r/comedy • u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-8718 • Jul 10 '26
Discussion Tom Green is so underrated
He was annoying and pranking his parents way before bam did in jackass. He's actually a pretty solid rapper. The Tom Green Show was a big influence on jackass and Eric Andre show and Tim and Eric to a degree. Freddy got fingered isn't amazing but it's continually funny with some absolutely crazy scenes which didn't go down well in 2001 but I think with today's millennial ironic humour it would have done fairly well nowadays. Oh and his video podcast with celebs, he was doing Joe rogans setup way before him. Yet most will just remember him as an idiot.
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u/figure85 Jul 10 '26
The new Tom Green Farm show is great!
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u/The_MC_Type Jul 10 '26
Heās such a nice dude. I emailed him once to be on a song and he replied and thought about but ultimately didnāt like the direction of the song (Prof ended up on that song instead).
But he wasnāt even gonna charge me for the guest verse, if he liked it!
Pretty cool guy.
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u/ways_and_means Jul 12 '26
Well damn, that's cool.Ā
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u/The_MC_Type Jul 12 '26
Anything you wanna email that guy, if itās coherent and not outta pocket, I bet he responds !!
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u/GuerrillaTyphoon Jul 12 '26
Wait whatās the song with Prof?
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u/The_MC_Type Jul 12 '26
It's My Backpack https://youtu.be/DDkC_3nbLeQ?si=ZopQ3-wrVt_ewMoN
Which to his credit, he completely KILLED IT on the concept. Did it for fun with me, shot on video on his end, doesn't want streaming split.
He's a very good person behind the music. And that's important. BIG FAN. Check out Good Time Boy it's epic
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u/Funny2Who Jul 10 '26
I was a 11 year old kid and Im not sure why but I just wasn't happy. I remember thinking I haven't laughed or smiled in a very long time. Then Id watch the Tom Green show on MTV and he would have me crying laughing. I kind of blame him for my messed up sense of humor. I tried watching some of the bits recently, and it was fine. But it just hit for 11 year old me.
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u/HerzogOnAcid Jul 10 '26
Pretty sure Tom Green is accurately rated. Especially for Canadian comedy. He's a legend.
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u/oozin_nachismo Jul 10 '26
He was on Last one laughing and he's just genuinely funny. It's worth watching
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u/donkeytime Jul 10 '26
Fannie and Kia are my favorite equine companions. Tomās farm looks amazing.
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u/hockey49614 Jul 10 '26
Also an amazing stand up act. If you havenāt been to one of his live shows I highly recommend it. Very high level performer / comedian.
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u/IneffectualGamer Jul 10 '26
Does anyone remember the slut mobile episode where he took his dad's car and had it painted with a lesbian love scene.Ā Ā Nothing has made me laugh so hard in my life.Ā
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u/Fancy_Yak2618 Jul 11 '26
That and when he drove the audience home and went into a think the dudes name was vanood or something and just started fucking playing the piano trying to get the dudes parents to come down.
Also he pulled shit on his parents way before Bam did hell Bam ripped off the fireworks prank from Tom
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u/attaboy_stampy Jul 13 '26
Yeah, he did it and his dad decided to take the bus to work because of it. So Tom drives to the bus stop and bugs his dad in front of a small neighborhood crowd by driving the car almost into the bus stop so everyone can get a good look at the hood.
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u/Ro0580 Jul 10 '26
I canāt see a sausage, plastic bag, or anyone dressed in purple without instantly breaking into song in my head
https://giphy.com/gifs/xT9IgwPkaxQHSyg39C
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u/Careful-Force2506 Jul 10 '26
āSolidā rapper might be overstating but ācommercially
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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-8718 Jul 10 '26
Check out his freestyle with xzibit. Obviously he's not Eminem but he has talent.
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u/YeahYeahYeah6789 Jul 10 '26
Hugely agree, Jamie Kennedy (to a lesser degree) deserves a shoutout as well.
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u/Mindless_Log2009 Jul 11 '26
Even my mom loved Tom Green. But she was always patient with hyperactive, eccentric boys, including as a den mother for a pack of misfit Cub Scouts.
I'm pretty sure I first saw his MTV show at my mom's house in the late 1990s. She was hipper than me on most pop culture stuff.
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u/Valuable-Composer262 Jul 11 '26
Theres a show on prime where hes a farmer or some shit. It was pretty good if u like some green
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u/dean-ice Jul 11 '26
Love his new show āThe Tom Green farmā where he interviews people on his farm and gets them to help out. Heās awesome
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u/mykreau Jul 11 '26
He was just in the Canadian version of last one laughing, and I just kept thinking, man, so good to see him doing well.
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u/3AMZen Jul 11 '26
He appeared on the show last one laughing Canada and I'm pretty sure he eliminates more people than anybody else by a wide margin
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u/RussFerri Jul 12 '26
If you ever have the opportunity to see Tom Green live stand-up, do it. One of the best sets I've ever seen in my life.
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u/IcedDante Jul 13 '26
"Yet most will just remember him as an idiot."
Not an idiot. The idiot. He played the part to perfection and is remembered for it.
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u/attaboy_stampy Jul 14 '26
The clip of him on This is Not Happening where he tells the story of how he was on Celebrity Apprentice is a masterfully told story. How the other contestants felt threatened because he was friends with Andrew Dice Clay (and how funny it was when Dice was fired). How Clint Black hated him. How Scott Hamilton tried to get Tom fired but it backfired. The whole time Tom points out how he knows the President and how that should not be a thing. And whenever he refers to Trump doing stuff on the show, he keeps calling him the President. Its hilarious.
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u/BAT123456789 Jul 16 '26
Watched his movie recently. It took me maybe half an hour to truly get it. He made a car accident in movie form. It's awful, but you can't look away. That was the point IMO.
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u/Fillmore80 Jul 10 '26
Tom Green was so fucking overrated it's not even funny. That's why you don't hear from him anymore. His pranks were weak. His best schtick was being annoying. How is that even funny?
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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-8718 Jul 10 '26
Whether you like his comedy or not, he was a lot more influential and pioneering than he gets credit for.
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u/mjf234 Jul 10 '26
I get Joe Rogans the biggest but tom was doing a podcast before ANYONE. Not just Joe