David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: 90s

  • VHS Revue 19 – The Three Tenors From Rome to Paris (1994)

    Highlights from a 1994 Beta tape of “The Three Tenors: From Rome to Paris”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Just enough of The Three Tenors to get a copyright claim and YouTube running ads on this video the bastards
    – Mitre 10 hurdler TVC
    – White Lady Funerals TVC
    – Discount City Carpets telex TVC
    – DMG’s memories of The Thebby
    – Wholesale Menswear sale at Thebarton Theatre TVC
    – Bargain Hunters skiwear sale at Royal Theatre Wayville Showgrounds TVC with damn fine PADS (Phat Ass Drop Shadows)
    – Malaysia Airlines “futurey” TVC
    – “How Good Is That?” segment featuring TVC for McCain Baby Peas
    – Bonus footage: Qantas plane flying over Thebarton Theatre
    – DMG Patreon message

    Footage recorded from Channel Ten Adelaide 1994 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy and John Hnatowych.

    VHS Revue Links:

    -DMG

  • VHS Revue 17 – Taking Care of Business (1992)

    The first of this year’s many new VHS Revues is now online!

    Highlights from a 1992 VHS tape of the motion picture comedy “Taking Care of Business”.

    Featuring:
    – NEC Powermate
    – Plumbing World with John Burgess
    – The Vern Schuppan Award for Best Celebrity Endorsement
    – Nathan Buckley promo for Seven News
    – Sports Illustrated
    – Dunlop tyres
    – Promos for “Hey Dad!” and “Acropolis Now”
    – What The Hell Was That?
    – Ella Baché
    – JM (Swahili) Insurance
    – Coca-Cola Futureball
    – Twisties
    – Tribute to Luke C. Green

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

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy (camera, music, audio, autocue, basically everything behind the scenes) and John Hnatowych (how about that new intro sequence?).

    VHS Revue Links:

    -DMG

  • New VHS Revue episodes in 2021!

    Yeeeeeeessssssss! That’s right, over the last couple of months I’ve been spooling my way through more VHS tapes (and a couple of Beta ones) from the VCRs of yesteryear and I’ve found all sorts of wacky stuff worthy of some sort of curated highlight reel. So several new VHS Revue episodes are on the way. The trailer above is just the tip of the ice coffee.

    So make sure to click all the things: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram.

    Also, I’ve recently started a Patreon just for VHS Revue, so if you like these and want to help me make more I’d be very surprised.

    -DMG

  • Good Afternoon Adelaide

    It’s mid September so figured it was about time I did my first post for the year. It’s been a busy one, with lots of legitimate writing work and a little schlepping keeping me from writing anything on here.

    Any who, came across this funny old show on YouTube called “Good Afternoon Adelaide”. Take a gander:

    Apparently an Adelaide-based TV chat show circa early 90s. To quote this article I found on the subject:

    “…the one-hour chat show aired live across SA and into the silver city of Broken Hill weekdays at 2PM, during an era when Adelaide truly was the place to be (before Victoria stole the slogan for their number plates, along with the Formula One Grand Prix).

    Good Morning Adelaide featured news, celebrity interviews, live music, talkback callers, lifestyle segments, paid advertorials and a who’s who of Adelaide royalty – with ratings success.

    Eventually, the show became victim of increased networkisation from the eastern states and was cancelled in 1992. As a final insult, the station’s master tapes were later sold and used for episodes of Wheel of Fortune.”

    There’s a Facebook page too.

    Sure takes me back 😉

    DMG

  • VHS Revue 10 – Star Wars (1994)

    Hot off the spool! VHS Revue Episode 10.

    It’s another Nicholas Godfrey tape. This one a 1994 recording of the original Star Wars. Highlights include some casual racial homophobia from Hungry Jack’s, a highly inaccurate space-themed ad for Coca-Cola, a business update from a guy who thinks he’s reading a children’s book and watch all the way to the end for the BIG TWIST. Also, Han shoots first.

    This’ll be the last one for a while. Cheers for the views.

    VHS Revue links: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube

    – David M. Green