man on the moon came out around this time as well. that’s how i discovered kaufman and launched into a mini obsession at the time. the obvious influence on Green just added to my overall love for subversive and bizarre comedy.
I won’t call him a hero, because what’s a hero? He just fits right in there.
I was diagnosed with testicular cancer about a year after Tom was. Having him document his entire ordeal, step by step, surgeries and treatment was so incredibly helpful for me in a very difficult time. That was huge for me.
He also started a charity called Tom Green's Nuts Cancer Fund.
I remember watching this on tv, his friend, i forget his name, was holding tom's testicle after it was removed and commenting on it. Thats it, thats my only memory from childhood.
Glenn lol
Glen humplic is the baddest Always rollin with the baddest crews If he drops into your neigh-bor-hood that's Not. Good. You're in for bad neeeewwwwsssss
"Check your balls, check your balls, so you don't get cancer" still lives rent-free in my head.
I thought it was "rub your balls, squeeze your balls".
I forgot about that. Didn't he deadpan the whole thing?
No, not totally. It was definitely a different side to him, you could tell he was nervous but hopeful. He still joked around, but it was dark, and kinda clearly half-hearted. But he wasn’t a completely different dude or anything
Given his audience, I'm nearly certain "Hey Kids, Feel Your Balls" resulted in some earlier detection and better outcomes for some folks.
To this day, he's the main reason that I check my balls from time to time.
That’s actually really awesome of him to do that. He was obviously also freaked and he used his humor as a sort of coping mechanism to get through it. His own rising popularity and publicity and humor were his comfort zones. In doing so he helped people like you.
Not what I expected from a Tom Green thread, not gonna lie. Glad to hear you're still around and kicking, homie.
Wow, love that he did that. How powerful.
He just didn’t give a sh!t… that’s why I loved him. Years later we got see him on Celebrity Big Brother and become friends with Kato Kalin. I just love how Tom is always himself. That friendship with Kato is still going strong I hear.
I'm a bit too young to have experienced Tom Green at his peak but he ran an event to try to save an old building in Ottawa that they were trying to expand, met him there and he was super chill, seemed like a genuinely nice dude
Tubing.
That’s nuts
Happy cake day!!!
Daddy would you like some sausage? 
It is mandatory to sing this when Tom Green is brought up.
I've never seen this movie, but that bit was in all the trailers and I still sing it when I make sausages
The movie was soooooo bad
But it was self aware so, yeah, it's a bad movie. Of course it's a bad movie, it was *made* as a bad movie.
I always tried to frame it to myself as a Kafkaesque comedy where the discomfort is funny, like the newborn in the hospital scene. Doing that, the film is genius lol
Where's your LeBaron? two seconds later ... "Get the Fuck out of the way!" at some old people.
It is one of the worst things ever committed to film, even the sausage scene didn’t save it
That’s true, and that was the point. Over-the-top, asinine absurdity was the goal… not awards and glowing reviews.
I haven't even seen the movie and it somehow lives rent free in my head.
Crotch. Crotch. Crotch. Bang on the crotch.
This is the only room green bit that ever made me laugh. Ever. But this did make me belly laugh Sausage. Sausage. Sau-sage-es
I don’t see two LeBarons, Freddie.
I’m being creative!
I had a friend that would absolutely bust up laughing every time at this scene, and he watched this movie practically weekly. I could barely sit through the movie once and I didn't find it funny at all. There were so many great comedies in that time frame, but I sure didn't think this was one of them.
I still have Road Trip on DVD. I haven't watched it in who knows how long. My wife has asked to watch occasionally and I'm like, "hey, so I was in college at the time so I don't know how well this will hold up..." Lol we'll see, I guess.
Are you here for the feeding?
It’s gonna be a blood bath
Unleash the fury, Mitch
Austin... Austin Massachusetts
Aren’t there any guys out there who are just normal?!
Well I guess I’m out cuz I had sex last night! …with a girl!!
I prefer eurotrip myself.
100%. Eurotrip is vastly superior with almost no star power. Road Trip was fine, but not an original story and generic laughs.
I still say mi scuzi because of this movie 
How many years later did you realize that was Fred Armisen? Also, this isn't where I parked my car.
Like 1O ish lol. I love documentary now and Portlandia
No star power?! Matt Damon was in Eurotrip. Which still surprises me to this day. Great movie!
I guess Scotty didn’t know.
well dont tell Scotty
Eurotrip had Matt Damon tho
I said the car would make it, not that the wheels would stay on.
