A lanky, bearded comedian famous for his envelope-pushing man on the street stunts, comic TV host and sometime actor Tom Green began honing his oddball humor on a local call-in radio show. From there this former comedy rapper discovered the power of community public access television, where "The Tom Green Show" reigned on Ottawa's Rogers community cable 22 for three years beginning in 1994. Green became something of a cult hero and drummed up enough local interest that national channel The Comedy Network took notice and picked up the series for Canada-wide broadcast. Pranks like painting his
