David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Category: Interview

  • Popping voxes for RMITV

    The other day I swung by my alma mater, RMIT University, to record a short promotional video for RMITV Student Television at the university’s O-Day celebrations.

    And I had a freaking fantastic time!

    Basically I walked around with a talented camera-operator named Emma (didn’t catch her surname), doing vox-pops and joking around.

    We recorded about 40 minutes of footage, 15 of which was really good (in my opinion, anyway).

    Someone else edited together a 7 minute video for the Student Union website, which featured some fancy cut-away footage spliced in there and a “best of” the day’s vox-pops.

    They also did that thing where they cut to a second camera that I’m NOT looking at, while I’m doing my PTCs (pieces to camera), and which, if I can be honest, I absolutely hate.

    It makes it look like I’m presenting on Video Hits or some teen show where they assume the audience is so depraved of an attention span you need to keep putting in cuts to the same thing from different angles. Sometimes they change it to black and white or put it in slow motion as well. At least RMITV didn’t go that far…

    Seriously though, great edit. It’s far more swish-looking than I could manage. It’s supposed to be on the Student Union website, but I can’t seem to find it… Little help?

    But anyway, I acquired permission to upload ALL the good footage to the Internet here so YOU can see the good stuff that didn’t make it to the official video.

    So here they are separated into three easy-to-digest videos!

    #1 – Who are you & what are you studying? (Keep your eye out for a cat and a giant bowling pin…)

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    #2 – Are you a member of a club or society? (I make two Thai girls sing their national anthem in this one!)

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    #3 – Have you heard of RMITV? (Turns out some people understand television better than others…)

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    I think I displayed just the right amount of smart-arseness. What do ya reckon?

    Everyone there at the RMITV stall was a pleasure to work (and slack off) with. I wish I could do this sort of thing everyday!

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    And that was a damn fine shotgun microphone.

  • DMG on American Internet Radio!

    In case you missed my “Kansas City to Melbourne” phone-linked conversation with my good friend Brad Westmar last week, you can LISTEN RIGHT HERE.

    We chatted about the weather for a bit, then I plugged Too Easy for a while and… pretty much talked about me, David M. Green!

    This was the first time I’d talked on air with Brad. Actually the first time I’d ever talked to him on the phone was last week when he called to test whether the Skype call actually worked.

    In January 2007 he came across the Myspace page for the Radio Adelaide show I was doing at the time, The Green Room. At the time he was hosting an Internet radio show called The Wild Wild Westmar Show. It turned out we both had similar styles. And a Internet/radio friendship began.

    We then started playing clips of each other on our shows, talking about each other’s show, and clips of the clips of us talking about the clips, and so on, which was cool. But neither of us had ever appeared “live” on the other’s show… until now!

    I notice there’s quite a satellite delay between Brad asking me a question and me responding, which I can only assume he’s decided to leave in there for authenticity…

    To listen to full podcasts of The Brad Westmar Show, go to the Jackalope Radio website. And feel free to follow him on Twitter or Facebook.

    Hopefully after I get a job and some money, this year I can make a visit to Kansas City and take Brad up on his generous guest room offer!

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Oh yes, I also took the opportunity to launch my American singing career. My apologies.

  • Ladies and gentlemen… The Hon. Tony Windsor, MP…

    Click the image to hear my “interview” with independent MP Tony Windsor two days after he put Julia Gillard into power, and one day after admitting he doesn’t know how to use a computer.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    I am loving this impression!

  • Shame Shame Shame.

    Hello!

    Yes, I’ve been brushing shoulders, literally, with the “Scrabble elite”. On Monday I accompanied fellow RMIT post-grad journalism student, Newspaper’s Ben Hagemann, as HE interviewed Radio (and TV)’s Derryn Hinch at the 3AW studios on fabulous Spencer Street, Docklands!

    Ben accompanied me on my recent interviews with Micallef and Vine, so I returned the favour and acted as his photographer, snapping this shot:

    Plus I kinda just wanted to meet Derryn Hinch and listen to what he had to say on the topic of “citizen journalism” (and a few Scrabble-related queries too). It was a load off not actually having to DO the interview. I just sat there. Very interesting indeed. I decided I wasn’t going to ask for a photo, because I thought that might be a bit awkward, but then after I took Ben’s, Derryn asked if I’d like one too. Naturally I jumped at the opportunity. Of course, in hindsight, I could hardly say: “No thanks, I’ll be right… Jerk.” That’s just rude.

    We were there for about 5 minutes before Ben’s interview was interrupted by Derryn’s producer, who burst in with, “Sorry Derryn, but we’ve got a huge story.” Ben and I were pushed out while a few phone calls were made. After another 5 minutes in the foyer, we were allowed back into his office, only to be informed personally by Derryn Hinch that “Carl Williams has been stabbed to death in prison”. I must admit, I didn’t really know who that was, but I’ve never seen “Underbelly”. Incidentally, later that day we learned that he wasn’t actually stabbed, but beaten to death, rather, with part of an exercise bike no less. Who ever said a little exercise never hurt anyone?

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    HEY! IT’S DERRYN HINCH!

  • Shootin’ the puns with Tim Vine

    Hello!

    David M. Green here, blogging live from Melbourne, and have I got a treat for you! On Tuesday I was thrilled to interview UK comedian Tim Vine!  I loved him in “The Sketch Show”, so much so I even named my “On The Yacht” radio character after him (Norman Vine). He is the undisputed “Master of the Pun”.

    We met outside Cafe Mediterraneum on Swanston Street directly opposite the Melbourne Town Hall. However, it turned out they closed at 5pm, so after taking some photos in a nearby stairwell we found a table alfresco across the street at Brunetti’s. I jammed my Zoom H2 recorder in the umbrella-holder in the centre of the table and recorded our conversation. It’s without a doubt the most enjoyable interview I’ve ever conducted. Tim Vine is genuinely hilarious.

    Depending on various planetary alignments, a written segment of our interview will hopefully appear in an upcoming edition of RMIT University’s Catalyst Magazine. However, due to my supreme respect for the medium of the Internet, here now for your listening pleasure is the interview in full:

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    Topics covered include his show “The Joke-amotive”, Guinness World Records, best and worst puns, his appearance on Neighbours, The Sketch Show, Scrabble, Steve Coogan, Shaun Micallef and Tim plays “the judge” in a mini-version of the comedy equivalent of “So You Think You Can Dance?” that I (DMG) invented just then: “So You Think You Can Pun!”

    After the interview some good friends and I attended his show “The Joke-amotive”. Very funny. I’d certainly recommend seeing it. I think the last performance is tomorrow. Not all the jokes were hilarious but hats off to him for quantity. There must have been over 200 jokes in that hour, and the hilarious ones were certainly worth waiting for. Excellent prop-comedy too. 5 Stars.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Photos by The Fabulous Ben Hagemann