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  • VHS Revue 27 – Death Becomes Her (1997)

    We’re back! Highlights from a 1997 VHS tape of the 1992 film “Death Becomes Her”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Ericsson mobile phone TVC
    – Payphone update with Andy Matthews
    – Telstra TVC with jingle “Making it easier for you”
    – West End Draught TVC with Showdown 1 tie-in
    – DV Milk TVC with Rex Hunt
    – Libra Ultra Thins TVC crime scene clean-up
    – Cosmopolitan magazine TVC featuring man with woman’s voice
    – WorkCover TVC Think Safety Talk Safety featuring bear trap blindfold
    – Westpac Classic Plus TVC
    – Coca-Cola TVC with polar bears and seal

    Footage recorded from Channel Ten Adelaide, 1997 and used here for  review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Gerard Kotlowy, Emmanuel Photakis, Tim Wray, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Richard Sidey, Andy Matthews and Rex Hunt.

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    -DMG

  • Good Afternoon Adelaide: Live at the Birkenhead Bridge

    Just leaving this here…

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Another lost recording of ‘Good Afternoon Adelaide’ has been uncovered!

    The laserdisc transfer from the collection of late Hallet Cove video archivist Ben Felixstove features part of a 1990 outdoor broadcast at Port Adelaide to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Birkenhead Bridge.

    ‘Good Afternoon Adelaide: Live at the Birkenhead Bridge’ will air on Channel 44 Adelaide, Monday 17 June at 9PM.

    Followed by 8PM Monday 1 July and 2PM Friday 5 July on Channel 31 Melbourne & Geelong. And 11PM Thursday 11 July on WestTV Perth.

    ‘Good Afternoon Adelaide’ was a South Australian television institution. The one-hour chat show aired live across SA and into the silver city of Broken Hill weekdays at 2PM from 1989 to 1992.

    Hosted by journalist Jeremy Dome and business identity Norman Vine, the show featured news, celebrity interviews, live music, talkback callers, lifestyle segments, paid advertorials and a who’s who of Adelaide royalty.

    Like a lot of local Adelaide telly, the show became a victim of increased networkisation from the eastern states and GAA was cancelled in 1992. As a final insult, the station’s master tapes were later sold and used for episodes of “Wheel of Fortune”. Sadly, very few recordings of the show still exist today.

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    – DMG