Went to a screening in San Diego, Tommy parked illegally and got a ticket. The inside of his car was absolutely filthy. Fans left him love notes on the windshield.
Yeah, Tommy ain’t exactly known for cleanliness. I’ve heard he absolutely reeks and that when Greg moved in, the apartment was filled with months old empty takeaway boxes stinking up the place
Tommy has been both careless and miserly with his money as testified by Sestero, so one thing he likely refuses to spare money for is a maid or house keeper.
@@mrcritical6751checks out with the set Eastern European traumas, tbh. I met him a few times and brought a Polish friend to throw him off with some lines in Polish - he definitely reacted. I clocked him as a deeply and unfortunately closeted gay older Polish man with a series of unresolved traumas. My friend confirmed that lines up with the experiences of men his age who left there and still felt the shackles of the inability to live authentically. I thought that energy really came through in The Room as well, with ostentatiously failed straight energy but plenty of chemistry between him and other male co-stars.
@@mrcritical6751 You know, I know you're right and I think I remember that being in the book, but for some reason I can't help but imagine Tommy Wiseau as having a very sterile, almost robotic living environment lol
Who is Tommy Wiseau? For the blind, He is the vision. For the hungry, He is the chef. For the thirsty, He is the water. If Tommy Wiseau thinks, I agree. If Tommy Wiseau speaks, I’m listening. If Tommy Wiseau has one fan, it is me. If Tommy Wiseau has no fans, I don’t exist.
And I'd pay him if I could to make another movie like The Room. Genius like Tommy should have more delights for his dedicated audience (of whom I'm one forever).
@@Nexowl True dat. Maybe he can't even reproduce it but I like to live in a world where he could create something just as great (in its own stupidity).
I met Tommy YEARS ago BEFORE he was "Wiseau", when he sold bird toys in my local mall. He was very shy and moody. Then, my kids & I went to see a screening & talked to him there. Poor guy. He's a trip.
@@ShadowAngel606 Ok, someone who spends money ridiculously in multiple different cities and owns multiple real-estates, also sold real-estate, lengthened out court proceedings and was required to pay $700,000, and used $6,000,000 in one of the most spotlighted cities in the country to make a freaking movie with him as Star, producer, writer as well as director, I seriously doubt Tommy wouldn’t go unnoticed by the IRS or any sort of legal official. I seriously doubt no one has legally inquired about the origin of his wealth at least once since the late 1970s.
I went to a screening of The Room hosted by Tommy and Greg in London in 2018. During the Q&A, I asked Tommy to do his best animal impression - I wanted to get him to do “cheep cheep cheep.” In addition to cheeps, he gave us a very feline meow, and Greg did a very good lion roar.
I went to the one at the Prince Charles in Feb 2020. Greg wasn't there but Tommy was. He had a very positive message and told us all in the Q&A we could do whatever we want and if we had a dream, 2020 was the year to make it happen; 2020 was gunna be the best year of our lives. Weeks later there were global lockdowns 😂
My film school student friend told me Tommy Wiesau is Polish and that his name is either Tomasz or Wiesław and that he was enrolled to Łodź film school at some point before emigrating to the US. I Couldn't be arsed to actually do my own research into this guy sm for years i just believed that Tommy is just this wierd Polish guy living the American dream
Greg actually talked about that in his book The Disaster Artist. He never outright says it’s Tommy, but it’s heavily implied that it is. Somewhere towards the end, he tells the story of a polish immigrant and his pursuit to get to America to live his dream. Certain things start lining up with Tommy and the Polish immigrant, such as how the polish immigrant was treated terribly while living in France making him hate the French, much like Tommy whenever France is brought up in the book. As far as I know, Greg has never officially revealed any personal info or history of Tommy directly, but his book mentions finding records verifying his age and origins.
I've met Tommy Wiseau in London during a screening. It wasn't widely known he was from Poland. I saw him standing around the merch stand while the movie played - I went up to him and started speaking Polish. He freaked out and was doing that awkward "hahah, you so funny laugh", and kind of brushed me off, and started asking questions in English. Later I had a photo with him, and he started play strangling me, I played along, but I know he was like "oh fuck it's that guy again". xD a fond memory.
@@BaghaShams I think he's clearly uncomfortable about it. The fact is that many Poles fled Poland in the 80s, cos it was a dump. My parent's friends did the same, "went on holiday, never came back", so he might have been illegal. From what I understand he was a denim jeans dealer, cos in Poland, real American denim was much sought after and I think he created a business around that and clothes in general. Despite de-mystifying his background, it's still interesting, I'm very proud of Tommy and that he was able to scrape success somehow.
The strangling part of your story reminds me of a russian friend who did that in a funny way, probably the same way TW did. He is awesome and besides everything I believe him being from New Jersey even though he stated already he is polish. But of course that's just him being nice to the fans. XD
I attended one of the screenings of The Room with Greg Sestero in attendance, and he said that nearly every line of dialogue was looped due to an inexperienced boom mic operator, but Tommy in particular had to redo about 60% of his because he attempted, and failed, to do an American accent. I can also confirm that Greg has copies of the original draft of The Room. Actually, now he uses it as a warm up to the actual movie screening with a table read involving members of the audience. I actually read Tommy's part.
I read a deleted scene as Liza a few years back at a screening! It was great meeting Greg but unfortunately The Man, The Myth, The Demi-god Tommy wasnt there! Got my copy of the disaster artist signed and a blurry selfie, as I downed three red bulls before the screening in honour of our Ragin' Cajun
I had some TW underwear a few years back. It was comfortable but didn't last long. Within a few months it started to fall apart, if I remember correctly.
Yeah I met Tommy Wiseau a couple of times. My first experience with him was just MAGICAL. He showed me his underwear products, his other stuff he has done like the Neighbors, and Room merchandise. I actually bought a Blu-Ray copy of the Room because I needed for my collection and he was happy enough to signed the movie for free. To his credit, he knows how to apprentice his fans. So yeah I had a blast meeting him every time I see him.
When I was stationed in Hawaii, we had another Marine in my unit named “Gunny Ski” He had one of those names that ended in ‘Ski and was super polish. He looked like a short haired, blonde version of younger Tommy and had the EXACT same accent
Yeah, I’m not Eastern European but while his accent might sound weird at first, variations of it are actually pretty common, at least amongst Eastern European people I’ve seen online (although not everyone I’ve seen has it), it’s actually pretty easy to recognise he’s from Eastern Europe once you’re familiar with Slavic accents
@@NicoleBe for Gunny Ski, it was even the cadence, word choice and particular way of placing emphasis on some words. I’m not hating on him, he was a great dude. But there were times he’d say something and all I could think was “I didn’t hit her, is bullshiiid. I did naaaaaht”
around 2000 I belonged to a Frisco bike club that Tommy founded. after rides Tommy would buy a pile of pizzas for the men. this earned him some respect; but not so much warmth from these hot-head, competitive tech guys. Tommy was quiet, discreet, a star outsider in his own power-bro circle. in 2002, with absolute seriousness, Tommy blew my mind - told me he was leaving the biking 'to work on these acting projects'. Tommy is a truly lovely man but . . . a neuro-divergent with more money than he knew what to do with. unfortunately artists can't buy experience. the idea of this neurotic communicating any emotions... it's still delusional today. his acting reads like a moth circling a flame, obsessed with a golden light but frozen by the camera nd its potential to reveal states of mind. but in Tommy's mind he had already suceeeded in every endeavor he tried. As a performer myself i wish all dreamers well. But ... performers need to have something to say besides "To be or not to be- What was the question?" Tragically Tommy could become an exceptional writer if only he'd permit his inherent strengths to become worldly assets. in person he was determined, shy. maybe he developed tough defenses in his post-war communist childhood. BUT in his stories and dreams, where is the past? Where are there any real people? rather there's a projection of bored normality. a deflection clashing with wild paranoia flashes against all types of challengers. his colleagues describe such surreal, emotional isolations. in The Room, strangeness cuts though all. if only this fragile, frozen interior world could suddenly expose its meanings to Tommy, characters might tell tcompelling stories
Gene Siskel sits fidgeting uncomfortably in his chair. He can feel the anticipation in the air in the people around him. He gulps and thinks to myself "My god is this what film has come to?" The man on the screen 100 feet high pets a dog and say's "Hi Doggie!" The crowd jubilantly cheers around him as a single tear rolls down his cheek.
