David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: sketch

  • VHS Revue 45 – Yogi’s First Christmas (1992)

    Highlights from a 1992 VHS tape of “Yogi’s First Christmas”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Seven’s Family Christmas message from Mike Smithson & Dixie Marshall
    – Wallis Cinemas TVC with seat belts
    – Beyond 2000 promo with primitive CGI Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe “actors being brought back to life for the movies of the future”
    – Beyond 2000 promo with a man in one of those spinning sphere things
    – Sony Handycam from City International Duty Free TVC
    – The 1992 Carols Celebration at Campbelltown Oval TVC with “BBQ tea” (special guest appearance by TV’s Andrew Maj)
    – Whitehouse Furniture TVC with a “I’m a Lumberjack-esque” jingle
    – Green’s groceries TVC
    – Seven Promo for Bony and Pacific Power’s Carols in the Domain
    – Clarksons glass repair TVC
    – Super Seal plastic bag sealer infomercial from Demtel

    Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel Seven in December 1992 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Andrew Maj, Jason Evans, Hannah Green, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Zoe Charman and our generous supporters on Patreon.

    VHS Revue Links:

    DMG

  • Mad As Hell writing highlights 2020/21

    Here are some of my favourite bits I wrote for Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL (Series 11 – 13).

    These seasons were produced during Melbourne’s Covid-19 lockdowns and hence most of the episodes did not have a studio audience.

    Writing on Mad as Hell is the best job I’ve ever had. Every day is a masterclass in creating television comedy, working with the best writers, performers and crew in Australia.

    The show is currently preparing for its 15th season. Catch it on ABC TV and ABC iView.

    -DMG

  • VHS Revue 23 – Tomorrow Never Dies (2000)

    Highlights from a 2000 VHS tape of the 1997 Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Brosnan Bond awesomeness rankings
    – YouTube Mail
    – See Australia Tourism Ad featuring TV’s Ernie Dingo
    – LG Air Conditioner TVC with peeping toms
    – Sanitarium Weet-Bix TVC with dump truck of sugar
    – Blackmores Envital TVC with flatulent balloon
    – Pictionary TVC with DMG pencil fantasy sequence
    – Bond shootout
    – Constant flatulence outtakes

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

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

    VHS Revue Links:

    -DMG

  • ‘Good Afternoon Adelaide’ Season 2

    Oooh look at this…

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    ‘Good Afternoon Adelaide’ Season 2 comes to Channel 44 Adelaide and Channel 31 Melbourne & Geelong, Monday 24 August 8.30PM

    With the COVID-19 global pandemic causing TV production around the world to come to a screeching halt, a team of South Australian television enthusiasts have been hard at work combing dusty shelves and suburban garages, searching for more long lost episodes of ‘Good Afternoon Adelaide’ to fill the entertainment gap.

    We are proud to announce that six “new” half hour episodes have been uncovered and transferred from a variety of recording media originally compiled in the mid-1990s by the late GAA super fan Ben Felixstove.

    ‘G-Double-A’ 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 was the entertainment capital of the state.

    Hosted by journalist Jeremy Dome and businessman Norman Vine, the show featured news, celebrity interviews, live music, talkback callers, lifestyle segments, paid advertorials, a who is who of Adelaide royalty and even made global headlines after their ambitious attempt to jump a bus over Port Adelaide’s iconic Birkenhead Bridge ended in disaster.

    Take a trip back to a simpler time before social distancing and no smoking indoors, when Tic Toc was a biscuit and sensible daytime variety was king.

    The enjoyment starts Monday August 24 with the first of six weekly instalments of ‘Good Afternoon Adelaide’ broadcasting on C31 Melbourne and C44 Adelaide at 8.30PM (local time). These nostalgic gems are almost as fresh today as when they first aired on the telly nearly 30 years ago.

    Absolutely sensational.

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  • Good Afternoon Adelaide

    It’s mid September so figured it was about time I did my first post for the year. It’s been a busy one, with lots of legitimate writing work and a little schlepping keeping me from writing anything on here.

    Any who, came across this funny old show on YouTube called “Good Afternoon Adelaide”. Take a gander:

    Apparently an Adelaide-based TV chat show circa early 90s. To quote this article I found on the subject:

    “…the one-hour chat show aired live across SA and into the silver city of Broken Hill weekdays at 2PM, 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).

    Good Morning Adelaide featured news, celebrity interviews, live music, talkback callers, lifestyle segments, paid advertorials and a who’s who of Adelaide royalty – with ratings success.

    Eventually, the show became victim of increased networkisation from the eastern states and was cancelled in 1992. As a final insult, the station’s master tapes were later sold and used for episodes of Wheel of Fortune.”

    There’s a Facebook page too.

    Sure takes me back 😉

    DMG