green tom show new..

As previously discussed, I was quivering with barely suppressed potency at the concept of The New Tom Green Show, the great surreal Canadian one's adventure into the world of the late night talk show. And the premiere tonight was, well, rather special, I thought. It's really a lot less of the gross-out insanity of his previous MTV shows, and more of the off-kilter chat show with just enough weirdness to make you grin. Tonight's guests were Ludacris, the guys from American Movie (which Tom says is his favorite movie ever), and Seth Green.

So.. Ludacris fired Bill O'Reilly books from a homemade catapult in the parking lot, Tom put cardboard bits on the cameras to make the show feel more important, the filmed inserts included the start of Tom and Glenn's hitchike across America (where-in they begged money from Sally Jessie Raphael and Tom threw up on-camera after getting completely trashed in Washington DC), then the American Movie guys turned up plugging their new homemade horror movie, which looked absolutely crazed, and Mike (the sweet acid casualty) sang a song about someone hacking his hand off. Then Tom walked across the road and tucked Seth Green into a bunkbed at some random house across the street from the studio cos Seth was tired, then the show finished off with a choir singing a beautiful hymn.

I think I see a touch of Reeves And Mortimer in Tom, or.. it's just that touch of guile-less style which makes him terribly watchable for me. Anyhow, guests for the rest of the week include Tony Hawk, Marilyn Manson, and Gene Simmons, so at least they're getting intriguing guests in for the first few days. If you're in the States, then watch it, dammit - weeknights at midnight on MTV.