Put your heely’s on and whip out your dance mats because it is time to throw it back to the 2000s.

Welcome back to Break it Down Season Two! This week Holly and Hilary are joined by the pop culture queens and host of Bandwagons, Bríd Browne and Fionnuala Jay to discuss all things 2000s.

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Holly and Hilary present the 2020 pop culture awards! Before we say goodbye to 2020 forever, we decided to look back on the year and pick out our favourite shows, movies, music and podcasts. 

Thank you to everyone who listened to Break it Down in 2020, here’s to 2021!

*This episode was recorded remotely, there may be slight issues with the sound quality at times but were working on it! :)

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Works Cited:

Chayka, Kyle.“Emily in Paris” and the rise of Ambient TV (2020):  New Yorker.

Davies, Hannah J. “Less! Less! Less!: How the miniseries took over TV (2020): The Guardian

Godwin, Richard. “The age of comfort TV: why people are secretly watching Friends and The Office on a loop (2020): The Guardian.

Ide, Wendy. The future of film: can cinema survive Covid-19?: The Guardian.

Lee, Ashley. “Why TikTok’s Ratatouille experiment is the future of musical theater”: LA Times.

Movie University. Will Movie Theaters Survive? Are Movie Theaters Dying? Future of Movie Theaters (2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb1wffYqveg

Pelly, Jenn.“Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters Album Review”. Pitchfork.

Scriptnotes. 478: The One Hour Drama. https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/scriptnotes-podcast/id462495496?i=1000500974808

Scriptnotes. 476: The Other Senses. https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/scriptnotes-podcast/id462495496?i=1000499034784

To Whom it concerns, welcome to the Break it Down Toy Show Special! Yes, you read it correctly. On this episode, Hilary and Holly break down Ireland’s Christmas extravaganza, The Late Late Toy Show. They chat about the women that made the toy show possible and reminisce on the show’s most iconic moments throughout the years. They are also joined by a former toy show star, Eva Mitchell, who reflects on her time on the show in 2003. 

As this year’s toy show will inevitably be a bit different, we wanted to make this episode extra special and involve our amazing Break it Down community. We asked our listeners to send us in voice notes about their favourite toy show memories and what the toy show means to them, so grab a pack of tissues! 

This episode is dedicated to our amazing guests:

Eva Mitchell

Adam Gilroy

Ellie Cunningham

Jack Coughlan

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                                                                                     Works Cited: 

Corr, Alan. “How Gay Byrne invented The Late Late Toy Show”: https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/1104/1088649-how-gay-byrne-invented-the-late-late-toy-show/

Falvey, Deirdre. “The women behind Gay Byrne’s success: who they were and what they did”: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/the-women-behind-gay-byrne-s-success-who-they-were-and-what-they-did-1.4075777

Pat Kenny humiliated on Late Late Show by posh woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ypQyOZq7Eg&t=27s

The Origins of the Late Late Toy Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G43LTTtMEXs

RTÉ Christmas Archives: https://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/922-christmas-tv-past/

Toy Show ad cost unchanged at €17,000: https://www.businesspost.ie/legacy/toy-show-ad-cost-unchanged-at-17000-8df79a41