Last week I bought "MTV's Tom Green Show uncensored" to add to my Green collection. The packaging is misleading because it is about 70% "making of" and the rest is terrific Tom Green lunacy. Furthermore, all foul language is "beeped" out and some things are hidden with digital distortion. That is not my idea of "uncensored".
The video starts off well. My favorite part is Tom Green interviewing people on the street. He is serious and straight-faced with a pro camera crew. Green holds the microphone and gradually moves it closer to people's faces, then starts rubbing it on their skin like it's an electric razor.
Next he puts a lump of dog turd on the mic and holds it under people's noses. They just keep on talking!
Finally he uses dildoes and vibrators as mics. The people keep on talking, even when he rubs the vibrator on their faces. With one old geezer, flattered to be interviewed, he shoves a dildo in his mouth repeatedly, and the man keeps talking!
In KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE (1977) there is a funny scene using microphones in a TV studio interview setting. It's quite different from what Tom Green does live on the street, but perhaps it was the "inspiration" for him.
The "making of" or "behind the scenes" parts are a total bore, with Tom Green completely absent. His boring producer, boring camera man, and other bores do their best to bore us with information we don't want to hear.
The "MTV Tom Green Subway Monkey Hour" (filmed in Tokyo) and his many TV shows done in Canada are much better. And let's not forget ROAD TRIP (2000), STEALING HARVARD (2002), and FREDDY GOT FINGERED (2001). The latter movie won the "worst movie" award, and Green showed up in a tux at the ceremony to accept the award. Bravo!
