David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: low budget

  • 31 Questions Ep #13: Season 1 Finale

    Well that’s it. The debut season of 31 Questions is DONE.

    It’s been quite a journey, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

    Someone who I can’t thank enough is Anthony McCormack. Not only did he crack me up week after week as the show’s Moderator, but for the last 3 months he’s been the poor sap editing all that footage and physically bringing it into Channel 31. All unpaid.

    I’m especially relieved we (and when I say “we”, I mean Anthony) got every episode to air and didn’t have to do repeat one.

    There were a few weeks where we (and when I say “we”, I mean Anthony) got it into Channel 31 literally the night before it was going to air.

    Though I hear those Chaser boys have previously handed their tape into the ABC with mere minutes to spare.

    So where to from here?

    Well I’ll tell you what you can look forward to… (and when I say “you”, I mean Anthony)

    As Anthony wound up editing the episodes the weeks they were to be broadcast, he didn’t have time to do anything with the bloopers and the stuff we (and when I say “we”…) had to cut out because we (Anthony) were overtime. Some of it was very painful to condemn to the cutting room floor.

    But Anthony tells me he put all this stuff to one side with the intention of later turning it into exclusive YouTube gold. So look out for a whole pile of low budget game show extras coming soon to an Internet near YOU!

    Stuff like THIS:

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeR7AiUlFok[/youtube]

    But the televisual fun continues around Australia in cities less liveable than Melbourne.

    While tweeting along to Ep #2 last night as it went to air in Perth, I discovered you can actually stream WestTV online! MIND = BLOWN!

    SA, I’ll see you tonight on 44 Adelaide. Ep #2 is on at 10.30PM.

    Still waiting on broadcast times and start dates for Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland. But you’ll be the first to know. Well, obviously after me and the people at the TV stations who are making those decisions. I mean, you’re hardly going to find out before them.

    That’s just ridiculous.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    And accepting job offers… nnnnnnNow!

  • 31 Questions Ep #09: Toilet flushes galore!

    MMMmmmmyyyeeeeeessss!

    This week it’s Fran vs. Rob on everyone’s favourite no-budget TV game show… 31 QUESTIONS!

    The gag round for episode #9 continues the tradition of Australian TV stealing ideas from David Letterman with a brand new segment called “Will it flush?” where contestants predict which households items will indeed be flushed down the toilet or remain floating in the bowl for the next poor sap to deal with…

    Did someone say “good taste”?

    No?

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    This episode is dedicated to the brave men and women of the Australian Armed Forces.

  • 31 Questions Ep #08: Bald celebrities edition!

    MMMmmmmyyyeeeeeessss!

    It’s episode #8 of 31 Questions! Featuring the gag segment “Low Brow” – where contestants need to identify celebrities from photos of said celebrities with their hair and eyebrows removed.

    You all like celebrities, right?

    Contestants Emily and Nick used to be friends, but they haven’t thought of each other lately at all as they go head to head to see who has the superior command of general knowledge and pop culture.

    How many questions can YOU answer?

    …I’m asking you a question!

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Anyone actually go chrome for Chromosome Day?

  • 31 Questions Ep #07: Anti-drug special

    How on Earth could this television show make so many drug references and still get away with a PG rating?

    Think of the children!

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    No one hides from David M. Green…

  • 31 Questions Ep #05

    Last Saturday I drove up to scenic Warranwood in Melbourne’s outer east to join my good friend Dean Watson in front of his humungous TV to watch episode #5 of 31 Questions.

    His TV is literally like 8 of my TVs. My TV is very small.

    I also met his goat.

    In the world of legitimate TV game shows, last week SBS announced that “Letters and Numbers” will not be returning. Instead it will be replaced by the British version of the show: “Countdown”.

    This is a shame. But at the same time, it did make our parody segment “Letters and Letters” considerably more topical. Complete blind luck, considering we taped the episode back in April. That question about The Wiggles didn’t date quite as well, however.

    And spoiler alert, congratulations to Naomi, this week’s glorious champion! You can read her first hand account of her time on 31 Questions on her blog. Fascinating stuff, which I had no idea of at the time we taped the show.

    I’m very pleased with how 31 Questions has been received so far. Thank you for all the kind tweets and Facebook page comments. The response has literally been nothing but positive.

    By the way, I don’t believe I’ve shared the link to our fabulous review from Australian Tumbleweeds: “Australia’s most opinionated blog about comedy”. I don’t know who that guy is, but he’s an exceptionally harsh critic. Basically, if it doesn’t have Shaun Micallef or Tony Martin in it, he hates it. So to have such a positive review is quite the honour.

    He actually reviewed our pilot episode, which in my opinion is probably the worst one. And to be honest, I reckon episode #5 is the second worst. But I can now say every episode from now on is a good one.

    In other news, I’m managing to white-ant my into other RMITV shows:

    Next stop, a little bit o’ good ole fashioned PR.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    You know, if you remove the “e” and “l” from “Public relations”, you’re left with “Pubic rations”.