Yeeeeeeessssssss! That’s right, over the last couple of months I’ve been spooling my way through more VHS tapes (and a couple of Beta ones) from the VCRs of yesteryear and I’ve found all sorts of wacky stuff worthy of some sort of curated highlight reel. So several new VHS Revue episodes are on the way. The trailer above is just the tip of the ice coffee.
‘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.
It’s another Nicholas Godfrey tape. This one a 1994 recording of the original Star Wars. Highlights include some casual racial homophobia from Hungry Jack’s, a highly inaccurate space-themed ad for Coca-Cola, a business update from a guy who thinks he’s reading a children’s book and watch all the way to the end for the BIG TWIST. Also, Han shoots first.
This’ll be the last one for a while. Cheers for the views.
After a 3 month sabbatical, VHS Revue is back! I acquired a couple more tapes from my good friend Nicholas Godfrey and the first of which has been combed through in Ep 9 above.
It’s the Australian television premiere of the 1990 Macaulay Culkin classic “Home Alone”, recorded on 15 August 1993.
Highlights include ads for Optus, Pascal Dipstix, Ian Berry Insurance and the Christian Television Association. Footage recorded from Channel Ten Adelaide and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes (obviously).
Plus a very special guest appearance by TV’s Mark Humphries!
We used a different VHS camera this time: a circa 1985 Hitachi belonging to my good friend Alexis Kotlowy (AKA the guy who also did all the brilliant music and graphics). It has a slightly softer look than Nick’s circa 1990 National camera we used for Eps 2-8. We had to take the side panel off because it was chewing the tape at one point, but it did make it look cooler:
Almost looks like it an old movie camera with those spools spinning around.
I made those offensive chocolate bars myself. Bit of a shame you hardly get to see them in the video. Although, it’s probably for the best. Graphic design was never my strong point. And if you could see them close up, you can clearly see I’ve just printed out some “crude” labels and stuck them onto real confectionery… If you haven’t scrolled down already, go on have a look then.
Got one more episode in the works for now, so keep track of VHS Revue on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Hi dudes. On VHS Revue Ep 4, I take a look at a 1989 Channel 10 recording of the 1949 war film “12 O’clock High”. (Got all those numbers?)
Highlights include ads for: Dynamo washing powder (with Mother & Son), Miss J. M., Honda CRX (my favourite), Planters Nuts, Ashley & Martin, and some other things. AND if you watch all the way to the end, there are singing cats.
Thanks again to Michael Pope for “agreeing” to be in this episode of VHS Revue. If you’re a Gen Y like me, you might remember him from those 90s kids game shows “Blockbusters” and “Total Recall”. One of the finest MCs in Australia and if you’re ever lucky enough to be in the studio audience for a TV show and he’s the warm up guy, you’re in for a fun night. Also check out his podcast: An Audience with the Pope for some great celebrity chats.
Cheers as always to Nick Godfrey & Alexis Kotlowy. And to Antonio Cafasso, Matthew Smith, Annika Samuelsson & Hannah Green for their help on this one.
