Tom Green: The Irreverent Comedian Who Revolutionized MTV and Ended up Trading Hollywood for a Farm

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Before conquering the United States, Tom Green had already begun to draw attention on local Canadian television with The Tom Green Show, a program of jokes, sketches and surrealist humor that MTV bought in 1999. His style broke with almost everything that was done then: absurd situations, extreme hidden cameras and a character willing to ridicule himself. Many consider that he opened the way for later formats such as Jackass or even uncomfortabl…