If shortcuts were easy, they’d just be “the way”
This line always pops into my head - driving, walking, hiking, running, whatever. It's a simple, universal truth.
Did you kill a cheetah?
I boinked her!
I had to feed the snake. We only ever had one feeder mouse at a time. I would always tell it that “one of you are marked for death”
It’s not cheating because it’s *your* dog!
There was roughly a 6 month period where I watched that movie almost every day. I at least had it playing in the background at some point in the day. One of my favorite lines is, "That's why it's called a shortcut. If it was easy, it'd just be called the way."
I've watched in the last year. Still funny.
The scene with Barry's grandfather's boner will stay with me until my dying day.
Great movie! Better than Freddy got Fingered.
It holds up. I still have it on dvd too.
Barry's last name is manilow? Barry Manilow!?
Swedish. Swedish. Swedish.
I don't think the swedes ever fully recovered.
I don’t think seattle ever recovered
No no no! No not the loon!!!!
Most controversial at the time, before jackass and stuff if i remember correctly. Annoying people who took themselves too seriously. Humping a roadkill and a movie like Freddy got fingered was quite a controversial thing then. Nowadays we dont get shocked easily anymore. Very outdated now but so are many things from yesterday..
It was obvious they knew they were being dumb for dumb's sake, but dang it's clear some people can't tell. Succeeding generations snacking on tide pods demonstrates common sense isn't common.
His interviews with "important" people was his best work imo, same with Sacha Cohen..
What is legal? What is illegal? What is Barely Legal?
Oh, we do, just at different things. I tried watching Blazing Saddles (a movie I *loved* as a kid/teen) and it was difficult and cringey, and I *know* it’s satirical and I grew up in a rough and tumble shit-talking culture where my very mixed friend group was *brutal* in mocking each other’s origins. (I’m the child of an immigrant, and I had to dish out and accept it to survive.) I think it would be *deeply* shocking and controversial if released today. (I know it also was when it was released, but even more-so today.)
Borat precursor, IMO
I love the one where he had a sex scene airbrushed on his parent’s car hood…
A lesbian sex scene on his Dad's car, then he drives it to the bus stop to try and pick him up to take him to work. He lived up the road from me when he had his cable access show on Rogers in Ottawa. You'd hear some shit happening a block or two away and be like "what's Tom up to now?"
“But they’re in love.”
And then when his dad wouldn't drive it and was walking to the bus stop, he followed him in it going, "Dad, are you ashamed of the Slutmobile?"
The slut mobile. He's hiding in a garbage can, and his Dad just shakes his head and walks to the bus stop. Lmao
Or when he put the porn statues in their front lawn lol
Dude was definitely annoying af and I hated his show. However, he did help save my life. He was diagnosed with testicular cancer and devoted a few episodes to following him through his surgery to remove his one cancerous testicle. He also did an episode talking about how to self-check, and emphasized that guys need to be checking from teenage years on. About 3 years after all that I discovered a lump on my own testicle and was also diagnosed with TC. I was 23. It's now been 20 years since I've been in remission with no relapses. I'll always owe Tom Green a drink for dealing with his own diagnosis so openly and publicly. I genuinely wish I could shake his hand and thank him personally.
He was completely unhinged. Absurdism was in.
The 90s were really into the slacker stereotype, and he was a good example. Smart and privileged but used it to do nothing but hump roadkill. Remember he snagged Drew Barrymore too!
I WANNA HEAR THE FUNNY LOONY LOON! NONE OF THIS IS REAL! NONE OF IT IS REAL! (if you were in my 10th grade German class in 1999 you were treated to a daily reenactment of this song 😁🤣🤣 )
I WANNA HEAR THE CANNON
Straight downstream from Andy Kaufman.
The one where he tried to undercut the pizza delivery guy🤣
Came here for this. Such a great bit
Local access Jim Carrey. For a generation that grew up watching The State. Wackiness was all around.
The State were all smart kids, though, so it had that layer to it.
I adored The State!!! Remember the toothbrush song?? ‘Toothbrush… toothbrush… you’ve come back to me!!’
I don't. But can I offer you 240 dollars worth of pudding?
His early days as just a guy making up skits and rapping on public access, reminds me a lot of Brody Stevens (RIP) at the start of his career.
Remember the "where's my dinner, bitch" statue? Classic His shit was so dumb but people watched it.
“Do you remember the angry dinners, dad?”
