16 Dec 2025

Shower Thoughts: How did the backstage lounge the 'Green Room' get its name?

From Nights, 8:40 pm on 16 December 2025

Have you ever been standing in the shower, when suddenly, the noise in your brain clears and, in its place, appears the perfect thought?

That's a Shower Thought and each Tuesday, here on Nights we're aiming to answer those unshakable questions lurking in the back of your mind.

Tonight, why is a Green Room in the entertainment business called a Green room?

Jason Gunn.is a TV icon, having worked on some of our best loved shows like The Son of a Gunn Show, What Now, and Dancing with the Stars. He joins Emile Donovan to answer tonight's Shower Thought.

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