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“Not a day goes by when I don’t wake up and think, just for asecond, usually between taking a leak and brushing my teeth, whatthe hell happened?”
Eight years ago, Tom Green lived in his parents’ basement inCanada. He spent his time skateboarding, making funny videos withhis friends, and dreaming of hosting his own talk show. MTV saw hislow-budget public access show and brought him to New York, andTom’s next few years in show business were a bizarre roller-coasterride. Not only did he achieve his dream with The Tom GreenShow, but he launched a movie career and married a Hollywoodactress. Then the tide turned. Their house burned down. Tom wasdiagnosed with testicular cancer (and recorded his surgery in ahysterical, oddly moving documentary for MTV). He endured a highlypublicized divorce. All of a sudden, he went from media darling tomedia punching bag.
Eight years ago, Tom Green lived in his parents’ basement inCanada. He spent his time skateboarding, making funny videos withhis friends, and dreaming of hosting his own talk show. MTV saw hislow-budget public access show and brought him to New York, andTom’s next few years in show business were a bizarre roller-coasterride. Not only did he achieve his dream with The Tom GreenShow, but he launched a movie career and married a Hollywoodactress. Then the tide turned. Their house burned down. Tom wasdiagnosed with testicular cancer (and recorded his surgery in ahysterical, oddly moving documentary for MTV). He endured a highlypublicized divorce. All of a sudden, he went from media darling tomedia punching bag.
“Not a day goes by when I don’t wake up and think, just for a
second, usually between taking a leak and brushing my teeth, what
the hell happened?”
Eight years ago, Tom Green lived in his parents’ basement in
Canada. He spent his time skateboarding, making funny videos with
his friends, and dreaming of hosting his own talk show. MTV saw his
low-budget public access show and brought him to New York, and
Tom’s next few years in show business were a bizarre roller-coaster
ride. Not only did he achieve his dream with The Tom Green
Show, but he launched a movie career and married a Hollywood
actress. Then the tide turned. Their house burned down. Tom was
diagnosed with testicular cancer (and recorded his surgery in a
hysterical, oddly moving documentary for MTV). He endured a highly
publicized divorce. All of a sudden, he went from media darling to
media punching bag.
Hollywood Causes Cancer, now in paperback, is the full story
of Tom Green’s wildly entertaining trip to celebrity. It’s an
absorbing and revelatory look at a dramatic, excessive, ruthless
place called Hollywood, and how one man survived his journey into
the heart of it all.
second, usually between taking a leak and brushing my teeth, what
the hell happened?”
Eight years ago, Tom Green lived in his parents’ basement in
Canada. He spent his time skateboarding, making funny videos with
his friends, and dreaming of hosting his own talk show. MTV saw his
low-budget public access show and brought him to New York, and
Tom’s next few years in show business were a bizarre roller-coaster
ride. Not only did he achieve his dream with The Tom Green
Show, but he launched a movie career and married a Hollywood
actress. Then the tide turned. Their house burned down. Tom was
diagnosed with testicular cancer (and recorded his surgery in a
hysterical, oddly moving documentary for MTV). He endured a highly
publicized divorce. All of a sudden, he went from media darling to
media punching bag.
Hollywood Causes Cancer, now in paperback, is the full story
of Tom Green’s wildly entertaining trip to celebrity. It’s an
absorbing and revelatory look at a dramatic, excessive, ruthless
place called Hollywood, and how one man survived his journey into
the heart of it all.