David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: Adelaide

  • VHS Revue 60 – Angels: The Mysterious Messengers (1996)

    Highlights from a 1996 VHS recording of ‘Angels: The Mysterious Messengers’ from Melbourne’s Channel Seven and late night movie ‘You Belong to Me’ from Channel Nine. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Brief highlights from the 1941 romantic comedy ‘You Belong to Me’ and the “documentary” ‘Angels: The Mysterious Messengers’
    – Blu-Tack TVC with Rolf Harris cameo
    – Le Tan sunscreen TVC
    – Frontline Flea treatment TVC featuring Quaker Oats-eque dude
    – Blue Heelers: The Album TVC
    – Woman’s Day TVC
    – Seven Melbourne ident
    – Laser Vision Clinic at Epworth Eye Centre TVC with a DMG Hot Take
    – Colgate Flexible toothbrush TVC featuring talking teeth
    – ‘A Little Princess’ TVC featuring Roadshow Film Distributors Managing Director Alan Finney and daughter Joanna
    – The Wilderness Society TVC “let’s save what’s left” jingle
    – ‘Simply Irresistible’ Promo, Channel 9
    – ‘A Current Affair’ Promo, Channel 9 featuring ‘The Deli Kings’ and public housing estate gangs
    – Nunawading Toyota TVC featuring General Manager Danny Peterson “up to his ears” in 1995 Toyotas
    – What The Hell Was That
    – Peter Jackson summer suit sellout TVC
    – ‘Don’t Do It Yourself’ CSA from the Victorian Government Office of the Chief Electrical Inspector
    – Wallco Ostrich Corporation TVC
    – 1996 Transurban Melbourne Formula One Grand Prix TVC
    – Bonus: DMG outtakes

    Footage recorded from Melbourne’s Channel Nine (7 January 1996) and Channel Seven (8 January 1996). Used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Broden Kelly, Tim Wray, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman and our generous supporters on Patreon.

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  • VHS Revue 55 – Cats & Dogs (2005)

    Commercial break highlights from a 2005 recording of the 2001 film ‘Cats & Dogs’. Presented by David M. Green. Tape courtesy of Instagram follower Ridges & Grooves.

    Featuring:
    – West End Draught TVC “who’s the wing nut come up with the idea of coming over here?”
    – Nine News Adelaide promo “Local? Yeah we’re local”
    – Nine News update with Georgina McGuinness
    – Who Wants to be a Millionaire Celebrity Roulette promo with Pauline Hanson
    – The Apprentice promo with Donald Trump
    – 60 Minutes promo with Jim Carey
    – Cold Case promo with Peter Gabriel soundtrack
    – What a C**t! segment
    – Red Rooster TVC “classic quarters”
    – Kettle Sensations potato chips TVC (changed some of the music to avoid copyright issues)
    – KR Castlemaine ham TVC with Ned Kelly
    – Kellogg’s K-time Twists TVC
    – Wendy’s ice-creamery TVC “the original cone of silence”
    – Ford Falcon XR8 Ute TVC
    – Channel Nine Adelaide Ident
    – 2005 Clipsal 500 TVC
    – Cats & Dogs end credits with voice-over guy’s interesting pronunciation of ‘Matt Damon’

    Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel Nine 13 February 2005 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Nicholas Godfrey, Tim Wray, Gerard Kotlowy, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Ridges & Grooves and our generous supporters on Patreon.

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  • 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.

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  • 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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  • 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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