Tom Green Christmas Special - Dec 21 1995

This special was shot for The Tom Green Show for Canadian public access TV. This aired live on a Thursday night from 11pm until midnight. This experimental episode is part performance art part complete insanity. The idea was to create a live Christmas special where in the early introductory moments it's host, Tom Green, suffers a meltdown of sorts, but continues broadcasting a under improvised spell for the remaining 55 minutes. Doesn't get much weirder than this. You may want to watch the entire episode. But only if you dare.

[@CheebsCheeby]

Imagine being some older person in Ottawa and turning this on. "What a nice young man" The he starts losing his shit over a candy cane.

[@thejoker0093]

🤣🤣

[@danfield6030]

Shaun Gone ...yes

[@MrRockinrolla77]

😆

[@syx3s]

that really is the whole joke to be fair.

[@RandomVideoCircus]

I am so glad that this is The Tom Green Show, and not the Green Tom Show.

[@user-uy3eq5hg1s]

RandomVideoCircus didn't you hear the intro it's the Christmas Special not the show.

[@wesleygantt6170]

@@user-uy3eq5hg1s ya beat me to it😂👍

[@Patrick11223]

the Green Tom show it is not, thank the lord

[@brianm2881]

@Ali Desch I've always wanted to ask Tom Green if he ever considered making the Green Tom show. I know it's kind of a dumb question, but I mean it could have been funny to make a special that was a bizarro version of his regular show in some way.

[@Smattles]

@DOMMEX if this was your show you'd probably like it more than I did

[@matthewmilks1018]

saw this live. been looking for it ever since. thanks for putting this up.

[@pearlmax]

If that's true, I feel bad for you. Some parts had me laughing so much my lungs hurt, that would suck going 23 years without being able to see it again.

[@rolyars]

It was on the Tom Green or MTV website around 2000 but the next year it was gone. I too have been looking for it for some time :)

[@kodiecigar6081]

I had it recorded on VHS from when it aired. I used to watch it every christmas. So glad I found it and can continue the tradition.

[@visciousadventures]

When I first watched this, I was 16. Been following Tom ever since. It's great growing old with people we admire, as we watch them search for peace in life. Thanks, Tom Green.

[@agitatedmongoose]

Must be from Ottawa. This is when it was still basically local cable in Ottawa in 95. The Rogers years. Then not long after it was on in all of Ontario. Then the Comedy Network by 97. MTV in 99.

[@PolAndDazShow]

You will always be acknowledged and recognised by myself as one of the greatest entertainers of all time

[@brianm2881]

I'm going to make my kids watch this every Christmas, and when they tearfully ask why, I'll tell them that if we don't watch the crazy man on the TV, he'll come over.

[@ChromeDestiny]

That's some damn good parenting.

[@gabethibodeaux3229]

Me and my brother watch this every Christmas eve

[@brianm2881]

@@ChromeDestiny The best part is that I don't even have kids.

[@robertodonnell8693]

he wouldn't even need to come over, he'd just reach through all them cables, into the television set, through all those cables...

[@garfoonga1]

Got kids yet?

[@BigTravisLarson]

Time to put this on in the living room during family christmas functions

[@TheG5Man]

The Star Wars Holiday Special has nothing on the Tom Green Christmas Special. This is performance art at its finest.

[@orbmpvr]

Exactly. Academy worthy

[@AgentXRifle]

Glad to see this 23 years late... happy I can see it now lol

[@ho0t0w1]

least you're not 28 years late.

[@VGScreens]

Thanks, Tom! I've really been enjoying your consistent weekly uploads!

[@StewarttheSockschannel]

This was on tv. Think about that for a minute.

[@MrRockinrolla77]

😆🤘

[@erikburchell7253]

Thought about it. So glad this was on TV. Tom's awesome!

[@tasiwoo1505]

It’s hard to think about that as your only thought for a whole minute.

[@Peter-uy7gd]

And on rogers of all places.

[@simonjack9699]

I'm guessing you never seen In Living Color

[@kalabakonbitts1362]

I experience extreme pain. Hard belly laughing for ten minutes can bring up to six hours of increased pain relief. This is my go to video for that. Tom, you are a genius, and deeply appreciated. Thank you for being the person you are. You bring so much good into this world.

