Anyone finding Tom Green's 'Torino Reports' funny?
02-23-06, 02:15 AM
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Anyone finding Tom Green's 'Torino Reports' funny?
He's doing them for the Tonight Show...and I have to say...I miss him. He got really annoying for awhile with the "my butt is on the ___" and "Freddie Got Fingered," but I'm starting to miss him. I look forward to seeing him on Leno and will be bummed when the Olympics are over.
Ross the Intern is hilarious in my book too. When he called Jo Dee Messina's bluff, and then she smacked a kiss right on the lips! haha.
Oh wait, no one here watches the Tonight Show. Disregard this thread.
Ross the Intern is hilarious in my book too. When he called Jo Dee Messina's bluff, and then she smacked a kiss right on the lips! haha.
Oh wait, no one here watches the Tonight Show. Disregard this thread.
02-23-06, 02:24 AM
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I was just asking about segments in the morning show because I've been cracking up at the late night shows' segments. Kip, Ross, and Tom Green in Torino have been awesome. And Letterman's chick isn't awful either - I was surprised she got Ted Liggety on camera since everyone knows NBC has the rights.
02-23-06, 11:07 AM
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No, I know he's popular, but I can't stand the guy and never found him funny. He just seems like he's trying too hard. It's like he's trying to annoy people into submission, "I'm going to keep doing this until you laugh, so you might as well laugh just to get rid of me."
More annoying to me than Tom Green is "Ross the Intern" - I don't get that at all. Jay Leno is a funny guy. I saw his stand up act a couple of times and he was hilarious. Every time Ross is on, Jay is helpless with laughter, but I don't understand why - he doesn't say or do anything funny, he just flits around and acts like a big queen. I can imagine actors & comedians with talent who are waiting tables trying to get their big break really get steamed at both of these guys.
While I'm ranting, I'm not real fond of Letterman's Stephanie either. She doesn't annoy me as much as the others, but she's boring and doesn't seem very sharp.
Just so I don't sound like a bitchbag, I should mention that I do like Mitch Fatel, Howie Mandel, The Sopranos guy and the Jaywalking stuff on Leno, as well as Biff Henderson and Harold Larkin (the big guy with the goatee) and most of the others on Letterman.
More annoying to me than Tom Green is "Ross the Intern" - I don't get that at all. Jay Leno is a funny guy. I saw his stand up act a couple of times and he was hilarious. Every time Ross is on, Jay is helpless with laughter, but I don't understand why - he doesn't say or do anything funny, he just flits around and acts like a big queen. I can imagine actors & comedians with talent who are waiting tables trying to get their big break really get steamed at both of these guys.
While I'm ranting, I'm not real fond of Letterman's Stephanie either. She doesn't annoy me as much as the others, but she's boring and doesn't seem very sharp.
Just so I don't sound like a bitchbag, I should mention that I do like Mitch Fatel, Howie Mandel, The Sopranos guy and the Jaywalking stuff on Leno, as well as Biff Henderson and Harold Larkin (the big guy with the goatee) and most of the others on Letterman.
02-23-06, 11:26 AM
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I think Ross acting like a big queen is the point. And judging by the run 'Will and Grace' has had, lots of people think it's funny stuff. I happen to think Ross is funny. Well, okay, I just laugh at what he does and says because he is such a huge queen. Anyways...
And Tom...I think he's gotten a lot less annoying than he used to be. More funny, less obnoxios(?).
And Tom...I think he's gotten a lot less annoying than he used to be. More funny, less obnoxios(?).
02-25-06, 10:34 PM
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i think the tom green torino reports are hilarious! i never liked him but i think he's so funny doing those reports.
i never liked him but i think he's so funny doing those reports.As for Ross....I've hated him since the beginning, and now he just gets on my nerves more. But I doubt he's going away anytime soon.
02-25-06, 11:38 PM
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Yep, think they are great. Only reason I've been watching Leno lately. Quite frankly, I'm really, really, really, really hoping all of this is attention for Green is to groom him for the post-Conan spot after Leno is gone. His "The New Tom Green Show" lasted on MTV for a few months, and was getting record ratings until MTV started to air repeats for a month. They had already renewed it for almost half a year, then aired the repeats, and the show, a talk show, obviously tanked while in repeat mode. But it was really a genius "late night talk show", so I'm hoping the folks at NBC made notice and intend on giving him the Conan show. Green is an LA guy, so it would keep Conan in NY and then Green in LA.
And given the tone of the thread... I'm not that big of a fan of Green's either based on all his other work. But the "New Tom Green Show" really proved to me that a late night host is his calling. While it was on, I enjoyed it and found it consistently funnier than Conan.
And given the tone of the thread... I'm not that big of a fan of Green's either based on all his other work. But the "New Tom Green Show" really proved to me that a late night host is his calling. While it was on, I enjoyed it and found it consistently funnier than Conan.
