Were you ever a "Late Late Toy Show Kid" and do you hate your parents for it now?

Comer1

I often wonder what the kids think of this when they look back years later. I'm not talking about the kids who perform music/dance, just the kids who play/demo the toys. I think if my parents put me into that situation I never forgive them, imagine the video coming out every Christmas, and maybe even at your wedding during the best mans speech:eek:

So, anybody on here ever been subjected to this and how do you feel about it now, years later?

no harm really my mam often put on out communion and conformation videos every videos months

embarrassing yes , but it does make me smile

you get to see people you are still with you and people who have passed on

Iwasfrozen

Deleted User wrote: »

no harm really my mam often put on out communion and conformation videos every videos months

embarrassing yes , but it does make me smile

you get to see people you are still with you and people who have passed on

^^This. Might be embarrassing but it's a bit extreme to hate your parents over it.

tin79

No I never was on the late late toy show and yes I hate my parents for it now.


That John Jo kid, it could have been me.

pablomakaveli

I think it would be pretty cool to get to go on the Toy Show when your young. I always envied those kids that got to go on that set and play with all those toys.

It's not like the kids are really doing anything embarrassing when they are on it anyway.

tin79

pablomakaveli wrote: »

It's not like the kids are really doing anything embarrassing when they are on it anyway.

Did you not see that kid with the Tweed cap this year? Shudder.

gobnaitolunacy

How do kids even get on it, apart from the much maligned Billy Barrys?

Is it all about who you know in Montrose or what?

gugleguy

Copius quantities of begrudgery and smugness sloshing about in this thread. Ah, remembered why I'm here.... OP... is this for the rte 1 late late toy show or is the TV3 parody toy show fair game too?:P Go on. Tell us if you were at this wan!

salacious crumb

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

How do kids even get on it, apart from the much maligned Billy Barrys?

Is it all about who you know in Montrose or what?

It's (or at least was in 1985) through a couple of rounds of auditions. I played guitar on the Toy Show with my primary school band. At the time we didn't even have a VCR so my aunt recorded it and then we got a VCR and I was forced to watch it a couple of times.

Thankfully I haven't seen it in years.

Shout Dust

Why would you hate your parents for it? I'd have loved to be on it, maybe some cringing during childhood but if you look back at stuff you did as a kid and hate your parents for it instead of just laughing at it you need to get a serious sense of perspective

gugleguy

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

the much maligned Billy Barrys?

Poor little doe eyed dears

I always wanted to be on Jim Il Fix it , glad i never got on.

Agricola

As bad as it is, the Toy Show ≠ Child abuse!

Ed Winchester

My young lad was on it last Friday. Didn't speak, but was on playing with the toys. He's watched several million times since last Friday already!

gobnaitolunacy

gugleguy wrote: »

Poor little doe eyed dears

Admit it, every kid hated them! The song and dance routines were for grown ups to ooh and aah about...we're wasting valuable toy demo time here!

Lollipops23

I'd have loved to be on it when I was small-although I hated Billy Barry kids even then (not out of jealousy, but the fact they were sheer annoying).

pablomakaveli

Worst part of the Toy Show was the obligatory Billy Barry kids. They're hardly still on it are they? I haven't seen the toy show for a few years so i don't know.

youcancallmeal

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Having read that article I actually didn't enjoy it as much this year as before. Just kept thinking they are going to get bullied so bad, especially the story fella and the starstruck fella.

Beanstalk

I was on it once as a wee boy with a choir. We sang the Cuckoo Song and rounded it off with 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' during the end credits. I think it was Gaybo's second last year or something.

It was a good experience. We were very nervous going down and didn't actually know we had to sing the outro to the show so everyone had to learn the lines on the way down. We were told to smile and looking backing you can see everyone smiling but looking terrified behind the eyes.

Didn't get any toys/sweets or anything, or even get to play with all the awesome stuff they had there, but we didn't care, we got on the TV!

salacious crumb

Beanstalk wrote: »

I was on it once as a wee boy with a choir. We sang the Cuckoo Song and rounded it off with 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' during the end credits. I think it was Gaybo's second last year or something.

It was a good experience. We were very nervous going down and didn't actually know we had to sing the outro to the show so everyone had to learn the lines on the way down. We were told to smile and looking backing you can see everyone smiling but looking terrified behind the eyes.

Didn't get any toys/sweets or anything, or even get to play with all the awesome stuff they had there, but we didn't care, we got on the TV!

Did you get dinner in the Montrose Hotel? :pac:

Lollipops23

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Just kept thinking they are going to get bullied so bad, especially the story fella and the starstruck fella.

Don't think Domhnall (starstruck kid) will get it bad-he held his composure remarkably well I thought. If he's burst into tears it'd be a different story.

The flatcap kid now....ooof...without wanting to sound bitchy, that kid seems like he might have already been an easy target for bullies.

