Tom Green on landing MTV deal, writing Freddy Got Fingered

[@snar347]

Tom if you’re reading these comments I’m begging you for that director’s cut. Always been a fan of FGF but I want to see what you had intended. Totally paved the way for shows like Tim and Eric imo.

[@bjmombo]

That would be epic

[@Bustapolio]

Agreed

[@proterotype]

I echo this sentiment

[@BackToTheGame.98]

Proud!

[@BackToTheGame.98]

He has a KZbin channel. Post a comment over there

[@BrandonCoast]

We need a sequel. Freddy Got Fisted.

[@paintedexpressionssogriffi1322]

And Tom plays the angry old dad! RIP Rip.

[@dancully2921]

Hahaha

[@xxxlawlessxxx1]

I think it should be Freddy Gets Fisted so it'll happen during the movie.

[@timflint25]

For the love of God, the world needs to see the director's cut of FGF!

[@marshalljimduncan]

no....

[@JunkerDC]

@@marshalljimduncan I would like to see the directors cut on laserdisc

[@jimijj8325]

Listen to the DVD commentary for it. Pure gold.

[@timflint25]

@@jimijj8325 I'm definitely going to check it out! Gotta dust off the old collection

[@Jesse-sf8qu]

@@marshalljimduncan Want some sausage?

[@Jeff-jz5sf]

Its surreal af to see Tom Green decades later explaining calmly.and rarionally the methods behind his old antics

[@andrewwitchell2708]

Watch his comeback be awesome

[@mrdarkshoe]

He's always been a high brow guy disguising himself as a low brow comedian. His comedy brain is extremely sharp but somehow underrated

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

He's our generation's Andy Kauffman.

[@turdferguson2839]

This guy doesnt get enough credit, basically everything MTV did from 2000 to 2012 was invented by Tom Green. Jackass, viva la bam, fantasy factory all exist because of Tom Green and then after that he pioneered podcasting.

[@AttilatheThrilla]

He literally created the first youtube podcast and then Joe Rogan stole it and became a billionaire because of it

[@pdxballer22]

​@@AttilatheThrilla He didn't steal it, he created his own just like the world did. He's credited Tom Green for being the og many times

[@AttilatheThrilla]

@@pdxballer22 aka: he stole the idea

[@DrewberTravels]

The jackass guys got their start doing wild stunts for skateboard videos. I would say it’s more a Tom green treaded the mtv waters so jackass could swim. Now Eric Andre…

[@aphysique]

​@@pdxballer22..Yep Rogan has given him credit

[@alm4655]

Don't let anyone tell you any different: Freddy Got Fingered is a masterpiece. I'm proud of you, Tom, PROUD!!!

[@MMaRsu]

Proud

[@dcquence]

Proud?..

[@MrMarioski]

PROUD.

[@Mcnutt420]

GET THE FUCK OUTTA THE WAY!!!

[@mrkeogh]

PROWWWWWWWWWWDDDDUH.

[@sugarsore]

I adore this man. I was the perfect age in the 90s as a teenager to watch the show and think it was the funniest thing on earth. Tom is still creating and still making me laugh. I love you, Tom.

[@sianspherica]

As a 40+ year old Canadian it's hard to express to non-Canadians just how riotously insane, hilarious and original his Rogers Cable Show and then Comedy Channel (Canadian network) long before he got to MTV. It was completely the most unique comedy program around by far.

[@26japrey]

Absolutely. Glen Humplick went through hell. I’ll never forget the episode where he hid a cell phone inside a dead raccoon and brought it in the studio and called the phone

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

Mike Clattenburg and the TPB were doing it perfectly from like 95'.

[@DeepSweetSoulful]

His show on Rogers Ottawa was so unique and pioneering. No one had ever seen anything like it. 25 years later you can see his legacy having blazed a trail for so many new formats and styles. He is credited as the precursor inspiring Joe Rogan. Also heavily influenced the street prank and shock comedy...Erik Andre, Jack Ass etc.

