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National Post
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- National Post
Tom Green trades shock comedy for life on the farm
Article content THIS WAS TOM GREEN THEN. This is Tom Green now. Article content For many who remember the late 1990s and early 2000s, the comedian is synonymous with The Tom Green Show — a manic master class in shock comedy that influenced such series as Jackass and Punk'd. But now, 25 years after it ended, Green is more measured. Article content Article content At 53, he's back in Canada and living on a farm. Yes, a farm. Article content He's also working on the interview series Tom Green's Funny Farm as part of a development deal with Bell Media. The company announced the news in June, and the show will stream on Crave during the 2025-26 television season. Guests will visit Green at his rural Ontario home, digging into one-on-one discussions and countryside shenanigans. And yes, they will be Tom Green-style shenanigans (if not TOM GREEN-STYLE shenanigans). Article content 'I get up in the morning and I sit with Fanny, my 1,500-pound mule,' says Green. 'We have this really amazing, calm lifestyle on the farm. So I want people to be part of it and enjoy some interviews. It's going to be a funny show. We're gonna do funny stuff, we're gonna talk about funny things. We're gonna do it in a funny place.' Article content Green's journey to the farm started during the pandemic, when the Pembroke, Ont., native found himself with a break in his schedule after his standup tour was cancelled. Article content 'I was in Los Angeles,' he says. 'I thought I might be a good time to sell my house of 18 years and move back to Canada and be close to my family. I didn't want to live in the city — I wanted to live in nature. I wasn't specifically (looking for) a farm, but I found this place, which is a log farmhouse that was built in 1857. It's in the wilderness of Ontario, and it spoke to me.' Article content Much of Green's journey was covered in three projects he launched with Prime earlier this year: a comedy special (Tom Green: I Got a Mule!), a docuseries (Tom Green: Country) and a career-spanning documentary (This is the Tom Green Documentary). Article content Article content Among other things, the years between The Tom Green Show and now have brought movie cameos, a late-night MTV talk show, an internet talk show and Freddy Got Fingered, the 2001 movie he directed, co-wrote and starred in. Off screen, he was briefly married to Drew Barrymore and was diagnosed with testicular cancer at age 28. Article content Relocating north of the 49th parallel is more than a homecoming for Green — it's a chance to reinvent himself and flex the broadcasting skills he honed at Algonquin College in Ottawa, years ago when he was a self-described 'complete lunatic' onscreen. Article content 'Now I'm also excited about the filmmaking side of things, making the show look cinematic, and having interesting, funny conversations with people — bringing comedians on and letting them shine, letting them be funny, and just doing things that are a little bit more accessible to everybody and not necessarily polarizing,' Green says. 'I think when you're young and doing standup comedy, you want to be confrontational, you want to be polarizing. You want to piss off half the audience — excuse my language. Article content 'Now when you do stand up, you want everybody in the audience to laugh. You don't want to divide the audience to the point that only half the people laugh. That's called bombing, by the way.' Green has another reason behind his transition from all-caps comedy to something more along the lines of sentence case. Article content 'The world's changed, too,' he says. 'And with things being so negative, with the division that's in the world, with politics and everything that's going on, I want to be doing stuff that's fun and not divisive. I want to make stuff that's an escape from this argument.'
Edmonton Journal
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Edmonton Journal
Tom Green trades shock comedy for life on the farm
Article content THIS WAS TOM GREEN THEN. This is Tom Green now. Article content For many who remember the late 1990s and early 2000s, the comedian is synonymous with The Tom Green Show — a manic master class in shock comedy that influenced such series as Jackass and Punk'd. But now, 25 years after it ended, Green is more measured. Article content At 53, he's back in Canada and living on a farm. Yes, a farm. Article content He's also working on the interview series Tom Green's Funny Farm as part of a development deal with Bell Media. The company announced the news in June, and the show will stream on Crave during the 2025-26 television season. Guests will visit Green at his rural Ontario home, digging into one-on-one discussions and countryside shenanigans. And yes, they will be Tom Green-style shenanigans (if not TOM GREEN-STYLE shenanigans). Article content Article content 'I get up in the morning and I sit with Fanny, my 1,500-pound mule,' says Green. 'We have this really amazing, calm lifestyle on the farm. So I want people to be part of it and enjoy some interviews. It's going to be a funny show. We're gonna do funny stuff, we're gonna talk about funny things. We're gonna do it in a funny place.' Article content Article content Green's journey to the farm started during the pandemic, when the Pembroke, Ont., native found himself with a break in his schedule after his standup tour was cancelled. Article content 'I was in Los Angeles,' he says. 