David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: funny

  • 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 46 – The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1984)

    Highlights from a 1984 VHS tape of the TV movie ‘The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal’. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – A brief look at the 1979 TV movie ‘The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal’
    – The Australian Gas Light Company (AGL) TVC
    – Lovely! Pancakes TVC
    – “Be There” Seven Sydney Ident
    – Sons & Daughters Promo
    – 11A.M. with Graham Kennedy Promo
    – Kingswood Country Promo
    – Toyota TVC with guy in a red suit jacket
    – Nissan Bluebird TVC with “Foz” and his two Armaguard vans
    – Modular Pools TVC featuring “Monty Modular”
    – “Does It Jingle” segment
    – Norman Ross Electrical Discounts TVC
    – Singapore Airlines “Singapore Girl” TVC
    – Grace Bros winter menswear TVC
    – Suzuki Swift TVC
    – New South Wales Random Breath Testing TVC
    – St. George Building Society TVC “Name the day account” term deposit & “Love the feel of this country” jingle

    Footage recorded from Sydney’s Channel Seven in early 1984 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.

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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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  • 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 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.

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    -DMG