This is a radio sketch I made for SYN a couple of years ago, using clips from ACTUAL news bulletins broadcast on Adelaide’s Fresh 92.7FM circa December 2008 – January 2009.
At the insistence of my good friend Van Badham, I knocked up this visual version using stock footage from some American educational film about the 1956 Interstate Highways Act.
If you know anything about news or journalism, you should enjoy this.
Kind regards,
David M. Green
Chelsea, you’ve done it again!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAPVzMuPmzQ
And a very big thank you to TV’s Andrew O’Keefe and the good people at Profile Talent Management and Global Television Studios in South Melbourne!
The irony is we actually shot a sketch where AO’K refuses to appear in an ID for 31 Questions…
Stay tuned for that one. It will be an opening sketch to one of our 13 episodes and will debut on Channel 31 at some point between June and August. More info when we find out our timeslot.
We’ve now passed the half way point in the 31 Questions shooting schedule!
Last Thursday May 3, we shot episodes 8 and 9. Once again there were the usual issues to deal with: crew calling in sick, technical glitches, pressed for time, etc.
But we had a great audience turnout this week and we managed to shoot a couple of quick sketches in addition to the two episodes. Plus we finished on time for a change. Incredible!
And it’s still smiles all round. At least when Simon gets his camera out.
Some of the gags were a bit hit and miss. It never ceases to surprise me how completely off the mark I can be re how I think an audience will react.
My hilarious friend Gerard Kotlowy and I, in one of our many laugh-generation sessions whenever I’m back in Adelaide, came up with this gag involving me pulling a cob of corn from beneath my podium in response to a question about farmers.
I thought it would kill!
On the night it received a lukewarm response. In hindsight it probably just confused people.
But on the other hand, a throw away line coming back from a break: “I’m David M. Green. The love child of Jim Carrey, Gary Numan, and Jim Carrey…” got a HUGE laugh.
Pfft… comedy.
I think that’s why I like it so much. It’s never without mystery.
An amusing bi-product of producing this TV show is I seem to be amassing an assortment of bizarre random items.
The other day I had to go buy a rubber duck and a packet of little army men… watch the show and eventually you’ll find out why.
When this is all over, I’ll have in my possession: x4 A1 sized black and white posters of my face, x10 David M. Green mugs, an air horn, x2 fluoro orange workers’ shirts, a name plate that says “Moderator”, x3 overpriced 31 Questions custom microphone flags, a safety card from a Boeing 737-800, and these are just the things we haven’t already given away as prizes…
If there’s one thing I’ve already got enough of… it’s desk ornaments…
Television has a rich history of amassing interesting knickknacks. A fact explored further by Anthony McCormack and myself in this brief video recorded in the RMITV prop room…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fne9b6T4UQ&feature=plcp
This Thursday May 10 is our penultimate 31 Questions studio shoot. So if you can’t make it for the finale on May 17 THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE!
So come watch two shows as they’re recorded on fabulous standard definition video tape this Thursday 7PM, Studio A, Level 2, Building 12 of RMIT University on scenic Swanston Street, Melbourne.
RSVP to the event on Facebook. Or don’t and come anyway. Or alternatively, RSVP on Facebook and then don’t come. Or don’t RSVP and don’t come. These are your four options.
Surprise me.
Kind regards,
David M. Green
Oooooh… 31 Questions is coming sooooooooon!
YEEEEESSSSSS! It’s episode #3 of Sam Mac’s “Lights, Camera, Maction!” aka “LCM” aka “Maction!”
This one guest stars TV’s Charlie Pickering, as well as myself and the lovely Minky Cooper. In my “Stuff Girls Like” segment this week/month, I explore the bikini… Ohoho yeah.
Thanks again to Simon Eastwood’s fabulous camera and focusing skills.
This one was much easier to film than the “Lipstick” one we did in episode #1, which required stock footage of a fire truck. The only issue with this one was finding somewhere to film it without anyone asking questions about what the hell we were doing… You’ll understand once you see the video.
Enjoy!
Kind regards,
David M. Green
Over to you, Alex Williamson! Tag team!
Check out TV & Radio’s Sam Mac’s new webseries “Lights Camera Maction”, as it makes its glorious Internet debut!
Episode #1 guest stars TV’s Peter Helliar. And more importantly… ME! In a regular segment called “Stuff Girls Like”. It’s essentially just an excuse to be sexist, an opportunity that I rarely turn down. I’ll be alternating this segment with Alex Williamson, so he’ll be telling us about “stuff girls like” next time.
Follow and “like” Lights Camera Maction on Facebook here.
Special thanks to the lovely Minky Cooper for helping me out with some lipstick pointers, as well as Simon Eastwood for his amazing camera and competent operation.
You’d never know that 37 second sketch took us about 4 hours to film. Getting the footage of the fire truck was the tricky part. We wandered around Melbourne looking for a fire station that was actually where Google Maps said it was, and when we finally found a fire station, there was no fire truck! We had to stake it out. Simon’s working on a short “making of” video, which will hopefully be online soon.
Already working on the next one!
Kind regards,
David M. Green
How could I not like a show with Devo’s “That’s Good” as it’s theme song?