David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: 1990

  • VHS Revue 49 – The Court Jester (1990)

    Highlights from a 1990 VHS tape of the 1955 film ‘The Court Jester’. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – A few snippets from The Court Jester
    – Promo for ‘Jack Thompson Down Under’
    – Hungry Jack’s Troppo Yumbo TVC (that’s a regular Yumbo with pineapple)
    – Blackwell Funerals TVC
    – DMG holding the MTR mic flag up to Victorian Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews in 2011
    – Australian Labor Party 1990 election TVC Medicare attack ad on Liberals/Nationals
    – Liberal Party 1990 election TVC with Andrew Peacock’s plan “for people who won’t even try to get a job”
    – Strepsils TVC featuring slightly mad scientist
    – Does It Jingle? segment
    – Rent-a-Ute TVC
    – Valvoline TVC “tomorrow’s oils today”
    – The Whitewood Centre TVC
    – Computer Man TVC

    Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel Ten 11 March 1990 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Additional footage from ‘The Nanny’ (CBS, 1993-1999).

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Shaun Micallef, Hannah Green, Nick Henrys, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Zoe Charman and our generous supporters on Patreon.

    VHS Revue Links:

    DMG

  • VHS Revue 22 – Impulse (1990)

    Highlights from a 1990 VHS tape of the 1984 film “Impulse”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – DMG stand-up bit about hard rubbish (2016)
    – Channel 10’s “Summer of Entertainment” Promo featuring The Robert Guillaume Show, That’s Love, Murphy’s Law and Starting From Scratch
    – Malvern vs. Malvern
    – A Night Out in Melbourne, Victorian Tourism Commission TVC
    – Red Rooster Einstein TVC
    – Telecom MobileNet TVC
    – Fairstar the Funship Cruise TVC
    – Le Specs Le Tough sunglasses TVC
    – Gordon’s Gin TVC with strangely upbeat jingle

    Footage recorded from Channel Ten Melbourne 1990 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych and Tim Wray.

    VHS Revue Links:

    -DMG

  • VHS Revue 16 – All the Rivers Run 2 (1990)

    Behold VHS Revue 16 – All the Rivers Run 2 (1990).

    Featuring unusual commercials for: Toyota Spirit & Tarago, Taft hairspray, Vision Express, plus another special guest appearance by TV’s Stephen Hall.

    That’s all the new episodes for now. Big thanks to Stephen Hall for donating the tapes and some of his time for these 4 recent episodes and as always to Alexis Kotlowy for the camera, graphics, music and video tape editing. And thank YOU for watching.

    All of the links: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube

    In other news, I’ve just finished the first draft of a new screenplay and next month I’m back writing on series 9 of “Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell” on ABC TV. Can’t wait.

    Could the timing be any better with #Libspill2?

    – DMG