David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: old ads

  • 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.

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    -DMG

  • 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.

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    -DMG

  • VHS Revue 39 – The Fifth Element (2000)

    Highlights from a 2000 VHS tape of the 1997 film “The Fifth Element”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Video Library cold opening
    – Channel 10 promo for Switching Lives and Unreal TV broadcast in wrong aspect ratio
    – Hyundai Lantra “it sells itself” TVC
    – dstore TVC with Julia Zemiro
    – UDL TVC
    – Get This S#!& Off The Air! – UDL
    – Force Electronics TVC
    – A Tedious Anecdote about a zombie ad for Aunty Kath’s Cookie Dough
    – A Ten News report about the Howard Government considering a plan to make boat people pick fruit by Samantha Maiden

    Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel 10, 13 February 2000 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Nicholas Godfrey, Chad Turner, Eleanor Gray, Amin Azoor, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Zoe Charman, Harrison Engstrom, 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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    -DMG

  • 10 Weirdest Aussie Ads

    Hey I wrote an article for The Guardian last week with the 10 weirdest Australian TV commercials I’ve found over the years I’ve been making VHS Revue.

    A few people have since pointed out that what I quite reasonably assumed was a cannibal chicken in that KFC ad is actually a chicken hawk, which is a different kind of bird that apparently eats chickens. It’s still a little close on the evolutionary tree for my liking. Also it still leaves the issue of him taking up arms to expand the institution of slavery, which is probably the more unsettling aspect of that ad.

    Anyway, enjoy.

    -DMG

  • VHS Revue 38 – Christopher Columbus (1986)

    Highlights from a 1986 VHS tape of the miniseries “Christopher Columbus”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – A random clip from the miniseries Christopher Columbus
    – Cagney & Lacey promo
    – Channel 7 Royal Wedding ident “Let’s All Be There”
    – The Royal Wedding H.R.H. Prince Andrew to Miss Sarah Ferguson promo
    – Terry Willesee promo with “The Queen of Fleet Street” Jean Rook
    – Seven News Sydney Promo
    – Seven National News Newsbreak with Greg Grainger: Moura Mine explosion, helicopter crash at Camden, a car crashes into Fred and Betty Flint’s house, lotto results
    – American Express travellers’ cheques TVC “Mr Wong!”
    – Custom Card TVC with Garry Who and John Newcombe
    – Nylex Contact TVC
    – Mansours massive winter clearance TVC “brilliant”
    – A brief history of Australian Prime Ministers in TV commercials
    – Australian Army Reserve TVC with PM Bob Hawke
    – 702BL ABC radio TVC
    – Penfolds Club Port TVC with Robert Hughes
    – Violet Crumble TVC with Kevin Harrington
    – What The Hell Was That? Segment
    – Dewar’s Scotch Whisky TVC
    – Drake TVC (still not sure what this company does exactly)
    – CC’s TVC with Dan Ilic cameo
    – Christopher Columbus end credits with slightly problematic voice-over read for ‘Allo ‘Allo!

    Footage recorded from Sydney’s ATN Channel 7, 16 July 1986 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Chad Turner, Dan Ilic, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Zoe Charman and our generous supporters on Patreon.

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    -DMG