David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: TV

  • VHS Revue 3 – The Two Mrs Grenvilles (1988)

    When I was back in Adelaide over Christmas, I found a box of old video tapes in my Mum’s garage. After lugging them back to Melbourne – and buying a VCR – I’ve spent the last few months going through them and boy… thank Christ no one threw these out.

    I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe… And this stuff is way too good to keep to myself. So I’m thrilled to announce SIX brand new episodes of my webseries “VHS Revue”!

    I’ll be releasing one a week for the next six weeks, starting right now. Here’s Ep 3 – The Two Mrs Grenvilles (1988):

    Highlights include ads for Jeans United, Big Sister fruitcakes, pork, space-themed instant scratchies, Menage cologne and the inaugural edition of “What the hell was that?”

    And a special thanks to a few fantastic people for all their help with these six episodes. Nicholas Godfrey, Adam Navarro, Matthew “Smiddy” Smith & Antonio Cafasso behind the camera; Alexis Kotlowy for his sensational music, graphics and video tape editing; Tim Wray for props, Annika Samuelsson for her voice and my sister Hannah Green for her make-up.

    I’ve found some very funny stuff, and a lot of it isn’t already on YouTube. So if you love old ads and random audio-visual tidbits from 80s and early 90s Australia, this is right up your alley.

    See the other episodes on my YouTube channel.

    – David M. Green

  • Mad as Hell wraps for Series 5

    It’s a wrap on another season of Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell. What more can I say? I love the show. I love the team. I love the man.

    By the way, that’s the ACTUAL Godzilla toy (centre) as featured in that sketch from “The Micallef Pogram”. You know the one I mean.

    All 10 episodes from series/season 5 are up on ABC iView. You’ve got until April 29 until they take them down. I had quite a bit of food-related material in this season. Look out for a bit about a pretzel and an edible coffee cup 😉

    Also, see if you can spot me in the final episode. Here’s a hint:

    Something else unexpected I’ve enjoyed since moving to Melbourne is randomly seeing something I saw on TV years earlier. Sometimes it’s the most obscure thing. Here’s one of them. This is the corner of Selwyn Street and Sinclair Street in Elsternwick, just outside the ABC production offices, looking east:

    I thought there was something familiar about that corner. Now take a look at the opening titles to “The Micallef Pogram” (correct spelling), that aired on ABC TV in early 2001… about 91 seconds in:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGWcnlneS-U

    Aha!

    How about that? As you can see, those water restrictions had some impact.

    Or maybe it’s the budget cuts?

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green

  • Mad As Hell Series 5

    Hey you! I’m back on the writing team of Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell for another season. The 5th in fact. So it’s like The Beatles’ “Help” album of television seasons.

    You can enjoy the topical news-based comedy at the slightly different time of Wednesdays 8.30pm on ABC TV. Or there’s ABC iView and a selection of clips on the Mad As Hell YouTube Channel, like this one:

    By the way, there’s a subtle reference to my webseries “Too Easy” in that clip. But I didn’t write it. It’s just a bizarre coincidence 😀

    Also, here’s a nice article about how the show is made. Spot the writers!

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green

  • Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell Series 4

    Yo! I’m back fulfilling the dream on the writing team for the 4th series of Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell! So if you haven’t already been enjoying some damn fine Australian news-based television comedy, make sure you tune in at one or all of these times:

    • Wednesdays 8pm on ABC
    • Fridays 11:05pm on ABC
    • Thursdays 9pm on ABC2

    Or there’s ABC iView and a selection of clips on the Mad As Hell YouTube Channel, like this one (one of my favourites from this season):

    I’ve also been an extra in a few things this season, so keep an eye out 😀

    Kind regards
    David M. Green
    Happy as Hell

  • 31 Questions Episode 6: City Under Siege

    BAM BAM! Episode 6. I reckon this is the best one of Season 3. So far, anyway (Ep 8 is also mighty good. Watch that one first on C31 Melbourne & Geelong Saturday 8.30PM).

    Contestants Tracy & CJ are bombarded with questions, each more challenging than the next. How many questions can YOU answer? This week’s special segment: “The Goat Round”.

    Produced by RMITV Student Television for C31 Melbourne & Geelong. Originally broadcast 12 July 2014.

    Kind regards,
    David M. Green
    Goats fall under the capra genus.