It’s 25 years to the day since the final episode of Seinfeld aired in Australia on Channel Ten so what better excuse to look at some highlights from a 1998 VHS tape of the “Seinfeld Sein-off”!?
Featuring:
– A brief look at the Australian broadcast of the Seinfeld Sein-off, which featured The Chronicle (AKA The Clip Show) and The Finale Parts 1 & 2
– American Express TVC featuring Jerry Seinfeld at the supermarket
– Channel Ten promo for their Thursday night comedy lineup: The Nanny, Rosanne & Totally Full Frontal
– Nintendo 64 Twin Controller Pack with clear purple controller TVC
– A DMG Tedious Anecdote about the Nintendo 64 with home video footage of the Green kids opening theirs on Christmas Day 1998
– Turn Me On Ten Promo with clips from US sitcom ‘The Naked Truth’
– The Seinfeld Sein-off brought to you by Ericsson and the Nintendo 64 Twin Controller Pack
– Up & Go TVC
– Diet Coke window washer TVC dubbed with Australian accents
– Smiths ‘The Full Monty’ potato crisps TVC featuring cartoon family ‘The Smiths’
– Mr Bankrupt TVC without the usual voice-over guy
– Telstra TVC featuring rich bumbling idiot
– Berri TVC with intolerant fruit
Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel Ten on 20 August 1998 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.
Additional footage from Billy Madison (1995) and 31 Questions (2013)
Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Jill Bruce, Graeme Bruce, Lachy Bruce, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Zoe Charman and our generous supporters on Patreon.
VHS Revue Links:
-DMG
