David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

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  • 31 Questions Season 3, Episode 1

    31 Questions Season 3 Ep 1 for your YouTubing pleasure!

    I reckon it’s our best yet. Love to know what you think.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    The guy from the show.

  • 31 Questions Season 3 is made by YOU!

    The 31 Questions Season 3 Crowdfunding Campaign is over! Well actually, it was over 7PM last night. I would have posted about this sooner but I only just got up. Was out pretty late last night (Racked up a huge bar tab! Just over 3 grand, from memory…). And thanks to our 69 crowdfunders across 7 countries and a favourable exchange rate, we raised an astonishing AUD$3,262!

    Special thanks are in order for the following fabulous Indiegogo individuals:

    Julian Jones (Melbourne, VIC)
    Kimberley Seeto (Bankstown, NSW)
    Nick Gates (Cambridge, UK)
    Ellen McCutchan (Mitcham, VIC)
    John Whitaker (Brunswick, VIC)
    Luke Fincher (Brisbane, QLD)
    Daniel Braid (Melbourne, VIC)
    James Sablinskis (Wantirna, VIC)
    Ryan Vickers (Newmarket, ON, Canada)
    Ben Hayes (Warrenville, IL, USA)
    Aaron Hayes (Warrenville, IL, USA)
    Blazenka Brysha (Mount Eliza, VIC)
    Sean Campbell (Doonside, NSW)
    Elliott Klein (Elwood, VIC)
    Robert Newbury (Stawell, VIC)
    Rhys Barnard (Davoren Park, SA)
    Hugh Macdonald (Cheltenham, VIC)
    Pam “Drunk Mum” McCutchan
    David Dower (North Perth, WA)
    Tony Lee (Glen Waverley, VIC)
    Matthew J. Smith (Somerton Park, SA)
    Daniel Picton (Hemel Hempstead, UK)
    Matt Meiklejohn (Miranda, NSW)
    Alison Richards (Melton South, VIC)
    Sam Hodkin (Manchester, UK)
    Emma Raverty (Beaumaris, VIC)
    Michael Doyle (Darley, VIC)
    Mark Humphries (Crows Nest, NSW)
    Rachel Delaney (New Plymouth, New Zealand)
    Jessica May (Donvale, VIC)
    Jason Hatcher (Kensington, VIC)
    John Surace (Somerville, VIC)
    Ruth Richards (Hoppers Crossing, VIC)
    Anne-Marie Manolas (Murrumbeena VIC)
    Patrick Bosher (Mitcham, VIC)
    Kate McKenzie (Parkdale, VIC)
    Faye Pettinella (Wantirna, VIC)
    Scott Bryant (Brisbane, QLD)
    Gerard Kotlowy (South Brighton, SA)
    Ross Purdy (Mooroolbark VIC)
    James Gormley (Melbourne, VIC)
    Andrew Sullivan (Halifax, UK)
    Kellie Elson (Grange, SA)
    Zarya Volya (Brunswick, VIC)
    Chris Legg (Joondalup, WA)
    Samantha Moline (Mount Lawley, WA)
    Adrien Buso (Besançon, France)
    Casey O’Brien (South Yarra, VIC)
    The Ultimo Bachelor Pad (Ultimo, NSW)
    Karen Dennerley (Docklands, VIC)
    Kristen Rogers (Hazelwood Park, SA)
    Zoe Dekker (Croydon, NSW)
    Justin Dalaya (Port Adelaide, SA)
    @TravisButler (Hurstbridge, VIC)
    Shane Dunlop (Brunswick, VIC)
    Josh Mahoney (Melbourne, VIC)
    Rudi Martin (Chermside West, QLD)
    The Swedish 31 Questions Fan Club (Lund, Sweden)
    Max Pfitzner (Warrandyte South, VIC)
    Stephen Coote (Queanbeyan West, NSW)
    Paul Mavroudis (Altona North, VIC)
    Craig Faulkner (Semaphore Park, SA)
    Hayden Faulkner (Semaphore Park, SA)
    Sky Ingledew (Reservoir, VIC), and
    Daniel Guglielmin (Ottoway, SA)

    And specials thanks also to anyone who made an anonymous donation, shared the link, liked a status, subscribed on YouTube, sent a tweet or did some other intangible task that’s assisting us in making 31 Questions. I couldn’t make this TV game show without you.

