''Tom Green's House Tonight'' (formerly known as ''Tom Green Live!'') is a
talk show
A talk show (or chat show in British English) is a television programming or radio programming genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show ...
hosted by
Tom Green
Michael Thomas Green (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian-American comedian, show host, actor, filmmaker, podcaster, and rapper. After pursuing stand-up comedy and music as a young adult, Green created and hosted ''The Tom Green Show'', which a ...
. In addition to its primary Internet broadcast on ''TomGreen.com'', the show has been syndicated on television stations throughout North America.
The broadcast is mostly spontaneous with a reliance on celebrity guests and viewer interaction via
Skype
Skype () is a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for VoIP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls. It also has instant messaging, file transfer, deb ...
calls and phone calls. Before moving to a regular television studio, the show was set inside Green's living room in the
Hollywood Hills
The Hollywood Hills are a residential neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.
Geography
The Hollywood Hills straddle the Cahuenga Pass within the Santa Monica Mountains.
The neighborhood touches Studio City, Univer ...
, where a fully functional low-budget
studio
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had been constructed.
Beginning February 4, 2013, Green replaced ''Tom Green's House Tonight'' with ''Tom Green Radio'', a weekly audio
podcast
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recorded in a Hollywood studio. As of October 3, 2013, ''Tom Green Live'' returned to television with a weekly broadcast on
AXS TV
AXS TV is an American cable television channel. Majority-owned by Anthem Sports & Entertainment, it is devoted primarily to music-related programming (such as concert films, documentaries, and reality series involving musicians) and combat spor ...
.
Origins
Tom Green conceived the idea for the show in 2005, deciding that if it were technically feasible and economically viable, he’d be happiest doing his own nightly talk show from his living room. Green went on to approach online television network
ManiaTV!
ManiaTV is a digital television network that produces, packages and distributes premium live celebrity TV shows for the 13-34 youth/young adult market. According to comScore, ManiaTV reaches over 10 million viewers each month. It was founded by ...
with the idea. On June 5, 2006, ManiaTV! announced they had signed Green to host a live talk show from his own home and would give him complete creative control. Green provided his desk, as used on ''
The New Tom Green Show
''The Tom Green Show'' is a television show, created by and starring Canadian comedian Tom Green, that first aired in September 1994. The series aired on Rogers Television 22, a community channel in Ottawa, Ontario until 1996, when a single pilo ...
'', and ManiaTV! provided the additional equipment.
The first show aired live on June 15, 2006 at 11pm ET, and was originally called ''Tom Green Live!''. The show was initially only scheduled to air on Thursday nights, but soon expanded to air Monday-Thursday.
Early shows often included technical issues with the phone system, computers, streaming and audio. Many viewers found Green's reactions to the technical problems to be entertaining as opposed to a hindrance to the show. Green's regular outbursts towards his off camera staff have become a
running joke
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.
Webovision
While it is not the first Internet show, ''Tom Green's House Tonight'' may be the first Internet ''call-in'' talk show, and Green frequently cites this as an innovation. With little reliance on advertisement funding, his show is similar to
Public-access television
Public-access television is traditionally a form of non-commercial mass media where the general public can create content television programming which is narrowcast through cable television specialty channels. Public-access television was creat ...
. Green often refers to it by a word he coined: "Webovision", and jokingly says he is broadcasting to "The National Internet", despite the show having a worldwide audience, and joked that his show is "the highest rated, longest running, and ''only'' talk show on the Internet." Fellow comedian
Joe Rogan
Joseph James Rogan (born August 11, 1967) is an American UFC
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly ...
named the show as an influence on his own podcast, ''
The Joe Rogan Experience
''The Joe Rogan Experience'' is a podcast hosted by American comedian, presenter, and UFC color commentator Joe Rogan. It launched on December 24, 2009, on YouTube by Rogan and comedian Brian Redban, who was its sole co-host and producer unti ...
