I was recently a guest on the excellent ‘Dissecting a Frog’ podcast, where host Luke Morris from Comedy Victoria and I discussed the finer points of writing comedy for radio, TV & online. Highlights include some things I’ve never told anyone, like how I derive inspiration from the ABC toilets, some behind the scenes tidbits […]
VHS Revue 42 – NewsWorld (1986)
Highlights from a 1986 VHS tape of “NewsWorld”. Presented by David M. Green. Featuring: – A brief history of NewsWorld with Clive Robertson, with clips from 1986 and 1989 – Channel 7 Sydney neon animation ident – Sydney Morning Herald TVC with Sherman Wormster the undertaker – The Sun newspaper TVC – Woman’s Day TVC […]
VHS Revue 41 – Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Highlights from a 1999 VHS tape of the TV movie “Alice in Wonderland”. Presented by David M. Green. Featuring: – WIN TV ident – Illawarra Mercury TVC – Rowen’s Funland Ulladulla Indoor Park TVC – Collegians Club TVC – Mitchell’s Fruit & Snowy River Meats TVC with joint jingle – WIN TV ident Toowoomba, Queensland […]
I went on commercial TV to play some commercials
? Had a great time chatting with the gang at Studio 10 about VHS Revue and showing some of the weird ads I’ve found on old video tapes! Originally broadcast live on Channel 10, 25 May 2023. Ads shown included Smith’s Chips Lites (1989), Australian Fresh Orange Juice plus Calcium (2003) and McCain Baby Peas […]
The Adelaide Show Podcast
Had a great chat the other day with Steve Davis on The Adelaide Show Podcast. Listen to it here. We talked in depth about writing for Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell. I went into the finer details about how I wrote that Bunnings Conspiracy fake ad and discussed what makes a good ‘out of context […]
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