Tom's Blog

July 02, 2009

There is a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes this week.  In fact for the past few weeks I have been running around Los Angeles like a mad man, in meeting after meeting after meeting.  And things are going really well.  We will be making an announcement soon about some new partners and or sponsors that will be joining fores with us here at The Channel.  As you all know we currently are a completely independent operation.  Our basic costs, broadband and employees etc are covered by our subscribing members!  Thanks guys!  You have kept The Channel alive!  This enables us to keep the studio running and to have fun with you guys LIVE all the time.  But soon we will be expanding again!

Our new sponsors will allow us to hire a few extra people to book guests, edit video, shoot video, and do tons of new content on a daily basis.  Thanks to our existing Members for keepin The Channel afloat!  If more people start signing up we may be able to do regular nightly shows without sponsors!  Right now we need more subscribers to be able to produce a nightly show each and every day.  Sign up today, and get the word out to the advertising community that Tomgreen.com is ready to rock!!

Also subscribe to our cool new Youtube page at www.youtube.com/tomgreen - This will also help support and promote The Channel!  Lets rock gang!!

Tom Green

July 02, 2009

That after the first Star Wars George Lucas produced a TV special based on Star Wars.  It was ridiculous.  Almost hard to believe they made so many more films after this.  Even though I think we all agree, that this is awesome.  I love Star Wars.  But this one feels a bit like The Muppet Show to me.  Wow.  This really could have killed the franchise.  Of course, we all know that it didn't.

June 25, 2009

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June 23, 2009

Having grown up watching Ed McMahon on The Tonight Show was amazing.  I have many early memories of watching him and Johnny on that show.  I remember being too young when I first saw The Tonight Show to really understand the jokes.  But I laughed along with the audience, or when the adults in the room would laugh, just to fit in.  As I got older I understood what everyone was laughing about.  The Tonight Show with Ed McMahon and Johnny Carson was the gold standard for talk shows.  It is what everyone on TV today is aspiring to recreate.  That chemistry between Ed and Johnny was real, honest, and true.  And of course hilarious.

Ed McMahon didn't have to come up to The Channel and support my goofy web show.  But he came up time and time again.  And it was a true honor.  I actually have a picture of Ed hanging in a hallway here at my house.  I walk past it everyday.  And each time I think how lucky I was to be able to get to know this legend.  Truly one of the greatest broadcasters in the history of television.  How lucky were we here to be able to hang out with Ed McMahon in such a casual setting.  He was very gracious.  He would tell stories of his early days on The Tonight Show, and we would talk into the night about all the amazing things he had accomplished in his life and career. 

It is not often that you meet one of your idols, and that meeting exceeds your expectations.  Often you can walk away from meeting a Hollywood celebrity feeling like you got the brush off.  Not with Ed McMahon.  He loved to tell stories.  He loved to broadcast.  And he was a great person to everyone he met.  I think he liked to see what we were doing here on the webo-vision.  I think he found it curious, that I had built this homage to The Tonight Show in my living room that streamed LIVE to the web.  For whatever reason, he would come whenever we invited him up to the show.  And not only did I love it, but everyone in our web audience did as well.  Thanks Ed.  You will be greatly missed by all of us here up at The Channel.  Especially me.  It was a great honor to get to know you.  A true American hero and broadcast legend.  

Thanks Ed.  Thanks so much for everything.

Tom Green

June 21, 2009

I know I have been promising an crazy week filled with silliness and goofballism.  But I have been sick.  I am feeling quite a bit better this weekend.  I am drinking a beer.  I think that is helping me.  I also have been lying out in the backyard getting some sunshine here in Los Angeles.  This is really picking up the pace on the recovery.  It was rainy all week last week.  Now I am feeling pretty good.  Sunshine is important.

This stuff going on in Iran is pretty interesting.  I guess.  It's funny how much Twitter is affecting the revolution going on over there.  Twitter?  I hadn't heard of Twitter until pretty recently.  Is it possible that Ashton Kutcher has saved the world!  If so, that's pretty cool.  Thanks man!  It is consistently pretty surprising to me to see how modern everything is over there.  I think I am going to go sign up for the Supreme Leaders Facebook page.  Hey.  Come to think of it... Why don't we have a Supreme Leader over here.  That sounds cool.  Is Obama our supreme leader?  I guess so.  Maybe we should start calling Obama our supreme leader?  Just so we can have one too.  But enough politics.  It always becomes so divisive when I discuss politics.  I think I will leave the punditry to the experts on Fox news.  :)  We should just stick to having fun around here.