''. Green has likewise been cited by numerous podcasters and other online content creators as a pioneer in the medium.
The show is not bound by
FCC
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regulations, and therefore has very few content restrictions, such as a ban on swearing, nudity or drinking. Green has stated: "I don't go out of my way to be shocking on the show. I'm really trying to take advantage of the looseness of the medium and the ability to be completely honest, real and in the moment like the way television was when it first started". The show is not scripted or rehearsed; the emphasis in every broadcast is on the conversation between Green and his guests. The relaxed and unrestricted nature of the show, along with the fact they are in Green's own home, often leads to a very natural and open style of interview rarely found on other talk shows.
Many notable guests have appeared on the show, including stars such as
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-American actress and model. She is best known for her glamour modeling work in ''Playboy'' magazine and for her appearances on the television series ''Baywatch'' (1992–1997).
Anders ...
Val Kilmer
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Crispin Glover
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and
Thora Birch
Thora Birch (born March 11, 1982) is an American actress and producer. She made her feature film debut in 1988 with a starring role in ''Purple People Eater'', for which she received a Young Artist Award for "Best Young Actress Under Nine Years ...
, hip-hop artists
Flavor Flav
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and
Xzibit
Alvin Nathaniel Joiner (born September 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Xzibit (pronounced "exhibit"), is an American rapper, actor, television presenter, and radio personality.
Xzibit began his musical career after the release of his ...
, talk show hosts
Jimmy Kimmel
James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the host and executive producer of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', a late-night talk show that premiered on ABC on January 26, 2003, ...
and
Carson Daly
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, musicians
Henry Rollins
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Stone Cold Steve Austin
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, skateboarder
Tony Hawk
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, as well as comedians
Tim & Eric
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,
Neil Hamburger
Neil Hamburger is a fictional standup comedian and singer created by Australian-American entertainer Gregg Turkington. Distinguished for his misanthropic jokes and anti-comedy style, Turkington has released a number of albums as Hamburger and ...
,
Joe Rogan
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, and
Andrew Dice Clay
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.
Despite Green's serious talk-show demeanor, the show receives occasional
prank call
A prank call (also known as a crank call) is a telephone call intended by the caller as a practical joke played on the person answering. It is often a type of nuisance call. It can be illegal under certain circumstances.
Recordings of prank ph ...
s, and Green often entices the callers during the resultant interactions. Green has decided not to use a call screener and has said: "There are nights when we’ve gotten like six prank phone calls in a row, but that becomes kind of funny, too. Whatever happens, happens".
The show most recently aired live Monday to Friday at 10pm ET for one hour, occasionally going over the hour. At the present time, the show does not adhere to a set schedule. At any time of the day or night Green can spontaneously go on the air by literally flipping a switch on a remote control, which turns on all of the lights and cameras, hits record and sends out the feed to ''TomGreen.com''. Most shows can be viewed in the Videos section of ''TomGreen.com'', and had also been made available for download via
iTunes
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. The total number of video views have reached up to 38 million downloads per month.
The Channel
Tom Green refers to his website as "The Channel". The output of The Channel is not limited to ''Tom Green's House Tonight''. Shows appearing on The Channel can vary significantly in length and can last for many hours.
Shows
Other shows broadcast on The Channel have included:
*''
Poolside Chats
''Poolside Chats'' with Neil Hamburger was a live webcast that aired on comedian Tom Green's now defunct internet TV channel.
Description
''Poolside Chats'' used to air live following ''Tom Green's House Tonight''. The star of the show is self-d ...
'' - Talk show hosted by comedian
Neil Hamburger
Neil Hamburger is a fictional standup comedian and singer created by Australian-American entertainer Gregg Turkington. Distinguished for his misanthropic jokes and anti-comedy style, Turkington has released a number of albums as Hamburger and ...