[@Nobody0Important1]

Ahhh classic Tom Green comedy, I rate this 12 out of 10

[@where7847]

im gonna put this on a loop all christmas day like the yule log

[@danfield6030]

bahahaha

[@chrisfegan81]

A true pioneer

[@Weinerbarf]

You've inspired a new tradition in my home. Thank you.

[@mattmcintyre5982]

I remember watching this when I was 16, I'm laughing just as hard at 43. Timeless. What a treat for those of us that (for whatever reason) laugh hysterically at this. Much love Tom Imagine if Anne Murray joined via satellite

[@sk8drewsk8]

I put this on every Christmas, full of Christmas spirit and joy. And also shows us the true meaning of Christmas. 🎄🎅🎄

[@DoomedandStoned]

Thanks, Tom! You pioneered the way for all the wannabe trolls. I remember as a teenager trying to get everyone turned onto you, but they just didn't get it. Now everyone wants to be Tom. A toast to the original!

[@NunzioBustacucci]

Tom green about to make a nasty comeback

[@Sparkmovement]

Umm, for some of us, He never left. But I get you, fam.

[@michaelfabian2401]

He never really went away my dude...

[@NunzioBustacucci]

He's talking about making the Tom green show on a television network again..

[@geraldhooper7806]

@@tomgreen Tom, don't you know that you're supposed to rat hole every dime you make and never work or try to make anything ever again? That's the measure of true success! Artists make one "art" and then stop "arting."

[@dialchemy]

Tom handed your ass back to you bro!! @@ArtVandelayOfficial

[@ehgore1978]

Its that time of year again DAAAANNNNN!!!

[@NikZechel]

Woke up and just watched this from beginning to end with a couple coffees on a sunday on december 10 and gotta say it was a great way to start the day.

[@PoMoDave]

Thank God you found and uploaded this. I have searched years and years for this to turn up somewhere. This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime achievement. It's like Pet Sounds, but if Pet Sounds were improvised and recorded in one take in front of an audience.

[@iceman123371]

No one has the balls to do this type of stuff on television. He makes me laugh hysterically nearly every time I watch him.

[@Hayhoestudios]

I would love to be a fly on the wall in a room with anyone who changed the channel and started watching halfway though in 1995

[@Hayhoestudios]

@OnTheBlvd lolol yes indeed

[@Hayhoestudios]

@@tomgreen It's incredible content! Thank you for blessing us with this. Been a huge fan for a while!

[@trentbosnic]

90% of the reason I find this so funny is that I'm imaging what it would be like if you were gathered around the TV with your family in 1995 and accidentally turned this on. Jesus christ what a trip.

[@cockbreath01]

@@tomgreen 9:10 lololololololol

[@squeeekyyy]

@@Hayhoestudios , no it is not.

[@hdtpurfikt]

I swear to God i am casting this with no volume to every tv at my wife's family Christmas. Love you Tom

[@christophermiller3031]

I mentioned this special to Tom last time I saw him... and now I get to see him in Ottawa for Xmas ❤🎉 Cya soon bud

[@christophermiller3031]

*note to self* upon 3rd time rewatching my FAVORITE Christmas special ... I have been looking for a video to turn into a VHS board game of my own amateur design... this may be it.

[@judd42]

I miss the old webovision live show! You were the pioneer of that shit like everything else you've done

[@miamiheat33162]

Andy Kaufman would be proud.

[@CrisHaasbro]

lol and jealous I was thinking, because of all the freedom Tom had in his show

[@Trollingwiththehomies]

Cristopher Haas exactly

[@barad-dur9236]

Fuckin a

[@rmns1234]

Oh that I may live to see this again!! Thanks man - haven't watched this since before KZbin even was a thing, been checking every couple of years if someone finally put this up. Thanks man!!

[@jonnydwolf]

I kept checking the time on the video to see my progress. Would you believe I watched this in one sitting?!? Bravo Tom! You kept a man with undiagnosed ADD on one task for ~59 minutes! More please!!

[@Ceelilly]

The first time I ever saw Tom Green, he was doing a segment where he sprawled on the curb with a mangled bike, convincing people he was hit by a car. Loved him ever since. Oh, and this Dan guy sounds like the life of the party!