[@thecommonsenseconservative5576]

Red Green

[@ytzpilot]

I remember the bootleg VHS tapes being distributed around Toronto in those days, people recorded the show in Ottawa and made copies and sent them to Toronto and Montreal

[@HUMDUDE]

The Tom Green Show was one of my favorite shows back in the day! The Monica Lewinsky episode was so awesome! He treated her like a human being which was super rare back then. Nobody was doing that! Tom Green is a real one!

[@mattymatt2323]

I desperately need to see that director cut. I literally was just chatting to my friends today about the baby scene and how it was one of the best scenes from a comedy movie ever made

[@GaryTongue-zn5di]

Screw Director's Cuts! Who gives a crap about Directors? We Need SCREENWRITER'S and EDITOR'S Cuts of films! NOT Directors! Directors are grossly over rated!

[@daarionaharis664]

We’ll Tom did all of those things. And directors are in no way overrated. Screenwriters most of the time sell the script which is written again by at the very least one person. And editing is typically a team effort which involves the director a majority of the time. The editors cut is literally the Final Cut you already watch. People say directors cut because it’s the initial vision of the director with all of the scenes the director filmed still in tact.

[@MartyMcFly88]

Such a funny movie. “Japan four. Japan four. Sasha?”

[@alistair_maldacena]

He's such a sweetheart. I love this man

[@assssssssss1000]

Tom, you saved my life. "Hey kids feel your balls" really did save my life. I was diagnosed with testicular cancer 10 years ago, and after surgeries and chemo I'm cancer free and happily raising my two kids. I really do know that you saved my life and helped me to take it all with some humor.

[@77-ty7gb]

Tom, if you are reading this, please know you have forever changed my life. Your undercutters Pizza business inspired me to create a series of undercutting businesses. Like our very popular undercutters ambulance service. Or our mobile Undercutters Asian massage service. I am sad to say that our undercutters burial service was shut down by court order. We would arrive at the funeral home, day of the service and offer 1/2 off the procession, plot and burial service. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@earthling1984]

Love all Tom Greens movies. I remember watching the Tom Green Show back when I was like 12 years old (like 30 years ago).

[@johnnycasteel7]

Someone send this to Mike and Jay at Red Letter Media 😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@buck_swope]

RIP Rich Evans

[@johnnycasteel7]

@ wait wtf

[@TheCGReviews]

@@johnnycasteel7he’s kidding, Rich is alive & well :hearts:

[@slagrajag]

​@@TheCGReviewsthank god for that. Rich is a national treasure

[@davidfrasier2946]

Get Colin to interpret

[@rickdavenport9538]

Eric Andre's predecessor.

[@WernerVonWeener]

Tom’s endlessly funnier than that talentless druggie smoke

[@mkvnwk]

Joe Rogan's predecessor.

[@Jeff-jz5sf]

Eric Andre Filthy Frank many others

[@voodoomaestro4295]

I mean, by then Eric Andre was doing something that had been done many times. Tom originated it all. There would be no Jackass without Tom Green. None of the random humor that defined Adult Swim. And the majority of “internet humor” started with The Tom Green Show.

[@123612100]

​@@voodoomaestro4295 technically Andy Kaufman originated it.

[@akaJughead]

I saw Freddy Got Fingered in the theater on 4/20. I personally loved the movie, and scenes have stuck in my memory for decades. I still say the word jewels like he says it in the movie when he's giving them to Betty.

[@vincenthalfprice9930]

I got you a bag of jewels, Betty!

[@Gunbu]

"Freddy Got Fingered-Director's Cut" when??

[@eladreltuc]

Make daddy proud and release a directors cut! Make him proud!

[@Rob-147]

Proud

[@MrAmc1291]

@@Rob-147 Proud?

[@meganick4382]

Freddy Got Fingered is a shock-comedy masterpiece.

