5 years ago today, Australian show biz got a little less nice.
RIP Richard Marsland
1976 – 2008
An inspiration for anyone who’s ever written a joke. Panelled a radio show.
Or worn a cape.
I was fortunate enough to interview Richard Marsland in December 2007:
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He’s been a big influence in my life and career. Ever more so with each passing year.
Wish he was still with us.
Yours sincerely,
David M. Green
With 11 days left on the 31 Questions Season 3 crowdfunding campaign, we’ve raised $1,311 from 33 fantastic people! You’re all outstanding. Thank you so much. That’s 26.22% of the way to our $5,000 goal.
Now, it might look like there’s no hope in hell we’re going to get to five grand, but I know there are at least a few fans holding out to the last minute to give a SURPRISE donation. You know what would be REALLY surprising? If you donate RIGHT NOW. I for one, sure wouldn’t be expecting it.
How else can we be expected to make quality segments like “Will It Flush?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E0PeDTldJA
Or The Enigma Box?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsKsBXkMr0w
Hey, that broken glass ain’t free. It’s not like you just find it lying in the street…
Our crowdfunder map is starting to fill up. We’ve now got donations from FIVE countries, with New Zealand recently joining the team. I think this is awesome. And I hate using the word “awesome”. That’s how much I like this map:
View 31 Questions Season 3 Crowdfunders in a larger map
And many people have now received their fabulous merchandise, just like Blazenka Brysha from Mount Eliza, Victoria, who has chosen to display her mug and badges above some sort of antique casserole dish/chamber pot:
Time is running out.
Join us.
Help make 31 Questions Season 3.
Kind regards,
David M. Green
Host, etc.
Yes. Yes! YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!
We’re back in the crowdfundorium that is Indiegogo to raise some legal tender for the production of our third and most likely final season of 31 Questions – coming 2014 to your local community TV station and/or Internet.
If this is your first visit to my website and you’ve never heard of 31 Questions, you’re a dull boy, Billy.
This is what it’s all about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaUYb1qKVL8
If you like what you see and would like to help MAKE the TV game show everyone’s listening about, go to our campaign page on Indiegogo and make a contribution. Like last time, there’s also some fabulous merchandise on offer, including badges.
Did I mention we got badges?
I’ve never seen my semen under a microscope, but I imagine it looks something like that.
We also have NEW MUGS! They’re like the badges, but with a larger concavity at the rear, perfect for holding liquids, if you know what I mean:
Like last time, we’re also keeping track of our crowdfunder locations on this planet of ours (to the nearest suburb). 3 days in and we’ve already had donations from FOUR different countries! And New Zealand isn’t even one of them!
Check out our fabulous Season 3 Crowdfunder Map as it gradually becomes infected with more and more little blue markers:
View 31 Questions Season 3 Crowdfunders in a larger map
As of writing this blog entry, we’ve already raised an amazing $570! The goal this time is $5,000, so we’re already more than 10% of the way there.
Last season, we managed to raise $1,846 and that was fantastic, but it still left a large gap between that figure and the actual cost of making season 2. And this time we’re hoping to invest in a totally new set and pay some of the key crew members.
Ahh community television. It’s a low price to pay for total creative freedom.
Big thank you to all our contributors so far. I’ll post the full list of names at the end of the campaign after December 14, and of course every donor will get a special thanks in the show’s credits.
And merchandise is, if not in, then on the way to being in, the mail.
Kind regards,
David M. Green
Past tense of Indiegogo? Indiewentwent.
Earlier this week I caught up with the very talented Francis Greenslade in my favourite Melbourne suburb in terms of pronunciation: Elsternwick. We chatted for an hour about insects, acting, Blue Heelers, Winners & Losers, Shaun Micallef, sketch comedy, theatre, musical instruments and other related things.
Fortunately, this fascinating conversation was recorded and you can hear it all in the latest episode of David M. Green & Other Famous People. Available on iTunes, as well as in the player embedded below:
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Kind regards,
David M. Green
Sans Slade.
In response to new Education Minister Christopher Pyne’s comments last week RE: again abolishing compulsory student services fees at Australian universities, I wrote an opinion piece for ABC’s The Drum website about my own experience last time it happened and the impact it had on student media.
Read my thing here: Student media needs student fees to survive.
The good people at Radio Adelaide – where my media career began – saw the article and invited me onto their breakfast show on Monday to have a chat with Radio’s Angus Randall. It was slightly too early in the morning for me, but you can listen to the audio here.
Always too happy to give back to Radio Adelaide, the station that gave me everything. Including an award, which they have since misplaced.
If anyone sees the 2007 South Australian Community Broadcasting Association “Bilby” Award for Best Station ID 2007 anywhere, would you let me know?
Kind regards,
David M. Green
And good to hear The Empire Times is back up and running.