David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

  • Two in the Think Tank 400th Episode Livestream

    Great fun to be part of Alasdair & Andy’s 400 sketch idea generating session for their podcast ‘Two in the Think Tank’. I’m on with Pat McCaffrie from about 3 hours in. All 4 of us wrote for ‘Mad as Hell’ once upon a time.

    They’re on Patreon too btw.

    DMG

  • VHS Revue 47 – Royal Charity Performance (1981)

    Highlights from a 1981 Beta tape of the ‘Royal Charity Performance’ in Adelaide, South Australia. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Introduction by Kevin Crease
    – Highlights from the concert at Adelaide’s Festival Theatre, including Prince Charles walking around and jokes from host Barry Crocker
    – Robin Williams on The Don Lane Show in 1979 with some familiar material
    – Seven Ident with promo for ‘A Man Called Intrepid’
    – Radio Rentals TVC featuring wood TVs on Festival Plaza
    – HMV (His Master’s Voice) Television TVC with John Wood
    – Canberra Televisions TVC
    – Ernsmiths Norwood electrical store TVC with Jeremy Cordeaux
    – Colgate toothpaste TVC that uses the same set as the Ernsmiths ad
    – Promo for ‘Daily at Dawn’ and ‘Kingswood Country’
    – Seven Adelaide Total News promo with funky soundtrack
    – Promo for ‘The Australians’ featuring truck driver Thora Daphne ‘Toots’ Holzheimer
    – Comparing Australian accents in ads for the Savings Bank of South Australia and Whiskas ‘Fishkas’ cat food
    – Kentucky Fried Chicken TVC with “nice to see them eating well” and jingle
    – “Luxury” Datsun Pulsar TVC
    – Volvo “Dr Jekyll” TVC

    Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel Seven in April 1981 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

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

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    DMG

  • VHS Revue 46 – The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1984)

    Highlights from a 1984 VHS tape of the TV movie ‘The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal’. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – A brief look at the 1979 TV movie ‘The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal’
    – The Australian Gas Light Company (AGL) TVC
    – Lovely! Pancakes TVC
    – “Be There” Seven Sydney Ident
    – Sons & Daughters Promo
    – 11A.M. with Graham Kennedy Promo
    – Kingswood Country Promo
    – Toyota TVC with guy in a red suit jacket
    – Nissan Bluebird TVC with “Foz” and his two Armaguard vans
    – Modular Pools TVC featuring “Monty Modular”
    – “Does It Jingle” segment
    – Norman Ross Electrical Discounts TVC
    – Singapore Airlines “Singapore Girl” TVC
    – Grace Bros winter menswear TVC
    – Suzuki Swift TVC
    – New South Wales Random Breath Testing TVC
    – St. George Building Society TVC “Name the day account” term deposit & “Love the feel of this country” jingle

    Footage recorded from Sydney’s Channel Seven in early 1984 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

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

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    DMG

  • VHS Revue 45 – Yogi’s First Christmas (1992)

    Highlights from a 1992 VHS tape of “Yogi’s First Christmas”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Seven’s Family Christmas message from Mike Smithson & Dixie Marshall
    – Wallis Cinemas TVC with seat belts
    – Beyond 2000 promo with primitive CGI Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe “actors being brought back to life for the movies of the future”
    – Beyond 2000 promo with a man in one of those spinning sphere things
    – Sony Handycam from City International Duty Free TVC
    – The 1992 Carols Celebration at Campbelltown Oval TVC with “BBQ tea” (special guest appearance by TV’s Andrew Maj)
    – Whitehouse Furniture TVC with a “I’m a Lumberjack-esque” jingle
    – Green’s groceries TVC
    – Seven Promo for Bony and Pacific Power’s Carols in the Domain
    – Clarksons glass repair TVC
    – Super Seal plastic bag sealer infomercial from Demtel

    Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel Seven in December 1992 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Andrew Maj, Jason Evans, Hannah Green, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Zoe Charman and our generous supporters on Patreon.

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    DMG

  • Dave’s Video Graveyard

    The other night I joined Dave Mclennan and Casey Cumming on their podcast Dave’s Video Graveyard. I’ve been a fan ever since I stumbled upon their old show on Adelaide’s WOW FM in the car many years ago.

    We talked about childhood video stores, Hungry Jack’s, ice creams, our best drive-in double features and go through my 10 favourite films of all time.

    A couple of corrections while I’ve got you. I had to double check the map and the Video Mania / Civic Video / Movieland video store I was thinking of was actually on Sturt Road in Warradale (I’m pretty sure it was on the corner of Eucla Avenue – long since knocked down and turned into houses).

    Also the 1979 film ‘Being There’ wasn’t actually mentioned in that famous scene in ‘Tropic Thunder’. It was ‘Rainman’ and ‘Forrest Gump’ but you could absolutely put it in that same category.

    Anyways, LISTEN HERE.

    DMG