@@grizzlydino Tommy ,(or Charlie as he likes to be called) has plenty of experience managing a bunch of crazy tenants in a building. It's that guy, Ricky Rick, who can't handle the job. 😬
As somebody that has watched the room over 100 times, the neighbours... 3 because it's mental.... i have done my own thorough research on the guy, i must say that this video is absolute superb. The research is extremely thorough and top tier( i even found out things i didn't know), the presentation is perfect. This is literally a video to be archived for the community, thank you for making it. P.S. i downloaded the video because i'm certain tommy will take it down.
One of the most interesting theories I've yet heard, though unsupported by any proper hard evidence, is that Wiseau was at one time a prostitute before leaving Europe for the USA, and that Caffrey (and perhaps this Eli fellow?) was a wealthy gay man that he had endeared himself to with his experience. Some also think he may have gotten involved with Chloe Lietzke in a similar manner. Again, no proper hard evidence, but there are a few things that make me think it's not a totally ridiculous idea: - Wiseau once telling Sestero that being a prostitute is 'not all it's cracked up to be' - An old IMDB forum post exists alleging Caffrey was a known affluent gay man who had left his family in LA to move to San Francisco. - San Francisco itself has long had a reputation of being a city with a big gay community. - Tommy's alleged business partner died of AIDs, not a for-sure sign of being gay but it's within possibility. - Before The Room's release, Lietzke's family sued Wiseau for misusing funds given to him by her, seemingly used for the movie's production, but Chloe herself seemed to be absent from the lawsuit and a wheelchair-bound woman matching her description attended the film's premiere. Her credit on the film as a producer may have been due to contributing these funds. - Most of Wiseau's favourite films are the sort of old-Hollywood stone cold classics you'd expect may have inspired a young Polish cinephile to illegally emigrate across the iron curtain, but inexplicably Wiseau also declared the critically-panned 2002 film 'Sonny' to be one of his favourites, a film about a young man coming home from the army who has to go back to his old job as a gigolo in order to get by as he has no other viable job opportunities. - Wiseau was beaten up by cops in France before he left for the USA, and police brutality against an undocumented prostitute in the 70s is well within the realm of possible causes. - The folks behind Room Full of Spoons said that they managed to find personal/unflattering information about Wiseau that they felt would be wrong to include in their doc. Again, all just stuff that points to possibility, nothing that would confirm it, but it's interesting to think about as just that, a possibility.
Alot of what u say is very much what could be...as soon as I heard a wealthy gentleman in s.f. helping wiseau I immediately thought sugar daddy, for lack of a better word. Makes sense for all the mystery surrounding mr wiseau.
@@NatBKyiv …Also would answer questions about his obsession with making men’s underwear or how he uses his belts to accentuate his butt. I mean he could still be straight, but regardless of his sexuality, a life like that is gonna mess a guy up no matter what side he’s on.
wow, it would actually explain alot of the questions surrounding the mystery of Tommy; It would explain where the initial money came from. It explains the subtle homoerotic undertones of Tommy and Gregs friendship as expressed in the book. And also why Tommy is so protective of his private life to the utmost extreme(because he might still feel enormous shame for this part in his life and would never want to confront it willingly.
My dad's cousin worked on this movie and we've been instructed by his mom to never ever bring it up with him ever. It kills me inside since I love the story behind the movie and I have sooooo many questions to ask him.
@@signoguns8501 apparently a mix between the production being a disaster and also the fact his ex-wife worked on the movie with him. i'll never know for sure 😪
Honestly I can’t blame anybody for not wanting to talk about working on this film. It was hell for everyone involved and Tommy was incredibly abusive to his crew
It's really cool how much he loves America, I never knew about that him! I wish more native born Americans were that grateful of how great this country at!
MY client Tommy Wiseau and his amazing controversial film The Room, has been one of the highlights of my career. Our successful conversion of the Room from the garbage pail after the disastrous premiere in LA, to over 21 years of the phenomena --has been a huge feather in our cap and thanks to Tommy, allowing me to do this, and for James Franco using me as a consultant to "The Disaster Artist" (I am portrayed in that film) made my film and book PR company, one of the most successful in Hollywood. Still hard to fathom.... Edward Lozzi
I knew quite a bit of the content this video delved into, but to see it all put together and made into a compelling video essay was a major treat. Superb job here.
I lived in the San Fernando Valley in the early 2010s and I regret not going to see The Room when Tommy was showing it in a small theatre in North Hollywood...I remember walking by the theatre with my roommate one day and he said "Dude we have to see this movie sometime. Its so bad, that its good."
My eastern European friend had a theory that he was born to Communists in the Soviet Union. members of the Communist party made bank on turning in non-members, so he'd have inherited that lot. As American culture was banned in the Soviet Union, it would have been a mysterious other. After either escaping the SU or after it fell, of course he'd head to the place he wasn't allowed to know anything about, and of course seeing that the USA is extremely different than the SUit makes sence he's become enamoured with it. It also makes sense that he wouldn't want anyone to know about his family and how he got the money - it wasn't honorable and there's an anti-Communist stigma in the US.
your Eastern European friend doesn't know his own history. communist party members were dirt poor. The head of state had a salary of something like 750 dollars a month. they only rich by selling out their own countries after 1991. Tommy came to US in the early 80. So he wouldn't have any money.
I agree with this. I find it highly implausible that Tommy Wiseau could be so blatantly inept and incompetent at everything he does and yet somehow still end up a self-made millionaire at such a relatively young age.
It's one of the theories, there's a comment out there that he inherited a great ammount of money from a rich guy by being a gigolo, yes it's absurd but it kinda resonates with your theory
Despite the fact that there are a number of stories of Wiesau being poor in some Eastern European country and making his fortune in the United States, I have it in my head canon that he was part of some uber wealthy family that sent him away with a massive fortune because they didn’t want to deal with him anymore and he made up this cock and bull story about making it big in the states to make it seem less embarrassing when people asked how he got so much money to spend.
A story thrown around is that he was a disgraced, incompetent Bulgarian prince or member of the Bulgarian Royalty sent to live with Polish family to the USA in order for them to have him under the radar (or rather under wraps?) but he ran away from these relatives and used his wealth to flaunt it around and do his will with it all. They wanted no bad press since of course many of these Royal houses fell after WWII, revolutions/democratic rebellions or after soviet governments took over Eastern Europe, these families were persecuted and worked hard to keep their some of their prestige and fortune (fortunes which the empoverished peoples were not happy about), so of course they were having none of Tommy's delusions of grandeur and wishes of fame and fortune. You can also use other European Royal houses as you please and change the story around. Maybe not true, but fun to think about it.
