Name: Tom Green's TRL Story - "The Bum Bum Song" (taken from Joe Rogan Experience #45)
Uploaded: 2013-05-30T22:44:01.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Tom Green's TRL Story - "The Bum Bum Song" (taken from Joe Rogan Experience #45)' from PowerfulJRE on Comedy Buff. Published 2013-05-30. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Tom Green's TRL Story - "The Bum Bum Song" (taken from Joe Rogan Experience #45)' from PowerfulJRE on Comedy Buff. Published 2013-05-30. Transcript available.

The Joe Rogan Experience
I love it when your song was released
and then it was destroying the charts
for TLC and then you
TRL
Were you forced to get rid of
Yes I was forced to
For 98 Degrees
It's a very
It's a very
There's a little bit of
intrigue here
behind the story
because there was
some things done in TRL
that were not necessarily ever made public
Right
Okay well film me on the full DG
What happened?
What happened?
Like the L
What's the story?
Like the L in TRL
isn't necessarily
It's not necessarily live all the time
So what was the song?
It's not on anymore
No big deal
What was the song?
What was the song and what happened?
Okay so we went to Seattle
and we were filming
bits in Seattle
and we thought
hey this would be funny
to do this song
called the Bum Bum Song
One of my favorite songs
It was a ridiculous idea
and I would go
and it was just a silly video
of me going around Seattle
saying my bum is on the cheese
my bum is on the rail
my bum is on the boat
my bum is on the dock
It was a silly
sort of like a Dr. Seuss style
nursery rhyme rap
I want to hear the moon
And the comedy of it
was me out in the street
sticking my ass on everything
and confusing people
and filming the reactions
right
and singing this silly song
and then we played it on my show
and we said
we want this to go to number one
on Total Request Live
which is you know
their countdown music show
that they would have
every night
hosted by Carson Daly
and so we played it
on Seattle Radio
and it went to number one
instantly
this was when my show
was on MTV
it was a really doing well
show on MTV
the show was doing well
on MTV
people went to number one
people saw the absurdity
of this song
knocking 98 Degrees
Britney Spears
NSYNC
and whoever else
was on the J-Lo
I think
out of the number one spot
and so we went
we played it on the show
we asked people
to vote for it
people voted for it
it went to number one
on Tuesday
the show I think
aired on a Monday
it went to number one
on a Tuesday
this is the song
remember this show
this was like
fucking a huge hit
this song was there
and this was the first
song to be
like
this was right when
MP3s just started
so it was the number one
downloaded song that year
what year was this
I think 14 people
what year
93
no
it was
no no
this was
99
2000
2000
so what happened
so they squashed
your song
yeah it went to
number one
on Tuesday
then on Wednesday
it was number
one again
and then on Thursday
it was number one
again
and then we get a call
on Thursday
at the office
and they're saying
guys
we want you
to kind of
play ball
with us here
and we're like
well what's the deal
they said
well you know
we need you
to go on the show
on Friday
and retire
the bum bum song
and take it
off the countdown
and we're like
why
we got the number
one song
in America
on MTV
man
yeah right
this is amazing
right
make money off
this shit
this is unbelievable
let's keep it
at number one
they go
well the thing is
we've pre-taped
the show next week
because Carson's
going to be in
San Francisco
and all this stuff
so it's kind of
like who we think
is going to be
and we hadn't
predicted you
airing the show
on Monday
and it instantly
going to number one
so it kind of
screws up next week's
pre-tape
which is all in the can
so can you go on
on a Friday
and just retire it
and we'll give you
like a retirement
home plaque
and you know
I was on MTV
and I had my show
on MTV
and I didn't want
to get fired
right
everybody's already
mad at me
about all this
other shit
screaming at me
all day
about you know
I want to suck
milk out of a
cow's udder
because I think
it'll be crazy
let's put it on TV
and they're like
you can't do that
you know
we're arguing
non-stop
it was like
it was the most
stressful time
of my life
and that's saying
something
because I'm
pretty stressed
out right now
too
not right now
but most of
the time
you know
and so
so I'm on the show
and I'm getting
yelled at all the
time by everybody
everyone's always
screaming at each
other trying to
like you know
make the show
crazy or make
it less crazy
and then so
you know
I played ball
I went in
I got a nice
plaque
and you know
what I'm not
even to be
honest with you
not even
well yeah
you know
I think of it
now I think
you know
we could have
rode that thing
a little further
I could have
put out a record
I probably could
have you know
had some fun
with that
but yeah
that's what
happened
that's what
happened
that's
that's
interesting
man
that's
you got fucked
by the corporation
yeah exactly
it makes sense
though
that it would
probably cost
them a fuckload
of money
if they had
already pre-taped
things
yeah they would
reshoot five
shows
it's like
you know
but how crazy
is that
that now
you find out
what their
rankings are like
it's all
total bullshit
they made
them up
they probably
had deals
with the record
company like
we need to
push 98
degrees
and here's
$100,000
we need to
do that
probably
it's
well that's
illegal
I mean
I doubt
I'm just
throwing shit
on the table
I'm not saying
I have proof
they never did
anything like that
I think it was
just basically
it was a very
strange week
so if it wasn't
for that week
that song
could have
stayed on the
countdown
and become
gigantic
but you know
I've told
that story
before
I don't think
anyone at
MPVA cares
anymore
about that
well why
would they
care
they fucked
you
you're the
one that's
supposed to
care
you could
have got
paid
son
you could
have been
driving that
fucking song
right now
in the form
of a red
Ferrari
yeah that's
true
you could
be rolling
with a big
fat diamond
encrusted
watch
letting bitches
know
and they'd be
like Tom
Green how'd
you get so
rich
I wrote a
bum bum song
you ready to
record
it's recording
oh it is
already
what the fuck
son