David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: radio

  • On The Yacht Podcasts

    Greetings,

    Just in case you hadn’t stumbled upon these in my tangled corner of the web, my knotted quadrant of the net, my… area of the… online… for your convenience, here are all 13 episodes of the “funny, at times” satirical radio comedy series, “On The Yacht,” in podcast form for your listening pleasure! Simply click on the links below, or right click and save as…

    Show 01 – Bells & Whistlers
    Show 02 – Au Naturale
    Show 03 – Collector’s Edition
    Show 04 – Best Christmas Ever
    Show 05 – Inquisitive Animals
    Show 06 – Domestic Disturbance
    Show 07 – Smooth
    Show 08 – Doctor if you Police
    Show 09 – At The Marina
    Show 10 – Neighbourhood Disputes
    Show 11 – Duelling Movies
    Show 12 – Jealousy, Corruption & Ouija
    Show 13 – Yachting Revelations

  • On The Yacht Final Voyage Tonight!

    Hey blog-trotters,

    In approximately 3 hours we’ll begin the FINAL episode of our grossly unpopular satirical comedy/talk-back radio parody show “On The Yacht.” Tune in for one last time on Radio Adelaide 101.5FM at midnight Adelaide time to hear Adam, Norman Vine, Dr Kevin Goodall and Tim Wray (in the news room). But if you can’t make it, please don’t fret… I’ll post links to all the podcasts soon.

    On The Yacht has been described by a random listener as: “Funny. At Times.” I think that comment sums up the show nicely.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    AKA Norman Vine

  • Farewell Little Lisa!

    Greet,

    Well, like Peter Gabriel before her, Lisa Pellegrino has hit the big time, having landed a breakfast radio job with MixFM in Darwin! So obviously this would require her to leave us all behind in Adelaide to move onwards and upwards, corporately, socially and geographically to bigger and better things. I’ll certainly miss her, not just because of her loveliness, but damn… I don’t know what I’m going to do without a brilliant female voice to use in my radio sketches…

    Here’s just a few of the clips up here at davidmgreen.com where the exceptionally talented vocal stylings of Little Lisa can be heard…

    Good times at Radio Adelaide 101.5FM… So from all of us here at davidmgreen.com, which is… really just myself… may I wish Lisa the very best of luck on her Northern Territorian breakfast radio adventure! To quote that evil guy in Star Wars: We’ll be watching your career with great interest…

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    DJ (The J is for Jedi)

  • Ride David M. Green’s New Wave Machine!

    Due to a mix up in the Radio Adelaide scheduling department, I have been forced to fill 60 minutes of dead air from 11pm-midnight tonight on Radio Adelaide 101.5FM… So tune in for “David M. Green’s New Wave Machine.” It’s an hour of obscure ’80s New Wave music interspaced with classic David M. Green sketches and me reminding you that you’re listening to my new wave machine. Here’s the track list (hint: click on the sketches to hear them. As for the music… tune in, download it, obtain it legitimately, whatever the kids who want New Wave music are doing these days):

    David M. Green-Bot
    The B-52s – Whammy Kiss
    Did You Know #2 – World War I
    The Cars – Magic
    Alphaville – The Jet Set
    KKKMart
    Gary Numan – Down in the Park
    Naked Eyes – Fortune and Fame
    Oingo Boingo – Weird Science
    Yazoo – Situation (U.S. 12″ Remix)
    Rock ‘n’ Roll Mom
    Level 42 – Something About You
    The Human League – Love Action (I Believe in Love)
    A Very Oakley Christmas
    Devo – Baby Doll (Swedish Version)
    Goldman Tasers
    Glen Frey – The Heat is On

    And hey, if you’re going to stay up til midnight, you might as well stay tuned for On The Yacht straight after. It’s a good show to fall asleep to.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    New Wave. It’s old school. Wet classrooms?

  • RIP Richard Marsland

    Hello,

    I was extremely shocked and saddened today to hear that comedy writer and radio personality Richard Marsland died yesterday at the under-ripe age of 32. This tragedy has touched me personally because of our shared comedy ideals, and also because he was an acquaintance of mine. I would like to say friend, but I don’t think I knew him well enough. Although you don’t have to know him well to know he’s one of the nicest guys in radio. He was also VERY FUNNY and in my opinion, “Get This” with Tony Martin, Ed Kavalee & Richard Marsland on the buttons is the funniest radio show of all time. Having to pull the car over to the side of the road due to uncontrollable laughter was a regular occurrence. I actually had the good fortune to interview Richard once for my community radio show I was hosting at the time. It took place December 29th 2007, just over a month after “Get This” was axed. You can hear that interview here.

    That interview was only the beginning of a short but serendipitous relationship I had with Richard. Around the time of our interview, I got a call from SAFM/Today Network Program Director Craig Bruce. Eventually he got me a job as a panel-operator at SAFM, a job which Richard had had about 10 years earlier. When I went to Melbourne in July this year for a short holiday with my girlfriend Jemima, Richard was nice enough to agree to meet me, and he bought lunch for me and Jemima at one of those Melbourne alley cafes (that’s where the photo of me giving him that shirt comes from). We talked for about 2 hours about all sorts of stuff; radio, comedy, writing, TV, old sketches from Get This. Eventually Jemima left out of boredom. I’m very lucky to have had such an experience and I can tell you it is one of the greatest things in the world, to go up to someone you admire and tell them you love their work. I’m glad for the opportunity, but still sad that he’s gone. My thoughts are with his friends, family and everyone he touched with his humour over his short but brilliant life.

    Panel in peace Rich.

    EDIT – On December 12th we dedicated the second episode of our Radio Adelaide comedy show ‘On The Yacht’ to his memory. I broke character to read a short tribute just before the show, which can be heard here.

    Yours sincerely,
    David M. Green