[@Cars_Dogs_Cats]

I was a kid when I first watched it and it was an insight into how absurd adulthood could be. Not the story, the fact that such a comedy could be made. It really felt like it hated the audience. I'm 42 now and see how much Tom has mellowed (he has a great YT channel without any of his "antics"). I also understand exactly what that movie at the time was trying to say and it said it very well.

[@d.b.1176]

I’m a farmer, I’m a farmer!!! 🐴

[@mrkeogh]

RedLetterMedias review of FGF is an absolute delight. They're kinda convinced it's a piece of meta genius, years before meta was even recognised as a thing.

[@brianbuckley9682]

Daddy do you want some sausage ?

[@johnnydeath2]

I'm the 69th liker of this.

[@dirtybaker]

His thoughts on death mirror my own. I'm so happy Tom is still creating content and enjoying his life.

[@paulmurphy5614]

I introduced my 14 year old son to Freddy Got Fingered, it’s now one of his favourite movies and is quoted so often round our house. It was misunderstood by most of the critics at the time, but it just shows you how great comedy transcends generations. “Daddy would you like some sausages?”

[@brianbuckley9682]

Not enough cheese on the cheese sandwich !

[@AIAudiobooks411]

​@@brianbuckley9682and for that one to get old, he could lose his job.

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

I have a bag of Jewels for you. They're Jewels Betty, they're Jewels..

[@rowan6198]

So much happened as a direct result of your work Tom. Thank you

[@miahthorpatrick1013]

Loved this interview! I was a die hard fan of Tom Green back in his heyday. I had friends who hated him with a bloody passion but I always defended him. Can’t wait to see you come through and stand up in my hometown next year, Tom!

[@beavismadison]

I want to see the directors cut!! 🫨🥓🥓

[@SteelTonyGallaver]

"oh look honey, our boy's a genius"

[@joeyk-yc7sr]

"Don't tell me you're too stupid to tell between hot and cold"

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

I have a bag of Jewels for you. They're Jewels Betty, they're Jewels..

[@stephenm8725]

we can live like kings!!

[@MrMarioski]

That’s me, I’m the number 1 son!

[@brentharrington9235]

"Mike Fitzgibbons son is a nuclear physicist, and our son can eat a chicken sandwich!"

[@GatesofOppression]

PLEASE release the director's cut. I absolutely love that movie and won't be able to sleep at night wondering what Tom's vision and intent was.

[@cornbredx]

Release Freddy Got Fingered on Blu Ray!

[@daveseverinski1966]

i was an australian, in the british army, training in canada. stumbled across fgf in a hotel one night. random af. for days aftewards i was like wtf was that? 20 years later im showing it to my kids. fucking brilliant fun film

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

I have a bag of Jewels for you. They're Jewels Betty, they're Jewels..

[@brando8086]

Another good cdn film is FUBAR but don't watch it with your kids

[@jimmyispromo]

So glad to hear this voice again here in 2024. So needed

[@zandergonzales671]

He has a podcast

[@edgarallanjoe9672]

Red letter media definitely boosted the movie! I always loved it though

[@Vaughn3d.]

FGF is my favorite comedy of all time, the fancy restaurant scene is amazing as are about 10 other scenes. Rip Torn was perfect to play Tom's dad and obviously Tom is a legend. A comedy movie with a title based on a false rape accusation...absolutely brilliant.

[@SharpCinema]

Release the original cut! Wow I didn't know there was another version of it

[@mikemayberry7121]

Please please PLEASE do a director's cut of Freddy Got Fingered!!!

[@akaJughead]

I would pay full price to see the original director's cut of Freddy Got Fingered.

[@ThisIsTheRoad]

How generous of you.

[@Sl0ppyJ0s]

I would use a half price coupon cause I’m on a budget

[@yost112ty]

This guy is the Godfather of podcasts.

[@billsutherland3935]

Does he have one? I loved his appearances on Joe Rogan.

[@rigamarooh]

@@billsutherland3935 yeah he made one called the tom green show where he did it in his living room over the internet live and was one of the first people to ever do that

[@Futuredynamo]

As Red Letter Media said in their Re:View of Freddy Got Fingered, "Release the Green Cut!"

