David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: Australia

  • VHS Revue 44 – Seinfeld Sein-off (1998)

    It’s 25 years to the day since the final episode of Seinfeld aired in Australia on Channel Ten so what better excuse to look at some highlights from a 1998 VHS tape of the “Seinfeld Sein-off”!?

    Featuring:
    – A brief look at the Australian broadcast of the Seinfeld Sein-off, which featured The Chronicle (AKA The Clip Show) and The Finale Parts 1 & 2
    – American Express TVC featuring Jerry Seinfeld at the supermarket
    – Channel Ten promo for their Thursday night comedy lineup: The Nanny, Rosanne & Totally Full Frontal
    – Nintendo 64 Twin Controller Pack with clear purple controller TVC
    – A DMG Tedious Anecdote about the Nintendo 64 with home video footage of the Green kids opening theirs on Christmas Day 1998
    – Turn Me On Ten Promo with clips from US sitcom ‘The Naked Truth’
    – The Seinfeld Sein-off brought to you by Ericsson and the Nintendo 64 Twin Controller Pack
    – Up & Go TVC
    – Diet Coke window washer TVC dubbed with Australian accents
    – Smiths ‘The Full Monty’ potato crisps TVC featuring cartoon family ‘The Smiths’
    – Mr Bankrupt TVC without the usual voice-over guy
    – Telstra TVC featuring rich bumbling idiot
    – Berri TVC with intolerant fruit

    Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel Ten on 20 August 1998 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Additional footage from Billy Madison (1995) and 31 Questions (2013)

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

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  • VHS Revue 43 – The Comedy Company So Excellent! (2002)

    Highlights from a 2002 VHS tape of “The Comedy Company So Excellent!”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – A brief look at The Comedy Company, the Australian sketch show that aired 1988-1990
    – Channel Ten “Yellow” “Seriously” ident
    – Campbell’s Chunky Soup TVC featuring Tony Lockett
    – Just Right cereal TVC
    – Dreamland TVC with Simmons Beautyrest mattress ad from overseas
    – Subway TVC with an Australian accent shoehorned in there
    – Australian Unity Health Insurance TVC featuring a man at a urinal
    – Get This S#!& Off The Air! – Australian Unity
    – Archers Aqua Schnapps TVC
    – Brickworks Markets TVC with Flintstones-esque jingle
    – Booze Brothers TVC

    Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel Ten on 8 August 2002 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Nicholas Godfrey, Chad Turner, Alex Lovell, Laureen Lawlor-Smith, Graham Lovell, Jane Nield, Matthew Cocks, Mark Humphries, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Zoe Charman, Tanaya Quinn, the Cert 3, 4 & Diploma students studying Screen and Media at Wollongong TAFE and our generous supporters on Patreon.

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  • VHS Revue 42 – NewsWorld (1986)

    Highlights from a 1986 VHS tape of “NewsWorld”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – A brief history of NewsWorld with Clive Robertson, with clips from 1986 and 1989
    – Channel 7 Sydney neon animation ident
    – Sydney Morning Herald TVC with Sherman Wormster the undertaker
    – The Sun newspaper TVC
    – Woman’s Day TVC with Ita Buttrose
    – Cosmopolitan magazine August 1986 TVC
    – Deliziosa Lasagna TVC
    – Holden Barina TVC with the Road Runner
    – Homestead Motor Inns TVC
    – Can’t Do That Any More
    – Bornhoffen bread TVC featuring Paul Chubb
    – Codral cold and flu tablets “Soldier On” TVC
    – KFC cartoon TVC with Fredrick Fox and Charlie Chickenhawk

    Footage recorded from Sydney’s Channel 7 in July 1986 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.

    VHS Revue Links:

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  • VHS Revue 41 – Alice in Wonderland (1999)

    Highlights from a 1999 VHS tape of the TV movie “Alice in Wonderland”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – WIN TV ident
    – Illawarra Mercury TVC
    – Rowen’s Funland Ulladulla Indoor Park TVC
    – Collegians Club TVC
    – Mitchell’s Fruit & Snowy River Meats TVC with joint jingle
    – WIN TV ident Toowoomba, Queensland
    – Clints Crazy Bargains rug store TVC
    – Who Wants To Be A Millionaire on WIN TV promo with Eddie McGuire
    – Sydney 2000 Olympics Tourism New South Wales TVC
    – WIN TV ident Rockhampton, Queensland
    – Tenuous Premise Segment
    – NRMA Building Society TVC with cartoon goldfish
    – H. Parsons Funeral Directors TVC
    – Land Rover Financial Services TVC
    – 1999 Mazda 626 with air conditioning TVC with question for Randall Munroe
    – I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter TVC
    – Hahn Premium Light TVC with Michael Caton and ‘Born to Be Alive’

    Footage recorded from WIN TV in Gerringong, NSW on 10 April 1999 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

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

    VHS Revue Links:

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  • VHS Revue 40 – Futurama Tape 2 (2003)

    Highlights from a 2003 VHS tape of the TV cartoon series “Futurama”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Coca Cola TVC with “Everybody wants it” jingle and a young Miranda Kerr
    – Bundaberg Diet Ginger Beer TVC
    – Pepsi Blue TVC
    – Australian Fresh Plus Orange Juice with Calcium TVC
    – The Advertiser Sunday Mail Classifieds
    – Flight Centre TVC “cheaper than the Internet”
    – Joe Millionaire Promo
    – Seven News Iraq War Promo
    – Olympus digital camera monkey TVC
    – Rexona TVC “where is the formula?”
    – How Good Is That?
    – Comskil TVC

    Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel 7 between January & March 2003 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.

    VHS Revue Links:

    -DMG