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Full Tom Green Biography
Tom Green (born Michael Thomas Green on July 30, 1971) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer and television host who is currently hosting Tom Green Live. Born in Pembroke, Ontario, Green grew up in suburban Ottawa. He pioneered a type of "shock humor" that begat Jackass, Fear Factor and other reality shows.
The first incarnation of The Tom Green Show began in September 1994 as a cable access program on Rogers Television 22 in the Ottawa region until 1996. The show would later be picked up by Canada's Comedy Network in 1997 and then MTV in January 1999, where he gained popularity in America. The Tom Green Show was a variety show format, where he would have guests visit the studio and bands play before a live audience. He also had taped segments that typically consisted of stunts played by Green on unsuspecting people. A number of them involved Green's parents, Mary Jane and Richard Green, who consistently appeared as unamused and occasionally angered by Tom's antics.
As an example of his audacity, in a March 2000 episode, Tom brought Monica Lewinsky to his parents' home in Canada to search for fabric for her new business venture in designing handbags. In a similar vein to his later faux attempt at an on-air marriage to Drew Barrymore on Saturday Night Live, Tom and Monica fooled local reporters with an "important announcement" which turned out to be nothing more than a request for more fabric for Lewinsky's handbags.
In recent years, Green has tried to put some of his more controversial material behind him and become a more mainstream entertainer. Currently, Green is a recurring contributor to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno; he has done many segments where he travels across America looking for "interesting people", typically bringing the most colorful person with him back to the studio. In these segments, the focus is more on the odd behavior of the interviewees, with Green generally playing the straight man. Green has also attempted to build his teen and child audience with more wholesome material. In 2005, Green starred in a children's TV movie, Bob the Butler, and he has made guest appearances on various kid shows. Green had one film scheduled for release in 2006. Furthermore, Green is editing a new film which he also directed and starred in tentatively titled Prankstar. No further details about the film have yet been released.
In 2003, Green visited troops in Kosovo on a USO tour. He visited troops in the Persian Gulf on a 2004 tour.
Tom Green's autobiography was released on October 12, 2004. He also maintains a blog on his official website.
Green has acted as host for a variety of special events, including the 2005 Canada's Walk of Fame induction ceremony, the Canadian Live 8 concert, and the 2005 CASBY Awards. Also, in early 2006, Green appeared in several commercials for the Canadian Cable Public Affairs Channel promoting both the channel and for voters to vote in the forthcoming federal elections which took place on January 23, 2006.
On June 5, 2006, ManiaTV.com announced they had formed a partnership with Green to host a live call-in show for their internet broadcast. The show is called Tom Green Live. The show takes place in his own living room in the Hollywood Hills overlooking the San Fernando Valley. The show started on June 15, 2006 at 11 p.m. EST. The show airs every Monday–Friday night (and also whenever Tom feels like going on the air, such as Monday Funday and Freestyle Fridays), with re-runs playing throughout the week, including original Tom Green Show footage.
The site had featured a segment called Girl Talk. In which viewers could "call in and talk to a real live girl." Girl Talk was cancelled after getting nothing but prank calls from viewers.
Tom Green:“We are also going to begin distributing the show through other internet and media outlets in the new year. In fact we will be greatly expanding our viewership in January, so enjoy being in this tiny club now. (to be announced. Yahoo!) We do the show 5 nights a week, at 11 est. It is the first LIVE nightly talk show on the internet, revolutionizing a medium, that has yet to really find legs in the TV distribution business. This is as cutting edge as it gets, driven creatively here, by tomgreen.com THE CHANNEL. This show, being shot LIVE nightly in my living room in Los Angeles is now pulling mainstream guests, and usually has something more interesting going on, than all of the mainstream chat shows”—Tom Green's Blog, November 17, 2006
During the build up to their wedding Green and Barrymore frequently joked with the media about when and where they were going to wed. The most notable incident came on November 18, 2000 when Green hosted Saturday Night Live. During the monologue, Green brought Barrymore on stage and teased the audience about the couple marrying at the end of the episode. Ultimately, the stage was set for a wedding before Barrymore in the end, got "cold feet." The SNL incident initially left viewers and the media confused about whether the couple had actually planned to marry on live TV, or were simply staging a publicity stunt. Eventually, Green also went on The Tonight Show to toy with the public once again, this time claiming that his bride might be pregnant. |
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