The car accident bit is interesting. I think it's highly possible that the way he behaves could be due to a brain injury. He seems to have a lot of the same symptoms that people who suffer traumatic brain injuries have. Look at someone like Gary Busey. This also possibly explains how he got his wealth. Maybe he was once a very intelligent and level headed person and the accident just scrambled his brains. And after the accident he lost all impulse control as well as other things.
You may be onto something there: it wouldn't surprise me if most of his weird behaviour came from brain damage. I'm not buying those two "car accident stories", however. Especially the second one: the accident where Tommy forced open the door of a car sinking into a lake with him and other people inside. 🙄🙄
Yeah, this would explain the accent as well. There is such a thing as the Foreign-accent syndrome, where someone starts to speak with a random accent after a brain injury. I do believe he is originally from Europe nonetheless, but his accent does sound a bit like someone who suffered a brain injury.
This is such an amazing look at a man who makes sure his personal life is as private as it can get. I’ve read The Disaster Artist and seen as many interviews with Tommy and Greg as possible, so this 90+ minute documentary is really good at putting everything together in one place for all to see. Thank you for the video man, keep up the great work and take care!
I ordered a Blu ray copy, asked him to sign on Twitter. I was sent a DVD copy instead. The DVD didn't work, but it had a sweet message written on it. Happy with my purchase.
Hi, I stumbled on your channel by chance, and I watched your piece on Tiny Tim yesterday, and on Tommy Wiseau today - I am amazed by the quality of your videos. Best wishes and keep up the good work!
Went from not even knowing who this guy is by any means to appreciating him for the love of his craft, and then slightly disliking him because of how abysmal it is to even compare one of his projects to great films. Thank you for the great video
Part of me wants to believe that The Room is actually *the* true story of Tommy's life before coming to America and he tried to change parts of it to be American. The other part just wants believe he's an alien.
Pretty clear. Especially the bit when he's talking about how he met Lisa. It's more coherent, and real than anything else in the film by a lot. Like it comes straight from his own life.
I'd say The Room's script reflects Tommy's dark mental state at the time; he stars as the ideal person he sees himself as (or wishes he were) in real life: Johnny is this good, loving man who's so giving to everyone he cares about, with the movie constantly reminding us what a great guy he is. Call it victim/persecution complex, or plain narcissism, but the guy genuinely thinks people don't deserve him.
@@CoolGobyFish "real" journalists found his relatives and testimonies, e.g. from school, there are a lot of materials about him in the Polish media on Polish TH-cam, I thought it was a known fact that the guy comes from the Poznań area
Tommy Wiseau is aggresively american the same way my polish american uncles are. i feel like english speakers why try to find out more about his early life underestimate the language barrier and seem to have little interest in understanding the historical context. it's sadly not that rare for a polish immigrant to try to conceal they are polish, from covering up their accent to creating a fake life story about being originally from western europe and having zero ties to Poland. considering only Nietzsche ever lied about being part-polish... it's really a very interesting stuff to look into. Wiseau is from the generation born after war to often ptsd-stricken parents...
DNA testing is more statistical than definitive. You couldn't guarantee any sort of accuracy. Until Tommy tells us, or somebody finds his birth certificate, we're just not gonna know. But that's OK. Nobody cares where most famous people are from. It's only a mystery because he refuses to tell us. If it were no longer a mystery, it wouldn't be interesting at all. "He's Polish? Oh yeah makes sense, explains the accent I suppose, now why does he think he can act?"
He's "from New Orleans", age can not be determined, no one knows how he became so wealthy, dresses weird, and has strange mannerisms...maybe he is like he says about his character in The Room. "Maybe he is vampire." Edit: If he did make the character a vampire with a flying car. (Yes that's right...flying car.) "I did not bit her, it's not true. It's bullshit! I did not bit her. I did naaahhht! Oh bite mark."
I think I met a Tommy alternative myself, I used to work with an Italian guy on a feature movie. Budget was always a mystery but was always afraid everything is too expensive, he wanted neo noir with robots and business buildings, it was an action drama about a guy from Eastern Europe who wants to live in America, there was like a 4-way love thing with his boss, his boss' wife and some mistress and he is in the middle of it. He wanted fancy 80s cars with Japanese ones from 2010s in one shot, he wrote the script, directs it and stars in it. Locations were basic corners in the city and all of the sudden he wanted some expensive business building from the inside just because how it looked from the outside (even though no exterior was planned). He wanted a plane in the shot, I told him about the price, he said "no problem I would add it in 3d". He planned to work on the whole post production on himself. He brought cameras and lights himself from Italy to Bulgaria (where we film). He wanted to sell his films on festivals so he added men dressed as women to show inclusivity in the whole thing so he can get selected. All of the women needed to be at least cup D to fill his expectations. Nobody knew his age, all I knew is that he sold this house to film this. He brought dresses and costumes from some shops from Italy without even casting the actresses yet.. And it was his second movie ever. The first one was completely the same just filmed in NY (really). I can have more clear communication with Tommy than this weird weird guy who was obsessed to play an Eastern European.
I live the room more than other movie. I met Greg Sestero randomly while I was walking down the street, I was like “omg you’re Greg sestero” he was very nice, the interaction was a little awkward but it was like meeting a friend that you haven’t seen in a while and you’re trying to figure out what to talk about. I asked about his current project, and then he bounced. I would love to meet Tommy, he seems like…a very nice New Orleans man
Tommy is the reason why I believe in aliens. He's an alien in a man suit who is a huge fan of human movies and then decided to come to earth to make one after watching a bunch. He thinks thats just how humans act. Also he got the money by selling parts of his spaceship to the government.
only one thing is for sure: the room is quite literally that sitcom joke of the main character writing a terrible screenplay after a bad breakup about “the most perfect angel of a man in the world (obvious self insert for the shlubby comedic asshole main character) getting his heart ripped out for no reason by a backstabbing scorpion of a -fiancée- future wife, and he got so sad he killed himself”, except they actually make it and blow $6,000,000 on it.
watched your video on Marco Pierre White, which was amazing! And this one is so good as well! Love these kind of videos! Please continue making these kind of long documentary videos!
Neil Breen is the only man out there who could give Tommy a run for his money. The Breen's brains need to be studied after he's gone: "Who am I? What am I?" Neil is a lot of things: a Mercenary and secret agent, an "alien Jesus", a magical hacker, a time-travelling A.I. and a Super-Humanoid. But ,most of all, he's a man who'll eradicate corruption anywhere it's found.
Everything you mention about The Neighbors is extremely funny and awesome. You can simply put it on and enjoy the bizarre, surreal awfulness for what it is. It's like a fever dream. People saying that "it doesn't work like The Room does" simply means that they're deciding to view it as less enjoyable, which is pretty dumb if you ask me.
I'm saying! I just scrolled up to it, saw the title and runtime and clicked then I started scrolling and I am very excited to dig into the rest of his stuff
My theory: Tommy is homosexual, and was left some money by a deceased lover that he invested in real estate. He glommed on to Sestero because he was attracted to him. Although a notorious cheapskate, he bought Sestero a car, gave him a place to stay that he then moved into, and even lashed out at some women who were flirting with him. Oh, and then there's the time that he asked Sestero if he had any special requirements before going to bed. Confused, Greg said no, and then Tommy called him a chicken and made bawk bawk noises from his room. At the very least, women don't seem to be of interest to him.