*''Leonard Mills Live'' - Green in character playing guitar and singing, often about ridiculous subjects
*''YouTube Special'' - Green plays and comments on a selection of videos from
YouTube
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*''The Tom and Larry Show'' - Green has a discussion with Larry, his foul-mouthed
ventriloquist
Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is a performance act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) creates the illusion that their voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered prop known as a "dummy". The act of ventriloquism is v ...
dummy
*''Casual Friday'' - Green, with no guest at his house, instead interacts with viewers
*''The Robert Kurtz Show'' - Call in show featuring funny or shocking internet content suggested by viewers, hosted by former The Channel producer Robert Kurtz
*''Mysteries from Beyond the Other Dominion'' - Call in show offering insight into the
paranormal
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and scientific discoveries, hosted by Dr. Franklin Ruehl
*''Girl Talk Live'' - Call in show providing viewers with advice about various subjects, co-hosted by a number of female
models
A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a measure.
Models c ...
*''Freestyle Friday'' -
House party
A house party is a type of party where people gather at the residence of the party's host.
Organization
A house party might be organized several months or just a few hours in advance. News of a party may be spread by personal invitations, ...
featuring a large number of guests and live music
*''Tom Green This Morning'' - Morning show hosted by Green
*''Prankity Pranx'' - Call in show devoted to prank calls
*''Black Spanish Fly and the Dick'' - Call in show
On occasion, when Green does not have guests, he has broadcast an unconventional show, such as playing the saxophone for an hour and having a week dedicated to performing
karaoke
Karaoke (; ; , clipped compound of Japanese ''kara'' "empty" and ''ōkesutora'' "orchestra") is a type of interactive entertainment usually offered in clubs and bars, where people sing along to recorded music using a microphone. The music i ...
. Green has also slept with a live camera on him all night, which is also the practice of several lifecasters.
Additional broadcasts
In addition to broadcasts from Green's home, Green frequently posts footage filmed around Hollywood and Los Angeles, including video recorded with his camera phone. Green sometimes takes a video camera with him when taking a break from The Channel and posts pre-recorded clips such as his visits to Costa Rica and New York. He once showed his surgery after a skateboarding accident. In 2008, The Channel embarked on its first road trip across the west coast of America. Green and his team travelled in an RV that had been equipped to allow cameras to be set up in remote locations whilst broadcasting a live video stream using wireless technology. A fixed camera located behind the front windscreen of the RV enabled viewers to follow along with the journey. In January 2010, Green began his first ever stand-up comedy world tour.
The Channel broadcasts a video stream to the internet 24/7. Between live shows the feed either switches to a security camera within Green's living room, a selection of clips from previous episodes, or a test card consisting of the ''Tom Green's House Tonight'' title screen.
Sponsors and partners
Samsung
The Samsung Group (or simply Samsung) ( ko, 삼성 ) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the ...
was the show's first sponsor, advertising the Samsung Upstage phone.
Budweiser
Budweiser () is an American-style pale lager, part of AB InBev. Introduced in 1876 by Carl Conrad & Co. of St. Louis, Missouri, Budweiser has become a large selling beer company in the United States.
''Budweiser'' may also refer to an unrela ...
became the next sponsor. Bud Light commercials were played before each show. Product placement was also used as bottles of Bud Light would be provided for Green and his guests during every show. Bottles of the beer could also be seen in Green's fridge.
ManiaTV! was Green's original partner and funded the installion of his living room studio. Green's split from ManiaTV! in August 2007 necessitated upgrades to the equipment and technology used to produce and stream the show. With the upgrades complete, Green launched the all-new ''TomGreen.com'' on September 27, 2007, with the help of producer Victor Borachuk. The new site showcases technology by far eclipsing what had been in place before, featuring full 16:9 live Flash video, and was streamed by BitGravity, which is a
content delivery network
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. BitGravity CEO Perry Wu has been interviewed on the show, denoting a strong partnership with the company. Since early 2011, the main video feed has been provided by
Livestream
Livestreaming is streaming media simultaneously recorded and broadcast in real-time over the internet. It is often referred to simply as streaming. Non-live media such as video-on-demand, vlogs, and YouTube videos are technically streamed, but no ...
