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Tag: TANGS

  • TANGS Ep 1-1: Where’s my ice cream?

    The All New Garage Show

    Starring
    Gerald Field-Mann & Kevin Callahan

    Episode 1 – 1: Where’s my ice cream?

    Gerald eyes Kevin’s icecream.

    Another pointless project by David M. Green & Lachlan Cowlishaw

    Hello!

    David M. Green here (obviously). Thanks to everyone who’s distributing kudos in both Lachlan’s and my respected direction with regard to our latest no-budget audio visual garage-themed venture: The All New Garage Show (I feel there should be an exclamation mark after “Show”. Oh well, I’ve established there isn’t one now, so I guess I’ll have to run with it. Or without it, rather).

    The overwhelming concensus seems to be that Lachlan and I have a remarkable on-screen chemistry. I agree. Certainly I can think of no one else whom I share such a comic interrelationship. Watching it back, I think to myself, “you cannot artificially create that back and fourth effect.” I don’t think we could even write it. It just comes naturally. Also, with a script, that just creates opportunities to make mistakes. We’re just making it up as we go along. But enough of this wanky self-indulgent analysis!

    A bunch of these little segments are edited and are trickling online at Lachlan’s discretion. I’ll be posting some more here this week. So won’t you please enjoy TANGS(!).

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Milky treat. It was time to eat it.

  • Two suits, two cameras and a garage

    Hello there!

    This was an odd spur of the moment project championed by fellow RMIT journalism student, TV’s Lachlan Cowlishaw: “Hey, let’s set up a talk show set in my garage and just goof around!” I agreed on one condition: that we’d include cameras in that equation. A sensible decision.

    So that’s the gist of it. Lachlan dressed his garage with a sheet, a couple of deck chairs and a set of bed-side table drawers as a desk. And last Wednesday I caught the 207 bus out to Doncaster in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, wearing my only suit. I arrived at Lachlan’s house, we spent maybe 15 minutes jotting down some ideas. Came up with the name of the show and character names on the day, set the cameras rolling and just ad-libbed for an hour.

    I play host Gerald Field-Mann, a failed has-been TV personality, which in all respects is essentially who I am anyway. Lachlan plays Kevin Callahan: producer, sidekick and garage owner. We also take turns playing other guest characters too.

    Probably the most basic TV show set-up in history. No crew. No lighting. No white balance. No camera operators. No script. Just the two of us making it up as we go along. It was a lot of fun and I think you can see that coming through when you watch the clips.

    We’ve uploaded the first clip to a new YouTube account. Feel free to subscribe.

    Lachlan is handling the editing, and more segments will be going online soon. This really was his idea. I’m just along for the ride. Although, this may end up being our “Televisionman” project. Organising to make a REAL television show is pretty tedious. At least this way we’re in control and can do whatever we want.

    So please enjoy the first of many TANGS segments: What’s ticking off Matthew Newton?

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Is bad comedy the new good comedy?