AnonoBoy

salacious crumb wrote: »

It's (or at least was in 1985) through a couple of rounds of auditions.

That's still how it works as far as I know.

youcancallmeal wrote: »

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Having read that article I actually didn't enjoy it as much this year as before.

For someone who complains about the limelight she certainly threw herself back into it with her not-really-that-original Youtube videos didn't she?

miss no stars

youcancallmeal wrote: »

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Having read that article I actually didn't enjoy it as much this year as before. Just kept thinking they are going to get bullied so bad, especially the story fella and the starstruck fella.

Seriously, her clip isn't that bad. Yeah, her joke fell flat and she came across smart arsed, but most 11 year olds are.if anything, her parents should have just told her to be herself and don't try to be smart or funny. I've a feeling she'll come to be embarrassed by the clip of her watching it. She's just a kid on the toy show, but on the other video she's an adult acting like a gob****e.

The issue isn't the toy show, it's the parents who don't prepare the kids or think of how something will come across.

gobnaitolunacy

Apart from John Joe and Starstruck kid to a lesser extent think the few mins of fame evaporate pretty fast.

JJ was so out there, definitely not your average kid and fair play to him. Unfortunately I can see how that could make him prime bully fodder too when you don't fit into the neat schoolyard pigeonhole.

I know many people who were on the Late Late Toy Show when they were younger. When you weren't in the Billy Barry (and thus not guaranteed a spot) and were in a Performing Arts school of any kind, then it was a bit of an honour to get on to it.

jimmyneo1

Me and my two brothers were on it in the early 90s. Had to demonstrate toys, a scooter and an electric car.

Spent about a week beforehand up in RTE practicing, bombing around the car park. Great times!

They needed a girl as well for another toy but my sister got rejected, they didn't want 4 from the same family.... she's still bitter!

Sleepy

I narrowly missed out on having the kids included in the bit where they let the really small children run around to have a play with everything a couple of years back. I think they get in children with disabilities for this now and I no longer have RTE as a client but I think it's something they'd have loved to be able to look back on.

mathie

Comer1 wrote: »

Were you ever a "Late Late Toy Show Kid" and do you hate your parents for it now?
I often wonder what the kids think of this when they look back years later. I'm not talking about the kids who perform music/dance, just the kids who play/demo the toys. I think if my parents put me into that situation I never forgive them, imagine the video coming out every Christmas, and maybe even at your wedding during the best mans speech:eek:

So, anybody on here ever been subjected to this and how do you feel about it now, years later?

Deleted User wrote: »

no harm really my mam often put on out communion and conformation videos every videos months

embarrassing yes , but it does make me smile

you get to see people you are still with you and people who have passed on

How are these related?
Or am I still drunk?

AnonoBoy

miss no stars wrote: »

Seriously, her clip isn't that bad. Yeah, her joke fell flat and she came across smart arsed, but most 11 year olds are.if anything, her parents should have just told her to be herself and don't try to be smart or funny. I've a feeling she'll come to be embarrassed by the clip of her watching it. She's just a kid on the toy show, but on the other video she's an adult acting like a gob****e.

I think the 'I was embarrassed by the Toy Show' thing is probably just an opportunity she saw for a bit of publicity.

Gotta stay in the papers if you wanna make those Youtube fat stacks yo!

thegreatgonzo

Lollipops23 wrote: »

Don't think Domhnall (starstruck kid) will get it bad-he held his composure remarkably well I thought. If he's burst into tears it'd be a different story.

The flatcap kid now....ooof...without wanting to sound bitchy, that kid seems like he might have already been an easy target for bullies.

There's a storytelling tradition in Kerry though and a festival every year on Cape Clear. It's quaint but it has its niche. It might be the coolest thing to be into in his school for all we know.

thegreatgonzo

miss no stars wrote: »

Seriously, her clip isn't that bad. Yeah, her joke fell flat and she came across smart arsed, but most 11 year olds are.if anything, her parents should have just told her to be herself and don't try to be smart or funny. I've a feeling she'll come to be embarrassed by the clip of her watching it. She's just a kid on the toy show, but on the other video she's an adult acting like a gob****e.

Agree with this, seemed a bit disingenuous coming from someone who posts themselves on youtube now.

YellowFeather

youcancallmeal wrote: »

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Flipping eejit. "OMG, I'm so totally morto about appearing on the Late Late as a child. Like cringe. Thank God it didn't appear on YouTube...

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Sure, I'll just post a video of myself overreacting at how bad I was. That'll make me cool."

gugleguy

thegreatgonzo wrote: »

There's a storytelling tradition in Kerry though and a festival every year on Cape .......It might be the coolest thing to be into in his school for all we know.

like Debating societies in certain city and provincial secondary schools. Both Debating and Storytelling might bore the fcuk out of me - but - a student who is good at these in such places might have a certain acquired 'cooldude' status.