.
NewTek
NewTek, Inc. is a San Antonio, Texas-based hardware and software company that produces live and post-production video tools and visual imaging software for personal computers. The company was founded in 1985 in Topeka, Kansas, United States, by T ...
provide much of the video switching equipment.
Membership service
On March 11, 2009, a new membership service was launched to provide funding for The Channel. Subscribers to the service receive access to the full video archive. Green's intention is for viewer funding to allow him total creative freedom over The Channel by removing the need for financial support from TV networks and corporate sponsors. However, Green has confirmed he is talking to possible business partners for his show. On February 10, 2010, additional features were added to the membership service, including forums, the ability to comment on videos, and priority when Skype calling into the show. In early 2011, the membership service was discontinued as Green took a hiatus from The Channel to focus on his stand-up comedy world tour.
Television syndication
The Comedy Network
After his split from ManiaTV!, Green hinted that a new partnership would lead to ''Tom Green Live!'' being broadcast on television as well as the Internet. In October 2007, ''Broadcasting & Cable'' announced the show's January 2008 expansion to TV syndication in a deal with
Debmar-Mercury
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History Debmar Studios
Debmar-Mercury's history begins on October 31, ...
.''Broadcasting & Cable'', October 2007.
To coincide with the television debut ''Tom Green Live!'' was renamed ''Tom Green's House Tonight'', and
bleacher
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s were built in Green's living room to seat a small audience consisting of friends of his guests. Beginning January 7, 2008, the show appeared in a pared-down version on conventional TV on
The Comedy Network
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. The show ran on television for two seasons before Green decided to stop syndication, primarily due to dissatisfaction towards his loss of creative control.
Tom Green Live (standup special)
''Tom Green Live'' was also the name of Green's standup special that was released on Showtime in August 2012 and on
Netflix
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. This was recorded at The
Wilbur Theatre
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in
Boston
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,
Massachusetts
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in September 2011.
AXS TV
On October 3, 2013, ''Tom Green Live'' debuted on
AXS TV
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. The weekly live broadcast airs at 9pm ET every Thursday night from a studio in Los Angeles. The telecast has a similar format to the web show, with an hour long discussion between Green and his featured guest and live Skype calls from viewers. Although it is intended for the series to showcase Green's more serious side and highlight his skills as an interviewer, he has advised viewers to expect "spontaneous, ridiculous, and outrageous conversations". Guests have included
Richard Belzer
Richard Jay Belzer (born August 4, 1944) is a retired American actor, stand-up comedian, and author. He is best known for his role as BPD Detective, NYPD Detective/Sergeant, and DA Investigator John Munch, whom he has portrayed as a regular cas ...
Tony Hawk
Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968), nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse. A pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding, Hawk completed the first documen ...
. Season 2 debuted on January 9, 2014 and the finale was April 3, 2014. The show was renewed with season 3 debuting on June 12, 2014 with guest
Steve Carell
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. The series was produced and directed by
Devin DeHaven
Devin DeHaven (born February 20, 1970) is an American television director and producer. His career has spanned three decades with hundreds of live concerts, talk shows and music festivals.
Artists
Partial ist of artists collaborations:
T ...
.
Notable episodes
* On June 15, 2006, ''Tom Green Live!'' made its debut broadcast. Green's guest was the marionette
Howdy Doody
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. Green celebrated the completion of the first episode by diving fully clothed into his swimming pool.
* On August 31, 2006, Green, increasingly frustrated by technical issues with the phone system, destroyed the
Pepper Pad
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supplied by ManiaTV! for handling viewer calls. ManiaTV! responded by cutting off the live feed during that night's debut episode of ''Poolside Chats'' with Neil Hamburger. Hamburger and his guest, musician
Buzz Osborne
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Biography
Born in Morton, ...