I went to the premier screening of Big Shark in Canada and while I believe Tommy was in person for most, if not every screening of Big Shark in the US, Greg Sestero was the one to show up in Canada(despite not actually being in the movie). This is completely unfounded but I personally believe Tommy didn’t show because the screening took place in Ottawa and his vendetta against the “Room full of Spoons” team is so thick that he refuses to step foot in that city.
I only discovered the room and tommy in general through youtube shorts this past week, This is exactly the kind of video i was hoping for lol. Instant sub. Also your other videos seem really cool to. Or right up My ally at least lol.
Went to a screening in San Diego, Tommy parked illegally and got a ticket. The inside of his car was absolutely filthy. Fans left him love notes on the windshield.
Yeah, Tommy ain’t exactly known for cleanliness. I’ve heard he absolutely reeks and that when Greg moved in, the apartment was filled with months old empty takeaway boxes stinking up the place
Tommy has been both careless and miserly with his money as testified by Sestero, so one thing he likely refuses to spare money for is a maid or house keeper.
@@mrcritical6751checks out with the set Eastern European traumas, tbh. I met him a few times and brought a Polish friend to throw him off with some lines in Polish - he definitely reacted. I clocked him as a deeply and unfortunately closeted gay older Polish man with a series of unresolved traumas. My friend confirmed that lines up with the experiences of men his age who left there and still felt the shackles of the inability to live authentically. I thought that energy really came through in The Room as well, with ostentatiously failed straight energy but plenty of chemistry between him and other male co-stars.
@@mrcritical6751 You know, I know you're right and I think I remember that being in the book, but for some reason I can't help but imagine Tommy Wiseau as having a very sterile, almost robotic living environment lol
@@Y-two-K nah, my image is just a horrible wasteland where his stringy hair is stuck to everything. He does not give me the vibe of a tidy man
Who is Tommy Wiseau? For the blind, He is the vision. For the hungry, He is the chef. For the thirsty, He is the water. If Tommy Wiseau thinks, I agree. If Tommy Wiseau speaks, I’m listening. If Tommy Wiseau has one fan, it is me. If Tommy Wiseau has no fans, I don’t exist.
And I'd pay him if I could to make another movie like The Room. Genius like Tommy should have more delights for his dedicated audience (of whom I'm one forever).
@@A_Ducky I'm pretty sure you can't force the unintentional humor The Room has.
@@A_Duckygenius?
@@selinakyle2368
Yes, absolute genius! You don't think so? Well... people will disagree but The Room is there forever.
@@Nexowl
True dat. Maybe he can't even reproduce it but I like to live in a world where he could create something just as great (in its own stupidity).
Tommy wasn't born, he just appeared
He hatched
Came here to say he hatched someone already beat me to it.
It's a cover-up
spawned*
@@billespy2183
It's cinema that was invented for him.
I bet he was behind the development of both silent and sound filmmaking. 😁
My favorite theory is that Tommy wiseau is actually plane hijacker D.B Cooper
If so he isn’t a smart criminal for being so out in the open and throwing his money around everywhere.
@@whoknowswhocares885really? Nobody arrested him yet
@@whoknowswhocares885 Hiding in plain sight is usually not a dumb thing to do.
I met Tommy YEARS ago BEFORE he was "Wiseau", when he sold bird toys in my local mall.
He was very shy and moody.
Then, my kids & I went to see a screening & talked to him there.
Poor guy. He's a trip.
@@ShadowAngel606
Ok, someone who spends money ridiculously in multiple different cities and owns multiple real-estates, also sold real-estate, lengthened out court proceedings and was required to pay $700,000, and used $6,000,000 in one of the most spotlighted cities in the country to make a freaking movie with him as Star, producer, writer as well as director, I seriously doubt Tommy wouldn’t go unnoticed by the IRS or any sort of legal official. I seriously doubt no one has legally inquired about the origin of his wealth at least once since the late 1970s.
I love how as he gets older his pants get lower and the belts more plentiful.
The Nomura Metamorphosis
@@Big_Man_EnjoyerKH? Lol
@@Big_Man_Enjoyer that actually made me laugh out loud, thanks.
tbh Tommy does seem like the kind of guy who unironically loves KH and the character designs
He is a Guilty Gear character
I truly hope Tommy fully opens up when he’s old, I just really wanna know more about him. He’s such an enigma.
@@J.U.N.K.official Tommy was born 3 October 1955 and is (age 68 years), He is from Poznań, Poland
@@J.U.N.K.official ? that is fact...... this information came from his actual legal documentation..
@@J.U.N.K.official his birth name is Tomasz Wieczorkiewicz
I verify @@michaelhawkins7389
He is close to being an idiot - good taste boltdolt
Ahahaha, what a story Hugo!
What..makes..you…..saydat?
You got me cackling loud at 3AM.
It seems to me like he's an EXPERT
So Hugo hows your sex life?
TH-cam is asking me if it wants to translate that into english and that's just the best.
I went to a screening of The Room hosted by Tommy and Greg in London in 2018.
During the Q&A, I asked Tommy to do his best animal impression - I wanted to get him to do “cheep cheep cheep.” In addition to cheeps, he gave us a very feline meow, and Greg did a very good lion roar.
Furry arc when?
Meow
I went to the one at the Prince Charles in Feb 2020. Greg wasn't there but Tommy was. He had a very positive message and told us all in the Q&A we could do whatever we want and if we had a dream, 2020 was the year to make it happen; 2020 was gunna be the best year of our lives. Weeks later there were global lockdowns 😂
I wanna see a cop buddy movie with Schwarzenegger and Wiseau on primary roles.
It’s gonna be completely unintelligeble, no words will be understood
@@thomasulrich3107 Exactly. Ain't that cool?
@@royjonesjrjr6396 I suppose it will
Yes, this
All Versions will have Subtitles.
He is obviously 156 years old and from Romania
Wiseaula
Suddenly his proposed subplot for The Room about Johnny being revealed to be a Vampire in a flying car makes sense!
straight outta suceava
My god, we've all invited him into our homes
No he’s a Polish guy who’s ashamed of being Polish. And faked being American to make it but ended up getting his shine stolen by James Franco.
My film school student friend told me Tommy Wiesau is Polish and that his name is either Tomasz or Wiesław and that he was enrolled to Łodź film school at some point before emigrating to the US.
I Couldn't be arsed to actually do my own research into this guy sm for years i just believed that Tommy is just this wierd Polish guy living the American dream
wait tommy isnt a weird polish guy living the american dream??? i knew it hes an alien, hes in fact me
Polish people need to have a genre of history all to themselves, they are all so weird yet great 😂
I so want him to acknowledge his Polish origin. Chopin and Tommy - they deserve them both
Greg actually talked about that in his book The Disaster Artist. He never outright says it’s Tommy, but it’s heavily implied that it is.
Somewhere towards the end, he tells the story of a polish immigrant and his pursuit to get to America to live his dream. Certain things start lining up with Tommy and the Polish immigrant, such as how the polish immigrant was treated terribly while living in France making him hate the French, much like Tommy whenever France is brought up in the book.
As far as I know, Greg has never officially revealed any personal info or history of Tommy directly, but his book mentions finding records verifying his age and origins.