[@golden_pantaloons]

This is like viewing how people really feel, but can't say out loud. In other words, he's showing you who you really are, but won't admit to being.

[@1nonlyjenifer42day]

I am so happy you were on earth in my lifetime!!!

[@justinkline9201]

Were? He's still alive lol

[@1nonlyjenifer42day]

Inklined Gaming I'm so happy you are on earth in my lifetime?

[@justinkline9201]

Oops! I read it in the past tense, directed towards Tom. Apologies.

[@pasthuman]

Ya know I grew up watching all his episodes knowing it was special then...a new breed of candid comedy. This however is my favorite piece of performance art from our buddy Tom....the legend. This was of legendary proportions. So glad to behold, it's absolutely hilarious and so many other things....I was frightened :D

[@taylorchase2316]

Riffing for an hour in a format ahead of its time. I'll never stop loving you.

[@JoJo-zx9sc]

Thankyou Tom! I suffer with anxiety and I was on the verge of an attack this morn,then I saw u had uploaded and started watching. Feeling much better now! laughter really is the best medicine! X

[@guruleinii]

Absolutely! I know exactly what you mean. For me in the worst moments it's not just the best, but the ONLY medicine.

[@BCBoost420]

True dat

[@deftones4569]

I suffer from major depression and anxiety as well...tried self medicating for years and years, which only made shit a million times worse .. Tried every anti depressant/anti-anxiety medicine ..nothing works...except laughter ..love and laughter is the best medicine for sure! :)

[@jasonmoore2339]

Hey JoJo, I know what you mean I just had an anxiety attack and am now enjoying this amazing special

[@DarkEmperor2460]

Always loved the idea of some old couple flipping through channels looking for a Christmas special and coming upon this when it first starts, only for the madness to begin shortly thereafter...

[@jakemarcotte5632]

Tom Green finally put me in the Christmas spirit!!!! Awesome upload Tom!!!!!😂😂

[@DancinRic]

You are one of the most underrated comedy geniuses in history. Thank you for all that you did and thank you even more for what you do in the future.

[@markbtv11]

Not underated at all. Why is there always some clown using the words overrated or underated. Stop looking for attention saying overrated or underated. Anyone with a brain knows that toms early work and first mtv show was genius.

[@Erict56er]

This gets me in the Xmas spirit and I really don't know why

[@scottputnam7141]

Hey Tom, Scott P from Toledo. I opened for you at Connxtions in 2012. Thanks for this. This video sums up what I love about Tom Green comedy. The confusion and mayhem. Always been inspired. Hope the tour is going well!

[@jeremyjohnson4280]

Both Tim and Eric show and Eric Andre show should be paying you royalties. You were doing this shit way back in the day without any fancy editing. Ahead of its time is an understatement. The candy cane poem was nuts!!!

[@CanIUseYourJohn]

Somewhere in this video is true meaning of Christmas

[@MeisterMurphy]

Ah man. Way ahead of the game. Clearly the right kind of crazy. Big love

[@archimedes298]

This is now a family tradition to watch this every year. Thanks Tom.

[@Ed-fr2mx]

Thanks for this Tom. You're always repping Ottawa when you do peoples shows and it's much appreciated. Next time you're in town the beer is on me! Cheers Tom

[@imadrunk3576]

Here it is Christmas eve. Every Christmas eve night I watch this

[@andyconda5194]

We don’t even have to wait until x-mas!? Thanx Tom!

[@beals6631]

I thought I was here all alone

[@ShuggyTV]

Thank you Tom or whoever is posting this. 👍😄 awesome.

[@EmeraldCityRiz]

Tom Green has gone full Tom Green in this “Christmas special”. Somehow I didn’t see it coming but it goes full Tom Green in record time.

[@ArtsyFartsyLovers]

I remembered it when Tom yells Repunizel, so punny, this makes me feel like a kid. 😅

[@ALIVE-888]

It took me 3 days to watch this in it's completeness and now I am truly complete 😁😁😁

[@Marius-vw9hp]

There is, and will ever only be one Tom Green.

[@aaronlawrence666]

This is one of the most legendary moments in tv history. Priceless!