, were unaware of the situation until being notified by viewers. Green later made an on-air apology for his actions.
* On October 10, 2006, the longest standard format show, in which Green interviewed Steve-O, ran for four hours and ended with Green drunk and Steve-O heavily intoxicated from a combination of hash brownies and
nitrous oxide
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. In addition to large amounts of alcohol, Green and his guest drank mustard and a bottle of salad dressing. The show went off the air after Steve-O had vomited and both men had collapsed.
* On October 25, 2006, Green's guests included pro skateboarder
Jeremy Klein
Jeremy Klein (born July 12, 1971, in Torrance, California) is an American artist and former professional skateboarder.
Professional skateboarding
Klein rose to prominence as one of the original riders for Steve Rocco's World Industries company. ...
and
Count Smokula
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Count Smokula and Smokesylvania
As imagined by Miles, Count Smokul ...
. Klein became the first and only guest to be kicked off the show, after making insulting comments about a number of callers. He has since returned as a guest several times.
* In March 2007, Green celebrated having passed the milestone of 100 ''Tom Green Live!'' episodes with a special show broadcast from the Denver studio of ManiaTV!. It was the first show to be broadcast from outside of Green's home.
* On July 27, 2007, the highest rated show was broadcast, featuring Kat Von D as the guest. The episode has reached 2.7 million views (as of June 2009).
* On January 7, 2008, ''Tom Green's House Tonight'' made its television debut, featuring comedian
Harland Williams
Harland Michael Williams (born November 14, 1962) is a Canadian actor, comedian and writer. After several years of stand-up in Toronto and Los Angeles he made his film debut in ''Dumb and Dumber'' (1994) before playing starring roles in the short ...
as the guest.
* On March 23, 2009, the majority of the show consisted of Green launching an expletive-laden tirade in response to comments mocking the
Canadian Military
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made on the Fox News talk show ''
Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld
''Red Eye'', also known as ''Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld'' from 2007 to 2015 and ''Red Eye w/ Tom Shillue'' from 2015 to 2017, was an American late-night/early-morning satirical talk show on Fox News, which aired at 3:00 a.m. ET Tuesday throu ...
''. Green had spent his early childhood living on a Canadian Armed Forces base where his father served as a captain.
* On July 30, 2009, the longest live broadcast was shown during Green's 38th birthday party and lasted for over six hours.
* On May 20, 2010, the episode was guest hosted by comedian
Norm Macdonald
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, allowing Tom Green to instead be interviewed as a guest on his own show for the first time.
* On October 3, 2013, ''Tom Green Live'' made its television debut on AXS TV, featuring comedian
Richard Belzer
Richard Jay Belzer (born August 4, 1944) is a retired American actor, stand-up comedian, and author. He is best known for his role as BPD Detective, NYPD Detective/Sergeant, and DA Investigator John Munch, whom he has portrayed as a regular cas ...
as the guest.
Awards and accolades
* On November 26, 2007, the show won the
TV Guide
TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or t ...
award for “Best Web Talk Show”.
* On May 6, 2008, the show was announced as the winner of a
Webby Award
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for "Best Variety Show" in the Online Film and Video category.
* On September 23, 2009, the show was listed among the best shows on the internet by the
Los Angeles Times
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publication, ''Brand X''.
See also
*''
Poolside Chats
''Poolside Chats'' with Neil Hamburger was a live webcast that aired on comedian Tom Green's now defunct internet TV channel.
Description
''Poolside Chats'' used to air live following ''Tom Green's House Tonight''. The star of the show is self-d ...
''
*
Webcast
A webcast is a media presentation distributed over the Internet using streaming media technology to distribute a single content source to many simultaneous listeners/viewers. A webcast may either be distributed live or on demand. Essentially, web ...
*
Lifecasting
Lifecasting is the process of creating a three-dimensional copy of a living human body, through the use of molding and casting techniques.TomGreen.com - The Channel