He is polish but I don’t think he went to film school, also, his last name is Wieczorkiewicz
Of course, Tommy is European, he radiates a huge Eurovision energy
100%!!
Wow no way really
Yup. Typical Polish guy.
Lowkey Europe is fulltime eurovision
Polish would make sense fir his bonestructure... the accent sounds like braindamage@@SlavicRusa
I've met Tommy Wiseau in London during a screening. It wasn't widely known he was from Poland. I saw him standing around the merch stand while the movie played - I went up to him and started speaking Polish. He freaked out and was doing that awkward "hahah, you so funny laugh", and kind of brushed me off, and started asking questions in English. Later I had a photo with him, and he started play strangling me, I played along, but I know he was like "oh fuck it's that guy again". xD a fond memory.
😂😂😂 That's awesome.
I'm very glad you did this, sleuths figured out a while ago that he's Polish and I've always hoped someone would bring it up with him!
@@BaghaShams I think he's clearly uncomfortable about it. The fact is that many Poles fled Poland in the 80s, cos it was a dump. My parent's friends did the same, "went on holiday, never came back", so he might have been illegal. From what I understand he was a denim jeans dealer, cos in Poland, real American denim was much sought after and I think he created a business around that and clothes in general. Despite de-mystifying his background, it's still interesting, I'm very proud of Tommy and that he was able to scrape success somehow.
The strangling part of your story reminds me of a russian friend who did that in a funny way, probably the same way TW did. He is awesome and besides everything I believe him being from New Jersey even though he stated already he is polish. But of course that's just him being nice to the fans. XD
You were close to death, mate.
For a second there, Tommy was considering burrying you with his secrets.
"I'm originally from Europe, but now I'm from America like everyone else."
He's wild for that XD
We're all living in America (c) Rammstein
The American dream
I attended one of the screenings of The Room with Greg Sestero in attendance, and he said that nearly every line of dialogue was looped due to an inexperienced boom mic operator, but Tommy in particular had to redo about 60% of his because he attempted, and failed, to do an American accent.
I can also confirm that Greg has copies of the original draft of The Room. Actually, now he uses it as a warm up to the actual movie screening with a table read involving members of the audience. I actually read Tommy's part.
That’s awesome
The fact that I will never get to hear that failed american accent
i kno im dead:(.@@ciupenhauer
I read a deleted scene as Liza a few years back at a screening! It was great meeting Greg but unfortunately The Man, The Myth, The Demi-god Tommy wasnt there! Got my copy of the disaster artist signed and a blurry selfie, as I downed three red bulls before the screening in honour of our Ragin' Cajun
"Denny" in "The Room" is young Tommy. He was a small drug dealer taken in by a legit businessman who died and left the business to Tommy.
Whaaaat
You know.. that sounds very plausible lol
that fits pretty well.
@@Eric-10101I don't know man. Considering how Tommy is I don't think he'd be a good drug dealer. He'd get pinched in like an hour.
Tommy sells branded underwear? Welp, now I know what I'm getting my fiance for Christmas.
I’m asking for them BY NAME
Better order them now, lol.
Amusingly I've known about the underwear for awhile because it was advertised at the first showing of The Room a friend and I went to back in 2019
I had some TW underwear a few years back. It was comfortable but didn't last long. Within a few months it started to fall apart, if I remember correctly.
@swampdonkey4919 Is your name Lisa?
Tommy really needs to write, direct and star in the Elon Musk Biopic
Unironically
i’d watch that
This is actually … kinda genius. I would happily screenwrite that.
He would be electric. Pun intended.
I didn't realize how desperately I want this.
Yeah I met Tommy Wiseau a couple of times. My first experience with him was just MAGICAL. He showed me his underwear products, his other stuff he has done like the Neighbors, and Room merchandise. I actually bought a Blu-Ray copy of the Room because I needed for my collection and he was happy enough to signed the movie for free. To his credit, he knows how to apprentice his fans. So yeah I had a blast meeting him every time I see him.
Saw Big Shark last weekend.
Its definitely a Wiseau film through and through.
Tommy walked so Neil Breen could run. Truly a visionary pioneer.
P.S: Oh hai Mark
I just looked Neil breen up. I'm confused......
@@ewetn1 how so? I just looked too and is right there. In front of your eyes.. the similarities
"DR Hugo hasn't posted in a while, maybe something has happ... A CINEMATIC, EPIC ESSAY ON TOMMY WISEAU LET'S GOOO"
Let us awaaaaay!
lol
When I was stationed in Hawaii, we had another Marine in my unit named “Gunny Ski”
He had one of those names that ended in ‘Ski and was super polish.
He looked like a short haired, blonde version of younger Tommy and had the EXACT same accent
Yeah, I’m not Eastern European but while his accent might sound weird at first, variations of it are actually pretty common, at least amongst Eastern European people I’ve seen online (although not everyone I’ve seen has it), it’s actually pretty easy to recognise he’s from Eastern Europe once you’re familiar with Slavic accents
@@NicoleBe for Gunny Ski, it was even the cadence, word choice and particular way of placing emphasis on some words. I’m not hating on him, he was a great dude. But there were times he’d say something and all I could think was “I didn’t hit her, is bullshiiid. I did naaaaaht”
Guys, as a Pole I can assure you with 100% certainty, Tommy is/was Polish. A few very characteristic things give him away.
@@ZOIMIBiIE Tommy was born 3 October 1955 and is (age 68 years), He is from Poznań, Poland
@@middle-agedclimber Tommy was born 3 October 1955 and is (age 68 years), He is from Poznań, Poland
Just when I thought “this video was awesome I’m sure it’s ending”
I look and there’s a whole hour left
That literally just happened to me, haha.
Ahahaha your comment just made me realize it's over an hour, but I'm here for it! Love Tommy's work.
around 2000 I belonged to a Frisco bike club that Tommy founded. after rides Tommy would buy a pile of pizzas for the men. this earned him some respect; but not so much warmth from these hot-head, competitive tech guys. Tommy was quiet, discreet, a star outsider in his own power-bro circle. in 2002, with absolute seriousness, Tommy blew my mind - told me he was leaving the biking 'to work on these acting projects'. Tommy is a truly lovely man but . . . a neuro-divergent with more money than he knew what to do with. unfortunately artists can't buy experience. the idea of this neurotic communicating any emotions... it's still delusional today. his acting reads like a moth circling a flame, obsessed with a golden light but frozen by the camera nd its potential to reveal states of mind.
but in Tommy's mind he had already suceeeded in every endeavor he tried. As a performer myself i wish all dreamers well. But ... performers need to have something to say besides "To be or not to be- What was the question?"
Tragically Tommy could become an exceptional writer if only he'd permit his inherent strengths to become worldly assets. in person he was determined, shy. maybe he developed tough defenses in his post-war communist childhood. BUT in his stories and dreams, where is the past? Where are there any real people? rather there's a projection of bored normality. a deflection clashing with wild paranoia flashes against all types of challengers. his colleagues describe such surreal, emotional isolations. in The Room, strangeness cuts though all. if only this fragile, frozen interior world could suddenly expose its meanings to Tommy, characters might tell tcompelling stories
Thank god the algorithm knows I love Tommy Wiseau, I will grab my popcorn and watch this with my full attention
I love that he forgot to send you the Bluray... its just too perfect.
