David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: Australia

  • VHS Revue 25 – Exit to Eden (2001)

    Highlights from a 2001 VHS tape of the 1994 box office flop “Exit to Eden”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – A struggle today’s young people will never understand
    – Mr Bankrupt TVC
    – Horse racing industry “same hat” TVC
    – Bernie Lewis Home Loans “hoop” TVC
    – Furniture Works “no audio” TVC
    – Channel 7 ident with guys in the colourful body suits
    – Shaun Micallef vs. the Channel 7 body suit guys at the 2001 Logies (and cameo)
    – “Can’t Do That Anymore” Segment
    – Pizza Haven TVC featuring picture of woman’s arse
    – Plant Liquidators TVC featuring censored racist joke
    – DMG recounts his 2005 encounter with the Plant Liquidator Guy
    – L. J. Hooker real estate agency TVC

    Footage recorded from Channel Seven Adelaide, 28 January 2001 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych & Shaun Micallef.

    VHS Revue Links:

    -DMG

  • VHS Revue 24 – Ten Late News (2006)

    Highlights from a 2006 VHS tape of Ten Late News, Australia. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Opener to Ten Late News, Saturday 8 January 2006 with Tracy Spicer
    – DMG cameo in “Playing for Keeps” (2018)
    – “Summer on Ten” ident
    – Deep Spring mineral water TVC featuring nude scooter
    – Dodo dial-up internet TVC featuring nude cricket
    – Lynx Shows TVC
    – Ezy-Rest Armchairs TVC
    – Tone Booth SMS music service TVC featuring “From Paris to Berlin”
    – Gold Coast Girls SMS subscription service TVC

    Footage recorded from Channel Ten Adelaide, 8 January 2006 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy & John Hnatowych.

    VHS Revue Links:

    -DMG

  • VHS Revue 23 – Tomorrow Never Dies (2000)

    Highlights from a 2000 VHS tape of the 1997 Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Brosnan Bond awesomeness rankings
    – YouTube Mail
    – See Australia Tourism Ad featuring TV’s Ernie Dingo
    – LG Air Conditioner TVC with peeping toms
    – Sanitarium Weet-Bix TVC with dump truck of sugar
    – Blackmores Envital TVC with flatulent balloon
    – Pictionary TVC with DMG pencil fantasy sequence
    – Bond shootout
    – Constant flatulence outtakes

    Footage recorded from Channel Seven Adelaide, November 2000 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych and Hannah Green.

    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 20 – A Woman Called Golda (1982)

    Highlights from a 1982 Beta tape of the telemovie/miniseries “A Woman Called Golda”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Lowrey Organs TVC
    – Ford Meteor TVC
    – Ten Promo for Anne Wills Movie Scene
    – BP “The Quiet Achievers” TVC
    – “You Can See It All On Ten” Promo featuring Parkinson in Australia
    – Trix dishwashing liquid TVC
    – Ten Clock with “Australian Motors’ Brand New Sigma” jingle
    – Snippets of Violet Crumble and Crunchie TVCs
    – Drifter chocolate bar TVC – Treets confectionery TVC
    – Weller Balsam shampoo and conditioner TVC
    – DMG visits the supermarket
    – Promo for “A Woman Called Golda” Part 2 (“…Ingrid Bergman in POSSIBLY her last performance…”)

    Footage recorded from Channel Ten Adelaide 1982 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy and John Hnatowych.

    VHS Revue Links:

    -DMG