Why the sudden Tommy Wiseau craze?

[andycastaneda]

What prompted Tom to make The Room Tribute? Why the sudden Tommy Wiseau craze?

[AbstractPathologist]

Because the man is FUCKING SEXY!!!!!!

That's why.

[Sekhem]

yeah it's about 7 years too late

[Genocide]

it was probably an inside joke in the NG office.

it would have been better had it not been forced into some kind of meme by this forum.

[Dubbi]

Oh hai, andy.

It's because Tom wanted to increase awareness of the cult classic film, the room.

[zen64]

O hai Andy! How was skool?

[Dubbi]

At 9/16/10 11:55 PM, HecticCircleCrap wrote: because
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/54 7307

But that doesn't answer Andy's first question...

[Urban-Champion]

It came to them one day while tossing a football on the roof of their HQ.

[andycastaneda]

Was it the Nostalgia Critic? Did he start this mess? Well... really it was Obscurus Lupa, but what ever. Was it TGWTG?

[andycastaneda]

At 9/16/10 11:49 PM, MuyBurrito wrote: Oh Hai there, Search Bar!

This is the earliest thread on newgrounds regarding Tommy Wiseau.

[animehater]

At 9/16/10 11:59 PM, andycastaneda wrote: Was it TGWTG?

I blame them! They must all be rounded up and burned at the stake! Except for angry Joe of couse, because his mustache is just too much awesome for anyone to handle.

[andycastaneda]

I'm just gonna say that it was TGWTG, since there is no earlier reference to him on any major site that may affect newgrounds.

[TomFulp]

It has nothing to do with the Nostalgia Critic, the game was in development long before then. We just thought it would be funny to make a game based on it... Liljim changed my icon to Tommy W as a gag after I left for Tokyo Game Show. I'M READY FOR IT TO BE CHANGED BACK, JAMES.

[Ryanson]

At 9/17/10 02:47 AM, TomFulp wrote: It has nothing to do with the Nostalgia Critic, the game was in development long before then. We just thought it would be funny to make a game based on it... Liljim changed my icon to Tommy W as a gag after I left for Tokyo Game Show. I'M READY FOR IT TO BE CHANGED BACK, JAMES.

You are TEARING ME APART, TOM FULP

[The-Great-One]

At 9/17/10 02:47 AM, TomFulp wrote: I'M READY FOR IT TO BE CHANGED BACK, JAMES.

OH HAI TOMMY WISEAU.

[andycastaneda]

At 9/17/10 02:47 AM, TomFulp wrote: It has nothing to do with the Nostalgia Critic, the game was in development long before then. We just thought it would be funny to make a game based on it... Liljim changed my icon to Tommy W as a gag after I left for Tokyo Game Show. I'M READY FOR IT TO BE CHANGED BACK, JAMES.

And what sparked the idea for the game?

[Ryanson]

At 9/17/10 02:57 AM, andycastaneda wrote: And what sparked the idea for the game?

Some movie called "The Room," I think.

[Lintire]

At 9/17/10 02:47 AM, TomFulp wrote: It has nothing to do with the Nostalgia Critic, the game was in development long before then. We just thought it would be funny to make a game based on it... Liljim changed my icon to Tommy W as a gag after I left for Tokyo Game Show. I'M READY FOR IT TO BE CHANGED BACK, JAMES.

Well, I was half right.

After extensive investigation into the matte,r I had surfaced with over nine-thousand opinions of why Newgrounds would make a tribute to a movie that was only ever remembered for how bad it failed at life. Of course, most of these would have to turn out to be incorrect, so I investigated sources from pop culture and old Looney Tunes reruns, sacrificing most of my spare time to crack down on this case.

Most of these uncovered opinions were discarded almost immediately - it was obvious that Tom would never be bribed into such an endeavor, pouring his love and affection into something most peopel would call madness. That was basically half of them of gone - the next one to be discarded was that other Staff Members had pressured him into it. That would never happen to such a strong individual, so that was another lot gone.

Only 1337 remained at this point - most of which consisted of alien rape, conspiracy theories and dates with David Beckham. Those went out the fucking windows, leaving me with two - yes, just the two, theories, these theories being of utmost importance, possibly defining the culture and future of all Newgrounds users to come at any real point in the future. Yes, history may have depended on this, so I resolved to discover the true reason.

The two reasons were, respectively, "For teh lulz" and "Because Tommy Wiseau is a sexy beast". Despite my best reasoning skills I was always caught straight down the prime meridian. I had to rectify that, so using magical pelicans and pet rocks I fused the two together by the power of greyskull - creating a monstrosity of a reason so hideous to it spawned a fetish and can never be uttered out loud.

And that, is why I was half right.

[Fleuve]

At 9/17/10 02:47 AM, TomFulp wrote: It has nothing to do with the Nostalgia Critic, the game was in development long before then. We just thought it would be funny to make a game based on it... Liljim changed my icon to Tommy W as a gag after I left for Tokyo Game Show. I'M READY FOR IT TO BE CHANGED BACK, JAMES.

Haha that hilarious!! Probably forgot to change it back, well Tom better get used to it!!

[walterwagner]

At 9/16/10 11:49 PM, Sekhem wrote: yeah it's about 7 years too late

the movie is terrible its not late at all

[Tony-DarkGrave]

At 9/17/10 02:47 AM, TomFulp wrote: I'M READY FOR IT TO BE CHANGED BACK, JAMES.

YOUR TEARING ME APART.

[assassin1337]

At 9/17/10 02:47 AM, TomFulp wrote: It has nothing to do with the Nostalgia Critic, the game was in development long before then. We just thought it would be funny to make a game based on it... Liljim changed my icon to Tommy W as a gag after I left for Tokyo Game Show. I'M READY FOR IT TO BE CHANGED BACK, JAMES.

O hai Tom! tell liljim that I said "Oh hai liljim"!

[Krbyfan1]

I vaguely recall Adult Swim screened this film (with commercial interruption of course) a few years ago. I caught a few scenes of it and thought to myself "What is this? This is horrible."

But like anything the Internet gets its hands on it spreads like wild fire and now we have this mess on our hands. Expect any related threads to be littered with "Oh hi, _______" and "You're tearing me apart, ______!" responses.

Like good internet drones.

[The-word-destroyer]

At 9/17/10 07:44 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote:

At 9/17/10 02:47 AM, TomFulp wrote: I'M READY FOR IT TO BE CHANGED BACK, JAMES.

YOUR TEARING ME APART.

YOU'RE TEARING ME APART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[beardkiller]

At 9/17/10 02:48 AM, The-Great-One wrote:

At 9/17/10 02:47 AM, TomFulp wrote: I'M READY FOR IT TO BE CHANGED BACK, JAMES.

OH HAI TOMMY WISEAU.

im gonna kill you THE-GREAT-ONE FOR PROBOBLEY HOAXING MEEEE

[andycastaneda]

At 9/18/10 01:13 AM, Tetros wrote: TGWTG actually may not have started it... the Room review was released in mid July, and a big game like The Room Tribute would probably take a little while longer, but I'm not completely sure how long it'd take. So it's possible TGWTG either started it or didn't.

Tom replied and said that it wasn't TGWTG. He is yet to tell us what gave him the idea for a game.

[Vertyx]

At 9/17/10 04:22 PM, Alaska wrote: Hey look, it's level 61!

Make this happen, Fulp.

Make this happen.