[@LukeCameronMW]

Tom Green is a national treasure!

[@johnnycasteel7]

This is the Tom Green show, it’s not the Green Tom show

[@Newtman98]

Freddy Got Fingered was pivotal for me and my friend group in high school/college.

[@NexusOfTheUniverse]

Tom Green looking like a RDR2 side quest

[@astroguster5522]

This man single handedly changed media forever. Couldn't be happier I got to grow up watching the Bum Bum song retire on TRL in real time. Incredible times.

[@symple19]

Glad so many in the comments saying FGF is a masterpiece. It definitely is. Can't wait to see Tom live. Good interview

[@hellocollegejason198]

I loved his humor i recently showed my kid some of his videos, instant new fan

[@chrisman3965]

FGF is up there with Casablanca....a truly legendary piece of cinematic art.

[@Latham74]

"I'm going to wake up your baby!"

[@alvarhanso6310]

Ironically, I never cared for his MTV show, but loved Freddy Got Fingered and thought he was great in Road Trip as well. "My son is 26 years old, and he can have a CHICKEN SANDWICH!" Casting Julie Hagerty was a brilliant choice akin to Mary Steenburgen in Step Brothers.

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

Yeah. He made Road Trip awesome.

[@TheSpecsShow]

Rip Torn kills it too

[@monroeyoder]

28 years old. He bloomed late :)

[@alvarhanso6310]

@@monroeyoder shows how many decades since I last watched...

[@poptropica1234567890]

Tom Green walked so Eric Andre could run.

[@KptsOl]

Release the Tom Green cut of Freddy Got Fingered.

[@26japrey]

I used to record his original show on Roger’s cable and bring it to school and we would watch it during art class. His old side kick Glen Humplick went through absolute hell

[@phillydisco11]

We've heard Tom talk about this career arc, but this was good to see him somewhat proud now of Freddy Got Fingered. We really do need a Blu Ray release of the movie, if not the director's cut.

[@bradr3541]

One of the best guests on Norms podcast. Thank you Tom!!!!!

[@SamC992]

I just watched Freddy again what an insane comedy so crazy I forgot where the name came from great job Tom!

[@rickr8173]

We need both the director's cut and the theatrical cut of FGF released on 4k uhd immediately! I genuinely unironically think the movie is an ingenious comedy masterpiece

[@JohnnyPerth]

People love Freddy, my friends still quote it

[@joshuazwikielberg3230]

Daddy would you like some sausages😂

[@thegreatrenaldo7718]

You and your friends must be a hit at the trailer park

[@AttilatheThrilla]

The backwards man the backwards man, I can walk backwards as fast as you can!!

[@eddyjoe1722]

Still waiting on the Criterion Collection physical copy

[@ADucksOpinion]

i know alot of people hated it but as a kid i LOVED that movie. Ty for making it. id love for the DC.

[@blacksunshine7485]

Saw FGF when it came out. It was an alternative classic for a rebellious youth. Was a classic then and a cult classic now. Please release the directors cut! I can only imagine what's in that..

[@OurLifestylePodcast]

Yes!!!! Tom, we love FGF! Would love to see a Director's cut! HUGE Fan!!! Bring back the SAMSE (Space Age Mobile Smoking Enviroment)

[@RyanPaulMcCarthy]

Toms about 10 years behind an extremely well earned comeback. He's a genius. ❤

[@DukesMusic84]

"I think the people in comedy who joke about death probably love Life more than those who don't think about it" That's one for the road, my man spitting FACTS.

[@TheGoatTamerFTW]

We need the Green cut of Freddy Got Fingered!!!!

[@csvscs]

I would pay so much $$$ to see toms directors cut

[@tobaccopipe27]

We need a sequel!

[@philip.morris]

Tom Green was ahead of the curve. Social media viral before it existed.

[@Grandmastergav86]

Tom Green and the old guy "Where you going?" is still gold!