Tommy Wiseau always looks like he just got out of the shower after staying awake all night
Gold mate 👌
Or suffered brain damage (no joke)
Gene Siskel sits fidgeting uncomfortably in his chair. He can feel the anticipation in the air in the people around him. He gulps and thinks to myself "My god is this what film has come to?" The man on the screen 100 feet high pets a dog and say's "Hi Doggie!" The crowd jubilantly cheers around him as a single tear rolls down his cheek.
Having Tommy as a landlord is genuinely terrifying...
Unless you're his favourite tenant
"My water heater broke" "hahaha"
Imagine getting yelled by Tommy cause you’re late on rent.
@@grizzlydino
Tommy ,(or Charlie as he likes to be called) has plenty of experience managing a bunch of crazy tenants in a building.
It's that guy, Ricky Rick, who can't handle the job. 😬
@@MrK3V1NR "That's not true, it's bullshit. Oh hai Mark."
This feels like one of those channels that will suddenly go from having 1.7K subscribers to having a million subscribers. Great stuff.
12k now, but he honestly deserves more
As somebody that has watched the room over 100 times, the neighbours... 3 because it's mental.... i have done my own thorough research on the guy, i must say that this video is absolute superb. The research is extremely thorough and top tier( i even found out things i didn't know), the presentation is perfect.
This is literally a video to be archived for the community, thank you for making it.
P.S. i downloaded the video because i'm certain tommy will take it down.
"Move on, next question." is a brain worm for me.
Same, and likely a new phrase I'll be using.
haha move on next question
It's highly versatile and efficient
Its honestly wholesome how he went unappreciated for so long then all of a sudden you can't live without seeing The Room.
Listening to this while decorating my son's room. Great listen, thank you
One of the most interesting theories I've yet heard, though unsupported by any proper hard evidence, is that Wiseau was at one time a prostitute before leaving Europe for the USA, and that Caffrey (and perhaps this Eli fellow?) was a wealthy gay man that he had endeared himself to with his experience. Some also think he may have gotten involved with Chloe Lietzke in a similar manner. Again, no proper hard evidence, but there are a few things that make me think it's not a totally ridiculous idea:
- Wiseau once telling Sestero that being a prostitute is 'not all it's cracked up to be'
- An old IMDB forum post exists alleging Caffrey was a known affluent gay man who had left his family in LA to move to San Francisco.
- San Francisco itself has long had a reputation of being a city with a big gay community.
- Tommy's alleged business partner died of AIDs, not a for-sure sign of being gay but it's within possibility.
- Before The Room's release, Lietzke's family sued Wiseau for misusing funds given to him by her, seemingly used for the movie's production, but Chloe herself seemed to be absent from the lawsuit and a wheelchair-bound woman matching her description attended the film's premiere. Her credit on the film as a producer may have been due to contributing these funds.
- Most of Wiseau's favourite films are the sort of old-Hollywood stone cold classics you'd expect may have inspired a young Polish cinephile to illegally emigrate across the iron curtain, but inexplicably Wiseau also declared the critically-panned 2002 film 'Sonny' to be one of his favourites, a film about a young man coming home from the army who has to go back to his old job as a gigolo in order to get by as he has no other viable job opportunities.
- Wiseau was beaten up by cops in France before he left for the USA, and police brutality against an undocumented prostitute in the 70s is well within the realm of possible causes.
- The folks behind Room Full of Spoons said that they managed to find personal/unflattering information about Wiseau that they felt would be wrong to include in their doc.
Again, all just stuff that points to possibility, nothing that would confirm it, but it's interesting to think about as just that, a possibility.
Alot of what u say is very much what could be...as soon as I heard a wealthy gentleman in s.f. helping wiseau I immediately thought sugar daddy, for lack of a better word.
Makes sense for all the mystery surrounding mr wiseau.
I believe the theory is that he was human trafficked from the Eastern Block before it fell.
Now that would answer the question about belly button sex scene 😂
@@NatBKyiv …Also would answer questions about his obsession with making men’s underwear or how he uses his belts to accentuate his butt.
I mean he could still be straight, but regardless of his sexuality, a life like that is gonna mess a guy up no matter what side he’s on.
wow, it would actually explain alot of the questions surrounding the mystery of Tommy; It would explain where the initial money came from. It explains the subtle homoerotic undertones of Tommy and Gregs friendship as expressed in the book. And also why Tommy is so protective of his private life to the utmost extreme(because he might still feel enormous shame for this part in his life and would never want to confront it willingly.
My dad's cousin worked on this movie and we've been instructed by his mom to never ever bring it up with him ever. It kills me inside since I love the story behind the movie and I have sooooo many questions to ask him.
Why cant you bring it up? Is he embarrassed about it or something? Seems a bit extreme lol
@@signoguns8501Presumably due to stress/anger from dealing with Wiseau.
@@signoguns8501 apparently a mix between the production being a disaster and also the fact his ex-wife worked on the movie with him. i'll never know for sure 😪
@@alexbaker2494 that just makes the situation even more intriguing lol. I feel for you, buddy
Honestly I can’t blame anybody for not wanting to talk about working on this film. It was hell for everyone involved and Tommy was incredibly abusive to his crew
Excellent document, was not expecting to find such a thorough one by accident.
Tommy kind of did a Streisand Effect on Room Full of Spoons imo
I mean, it's still not.
He sure did
20min in and this is some SOLID fucking research, dude. speaking as someone who has a pic with tommy at a screenin back in like 2010. love ya~*
😊 Is this entire comment section a joke? It's clear the video is. You can find all of this info in seconds.
Yg
@@J.C...thanks “Yg” 😂
Great upload. And I love Lisa so much.
I cant wait for Tommy to take this down, great video
What a story Mark!
Tommy watching this:
"How can he say all this about me? I show him! I sue! 😡😠"
Tommy is a modern day Jay Gatsby
They always ask "Who is Tommy Wiseau?", but nobody asks "How is Tommy Wiseau?".
Move on next question. 😎
@Istuckmyheaddownthetoilet when is Tommy Wiseau? I had to finish it
How is it possible that Tommy Wiseau?
I'll do you one better; _what_ is Tommy Wiseau?
@@vee-bee-amaybe Tommy is vampire?
It's really cool how much he loves America, I never knew about that him! I wish more native born Americans were that grateful of how great this country at!
MY client Tommy Wiseau and his amazing controversial film The Room, has been one of the highlights of my career. Our successful conversion of the Room from the garbage pail after the disastrous premiere in LA, to over 21 years of the phenomena --has been a huge feather in our cap and thanks to Tommy, allowing me to do this, and for James Franco using me as a consultant to "The Disaster Artist" (I am portrayed in that film) made my film and book PR company, one of the most successful in Hollywood. Still hard to fathom.... Edward Lozzi
As a native New Orleanian, I instantly was brought back to my roots when I heard Tommy speak. 😂
I knew quite a bit of the content this video delved into, but to see it all put together and made into a compelling video essay was a major treat. Superb job here.
Wait, Tommy Wiseau is a landlord, Neil Breen is an architect, and they both produce classic movies!! IT'S ALL CONNECTED!!
5:09 "You buy a building and you sell it" is the most Wiseau answer ever 😂
He's like a more self-aware Corey Feldman.
Great laugh
I lived in the San Fernando Valley in the early 2010s and I regret not going to see The Room when Tommy was showing it in a small theatre in North Hollywood...I remember walking by the theatre with my roommate one day and he said "Dude we have to see this movie sometime. Its so bad, that its good."