'I thought I might be a good time to sell my house of 18 years and move back to Canada and be close to my family. I didn't want to live in the city — I wanted to live in nature. I wasn't specifically (looking for) a farm, but I found this place, which is a log farmhouse that was built in 1857. It's in the wilderness of Ontario, and it spoke to me.' Article content Article content Much of Green's journey was covered in three projects he launched with Prime earlier this year: a comedy special (Tom Green: I Got a Mule!), a docuseries (Tom Green: Country) and a career-spanning documentary (This is the Tom Green Documentary). Article content Among other things, the years between The Tom Green Show and now have brought movie cameos, a late-night MTV talk show, an internet talk show and Freddy Got Fingered, the 2001 movie he directed, co-wrote and starred in. Off screen, he was briefly married to Drew Barrymore and was diagnosed with testicular cancer at age 28. Article content Relocating north of the 49th parallel is more than a homecoming for Green — it's a chance to reinvent himself and flex the broadcasting skills he honed at Algonquin College in Ottawa, years ago when he was a self-described 'complete lunatic' onscreen. Article content 'Now I'm also excited about the filmmaking side of things, making the show look cinematic, and having interesting, funny conversations with people — bringing comedians on and letting them shine, letting them be funny, and just doing things that are a little bit more accessible to everybody and not necessarily polarizing,' Green says. 'I think when you're young and doing standup comedy, you want to be confrontational, you want to be polarizing. You want to piss off half the audience — excuse my language. Article content 'Now when you do stand up, you want everybody in the audience to laugh. You don't want to divide the audience to the point that only half the people laugh. That's called bombing, by the way.' Green has another reason behind his transition from all-caps comedy to something more along the lines of sentence case. Article content 'The world's changed, too,' he says. 'And with things being so negative, with the division that's in the world, with politics and everything that's going on, I want to be doing stuff that's fun and not divisive. I want to make stuff that's an escape from this argument.'
Winnipeg Free Press
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Tom Green to host Canadian country music awards
TORONTO – Tom Green's Canadian comeback continues with plans to host Canada's biggest country music awards show. The Canadian Country Music Association says the offbeat comedian and actor takes the reins of the CCMA Awards on Sept 13 in Kelowna, B.C. Green says in a release that country music has always been a big part of his life growing up and that he's looking forward to bringing 'a few surprises' to the gala. Green presides over the bash while pursuing multiple CanCon projects since returning to Canada after decades spent in Los Angeles. That includes the upcoming Crave interview series, 'Tom Green's Funny Farm,' in which he hosts a variety of guests at his rural Ontario property. Weekly A weekly look at what's happening in Winnipeg's arts and entertainment scene. The CCMA Awards is set to broadcast live on CTV, and the CTV app, and will be available to stream the next day on Crave. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 26, 2025.
CTV News
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Tom Green to host Canadian country music awards
Tom Green is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Troy Conrad TORONTO — Tom Green's Canadian comeback continues with plans to host Canada's biggest country music awards show. The Canadian Country Music Association says the offbeat comedian and actor takes the reins of the CCMA Awards on Sept 13 in Kelowna, B.C. Green says in a release that country music has always been a big part of his life growing up and that he's looking forward to bringing 'a few surprises' to the gala. Green presides over the bash while pursuing multiple CanCon projects since returning to Canada after decades spent in Los Angeles. That includes the upcoming Crave interview series, 'Tom Green's Funny Farm,' in which he hosts a variety of guests at his rural Ontario property. The CCMA Awards is set to broadcast live on CTV, and the CTV app, and will be available to stream the next day on Crave. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 26, 2025. Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press
Winnipeg Free Press
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Shows from Elliot Page, Tom Green coming to Bell, planned drama ‘Bad Trips' scrapped
New shows from Elliot Page and Tom Green are among the highlights of Bell Media's 2025/26 programming slate. 'Slo Pitch,' a comedy about a scrappy queer softball team trying to make it to the beer league championships, is coming to Crave and CTV. It's the first project under a co-development deal between Pageboy Productions and Bell Media. Also in the lineup is 'Tom Green's Funny Farm,' an interview series featuring the Ottawa-born comedian hosting guests at his rural Ontario property. Coming to CTV is 'Match Game,' a revival of the American game show hosted by Martin Short and filming in Montreal this summer. 'Heated Rivalry,' a six-episode series based on the bestselling gay hockey romance novel by Nova Scotia author Rachel Reid, is also coming to Crave. The streamer will also be home to 'Letterkenny' creator Jared Keeso's still-untitled new series, which starts production in the fall and is set to première next year. A Bell spokesperson said 'Bad Trips,' Sasha Leigh Henry's limited drug-trafficking drama announced for Crave last year, will not move forward due to international financing for the project not lining up. Bell cancelled Henry's Canadian Screen Award-winning comedy 'Bria Mack Gets a Life' after one season last year. Weekly A weekly look at what's happening in Winnipeg's arts and entertainment scene. Returning Crave series include 'Late Bloomer,' 'Super Team Canada,' 'The Trades' and 'The Office Movers,' while 'Sullivan's Crossing,' 'The Traitors Canada' and 'The Amazing Race Canada' come back to CTV. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 5, 2025.
