Tom Green

:This article is about the Canadian Comic.

The Tom Green Show

The Tom Green Show typically consisted of stunts played by Tom on unsuspecting people. A number of them involved Green's parents, Mary Jane and Richard Green, who consistently appeared to be unamused and occasionally angered by Tom's antics. Some of Green's most notable skits include humping a dead moose (referenced by rapper Eminem), having an X-rated lesbian scene (named the "Slut Mobile") painted on his father's car, drinking milk by sucking a cow's udder, and putting a cow head in his parents' bed while they slept.

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The Tom Green Show - Eminem - X-rated

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After the show moved to MTV, Tom became famous in the United States. This fame soon netted Tom roles in several Hollywood movies, including Road Trip, Freddy Got Fingered (which he also directed), and Stealing Harvard. Freddy Got Fingered "won" in five categories at the 2001 Golden Raspberry Awards which are given to the worst movies of the year. Green actually appeared at the ceremony to accept his awards. The negative reception of Freddy Got Fingered has since made it difficult for Green to secure starring roles in large productions.

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MTV - United States - Road Trip - Freddy Got Fingered - Stealing Harvard - 2001 Golden Raspberry Awards

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He also wrote a song called "Lonely Swedish (The Bum Bum Song)", which he composed during MTV's Spring Break while doing a show on a cruise ship. After airing the music video on his show and appealing to his audience to request it, the song became a instant #1 hit on Total Request Live. He quickly called for the video to be retired because "it's not fair to 98 Degrees." Later, in his autobiography, he revealed that MTV had pressured him to do so in order to maintain the image that Total Request Live was in-fact a live request show (the next week's episodes had been pre-taped on-location, and the producers of the show were completely unaware of "The Bum Bum Song" at the time).

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Lonely Swedish (The Bum Bum Song) - Total Request Live - 98 Degrees

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Tom's increasing fame made it harder for him to ambush people on the streets, leading him to target mostly seniors and non-English speakers. After he was diagnosed with testicular cancer in March 2000, he stopped production on his TV show, but continued to appear on the channel via reruns and other promotional materials. He made a one-hour special on his ordeal with cancer, including graphic footage of his own surgery. The episode received wide critical acclaim for revealing a vulnerable, human side of an otherwise juvenile television personality. He also starred in and directed a one-hour special called The Tom Green Subway Monkey Hour, where he tormented strangers in Japan.

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Seniors - English - Testicular cancer - March 2000 - Japan

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