[@GigiBellia]

Tom Green was the OG DANKEST. Gen X will never forget, all early youtube was same type comedy. God I miss them days,

[@brianm2881]

Hey, Eric Andre! Somebody beat you by about 20 years! His name's Tom Green!

[@raymondllanos6242]

And tom green took from Andy Kaufman

[@Johnnyjingles87]

This is something I watch multiple times a year.

[@ShoeBakka1]

I needed this.

[@devonzastre1990]

It's like people say Tom Green was genius. It seemed like the minute things got stagnant he would spice it up with a voice change or a little simple change in energy that brought you right back into it. His comedy was even better. I love watching this stuff man.

[@m1x0]

hey tom, hope you have a merry xmas with your loved ones, it has become a tradition for me to watch this on chrmass every year, thanks for the company, keep it weird.

[@mightbepat]

Thanks Tom, I'm gonna make my whole family watch this on Christmas Eve 👍👍👍

[@TwentyOne_Five]

Me too.

[@squeeekyyy]

That would be considered Tourture. 👎👎👎

[@mightbepat]

@@squeeekyyy It would be considered torture to NOT be forced to watch the amazing talent of Tom Green!

[@TekMoliGy]

this is a future christmas classic.

[@mightbepat]

Merry Christmas everyone, I forced my family to watch this and now they won't talk to me. Thanks Tom, you're the best 👍👍👍

[@flyguy437]

This is the greatest display of stellar acting ability known to man. It will transcend the ages. All others who own Oscar's are mere nubes in comparison. Tom is our generation's Shakespeare of the stage.

[@slippingjimmys]

Thank you for uploading this Tom. I only ever got to see the odd episode of your show growing up. Loved every minute of it i seen though.

[@puddintaine4556]

Undercutter's Pizza.

[@MythicalVigilante]

Holy shit! That was my favorite bit.

[@dannyrichards6233]

Lol

[@dannyrichards6233]

@@MythicalVigilante mine was the 1994 subway 🍞

[@pasthuman]

@@MythicalVigilante oh it's up there in the top 3 for sure Mythical Vigilante

[@197669666]

I think I have a new holiday tradition. I'm playing this all day long on Christmas.

[@michaelfabian2401]

OMG yes!!! Tom the world NEEDS YOU!!

[@lukehadley2461]

This Christmas special should replace the traditional yule log fireplace.

[@marcelstjean]

You rule buddy.. Cheers from Alberta born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario.

[@Johnnyjingles87]

The old people who watched this when it first aired .

[@michaeljamesmccabe]

Thanks for posting this Tom. Had not seen this one before, and I like to think that I've seen basically 95% of your stuff. Time to bump up that percentage now. I understand that sometimes you second guess some of your decisions back in the day, now that you're an "adult". But the truth is that the really weird, "go with your instinct" stuff, was and is the best. I didn't think it was "classic" or all that special at the time. I was wrong about that though. Considering how things went, and where we're at now, this kind of thing is more golden than you could've ever predicted. For lack of better advice, I'm gonna go with, "UNLEASH THE FURY!"

[@ThunderHorsePyro]

I've been re-watching all of your classic videos, then went from the rap with Xibit to this, which I've never seen and I could not happier. Thanks Tom! Fan since the 90's.

[@USER__24680]

Thank you for posting this up. I love seeing his first stuff a lot

[@bluepandaman]

I miss this version of Tom Green so very very much.

[@markbtv11]

Same. 1995-1999 Tom green was incredible

[@where7847]

wow tom green footage ive never seen

[@GrowingDownUnder]

he was the first "how to basic" before how to basic was even born

[@where7847]

@@GrowingDownUnder im sorry i dont get it

[@GrowingDownUnder]

@@where7847 it's a youtube channel, he does this type of stuff

[@where7847]

@@GrowingDownUnder ahh okay

[@Marius-vw9hp]

IKR I thought I had seen it all.

[@PaulFenderBeats]

is a new wave of webovison coming? Nothing today comes close.

[@chanjackie2299]

The amazing thing is that he really just does this nonsense shit for an hour. How could this air ? So great. Hahahahaha

[@FloridaSunMitochondria]

Thought I have seen all of tom greens work somehow missed this one. Tom!! Thanks for posting this fell off my couch laughing so hard, you are the best!

