David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

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  • VHS Revue 50 – Playboy’s 50th Anniversary Celebration (2004)

    Last VHS Revue for 2023! Highlights from a 2004 VHS tape of ‘Playboy’s 50th Anniversary Celebration’. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – New VHS Revue intro
    – Highlights (and lowlights) from the 2003 Playboy special
    – Seven ident with Blue Heelers, All Saints & Ground Force
    – The Man From Atlantis TVC
    – Mannix Air Conditioning TVC
    – Cunningham’s Warehouse (“Cunnos”) TVC with Fujita air conditioners
    – Aus-Vac TVC before it re-branded as Godfrey’s in South Australia
    – Greenseas Tuna TVC featuring a jogging tuna
    – Butlers Irrigation TVC
    – Office Plus TVC
    – Vern Schuppan Award for Best Sporting Celebrity Endorsement
    – Key Home Loans TVC with Jason Gillespie
    – Danoz Direct infomercial for the Thane Mini Digital Camera
    – VHS Revue 50 Ep montage

    Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel Seven 10 February 2004 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.

    VHS Revue Links:

    DMG

  • VHS Revue 30 – Bikini Boat (1995)

    Highlights from a 1995 VHS tape of the 1989 TV movie “Bikini Boat” (AKA “Class Cruise”). Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – A few highlights from this very stupid movie
    – Babs Bargains TVC
    – Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Live Show TVC
    – Several late night phone dating TVCs (Instant Date, Private Eye Contacts, Interesting Singles)
    – Houseboat Hotline TVC
    – DMG’s “The problem with Adelaide in the 90s” editorial
    – South Australia “Going All The Way” TVC

    Footage recorded from Channel 7 Adelaide, 1995 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Steve Murray & Van Badham.

    VHS Revue Links:

    -DMG

  • VHS Revue 26 – The Spy Who Loved Me (2000)

    Highlights from a 2000 VHS tape of the 1977 Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Bond Brexit metaphor
    – Mitsubishi TVC featuring Bond gun barrel
    – State Library of South Australia TVC
    – Plasflo TVC featuring shit jingle
    – Pizza Haven Big Hawaiian Holiday TVC with Seinfeld tie-in
    – Plant Liquidators fire sale TVC
    – Mitsubishi “tick” TVC
    – Liquor Smart TVC (also with a “tick” gesture)
    – Natural Gas “Everybody Loves Gas” TVC
    – Unreal Ads & It Happened On Holiday Promo
    – Unreal TV Adults Only Promo
    – Motorola TVC featuring horny tortoise
    – Roger Moore cardboard cameo
    – STD gag outtakes

    Footage recorded from Channel Ten Adelaide, 2000 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych & Hannah Green.

    VHS Revue Links:

    -DMG

  • VHS Revue 21 – Back to School (2003)

    Highlights from a 2003 VHS tape of the 1986 Rodney Dangerfield comedy “Back to School”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – New autocue
    – Seven News Adelaide AFL Team Promo
    – Talking Furniture TVC
    – GO-LO TVC (with a cameo by Aunty Donna’s Broden Kelly)
    – Crazy Dave’s Discount Lighting TVC
    – Steve Hambour’s Fabrics TVC

    Footage recorded from Channel Seven Adelaide 2003 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych and Broden Kelly.

    VHS Revue Links:

    -DMG

  • ‘Good Afternoon Adelaide’ returns to TV

    Ahoy hoy, I thought I’d do a bit of real journalism for a change and copy and paste straight from an unsolicited press release:

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    ‘Good Afternoon Adelaide’ is coming to Channel 44 Adelaide and Channel 31 Melbourne & Geelong, Monday 5 March at 9PM.

    [Tuesday, 27 February 2018 – ] ‘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 during an era when Adelaide truly was the place to be (before Victoria stole the slogan for their number plates, along with the Formula One Grand Prix).

    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”. Hence very few recordings of the show still exist today.

    However, when Hallett Cove amateur video archivist Ben Felixstove passed away last year, several Betamax tapes were uncovered by his family, featuring home video footage of Ben introducing some of his favourite ‘Good Afternoon Adelaide’ clips recorded off TV.

    Ben’s tapes have been eagerly snapped up by C44 Adelaide and C31 Melbourne and six half-hour ‘best-of ‘episodes of ‘Good Afternoon Adelaide’ will be broadcast for the first time in more than a quarter of a century beginning Monday 5 March at 9PM.

    RIP Good Afternoon Adelaide. Also Ben.

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    – DMG