    Here’s the final arrangement of the 31 Questions Season 3 Crowdfunder Map. Welcome to the club, France, Sweden and New Zealand:


    View 31 Questions Season 3 Crowdfunders in a larger map

    69 donations from 7 countries. Incredible.

    Just for a comparison, we raised US$1,846 on our last campaign, which was something like AUD$1,700 (exchange rate wasn’t on our side). And this is where our 72 Season TWO crowdfunders were:


    View 31 Questions Crowdfunders in a larger map

    It really is The People’s Game Show. Having said that, there are people in Africa, South America and Asia too. Probably. You certainly wouldn’t know if by looking at these maps.

    Okay! Now we got the cash…

    LET’S MAKE THIS FREAKING TV GAME SHOW!

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Kids, don’t smoke.

  • I’M making 31 Questions Season 3… are YOU?

    Yes. Yes! YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!

    We’re back in the crowdfundorium that is Indiegogo to raise some legal tender for the production of our third and most likely final season of 31 Questions – coming 2014 to your local community TV station and/or Internet.

    If this is your first visit to my website and you’ve never heard of 31 Questions, you’re a dull boy, Billy.

    This is what it’s all about:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaUYb1qKVL8

    If you like what you see and would like to help MAKE the TV game show everyone’s listening about, go to our campaign page on Indiegogo and make a contribution. Like last time, there’s also some fabulous merchandise on offer, including badges.

    Did I mention we got badges?

    I’ve never seen my semen under a microscope, but I imagine it looks something like that.

    We also have NEW MUGS! They’re like the badges, but with a larger concavity at the rear, perfect for holding liquids, if you know what I mean:

    Like last time, we’re also keeping track of our crowdfunder locations on this planet of ours (to the nearest suburb). 3 days in and we’ve already had donations from FOUR different countries! And New Zealand isn’t even one of them!

    Check out our fabulous Season 3 Crowdfunder Map as it gradually becomes infected with more and more little blue markers:


    View 31 Questions Season 3 Crowdfunders in a larger map

    As of writing this blog entry, we’ve already raised an amazing $570! The goal this time is $5,000, so we’re already more than 10% of the way there.

    Last season, we managed to raise $1,846 and that was fantastic, but it still left a large gap between that figure and the actual cost of making season 2. And this time we’re hoping to invest in a totally new set and pay some of the key crew members.

    Ahh community television. It’s a low price to pay for total creative freedom.

    Big thank you to all our contributors so far. I’ll post the full list of names at the end of the campaign after December 14, and of course every donor will get a special thanks in the show’s credits.

    And merchandise is, if not in, then on the way to being in, the mail.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Past tense of Indiegogo? Indiewentwent.

  • 31 Questions Season 2 Episode 3

    S2E03 of 31 Questions premiered on C31 Melbourne & Geelong Saturday evening. See above.

    I enjoyed repeatedly slapping Anthony. And special thanks to this week’s contestants Richard and Simone. It was a tight game. Though not quite as tight as THIS WEEK’S game… Tune in on C31 Melbourne & Geelong Saturday 8.30PM (Look out for cameos from Dan Ilic and Rex Hunt!).

    In other news, to the surprise of many (including us), Season 2 began airing in Brisbane this week! It’s now on the 31 Digital schedule, Tuesdays 9PM. Those Queenslanders have obviously been preoccupied with deciding the next federal government, so no hard feelings. It’s not like they also did it last year as well.

    Na, Brisbane you’re great.