[@obscuredsatellitesinflight6034]

Just watched this on Christmas Eve here in Australia. Who needs family, when you have Dan...

[@Raddland]

I literally have not seen this since you had it streaming on real player on your old website in the 90s. I think you knocked it out of the park. I am super stoked you put this back up! The balls you must have had to come up with this, and then to execute it so perfectly. This is the real deal, man.

[@bradryba]

thank you for posting. enjoyed this very much! classic

[@mvsawyer]

Tom Green doing ASMR before it was even a thing! GENIUS!!!

[@nahbruh139]

Tom everyone is starting to realize what a fucking legend you are- your old stuff was way ahead of its time and continues to inspire people today

[@singinglawnchair]

Imagine switching through the channels late at night and seeing this.

[@danfield6030]

Yes, I did that at 14 year old. My older sister showed it to me......we are from Ottawa. Kids from every high school in Ottawa watched this show. . ...1995 baby

[@ehgore1978]

watch this every xmas still DANNNNN

[@happydayz7857]

Christmas can be a very stressful experience, we understand fully.

[@tomchamberlain4329]

Years later, still none of us are a judge of oscillation.

[@RobertPenner]

Nor a judge of SPEED

[@likwidmagik]

I love the "if you have any comments or questions, call ....". LOL!

[@superwaytoomuch5244]

I wasnt prepared for this when i clicked on it lol might have to put this on for the family on Christmas.

[@veganchristian5127]

i dont want my 55 minutes back

[@ShaneTriplett]

Thanks for finally releasing this. I asked you where I could get it when you were in Salt Lake City and you said you would try to find it and you came through you awesome bugger!

[@dappercatsmcgee8366]

Drug dealer: so what are you looking for Me: I’ll have what Tom green’s having

[@wilderjess]

this is the most underrated comedy bit in the MF-ing world. heh "DAN" and the pizza episode makes it full circle for me. God Bless You Tom Green. You are a legend in a world of Fables. I bet you even smell delicious.

[@pecker2-9]

Ah yes, it's that time of year again where myself & the family sit around the Xmas tree & enjoy our annual tradition of watching The Tom Green Christmas Special. Magical.

[@dwightcloverdale890]

It really offends me that its been 24 years and I haven't seen this Christmas Special. I will be adding this to my annual Christmas movie watch list.

[@agitatedmongoose]

I guess unless you lived in Ottawa or Ontario between 94-96 you didn't get to see those 50 epidodes nor the 25 on the Canadian content on the Comedy Network in 97 snd 98. Other than some clips on here and the ones they reused on the MTV version. He was saying he now owns over a 1000 hours of footage, from the many versions between 1994 and 2014 (popping up here and there up to 2016 actually) but probably won't post as he says some are way too amateurish. Some home versions in the 2000s would go on for hours and one version of those was nightly and sometimes went on for many hours as they drank all night on some or something like that. He was even live streaming the show years before live streaming was officially invented in 2007. He was using a technology call video toasting or something and doing it as early as 2003 or 2004 (before the the official 2006 internet home show started). The first 99 MTV version too only lasted a year, and the second 2003 MTV version lasted a year as well (plus the early 2000 MTV specials in between them). Endless hours from his internet show he archived for some reason too.

[@cocomunga]

Thanks Mr.Green for sharing another wonderful moment from your past with the world.

in the 90s Tom was Avant Garde Canadian comedy, really high brow stuff only the most cultured of us watched... before that we just used to throw poop at each other... He is a national treasure, we dont like Dan much though... the show has aged very well I must say, this is like internet comedy before the internet

[@ryanmilligan1659]

Can't look away... These were the best days of entertainment.

[@AwesomeChampWresslin]

Thanks for the upload Tom, as many other peeps I grew up with you, not literally of course but watched your segments on MTV. And some movies you've been in. My mum thought there was something wrong with me, watching your stuff XD good times.

[@kalabakonbitts1362]

I as a mom was playing tom green for my kids whenever i could. Tom is a genius. Know there are some parents out there that agreed with you 😁❤️

[@myvcrbroke1392]

I’ve got a raging Christmas spirit now. Thanks Tom Green.

[@CCC010]

About time somebody stood up to Dan!