Episode 798: Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

Episode 798: Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

From The Projection Booth Podcast by Weirding Way Media

April 29, 2026 · 2h 14m · Season 1 · Episode 798

About this episode

Mike discusses Tom Green's film Freddy Got Fingered with guests and interviews producer Lauren Lloyd about the film's troubled reception.

Comedy Month wraps up as Mike talks with Rob St. Mary and Heather Drain about Tom Green's Freddy Got Fingered (2001) and Producer Lauren Lloyd joins Mike for an interview about working on the film that was almost universally trashed on release. Green wrote, directed, and stars as Gord Brody, an aspiring cartoonist who heads to Hollywood to sell his drawings as an animated series. After a catastrophic pitch meeting, Gord retreats to live with his parents—long-suffering father Jim (Rip Torn), mother Julie (Julie Hagerty), and younger brother Freddy (Eddie Kaye Thomas). Also along for the ride: Marisa Coughlan as Betty, a wheelchair-using rocket scientist. Closer in spirit to Dadaist provocation than anything else at the multiplex in 2001. Mike, Rob, and Heather dig into Green's career, the film's reception, deleted material from the trailer and behind-the-scenes footage, and the question of what Freddy Got Fingered is actually trying to do. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth

People in this episode

Host: Mike

Guests: Rob St. Mary, Heather Drain, Lauren Lloyd

Topics covered

  • comedy
  • film analysis
  • Tom Green
  • Dadaism
  • film reception
  • interviews

Keywords

  • Freddy Got Fingered
  • Tom Green
  • film review
  • comedy month
  • Hollywood
  • animated series
  • Dadaist provocation

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Books & works: Freddy Got Fingered

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