last weekend, i had the sordid pleasure of watching an hour-long video of tom green’s show that actually originated in saskatchewan, canada (if you think that’s something canada should be proud of). i do not understand the humour behind his doings. sure, it’s funny because everything he does is so out of the ordinary, but so is a three-eyed, half-cat-half-dog. and i wouldn’t consider that comedy at its pinnacle.

so i’m watching this video and all i see for the duration of time at my friend’s house is tom green yelling, tom green getting pissed drunk, tom green insulting people, and tom green carrying out revolting acts against humanity. at one point in his show, he brought a dried-up raccoon roadkill to his set. he shoved it in a minature magic box, the one that splits in the middle for the infamous “saw trick.” he starts going at the raccoon in a box with first a dull saw, then a heavy chainsaw. (fur is flying everywhere at this point.) and then, voila, he pulls the two boxes apart and the dried entrails of the raccoon are shown for all to see. and making out with your parents on donnie and marie? definitely not something worthy of recording.

how does this make shameless, dignity-lacking tom green a comical genius? your guess is better than mine.