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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ceiling Fan, December 12, 2005
In my book, the original Tom Green Show on MTV was the single greatest show of all time. Call me "immature", but to me, nothing is funnier than Tom riding in the back of a rickshaw on a busy street, wearing a British soldier uniform, screaming into a megaphone "OOOOOOUUUH!!!! OOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUHHHH!!!!"
This mega set contains 3 packed discs, with 26 half-hour episodes of Tom's show on the Canadian "Comedy Central" equivalent, right before he went to MTV. While a lot of the clips were used on the MTV show, most of this stuff has never been seen by us Americans - including tons of in-studio stuff, with unsuspecting guests, Glenn Humplik(P.I.M.P), Phil Sher-ooo/Gear-Rocks/Giroux, and the poor studio audience. And holy (...)This is some of Tom's best! Tom was hungry, crazy, and had absolutley no fear back in these days - and it shows on this dvd set.
It's all here, from the "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOIN???" guy, to the dead raccoon mascot, bags of milk, singing with drunk people, dead moose humping, Jim Cab TV, wanton chainsaw & baseball bat destruction, cow brains(!), Brad Pitt, more bags of milk, Humplik's ass, weirdo French-Canadians, the slutmobile, cow teet sucking, messing with foreigners/old people, a sh*tload of maniacal screaming(my favorite) and sooo much more.
Special features include:
Nearly one hour of unreleased material - cut scenes, longer takes, unreleased segments, ect
Commentary track by Tom on one episode - but it goes long, ending with Tom talking on camera aboot the show.
"A note from Tom" A written piece about the show by Tom.
It's a shame Tom has scaled down his on-screen persona in recent years, because watching this stuff I laughed so hard I almost threw up... Pure comedic genius here, folks.
Bottom line: If you liked Tom's original MTV show, then there is no need to ponder, you must own this. 9+ hours of insanity for (...)? Don't think, BUY IT!!!
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Most Original Show of It's Time (1999), December 25, 2005
Let me start off by saying that when It comes to Tom Green you can either take him or leave him, love him or hate him. Either way you slice it there is no denying he leaves an impact with his audience; and lets face it as an entertainer that is your main goal: to connect with an audience. With that being said the old "Tom Green Show" that aired back in 98 on Canada's Comedy Network really set the standard for television today. The show was unique in so many ways: Freshly Original, Shocking, and at some points really stupid to the point that it was completly hilarious. You had to suspend disbelief to get past the crazyness, but once you did it made you realize there was somthing special about this show.
As for the set itself it is great!!! All 26 original episodes of the classic cult hit that includes many funny sketches that ran on MTV. However the funniest parts of the shows in my opinion were when Tom would get these unsuspecting guests for his show; which would start off as a regular interview, and would take a funny turn leaving the guests shellshocked.
As for the special features, over an hour of unseen material, and a special thank you message to the fans from the man himself; this was a really classy move proving Mr. Green knows where he came from and still has a connection with fans that the average Joe could appreciate.
At any rate this is a must for Old Tom Green fans, or someone who wants a change from the Mundane, boring same old same old.
Thanks Tom
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
SOME OF THE FUNNIEST, EDGEY STUFF FILMED, July 3, 2006
THIS BOX SET HAS TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE SETS THAT I HAVE EVER BOUGHT BECAUSE IT CONTAINS ALL THE EPISODES FROM TOM GREEN'S EARLIER WORK ON THE CANADIAN COMEDY NETWORK. IF YOU WERE LIKE ME THAN YOU WERE BLOWN AWAY BY THE MTV SHOW, AND THIS SET IS GREAT BECAUSE IT HAS MOST OF THE BITS THAT WERE SHOWN ON THE MTV SHOW. NOW, I SAY PARSE THIS ONE OUT A LITTLE AT A TIME, AND DONT JUST SPEND ONE DAY WATCHING ALL THE EPISODES OR THE SET MIGHT GET OLD ON YOU. TAKE YOUR TIME WITH IT AND TAKE INTO CONTEXT WHAT THIS GUYS DOING. THIS IS THE BEGINING OF OUTLANDISH REALITY COMEDY!
PS- ITS ALL ABOUT COW BRAIN BOATS MAN!
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