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milestones
Year
Milestone
Was virtually an army brat, living all across Canada
1978
At age seven, family settled in Ottawa (date approximate)
1983
Won a school speech competition in grade six (date approximate)
1987
Began working as a stand-up comedian at age 15
1990
Hosted the radio program "Rap Show", a community college radio show that started out as a rap music program and evolved into a comedy call-in show
Was part of the absurdist comedy rap trio Organized Rhyme
1992
After signing to A&M and scoring a Juno (Canada's equivalent of the Grammy) nomination, Organized Rhyme disbanded
1993
Returned to the radio, changing the format from "Rap Show" to the comedy talk program "The Midnight Caller"
1994
Debuted "The Tom Green Show" on Rogers community cable, an Ottawa public access channel where it ran for three years
1995
"The Tom Green Show" aired in a shortened half-hour format in NYC on the public access Manhattan Neighborhood Network
1998
The popular local series was picked up by Canada's The Comedy Network, where it aired nationally for two seasons
1998
Had a cameo in the Canadian independent film "Clutch"
1998
Brought out the rotting carcasses of a long dead raccoon and squirrel while appearing as a guest on the Canadian talk show "Open Mike" (also on The Comedy Network), causing host Mike Bullard to leave the set and a public outcry against Green's "shock comic" persona
1999
"The Tom Green Show" aired on MTV
1999
Had a cameo in the film "Superstar", produced by Lorne Michaels and directed by Kids in the Hall alum Bruce McCulloch
1999
Landed a sponsorship deal with Pepsi One
2000
Four days after surgery to remove a cancerous testicle, accompanied girlfriend Drew Barrymore to the Academy Awards
2001
With Derek Harvie, co-wrote the screen comedy "Freddie Got Fingered"; also starred and made feature directorial debut
2002
Acted in "Stealing Harvard"
2002
Headlined the MTV special "Tom Green's Subway Monkey Hour"
2003
Returned to MTV with the all-new talk show "The New Tom Green Show."
2004
Hosted the Fifth Annual Golden Trailer Awards show
2006
Will host "Tom Green Live" a weekly call-in show on the web at ManiaTV.com live from his living room in the Hollywood Hills
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