Tommys pale tone and unusual accent leades me to believe he's more likely to be from romainia.
I thought that this was a settled matter and that it'd been determined that he was born in Poland.
@@halfsourlizard9319 They're making a Vampire joke.
No wonder he has a thing for vampires...
He even jokes about being one in "the disaster artist" book
Maybe Tommy IS vampire?
I think he’s from Transylvania ⚰️
1:05:26 Ah yes, the six human races: Black, Chinese, White, This, That and Chicken.
Suvin saygol
i like chicken
Didn't you know the chicken is Tommy's spirit animal? They must understand life just as well as he does.
@@MrJamaigar I did naaahhht.
@@PsychoSavager289
Hahahhaha, the barbecue chicken was delicious rice, that was cool. 😁
You guys wanna eat something?
My eastern European friend had a theory that he was born to Communists in the Soviet Union. members of the Communist party made bank on turning in non-members, so he'd have inherited that lot. As American culture was banned in the Soviet Union, it would have been a mysterious other. After either escaping the SU or after it fell, of course he'd head to the place he wasn't allowed to know anything about, and of course seeing that the USA is extremely different than the SUit makes sence he's become enamoured with it. It also makes sense that he wouldn't want anyone to know about his family and how he got the money - it wasn't honorable and there's an anti-Communist stigma in the US.
your Eastern European friend doesn't know his own history. communist party members were dirt poor. The head of state had a salary of something like 750 dollars a month. they only rich by selling out their own countries after 1991. Tommy came to US in the early 80. So he wouldn't have any money.
I agree with this. I find it highly implausible that Tommy Wiseau could be so blatantly inept and incompetent at everything he does and yet somehow still end up a self-made millionaire at such a relatively young age.
It's one of the theories, there's a comment out there that he inherited a great ammount of money from a rich guy by being a gigolo, yes it's absurd but it kinda resonates with your theory
@@lucasperuzzo7459Do you have a link to that theory?
Despite the fact that there are a number of stories of Wiesau being poor in some Eastern European country and making his fortune in the United States, I have it in my head canon that he was part of some uber wealthy family that sent him away with a massive fortune because they didn’t want to deal with him anymore and he made up this cock and bull story about making it big in the states to make it seem less embarrassing when people asked how he got so much money to spend.
A story thrown around is that he was a disgraced, incompetent Bulgarian prince or member of the Bulgarian Royalty sent to live with Polish family to the USA in order for them to have him under the radar (or rather under wraps?) but he ran away from these relatives and used his wealth to flaunt it around and do his will with it all.
They wanted no bad press since of course many of these Royal houses fell after WWII, revolutions/democratic rebellions or after soviet governments took over Eastern Europe, these families were persecuted and worked hard to keep their some of their prestige and fortune (fortunes which the empoverished peoples were not happy about), so of course they were having none of Tommy's delusions of grandeur and wishes of fame and fortune.
You can also use other European Royal houses as you please and change the story around.
Maybe not true, but fun to think about it.
Wow I can't believe that Dr Hugo made this entire video without a script!
Shame on you!
***EXPLOSION***
The car accident bit is interesting. I think it's highly possible that the way he behaves could be due to a brain injury. He seems to have a lot of the same symptoms that people who suffer traumatic brain injuries have. Look at someone like Gary Busey. This also possibly explains how he got his wealth. Maybe he was once a very intelligent and level headed person and the accident just scrambled his brains. And after the accident he lost all impulse control as well as other things.
Very interesting theory, it does seem a lot of people with brain injuries have the same over-eccentricity that he does
Im 99% sure this is what happened. I don’t believe Tommy had sugar daddy who funded him.
You may be onto something there:
it wouldn't surprise me if most of his weird behaviour came from brain damage.
I'm not buying those two "car accident stories", however. Especially the second one:
the accident where Tommy forced open the door of a car sinking into a lake with him and other people inside. 🙄🙄
Yeah, this would explain the accent as well. There is such a thing as the Foreign-accent syndrome, where someone starts to speak with a random accent after a brain injury. I do believe he is originally from Europe nonetheless, but his accent does sound a bit like someone who suffered a brain injury.
What a beautiful and inspiring story. Love Tommy from Romania. May God keep him! ❤🇷🇴
This is such an amazing look at a man who makes sure his personal life is as private as it can get. I’ve read The Disaster Artist and seen as many interviews with Tommy and Greg as possible, so this 90+ minute documentary is really good at putting everything together in one place for all to see. Thank you for the video man, keep up the great work and take care!
That's the first video of yours I've watched, and I must say, 'What a story, Dr. Hugo!'. You have a new subscriber!
I ordered a Blu ray copy, asked him to sign on Twitter. I was sent a DVD copy instead. The DVD didn't work, but it had a sweet message written on it. Happy with my purchase.
tommy has the real sigma grind set
Hi, I stumbled on your channel by chance, and I watched your piece on Tiny Tim yesterday, and on Tommy Wiseau today - I am amazed by the quality of your videos. Best wishes and keep up the good work!
Went from not even knowing who this guy is by any means to appreciating him for the love of his craft, and then slightly disliking him because of how abysmal it is to even compare one of his projects to great films. Thank you for the great video
Babe wake up DR Hugo posted. Video does look hype though, great to have you back. Wishing you the best! Thanks for the video.
Part of me wants to believe that The Room is actually *the* true story of Tommy's life before coming to America and he tried to change parts of it to be American.
The other part just wants believe he's an alien.
That’s the theory, that Lisa is representing some girlfriend who backstabbed him years ago
Pretty clear. Especially the bit when he's talking about how he met Lisa. It's more coherent, and real than anything else in the film by a lot. Like it comes straight from his own life.
I'd say The Room's script reflects Tommy's dark mental state at the time;
he stars as the ideal person he sees himself as (or wishes he were) in real life:
Johnny is this good, loving man who's so giving to everyone he cares about, with the movie constantly reminding us what a great guy he is.
Call it victim/persecution complex, or plain narcissism, but the guy genuinely thinks people don't deserve him.
Never expected this video to be so emotional.
Very well researched and edited, I’m glad to have stumbled upon such a gold channel.
Tomasz Wieczorkiewicz, born in Poznań, is a Polish and sometimes comes to Poland for holidays and even has relatives here
that sounds like a made up name. just a bunch of letter strung together. come on
@@CoolGobyFish "real" journalists found his relatives and testimonies, e.g. from school, there are a lot of materials about him in the Polish media on Polish TH-cam, I thought it was a known fact that the guy comes from the Poznań area
@@tonieja8814 can you link some pls
@@rainofrest7778 pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Wiseau
@@rainofrest7778 all article is in Polish, but nowadays you won't have a problem translating it into your own language
I picture The Neighbors will one day be reappraised just like Weezer's Pinkerton.
"YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, YOUR HONOR!"
- Tommy in court
It'd be easier to list the people who haven't betrayed him/torn him apart, at this point. 😂
@@MrJamaigar EVERYBODY BETRAY HIM! HE FED UP WITH THEES WURLD!
@@JWD1992
No wonder he's so hung up on betrayal.
Tommy: "That's the idea" 😏
Tommy Wiseau is aggresively american the same way my polish american uncles are. i feel like english speakers why try to find out more about his early life underestimate the language barrier and seem to have little interest in understanding the historical context. it's sadly not that rare for a polish immigrant to try to conceal they are polish, from covering up their accent to creating a fake life story about being originally from western europe and having zero ties to Poland. considering only Nietzsche ever lied about being part-polish... it's really a very interesting stuff to look into. Wiseau is from the generation born after war to often ptsd-stricken parents...
