David M. Green: Purveyor of fine humour

Tag: video store

  • Dave’s Video Graveyard

    The other night I joined Dave Mclennan and Casey Cumming on their podcast Dave’s Video Graveyard. I’ve been a fan ever since I stumbled upon their old show on Adelaide’s WOW FM in the car many years ago.

    We talked about childhood video stores, Hungry Jack’s, ice creams, our best drive-in double features and go through my 10 favourite films of all time.

    A couple of corrections while I’ve got you. I had to double check the map and the Video Mania / Civic Video / Movieland video store I was thinking of was actually on Sturt Road in Warradale (I’m pretty sure it was on the corner of Eucla Avenue – long since knocked down and turned into houses).

    Also the 1979 film ‘Being There’ wasn’t actually mentioned in that famous scene in ‘Tropic Thunder’. It was ‘Rainman’ and ‘Forrest Gump’ but you could absolutely put it in that same category.

    Anyways, LISTEN HERE.

    DMG

  • VHS Revue 39 – The Fifth Element (2000)

    Highlights from a 2000 VHS tape of the 1997 film “The Fifth Element”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – Video Library cold opening
    – Channel 10 promo for Switching Lives and Unreal TV broadcast in wrong aspect ratio
    – Hyundai Lantra “it sells itself” TVC
    – dstore TVC with Julia Zemiro
    – UDL TVC
    – Get This S#!& Off The Air! – UDL
    – Force Electronics TVC
    – A Tedious Anecdote about a zombie ad for Aunty Kath’s Cookie Dough
    – A Ten News report about the Howard Government considering a plan to make boat people pick fruit by Samantha Maiden

    Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel 10, 13 February 2000 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Nicholas Godfrey, Chad Turner, Eleanor Gray, Amin Azoor, Annika Samuelsson, Carolyn Lawlor-Smith, Nigel Charman, Zoe Charman, Harrison Engstrom, Tanaya Quinn, the Cert 3, 4 & Diploma students studying Screen and Media at Wollongong TAFE and our generous supporters on Patreon.

    VHS Revue Links:

    -DMG

  • VHS Revue 34 – Monkey Business (1987)

    Highlights from a 1987 VHS tape of the 1931 Marx Brothers film “Monkey Business”. Presented by David M. Green.

    Featuring:
    – David M. Green on the joy of video tapes
    – Highlights from Monkey Business
    – Monday Morning Movie Breaker
    – Lietzke copper doors TVC
    – Adelaide International Expo ’87 TVC
    – Creepy Sale of the Century Promo
    – Famé Soir D’Or perfume TVC
    – SA Great TVC
    – A Brief History of Cunno’s
    – Cunningham’s Warehouse TVC
    – French Mouli Salad Maker Infomercial
    – Bonus interview with Steve Zivkovic from Galactic Video, one of last video stores in Adelaide

    Footage recorded from Adelaide’s Channel 9 in 1987 and used here for review, parody and satirical purposes.

    Special thanks to Alexis Kotlowy, John Hnatowych, Nicholas Godfrey, Shaun Micallef, Geoff Winter, Stephen Zivkovic, Galactic Video and Dan Ilic.

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    -DMG