    We were due to start airing in New Zealand on Wednesday, but thanks to our good friends at Australia Post, we’re now premiering NEXT week: 9.30PM Wednesdays on Face Television from August 21. Apologies if you haven’t worked out how to use YouTube.

    But more importantly… 31 Questions BEGINS IN SYDNEY TONIGHT 9.30!

    That’s me aged 9 in Darling Harbour. I assume that water feature is still there? I remember being excited because I’d seen it in the opening (or was it the closing?) titles of Aerobics Oz-Style before Agro’s Cartoon Connection. Anyway Sydney, I’ll talk to YOU on Twitter later this evening.

    As for Adelaide… well I discovered their fabulous community television station has gone through some structural changes recently. I’m not sure exactly why. But I do know that their name, phone number and address have all changed. I also discovered this after I mailed them the first 2 episodes. In a media format they no longer accept.

    As far as I can tell, it’s no longer called “44 Adelaide”, but rather “Channel 44”. Good move, in my opinion. Why limit yourself to Adelaide? They’re looking at the big picture. And the picture is magnificent. Assuming you’re in the Adelaide metropolitan area where the picture is transmitted.

    Doesn’t look like 31 Questions will be airing in Adelaide until September or October. Though we might get a repeat of our first season before they start showing Season 2. I’ll keep you updated.

    I’ve been getting more requests for ways you can throw money at me, and to a lesser extent, the show. I can now announce there are TWO types of mugs available from the 31 Questions online store:

    Perfect for holding all types of liquids. And for the fabulous price of $20 + postage, you can support me, 31 Questions, community television AND own a mug.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Now where were we?

  • 31 Questions Season 2 Episode 2

    31 Questions S2E02 aired on C31 Melbourne & Geelong on Saturday 3 August 2013. Could we have conjured a more “game showy” picture than the one in the above YouTube preview image?

    If so, I’d like to see it.

    Anthony McCormack did a sensational job editing/booty-shaking this one. And I love his Don Bradman gag. Sequentially, this was actually the third episode we shot for this season, and from memory there were quite a lot of problems that night. So it’s good to see it wasn’t a complete write-off (like the first two!).

    Other 31Q things…

    Thursday evening marked my first time on Melbourne radio station 3AW. I had a chat with Philip Brady, Simon Owens and John Blackman about the show (mainly mine, not so much theirs). Both John and Simon have made appearances on 31 Questions. Their episodes are coming up in the next few weeks.

    Amazingly in this media-saturated modern world of ours, the 3AW webcam video of my interview was on YouTube within minutes. Saves me uploading the audio myself. Check it out (stay watching right til the end to see some innovative signaling from the panel operator):

    Here’s an interesting bit of news. I was about to reveal it on 3AW before getting sidetracked, but in our upcoming fifth episode – which was actually the sixth one we taped and will air in Melbourne on August 24 – not only is that the episode John Blackman makes an appearance, but the dude contestant that week is Rohan Zorz, who just Monday entered the Big Brother house as a “latecomer” contestant on Channel Nine!?!

    I find this all very bizarre. Usually Big Brother contestants appear on game shows AFTER they’re kicked out of the house.

    Read Rohan’s profile on the Big Brother website (if you dare visit a reality television website).

    Unfortunately, a cursory glance at the #BBAU tweets shows a general hatred of Rohan. Exactly how this legion of teenage girls with anti-Rohan agendas will affect 31 Questions is yet to be fully understood.

    And lastly, due to repeated requests for fabulous 31 Questions merchandise, I’ve set up an online store on Big Cartel. Check out our NEW 31 Questions 31-Stop Shop!

    At the moment, we’ve got the classic DMG mug for sale for the reduced price of $20. We’re working on some new designs, so keep checking to see what we’ve got in stock. All proceeds will go towards the future of 31 Questions (there’s already been talk of a third season 😉 ).

    See you Saturday for Ep 3.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Still not going to watch Big Brother.