[@DanLemire]

Why do I feel Tom Green should do a reboot of The Red Green Show? "If they don't find you handsome...."

[@Sausages111]

We love you Tom. I hope to see more from you.

[@puertoriconnect4611]

The only hope we have for a directors cut is if Tom Green gets mainstream famous again. Do a movie, bro!

[@DeepSweetSoulful]

What a pioneer and legend. Joe Rogan credits Tom Green for showing him how he can make his own home studio show. Tom Green is so beloved in Ottawa. He went to my high school and brought Monica Lewinski during the scandal.

[@nfapeng187]

I remember watching Tom Green alot on MTV. Than of course I seen the movie. Its been so long, glad to see hes still kickin!

[@JBAutomotive794]

Man, what I'd I give to hang out with this man! Hope your doing awesome Tom!

[@MrRickstopher]

I was a huge fan of Tom back the day. Freddy got fingered is a classic, I bought the dvd when it came out.

[@hotsause1328]

I need a directors cut of fingered

[@JuliusHowe]

We need that directors cut

[@JonKovach]

I'll be honest I loved Tom Green in high school, the way he trolled TRL and absurd antics and his show he hosted. He was always hilarious to me, he was a pioneer of his time who I feel was sort of forgotten about.

[@doolittle_]

I have always loved FGF and I always will. An all-time favorite.

[@timsouter1]

Tom, I'm not sure if you'll read this but the world needs an upto date release of FGF, be it a directors cut, a 4k upgrade or ideally both. Please.

[@Kaisersozze]

So when is the directors cut coming out?

[@acid_8]

certified legend I was hoping the interviewer would have asked him about the Monica Lewinsky bit

[@DrRawBalls_TheDummy]

I would love to watch his original cut to Freddy got fingered & wish he wrote more films

[@Sputnik34]

Please give us the directors cut 😭

[@jn2400]

This was always one of my favorite movies.

[@BrandonMelvinDrums]

You're a great interviewer, Graham. I caught some clips back when you did Jesse Ventura and it was so great I watched the whole thing.

[@RealRabbit1124]

I care more about losing what I love then being alive itself.

[@JustAnotherBadGuide]

Much love, Tom! Thank you for the FGF movie!

[@RobertMunro-wb6jb]

I don’t care what anyone says I loved Freddy got fingered from the first time it was released and impo it is a classic crazy comedy that still holds up today!!!

[@RetrocorePodcast]

Please release the Directors Cut!!!!!

[@jdogofoz3642]

freddy got fingured was always my favourite movie growing up

[@roar880]

FGF is in a class of its own. It is stupid as hell, irrelevant comedy gold. That is the genius of Tom.

[@Theomite]

FREDDY GOT FINGERED is a $10M corporate-funded piece of fringe cinema. An unbelievable troll on Hollywood film production and culture, never to be repeated. And god-DAMN is it funny AF.

[@mikelreborn3254]

You're a genius dude ... Love all your stuff..

[@MPB059]

Freddy got fingered is a masterpiece! 😂😂😂😂

[@tysonmindham2986]

Arrow Video should do a 4K Director’s Cut of FGF.

[@josephmayfield945]

Tom get ahold of one of those boutique bluray companies and do a directors cut! Vinegar Syndrome would do a great job!

[@dannyyarbrough5938]

Tom Green was a part of my teenage life! Loved watching his show back then! Most people hated him but I loved his stupid ass!!

[@juggalorw]

Tom you could make a HUGE comeback with my generation. We absolutely love your shit brother. Ask Fred Durst he knows what I’m saying.

[@NateSmokes816]

Tom, you were just a few years older than me, but you and Carlin formed my sense of humor. If you read this brother, thank you. Also, I got suspended from school imitating you. There was a police report. You would have loved it.

[@braddelisle6902]

The scene in Freddy got fingered that kills me the most is the therapist scene, I cry laughing to this day lol

[@BPB80]

I wanna eat chicken burgers!

[@Mcnutt420]

YOU HEAR THAT DAD?! YOUR GONNA PAY!!