David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Category: VHS Revue

  • VHS Revue 39 – The Fifth Element (2000)

    Highlights from a 2000 VHS tape of the 1997 film “The Fifth Element”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Video Library cold opening
    – Channel 10 promo for Switching Lives and Unreal TV broadcast in wrong aspect ratio
    – Hyundai Lantra “it sells itself” TVC
    – dstore TVC with Julia Zemiro
    – UDL TVC
    – Get This S#!& Off The Air! – UDL
    – Force Electronics TVC
    – A Tedious Anecdote about a zombie ad for Aunty Kath’s Cookie Dough
    – A Ten News report about the Howard Government considering a plan to make boat people pick fruit by Samantha Maiden

    Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel 10, 13 February 2000 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Nicholas Godfrey, Chad Turner, Eleanor Gray, Amin Azoor, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Zoe Charman, Harrison Engstrom, Tanaya Quinn, the Cert 3, 4 & Diploma students studying Screen and Media at Wollongong TAFE and our generous supporters on Patreon.

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    -DMG

  • Hitting the podcast circuit

    I’ve made a few guest appearances on radio shows and podcasts this year (and there are more to come) as part of my one man VHS Revue publicity tour. Here are a couple of links.

    Champagne Comedy Podcast

    I joined the folks on Ep 45 of the ‘Champagne Comedy Podcast’ discussing The Late Show, Frontline, Mad as Hell and comedy/TV/radio more generally. Also spent quite a bit of time talking about G-codes.

    Available on your favourite podcast platform, or:

    Gattsy on Goosebumps

    And really enjoyed talking with Alex Gates about my Goosebumps books and VHS Revue. You can listen to our chat on his podcast ‘Gattsy on Goosebumps’ right here.

    -DMG

  • 10 Weirdest Aussie Ads

    Hey I wrote an article for The Guardian last week with the 10 weirdest Australian TV commercials I’ve found over the years I’ve been making VHS Revue.

    A few people have since pointed out that what I quite reasonably assumed was a cannibal chicken in that KFC ad is actually a chicken hawk, which is a different kind of bird that apparently eats chickens. It’s still a little close on the evolutionary tree for my liking. Also it still leaves the issue of him taking up arms to expand the institution of slavery, which is probably the more unsettling aspect of that ad.

    Anyway, enjoy.

    -DMG

  • VHS Revue 38 – Christopher Columbus (1986)

    Highlights from a 1986 VHS tape of the miniseries “Christopher Columbus”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – A random clip from the miniseries Christopher Columbus
    – Cagney & Lacey promo
    – Channel 7 Royal Wedding ident “Let’s All Be There”
    – The Royal Wedding H.R.H. Prince Andrew to Miss Sarah Ferguson promo
    – Terry Willesee promo with “The Queen of Fleet Street” Jean Rook
    – Seven News Sydney Promo
    – Seven National News Newsbreak with Greg Grainger: Moura Mine explosion, helicopter crash at Camden, a car crashes into Fred and Betty Flint’s house, lotto results
    – American Express travellers’ cheques TVC “Mr Wong!”
    – Custom Card TVC with Garry Who and John Newcombe
    – Nylex Contact TVC
    – Mansours massive winter clearance TVC “brilliant”
    – A brief history of Australian Prime Ministers in TV commercials
    – Australian Army Reserve TVC with PM Bob Hawke
    – 702BL ABC radio TVC
    – Penfolds Club Port TVC with Robert Hughes
    – Violet Crumble TVC with Kevin Harrington
    – What The Hell Was That? Segment
    – Dewar’s Scotch Whisky TVC
    – Drake TVC (still not sure what this company does exactly)
    – CC’s TVC with Dan Ilic cameo
    – Christopher Columbus end credits with slightly problematic voice-over read for ‘Allo ‘Allo!

    Footage recorded from Sydney’s ATN Channel 7, 16 July 1986 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Chad Turner, Dan Ilic, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Zoe Charman and our generous supporters on Patreon.

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    -DMG

  • VHS Revue 37 – Top Gear (2011)

    Oh boy this one took a while…

    Highlights from a 2011 VHS tape of the BBC TV series “Top Gear”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – A Tedious Explanation about aspect ratios on Australian television
    – Samsung “Turn on Tomorrow” TVC
    – CSI with Justin Bieber Channel Nine Promo
    – A Current Affair Promo: “Foreign Bacon Invasion” and “Angry Anderson’s Cranky”
    – Commonwealth Bank TVC
    – Mother “Motherland” TVC
    – Zoo Magazine TVC with “hilarious” fridge magnets

    Footage recorded from Melbourne’s Channel 9, March 2011 and used here for review, educational, parody and satirical purposes. For a full list of additional footage used, see YouTube description.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Nicholas Godfrey, Jason Evans, Gavin Baskerville, James Paterson from the Australian Television Archive, Ben Gourlay, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Zoe Charman and our generous supporters on Patreon.

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    -DMG