David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: VHS Revue

  • Hey I was totally on Today Extra

    Good to chat to David Campbell and Sylvia Jeffreys on Today Extra about VHS Revue and some of the weird ads I’ve found on old video tapes.

    Originally broadcast live on Channel 9, 21 July 2023.

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  • VHS Revue 43 – The Comedy Company So Excellent! (2002)

    Highlights from a 2002 VHS tape of “The Comedy Company So Excellent!”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – A brief look at The Comedy Company, the Australian sketch show that aired 1988-1990
    – Channel Ten “Yellow” “Seriously” ident
    – Campbell’s Chunky Soup TVC featuring Tony Lockett
    – Just Right cereal TVC
    – Dreamland TVC with Simmons Beautyrest mattress ad from overseas
    – Subway TVC with an Australian accent shoehorned in there
    – Australian Unity Health Insurance TVC featuring a man at a urinal
    – Get This S#!& Off The Air! – Australian Unity
    – Archers Aqua Schnapps TVC
    – Brickworks Markets TVC with Flintstones-esque jingle
    – Booze Brothers TVC

    Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel Ten on 8 August 2002 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Nicholas Godfrey, Chad Turner, Alex Lovell, Laureen Lawlor-Smith, Graham Lovell, Jane Nield, Matthew Cocks, Mark Humphries, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Zoe Charman, Tanaya Quinn, the Cert 3, 4 & Diploma students studying Screen and Media at Wollongong TAFE and our generous supporters on Patreon.

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  • Dissecting a Frog Podcast

    I was recently a guest on the excellent ‘Dissecting a Frog’ podcast, where host Luke Morris from Comedy Victoria and I discussed the finer points of writing comedy for radio, TV & online.

    Highlights include some things I’ve never told anyone, like how I derive inspiration from the ABC toilets, some behind the scenes tidbits from Mad as Hell, my brief time at Triple M in 2009, fun with autocues and the latest season of VHS Revue.

    They’re all good episodes and if you’re interested in writing and/or performing comedy and the mechanics of it, I highly recommend listening to the whole series.

    -DMG

  • VHS Revue 42 – NewsWorld (1986)

    Highlights from a 1986 VHS tape of “NewsWorld”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – A brief history of NewsWorld with Clive Robertson, with clips from 1986 and 1989
    – Channel 7 Sydney neon animation ident
    – Sydney Morning Herald TVC with Sherman Wormster the undertaker
    – The Sun newspaper TVC
    – Woman’s Day TVC with Ita Buttrose
    – Cosmopolitan magazine August 1986 TVC
    – Deliziosa Lasagna TVC
    – Holden Barina TVC with the Road Runner
    – Homestead Motor Inns TVC
    – Can’t Do That Any More
    – Bornhoffen bread TVC featuring Paul Chubb
    – Codral cold and flu tablets “Soldier On” TVC
    – KFC cartoon TVC with Fredrick Fox and Charlie Chickenhawk

    Footage recorded from Sydney’s Channel 7 in July 1986 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Dan Ilic, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Zoe Charman and our generous supporters on Patreon.

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  • VHS Revue 41 – Alice in Wonderland (1999)

    Highlights from a 1999 VHS tape of the TV movie “Alice in Wonderland”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – WIN TV ident
    – Illawarra Mercury TVC
    – Rowen’s Funland Ulladulla Indoor Park TVC
    – Collegians Club TVC
    – Mitchell’s Fruit & Snowy River Meats TVC with joint jingle
    – WIN TV ident Toowoomba, Queensland
    – Clints Crazy Bargains rug store TVC
    – Who Wants To Be A Millionaire on WIN TV promo with Eddie McGuire
    – Sydney 2000 Olympics Tourism New South Wales TVC
    – WIN TV ident Rockhampton, Queensland
    – Tenuous Premise Segment
    – NRMA Building Society TVC with cartoon goldfish
    – H. Parsons Funeral Directors TVC
    – Land Rover Financial Services TVC
    – 1999 Mazda 626 with air conditioning TVC with question for Randall Munroe
    – I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter TVC
    – Hahn Premium Light TVC with Michael Caton and ‘Born to Be Alive’

    Footage recorded from WIN TV in Gerringong, NSW on 10 April 1999 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Lochlann Dwyer, Gerard Kotlowy, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Zoe Charman and our generous supporters on Patreon.

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