David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: trivia

  • 31 Questions Episode VIII: The Wisdom of Friends

    By the way, hope you’re enjoying these sequel title gags. Got a bit tricky to find titles after 7…

    Anyway… 31 Questions! We’re done!

    And the ratings are IN. We broke all previous records this season with the Channel 31 Ratings Machine indicating 46,000 people in Melbourne & Geelong tuned in to our 4th episode on June 28. Beats the hell out of our previous best of 37,800 for our Season 2 finale last year. These days with all the competition from the plethora of digital channels, YouTube, PacMan and hula hoops, that some damn good figures.

    I assume.

    Personally, I reckon the best episodes of Season 3 are 1, 6 and the finale. And what a way to go out. Highlights of Ep 8 include the contractually required “Sophie’s Choice” segment, in which contestants Aaron and Naomi sing for points; Sophie and Anthony’s all-French exchange and one very special cameo.

    If you missed the season finale when it aired on C31 Melbourne & Geelong on July 26, or you haven’t watched it on YouTube yet, look away now as I ruin the surprise.

    A wonderful moment and by far the biggest round of applause we ever received of all the episodes.

    31 Questions: the little game show that could, has come a long way since that first pilot 4 years ago. So many people have helped make the show possible. A nice way to illustrate is to take a look at the crew photos, starting with our 2nd pilot shoot in 2011.

    Also note, I’m holding a pot plant above Simon Eastwood’s head:

    Season 1, 2012:

    Season 2, 2013:

    Season 3, 2014:

    Just by these 4 photos, you can also see how the whole thing has evolved: The set, logo, lighting, the number of people involved and just the general level of organisation too.

    Funnily enough, I didn’t begin with the crew photo from our 1st pilot because our level of organisation in those early days was not sufficient to organise a group photo.

    This is the closest I’ve got from our disastrous first shoot in 2010:

    Side note, get a load of the Question Mk #1 jacket:

    I believe that was a rush job the night before… Where was I?

    So my point is literally hundreds of hands and thousands of fingers have worked on 31 Questions. 99 per cent of them for no money. And it’s the little touches you don’t even think about that bring out the best in a big project like this. People solved problems and did things on this show I don’t even know about. You could even say we got this far thanks to “the wisdom of friends”.

    I probably wouldn’t, but I mean you COULD say that, if you wanted.

    Any way you look at it, it was teamwork made this show. It wasn’t perfect, but we had far more hits than misses. It’s just about the best community television can be.

    And I’m damn proud to put my name on it.

    Hope you enjoyed watching.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green

  • 31 Questions Episode 7: The New Blood

    Time flies, aye? Seems like only yesterday I was posting about Episode 6…

    On the penultimate episode of 31 Questions Season 3, contestants Travis & Pia receive questions via the Question Cannon and distribute answers accordingly. How many questions can YOU answer?

    This week’s special segments include: “Urban Myths” & “Wrong Number”. Produced by RMITV Student Television for C31 Melbourne & Geelong. Originally broadcast 19 July 2014.

    Oh and speaking of community TV, this new Australian Federal Government doesn’t think much of it. It kinda needs your help. To save it a little. So get on the Commit to Community TV Facebook Page and sign the petition.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green

    PS. Final episode airs TONIGHT 8.30 on C31 Melbourne & Geelong (Channel 44). And there might just be a special cameo by a certain somebody…

  • 31 Questions Season 3, Episode 1

    31 Questions Season 3 Ep 1 for your YouTubing pleasure!

    I reckon it’s our best yet. Love to know what you think.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    The guy from the show.

  • 31 Questions Season 3 Promo for C31 Melbourne & Geelong

    It’s exactly what the title implies…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXZ9S9HdzuY

    The TV game show all the cool kids are ignoring, 31 Questions Season 3 premieres this Saturday night in Melbourne & Geelong, 8.30PM on Channel 31 (actually channel 44). So gather around the viewing tube and expose your eyeballs to some trivial entertainment (and possibly unsafe levels of radiation)!

    We’re screening in New Zealand on Face Television from Thursday June 12, 8.30PM on Sky Channel 083. Then 8.30PM from the following Thursday (June 19), we’re on air in Sydney on TVS.

    I’ll have timeslots for Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth in the fullness of time.

    Made another appearance on TV Tonight as well. Good to see less grammatical errors this year.

    Less, but not none.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Promo needed a little more DMG.

  • I’M making 31 Questions Season 3… are YOU?

    Yes. Yes! YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!

    We’re back in the crowdfundorium that is Indiegogo to raise some legal tender for the production of our third and most likely final season of 31 Questions – coming 2014 to your local community TV station and/or Internet.

    If this is your first visit to my website and you’ve never heard of 31 Questions, you’re a dull boy, Billy.

    This is what it’s all about:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaUYb1qKVL8

    If you like what you see and would like to help MAKE the TV game show everyone’s listening about, go to our campaign page on Indiegogo and make a contribution. Like last time, there’s also some fabulous merchandise on offer, including badges.

    Did I mention we got badges?

    I’ve never seen my semen under a microscope, but I imagine it looks something like that.

    We also have NEW MUGS! They’re like the badges, but with a larger concavity at the rear, perfect for holding liquids, if you know what I mean:

    Like last time, we’re also keeping track of our crowdfunder locations on this planet of ours (to the nearest suburb). 3 days in and we’ve already had donations from FOUR different countries! And New Zealand isn’t even one of them!

    Check out our fabulous Season 3 Crowdfunder Map as it gradually becomes infected with more and more little blue markers:


    View 31 Questions Season 3 Crowdfunders in a larger map

    As of writing this blog entry, we’ve already raised an amazing $570! The goal this time is $5,000, so we’re already more than 10% of the way there.

    Last season, we managed to raise $1,846 and that was fantastic, but it still left a large gap between that figure and the actual cost of making season 2. And this time we’re hoping to invest in a totally new set and pay some of the key crew members.

    Ahh community television. It’s a low price to pay for total creative freedom.

    Big thank you to all our contributors so far. I’ll post the full list of names at the end of the campaign after December 14, and of course every donor will get a special thanks in the show’s credits.

    And merchandise is, if not in, then on the way to being in, the mail.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Past tense of Indiegogo? Indiewentwent.