David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: radio

  • “On The Yacht” Community Radio-A-Go-Go!

    Yes a shout-out to you! (as much as I hate doing them… so amateurish…)

    It’s official! My latest comedy radio venture has been approved by the suits and pant-suits at Radio Adelaide 101.5FM to be broadcast this summer at the majestic timeslot of Thursday nights, midnight to 1am. The show is titled “On The Yacht” and it’ll be a little different to my previous comedy shows. On The Yacht aims to parody the popular laid-back style of AM talk radio and will be the first show where I appear in character the entire time. I’ll be playing Norman Vine, alongside Nick Godfrey as Dr Kevin Goodall, Adam Navarro “anchoring” the nautical-themed programme as his AM alter-ego, “Adam,” and making up the numbers, Voice-Over’s Tim Wray in the news room.

    Staple features of On The Yacht will include, pretty much what you can hear during the day on AM radio: expert guests, uninformed callers, quizes, news updates, pointless pedantic conversations about the details of life (all satirical of course). But hey, don’t get upset if you’re a genuine fan of AM radio. So are we. Why else would we be doing this? On The Yacht isn’t a mean-spirited “dig,” but more like a light-hearted, humorous homage to the format. Plus it’s a chance to play some smooth nu-jazz and soft yacht-rock… ohhh yeeeaaaahhhh…

    Keep your eye out for more details right here at davidmgreen.com… On The Yacht sets sail on its maiden voyage December 5th 2008 12.01am ACST (+10.5GMT) on Radio Adelaide 101.5FM. Feel free to tune in (if you’re up).

    Kind regards,
    Radio’s David M. Green
    On The Yacht: AM style. FM sound. AM time.

  • Commercial Television’s Worst Nightmare

    FINALLY! The good people at Roy Morgan Research have knocked on my door and for once it is I, David M. Green… who get to contribute to the official Australian television and radio ratings… And you can bet your sweet ass I’m going WAAAAAAYYYYY out of my way this week to avoid watching and listening to the vacuous, sensationalised, reality, celebrity, commercial-driven CRAP that comprises 90% of the content that infects our screens and speakers!

    This week, I’m supporting outstanding comedy, professional journalism and TV and radio programmes that are ACTUALLY entertaining. I’m taking so much satisfaction in putting an ‘x’ under the ABC’s fantastic new comedy series ‘Very Small Business’ and leaving blank boxes under ‘Taken Out,’ ‘Make me a Supermodel,’ ‘Today Tonight,’ ‘A Current Affair,’ ‘Neighbours,’ ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ ‘Crash Investigation Unit’ and all those other appalling programmes clogging our screens that were obviously thought up during someone’s lunch break.

    But what’s that you say? Hey David you hypocrite, you worked for SAFM, a notoriously commercial radio station! Well firstly, astute observation and well articulated. And secondly, allow me to explain my philosophy on the issue… Sure, I’ll work for commercial media if they pay me (it’s lots of fun!), BUT… I’ll sure as hell never stop trying to get genuinely funny, innovative, intelligent and downright entertaining ideas past the suits and the censors. Good comedy requires risk taking. Commercial media in Australia doesn’t like to take risks. They like to stick with what’s tried and true, which is why they more often than not just copy a concept that’s a few years old, which the more media savvy have already seen on BBC, HBO, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) or downloaded themselves. And if a TV or radio station is making crap, there’s no motivation for John Q. Public to put away the pirated DVDs and the .mp3 player. If you don’t take risks and get out in front of the pack, you’ll never do anything outstanding…  That’s why in Australia, the ABC doesn’t only make the best comedy, they make the best television! And ‘Very Small Business,’ Wednesday nights 9:30pm on the ABC, is the funniest Australian show on TV at the moment. I cannot recommend it enough.

    Now I also realise I’m a 21-year old male, allegedly the most difficult demographic to crack. And I’m certainly no ordinary representative from my demographic (eg. I have a 142 IQ and love obscure ’80s New Wave music). But I don’t mind going on record as saying most commercial TV and radio in Australia is terrible, because I reckon I know how to make it better… Specific criticism is available upon request. Oh yeah, I really miss ‘Get This’ with Tony Martin, Ed Kavalee and Richard Marsland. There hasn’t been a commercial radio show worth listening to since then in my opinion, and my ratings book is certainly going to reflect my qualms.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Tellin’ it like it is, and desperately wanting to fix it.

  • Prestigious Recognition

  • SAFM’s New (Traditionalist) Panel Operator

    That’s right! I’m officially an employee of Adelaide’s #1 Hit Music Station: 107.1 SAFM! I believe this photo proves it…

    Although of course it’s not beyond me to photo-shop myself in front of a background covered in SAFM logos… I guess you’ll just have to take my word for it this time. So I, David M. Green, am now veritably “on the buttons” as SAFM’s newest, youngest and 2nd-most attractive panel operator. I’ve been inspired by the best… Richard Marsland… Sam Mac… uh… anyone know any other well-known panel operators?

    So anyway, tune in to SAFM weeknights from 6pm-7pm to hear The Kyle & Jackie O Hour of Power, and then from 7pm-10pm to hear The Hot 30. If you do, you just might hear me pressing the buttons, although not likely, because for that to happen the microphone would need to be turned on to hear the physical “pressing” of the button. But you can hear the effects of my button pushing, in the form of music, commercials and those sweeper things that say “SAFM.” Although I don’t work every weeknight, so it may in fact be one of the other panel operators… but what are you gonna do?

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    (By the way, very much looking forward to seeing Devo live in Australia!)

  • Can’t Get Enough Bas Rutten?

    Hey to all you Bas Rutten fans out there! Bas Rutten has made a number of “appearances” on my various radio shows, so I thought just for you, the die hard fans (of Bas Rutten, not the 1988 Bruce Willis film, obviously…), I’d compile a “Best of Bas Rutten” blog entry! Listen back to his past appearances in various forms by clicking the links below…

    Rejected Radio Shows: ‘Bas Rutten Live’ 

    Imset Liver Protection

    Bas Rutten defends his wife’s honour

    Cooking with Bas Rutten on ‘Tonight Live with Smiddy’

    Bas Rutten’s School of Dating

    Bas kicks ass on Tim’s Family Feud

    Bas Rutten calls an adult massage parlour

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OetgbVrm8yw

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    Cooking with Bas Rutten

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    Oh yeah, one last thing… Apparently my comic radio references to Bas Rutten have proven so popular on the Internet, a fellow fan from Canada has made a public Bas Rutten soundboard, which is available here:

    http://www.realmofdarkness.net/sounds/misc/basrutten-soundboard.htm.

    How freaking unbelievable is that!?! This is NOT the soundboard that I used to make the Bas Rutten calls. Before I made the prank calls above for my radio show Pow-Wow no Bas Rutten soundboard existed, but this one features many of the same clips I used, plus more. What do you know? My slight influence on the World!

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Avid Bas Rutten Fan