True
I can't believe you don't have more subscribers. This is very solid work. Let's say I'm happy to be here before your fame.
I’m surprised no one has gotten a DNA sample and used genealogy to definitively learn his background.
DNA testing is more statistical than definitive. You couldn't guarantee any sort of accuracy. Until Tommy tells us, or somebody finds his birth certificate, we're just not gonna know. But that's OK. Nobody cares where most famous people are from. It's only a mystery because he refuses to tell us. If it were no longer a mystery, it wouldn't be interesting at all. "He's Polish? Oh yeah makes sense, explains the accent I suppose, now why does he think he can act?"
There would be no way to tell by a DNA test if he was say born in Louisiana to two Polish parents or born and raised in Poland.
DNA doesn't define nationality
@@hazzmatiErmmmm achually 🤓
The problem with DNA, we don't have any other subjects from whatever species Tommy is a part of.
This has to be one of the best documentaries I ever watched and I've never seen The Room.
He's "from New Orleans", age can not be determined, no one knows how he became so wealthy, dresses weird, and has strange mannerisms...maybe he is like he says about his character in The Room.
"Maybe he is vampire."
Edit: If he did make the character a vampire with a flying car. (Yes that's right...flying car.)
"I did not bit her, it's not true. It's bullshit! I did not bit her. I did naaahhht! Oh bite mark."
I think I met a Tommy alternative myself, I used to work with an Italian guy on a feature movie. Budget was always a mystery but was always afraid everything is too expensive, he wanted neo noir with robots and business buildings, it was an action drama about a guy from Eastern Europe who wants to live in America, there was like a 4-way love thing with his boss, his boss' wife and some mistress and he is in the middle of it. He wanted fancy 80s cars with Japanese ones from 2010s in one shot, he wrote the script, directs it and stars in it. Locations were basic corners in the city and all of the sudden he wanted some expensive business building from the inside just because how it looked from the outside (even though no exterior was planned). He wanted a plane in the shot, I told him about the price, he said "no problem I would add it in 3d". He planned to work on the whole post production on himself. He brought cameras and lights himself from Italy to Bulgaria (where we film). He wanted to sell his films on festivals so he added men dressed as women to show inclusivity in the whole thing so he can get selected. All of the women needed to be at least cup D to fill his expectations. Nobody knew his age, all I knew is that he sold this house to film this. He brought dresses and costumes from some shops from Italy without even casting the actresses yet.. And it was his second movie ever. The first one was completely the same just filmed in NY (really). I can have more clear communication with Tommy than this weird weird guy who was obsessed to play an Eastern European.
He's like a Tim & Eric character who escaped into our world.
"I didn't get my Blu-Ray but that's just funny"
Tommy is special.
So tommy was Eli and Drew Caffrey's rent boy, got connections in the gay scene, then worked his way up. Got it.
I live the room more than other movie. I met Greg Sestero randomly while I was walking down the street, I was like “omg you’re Greg sestero” he was very nice, the interaction was a little awkward but it was like meeting a friend that you haven’t seen in a while and you’re trying to figure out what to talk about. I asked about his current project, and then he bounced. I would love to meet Tommy, he seems like…a very nice New Orleans man
this video was great, your videos are great, keep making them.
I met Tommy Wiseau off chance at a theater. He did seem genuine, nice, and happy to chat.
Tommy is the reason why I believe in aliens. He's an alien in a man suit who is a huge fan of human movies and then decided to come to earth to make one after watching a bunch. He thinks thats just how humans act. Also he got the money by selling parts of his spaceship to the government.
This is important work you are doing, kudos
only one thing is for sure: the room is quite literally that sitcom joke of the main character writing a terrible screenplay after a bad breakup about “the most perfect angel of a man in the world (obvious self insert for the shlubby comedic asshole main character) getting his heart ripped out for no reason by a backstabbing scorpion of a -fiancée- future wife, and he got so sad he killed himself”, except they actually make it and blow $6,000,000 on it.
watched your video on Marco Pierre White, which was amazing! And this one is so good as well! Love these kind of videos! Please continue making these kind of long documentary videos!
college students in the 70's would screen and act like that for ronald regans movie "bed time for bonzo"
"Who is Tommy Wiseau?" The strangest man of all time, that's who he is. Whether that strangeness is for better or worse, you decide.
The world would definitely be a much poorer place if he wasn't in it.
Neil Breen is the only man out there who could give Tommy a run for his money.
The Breen's brains need to be studied after he's gone:
"Who am I? What am I?"
Neil is a lot of things:
a Mercenary and secret agent, an "alien Jesus", a magical hacker, a time-travelling A.I. and a Super-Humanoid.
But ,most of all, he's a man who'll eradicate corruption anywhere it's found.
I've long suspected wiseau is a phonetic spelling of oiseaux, French for birds.
I wonder if his real surname is associated with birds in some way.
That's a very common theory don't make out like that's your own lol
@@Active_Sun_Particles Another Keeper of the Speed. 😜
I am not a The Room scholar. Nor did I try to take credit for what I didn't know existed.
@@HamCubes "I've long suspected"
Sure....
@@Active_Sun_Particles You're irradiating. Just like your namesake
@@HamCubes hmm
I hope not
Everything you mention about The Neighbors is extremely funny and awesome. You can simply put it on and enjoy the bizarre, surreal awfulness for what it is. It's like a fever dream. People saying that "it doesn't work like The Room does" simply means that they're deciding to view it as less enjoyable, which is pretty dumb if you ask me.
First video of yours that TH-cam pushed to me. Your channel is criminally underviewed. This is quality.
I'm saying! I just scrolled up to it, saw the title and runtime and clicked then I started scrolling and I am very excited to dig into the rest of his stuff
Great video, can't even imagine trying to find all this info about him.
Tommy is a breath of fresh air. It’s awesome to see a foreign immigrant success story who loves America unapologetically. Good for him.
Tommy is an enigma.
And personally, I wouldn't have it any other way. (The man just seems like a cool guy to have around really)
My theory: Tommy is homosexual, and was left some money by a deceased lover that he invested in real estate. He glommed on to Sestero because he was attracted to him. Although a notorious cheapskate, he bought Sestero a car, gave him a place to stay that he then moved into, and even lashed out at some women who were flirting with him. Oh, and then there's the time that he asked Sestero if he had any special requirements before going to bed. Confused, Greg said no, and then Tommy called him a chicken and made bawk bawk noises from his room. At the very least, women don't seem to be of interest to him.
Thank you. I've always been fascinated by the legend of Tommy Wiseau.
I went to the premier screening of Big Shark in Canada and while I believe Tommy was in person for most, if not every screening of Big Shark in the US, Greg Sestero was the one to show up in Canada(despite not actually being in the movie).
This is completely unfounded but I personally believe Tommy didn’t show because the screening took place in Ottawa and his vendetta against the “Room full of Spoons” team is so thick that he refuses to step foot in that city.
I only discovered the room and tommy in general through youtube shorts this past week, This is exactly the kind of video i was hoping for lol. Instant sub. Also your other videos seem really cool to. Or right up My ally at least lol.
Welcome back! Never give up!
It's a crime against humanity you don't have more subs your stuff is amazing. Just finished binging everything and had a really good time.