Hollywood Causes Cancer: The Tom Green Story
by Tom Green
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Author: Tom GreenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-25
ISBN: 1400052777
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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- ISBN13: 9781400052776
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Book Review: I think Tom Green is a genious, does that make me a moron?
Summary: 5 Stars
Just thought I would redo my previous review. The main reason I got this book was because I got interested in Tom Green after watching Freddy got fingered. I think that film is possibly one of the funniest movies ever made, although I know quite a lot of people disagree with me on that one.
In my previous review I kind of referenced Howard Stern's private parts. In a sense they are somewhat similar. Both books deal with the theme of a somewhat ordinary guy rising to fame in a funny and lighthearted style. Green's book is a bit more personal though, dealing with both his illness, marriage and fall from grace.
There are some insider tidbits about other celebrities, although it is mostly nice stuff. The celebrities being painted the worst are probably Martin Short and Courtney Love. There is a segment about Courtney heckling Green's father during his speech at the Barrymore-Green wedding. I guess no-one would really contest the validity of that happening.
I don't think the parts pertaining Drew Barrymore are at all negative nor ill intended. Green's namedropping seem to not really be trying to capitalize off certain people's fame.
I think even people, even the ones that detested Green's other works, will find the book interesting. Especially if they would like to get an inside look at the Hollywood-elite's society. And the fans get an inside look at how some of the classic moments like i.e the moose humping and the bum bum song got created.
Summary of Hollywood Causes Cancer: The Tom Green Story
"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.
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