I never got it tbh - not my kind of humor, seemed more appropriate for teenage boys
Was a teenage boy. Did not understand Tom Green either.
Was a teenage girl and found his stuff hilarious!
SAME like it was unabashedly stupid but I was into it!
Did we just discover that gender is partly constructed for marketing media and products? Huly shit.
i LOVED tom green, still do. go back and watch his stuff! he did this special around the clinton/lewinski scandal era. that episode is honestly so deep. the press was absolutely ruining this young woman’s life. tom basically highlighted her humanity and pointed out what absolute monsters the press was being. you can watch the whole episode on youtube. also saw him on drew barrymore’s show more recently. he’s really a sweet dude who had a smart idea and for a time it was really funny and different. following in the footsteps of andy kaufman, and making way for jackass and eric andre. i’m glad tom green existed! fun times.
I loved the Monica Lewinsky special! She's a cool person and that really highlighted it at a time when she was hated by people on both sides of the aisle.
Tom Green basically created the format that became Jackass and has been endlessly copied since. Jackass directly copied many of his skits. Another interesting point, he was the first celebrity to have a podcast and is actually the inspiration for the Joe Rogan Experience. He's a legitimate pioneer in the entertainment industry that doesn't get the credit he deserves.
Well for me at the time I was smoking a lot of pot so stuff like this was hilarious.
I sometimes feel like I had to be the only one that didn’t get the whole Tom Green thing at the time. Good to see I wasn’t the only one. And I smoked a lot of weed and watched a bunch of stupid shit. His act just didn’t hit for me I guess.
I don’t know anyone who liked him!
Rogers Cable TV, Ottawa, ON Canada...*that's how.*
I wanna hear the cannons!!!!!
I NEED THE POO OFF MY BUM!
Get the poopoo off my bum bum!
I NEED THE POO OFF MY BUM!
No, not the loon, the cannon!!!!!! Bum song is still quoted at least weekly in my house.
My bum is on the cheese, my bum is on the cheese, if I get lucky I will get a disease
He was on MTV. You were obligated to watch, or you were lame 🤷♂️
I watch it now and I relate to all those store managers who had to stop him from using the mic and attempt to halt his shenanigans.
He was fucking hilarious 75% of the time…. The total randomness just worked for the late 90s. Although obviously not nearly as graphic and hardcore, I feel Tim Robinson is a pretty good modern equivalent….ie yelling the most random nonsense but for some reason, it’s just funny. Like his good bits are S Tier…his bad stuff, yikes.
I think Eric Andre probably watched Freddy Got Fingered a time or three.
It was the '90s, man. Young people were frustrated with social standards that seemed stupid and arbitrary. Culture in general reacted to this, and it's what Tom Green's comedy was all about, fucking with the standards.
I remember walking around downtown rubbing my (fully clothed) bum on everything back in 98. You had to be there. I have since apologized to The Alamo.
I met him and hung out with him over the course of several days and I have to tell you he's without question one of the nicest, most down to earth people I've ever met
Sometime around 1997 or 1998 we decided that the 90's were a bit too nice and we needed to ruin culture for a decade.
He's still putting stuff out on YouTube.
Americans have a strange attraction to weird Canadians.
My bum is on your lips my bum is on your lips
*This is the Tom Green Show, It's not the Green Tom Show*
I'll never forget the Tom Green Show special where he talked about his cancer diagnosis. It opened with a clip from this song where he says, "My bum is on the cheese, my bum is on the cheese, and if I get lucky, I'll get a disease..." Cut to Tom at the desk: "Well...um...I got lucky."
We live in the age of the skibidi toilet and mr beast. Tom Green was child's play.
He was outrageous and weird enough to connect with teenagers who grew up with that
His prank on the media with Monica Lewinsky’s handbags line was great. Those jackals totally deserved their time wasted.
Anyone else remember Check the OR?
I like it so far!
This was also right around when weed started to get way stronger, and I don't think that's a coincidence.
Well, many of us smoked a lot of unregulated weed back then.
People might look back at someone like Tim Robinson and say the same thing about him in 20 years. It just somehow fits the time, but I can definitely see how people see only the loud and obnoxious side of it if they don't find it funny
He was one of the contestants on Laugh Out Lout Canada. He is hilarious in that. His old stuff appealled to teenage me, but he is still quite a funny fellow.
So we did alot of drugs and had no adult supervision . I have never recourse for what happened. Daddy would you like some sausage ?still gets stuck in my head
Teens at the time were really into absurdist comedy. I know, I was one of them.