David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: IndieGoGo

  • 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:


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    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:


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    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.

  • 31 Questions. The TV game show where YOU can make Season 3.

    With 11 days left on the 31 Questions Season 3 crowdfunding campaign, we’ve raised $1,311 from 33 fantastic people! You’re all outstanding. Thank you so much. That’s 26.22% of the way to our $5,000 goal.

    Now, it might look like there’s no hope in hell we’re going to get to five grand, but I know there are at least a few fans holding out to the last minute to give a SURPRISE donation. You know what would be REALLY surprising? If you donate RIGHT NOW. I for one, sure wouldn’t be expecting it.

    How else can we be expected to make quality segments like “Will It Flush?”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E0PeDTldJA

    Or The Enigma Box?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsKsBXkMr0w

    Hey, that broken glass ain’t free. It’s not like you just find it lying in the street…

    Our crowdfunder map is starting to fill up. We’ve now got donations from FIVE countries, with New Zealand recently joining the team. I think this is awesome. And I hate using the word “awesome”. That’s how much I like this map:


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    And many people have now received their fabulous merchandise, just like Blazenka Brysha from Mount Eliza, Victoria, who has chosen to display her mug and badges above some sort of antique casserole dish/chamber pot:

    Time is running out.

    Join us.

    Help make 31 Questions Season 3.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Host, etc.

  • 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: The People’s Game Show (both spiritually and financially)

    Our crowdfunding campaign for 31 Questions Season 2 is over. And we raised the incredible amount of… $1,846!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_Mxq3p7W6Pc

    That’s cold, hard, wet CASH!

    And we’re already using it to pay for stuff we need.

    All up, we had 72 donors from 4 countries around the globe, each donating an average of $26 and almost doubling our goal of $1,000.

    I’d like to thank the following non-anonymous people for their continued support:

    Kimberley Seeto
    Simon Mould
    Rhys Barnard
    Elliott Klein
    Nick Gates
    TV’s Dan Ilic
    Ryan Vickers
    Craig Faulkner
    Greer Forrester
    Kristen Rogers
    Tom Green
    David Cooper
    Kate Henning
    Jonus DeAguiar
    Adam Wozniak
    David Dower
    Walter Lee
    Blazenka Brysha
    Van Badham
    Tim Mahlberg
    Felix of House SYN
    Dan Picton
    Hayden Faulkner
    TV’s Sam Mac
    Ellen McCutchan
    Rachel Howe
    Harrison Gough
    Mark Humphries
    Sean Campbell
    Belle Hammond
    Zachary Clapper
    Patrick Bosher
    Andrew Williams
    Michelle Pay
    Daniel Guglielmin
    Lisa-Skye Goodes
    Peter Cirocco
    Peter Van Dort
    Alessandra Suuberg
    Bill Smith
    Brendan Johnson
    Sam Vandenn
    Richard Green
    Matt Meiklejohn
    Leon Hill
    Jane Watkins
    Daniel Lawler
    Mike Sinclair
    Gillian Terzis
    Bree Watkins
    Ben Hayes
    Aaron Hayes
    Daniel Krimmer
    “The Ultimo Bachelor Pad”
    Andrew Sullivan
    Jack Savige
    Wes Kingston
    Terri McCormack
    Hannah Green
    Rainer Selby
    Grahame Buchanan
    Grahame’s cat, Bella

    You’ve made Season 2 possible. Thank you all so, so much.

    To put the geographical scale of this campaign in perspective, this is where the money came from:


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    If you’ve ordered a Moderator Mug, there’ll be a slight delay before you can expect your mug in the mail. I ordered 50 mugs with my face on them, but only 5 of the [arguably more popular] “Anthony” design – so we’ve put in an order for more. T-shirts of specific sizes are also on order. And everyone should receive autographed headshots next week.

    We’re also very much enjoying the fan photos. Here are a few more:

    My only criticism is that ellipsis has one too many dots. But other than that: *Italian-esque hand gesture where the fingers explode from the lips*.

    Now let’s make the damn show.

    (Tech rehearsal tomorrow!)

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    I’m not a fan of pickles, but now I want one.

  • 31 Questions: Crowdfunding Endgame

    And now we enter endgame…

    With 4 days left of the 31 Questions crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, we’ve raised the unbelievable amount of $1,692!

    We’ve already long since surpassed our original goal of $1,000. But can we now get to $2,000? It’s up to YOU.

    Here are some tasty morsels that might convince you to contribute…

    Want to impress your friends and family with your knowledge of answers? Do it via this convenient “Moderator Mug”, while also questioning whether they too are aware of the answer that you yourself claim to know. Featuring a drinkable TV’s Anthony McCormack in his signature pointing pose, this mug will make a welcome addition to your cupboard or dishwasher. Available now for $31. All proceeds go towards production of Season 2 of 31 Questions!

    And the next 8 lucky fans who donate $10 to the show on Indiegogo won’t just receive a personally autographed headshot of benevolent host David M. Green, you’ll also receive an ORIGINAL SEASON ONE QUESTION CARD (featuring actual printed questions, hand-written notes AND last minute gags)! As used during the taping of Episodes 12 & 13, 17 May 2012. Think of how much these are going to be worth once David M. Green has moved on to better things and/or died! Strictly limited to the next 8 crowdfunders.
    We’ve now received contributions ranging from $2 to $100 from 65 individuals in 4 countries. Check out this map of their approximate locations:


    View 31 Questions Crowdfunders in a larger map

    How cool is that!?!?

    We’re already using this money to pay for tapes, printing, hard drives, set materials, electronic components for the new buzzers, postage, “fabulous” prizes, parking, costumes and all matter of miscellaneous things needed to make some sort of television show.

    It’s very touching knowing there’s so much love out there for this scruffy underdog of a game show. I had an exchange of Facebook messages over the weekend from a gentleman in Chicago, who informs me his whole family has been enjoying Season 1 on YouTube.

    And what put the biggest smile on my face was finding out his 7-year-old son has been repeatedly quoting the punchline “Just my colon”, as delivered by Sophie Loughran in Episode 4, and “dying laughing”. Evidently, American children are better educated on punctuation than their Aussie counterparts. I don’t think I learned what a colon was (either definition) until I was twice that age.

    This might be good karma for all the times I myself have quoted The Blues Brothers, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, National Lampoon’s Vacation and any other motion picture set in The Windy City.

    Keep those donations coming in. They’re making a big difference. I’ll leave you with some more Season 1 outtakes, highlighting a few community TV problems. Hopefully we’ll avoid them in Season 2. But somehow, I doubt it…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhwY1SehbRE

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    No sir, Mayor Daley doesn’t dine here any more. He’s dead sir.