As for all the goings on here at The Channel.  Everything is pretty good!  I have a bunch of great ideas in the hopper that are pretty exciting.  I know things seem to happen pretty slowly, trust me I know.  But the fact is, we have a slow and steady approach around here.  Things have constantly been evolving and improving at The Channel.  Did you know this website has been here since 1996?  We've been heavy into video for 3 years now.  Things are changing.  In fact I have been meeting with some key people in the industry over the past few weeks and we are making some great partnerships that will continue to move this show, and this channel forward.  Expect things to be changing fast very soon.

I am working very hard to accomplish this for all of us.  I have meetings every day with big internet companies.  I usually spend half my week in traffic driving to lunches, dinners, offices around town, corporate boardrooms, etc...  It's exciting.  There is a lot of interest in The Channel right now.  I can say that very soon, we will have an announcement to make.  There are a few major corporations looking to get involved with us.  This will of course boost our production budget, and allow me to begin producing daily shows for all of you again.  This is what is exciting about the web.  Unlike having a show on TV, this show cannot get canceled.  I will be doing this TV show long into the future.  I will be here doing this independent TV show long after everybody else who has a TV show on TV is retired, canceled, or gone.  This is why I just quit smoking.  I can't die before we are number one in the ratings.  We have a long run ahead of us here at The Channel.  And we will only continue to grow.  Slowly and steadily.   This show will not be going away.  And this is a promise that I can make to all of you who come here, and support what I do.  Thanks to all of you.  You guys rock.

Stay tuned.  This is going to be the biggest year yet for The Channel.  Some big things to announce soon.  We will be LIVE Monday!  Good times!

Tom Green

June 20, 2009

The good news is I think I have kicked the cold.  In the process of kicking the bronchitis I have also decided to quit smoking.  I am on a health kick.  Eating lots of green vegetables and trying to get some exercise.  The thing you don't realize in your 20's, is that you need that stuff.  I have always been able to function on little sleep, lots of booze, bad diet, and a bit of skateboarding to keep active.  Lately that hasn't really worked.  As you get older, your body really does start to slow down.  Being in your 30's is different than being in your 20's.  I can only imagine what my 40's will feel like.  Man, I'm probably gonna have to start going to a gym, or running on a treadmill, or something equally as lame and monotonous as that.

The good news is I am feeling better.  So I think if I keep feeling better we should be able to have some fun up at the channel next week.  I have just been so exhausted fighting this cold that I haven't been able to pull a show out of my ass the way we normally do around here.  I appreciate all of your patience.  I hope you are enjoying some of the extra content we have thrown up onto the site for all you non-members.  And thanks to all of the others who have decided to subscribe to our expanded services.  By the way, we have some big changes coming to the channel.  Probably will take a few weeks till we launch, but there is going to be lots more to do around here.  Including a new community, and a VIP community for our members with cool extra features and fun stuff.  We are going to keep pushing forward gang.  The Channel is growing!

June 17, 2009

Me Interviewing Scott Stevens When David Letterman Let Me Host The Late Show.  Thanks Dave.  It Was an Honor!

June 08, 2009

Hey gang!  The lights are off.  We need your help!  Don't get mad we will be n tomorrow night to do some silly stuff!  We are going to fix the lights today!!  I will also be filming some really cool stuff and posting it tonight.  Also I shot some great stuff at The Playboy mansion with Snoop Dogg!  I was rapping with him onstage!  We will post it later tonight and tomorrow!  Lets have a great week gang!!

Tom

June 05, 2009

Hey Gang, we love all the graphics and bumpers you guys are making for us!!.   But we need them hi-rez to use them on The Channel.  Make sure you send your graphics and bumpers as a 720p mov file.  You can do this via YouSendIt, or several other free file-sharing services. Once you have the link, send it to the Contact Tom section.  Make sure entries are no longer than 10 seconds. Stay tuned for the results of the contest!