Remember When…

Remember when you'd watch literally any old nonsense if it meant you got to stay up late? Tara Ward and Toby Morris join Jane Yee to remember the live-to-air thrill of the Telethon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when popping in to get a new tank top felt like stepping into an extremely bright nightclub? Alex Casey and Jihee Junn join Jane Yee to revisit the early years of fashion giant Supré. Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when Crash Bandicoot, Tekken and Tomb Raider were the pinnacle of gaming? Sam Brooks and Te Aihe Butler join Jane Yee to relive the best the original PlayStation had to offer. Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when deciding between a traffic light, a pink panther or a blue lagoon at Cobb & Co. was one of life's toughest decisions? Leonie Hayden and Toby Morris join Jane Yee to relive the joys of New Zealand's oldest family restaurant chain. Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when we all willingly went for walks outside because there might have been a Lapras out there? Sam Brooks and Toby Morris join Jane Yee to relive the phone-based AR gaming phenomenon Pokémon GO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when Lady Gaga’s first New Zealand show was opening for the Pussycat Dolls? Day one fans Sam Brooks, Stewart Sowman-Lund and Jane Yee do, and in this episode they look back at the arrival of a true pop icon. Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when you had to race the rest of your class to get your hands on a Where's Wally? Lucy and Liv from Shit You Should Care About (The Shit Show, Culture Vulture, Extremely Online) join Jane Yee to remember the classic titles of the school library. Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when learning to drive didn't really count unless you did it in a manual? Madeleine Chapman and Lee Lowndes join Jane Yee to remember the stress of bunny-hops, hill starts and the Krypton Factor task of figuring out how a clutch works. Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when you first met Kim, Kourtney and Khloe and the wider Kardashian-Jenner family? Jihee Junn and Josie Adams join Jane Yee to remember some of KUWTK’s most iconic moments. Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when the start of the school year brought with it the thrill of fresh new stationery? Lucy Reymer and Bianca Cross join Jane Yee to geek out in a big way over Duraseal methods, types of pens, erasers and the eternal call of Smiggle. Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when you first rode the rocket lift in downtown Auckland’s labyrinthine iMax aka Skyworld aka SkyCity Metro aka Force Entertainment Centre? Alex Casey and Sam Brooks join Jane Yee to relive the building’s many eras. Read Sam’s history of the iMax building on The Spinoff. Join Rec Room – a free weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of all our videos and podcasts, plus other recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when JWoww, Pauly D, Sammi, Snooki, The Situation, Vinny, Ronnie and friends introduced us to a whole new way of life centered around gym, tanning and laundry? Eden French-Putu and Duncan Greive join Jane Yee for a trip back to season one of Jersey Shore. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when you got your first computer? The Shit Show and Culture Vulture host Lucy Blakiston (HP Pavilion) and Calum Henderson (IBM?) join Jane Yee (Amiga 500) to talk about what they got up to on their first PCs. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when you became able to walk around with all the mp3s you illegally downloaded off the internet in your pocket? Josie Adams and Sam Brooks join Jane Yee to relive the portable music revolution. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when we couldn’t decide if the dress was blue and black or white and gold? Alice Neville and Josie Adams join Jane Yee to relive the last fun day online. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when a midnight screening to the latest Hunger Games was the hottest ticket in town? Eden French-Putu and Stewart Sowman-Lund volunteer as tributes to join Jane Yee in remembering a YA publishing-turned-movie phenomenon (spoilers, obviously). Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when someone stole Justin Bieber's hat at the airport and it ruined his whole trip to New Zealand? Alex Casey and Chris Schulz join Jane Yee to spill some moderately hot tea on the biggest media frenzy of 2010. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when we prematurely mourned the deaths of Steve from Blues Clues, Po from Teletubbies, Baby Spice and the original Avril Lavigne? Alex Casey and Calum Henderson join Jane Yee to share the weirdest celebrity gossip they've credulously believed. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when you had to choose who to have a crush on between a vampire and a werewolf? Eden French-Putu and Alice Webb-Liddall join Jane Yee to take a trip back to Forks, Washington and revisit their complicated feelings about Team Edward, Team Jacob, and the whole Twilight phenomenon. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when you lost hours if not days if not weeks of your life to the hypnotic state of shuffling candies into lines on your phone? Eden French-Putu and Duncan Greive join Jane Yee to air the darkest secrets of their Candy Crush addicted pasts. Join Rec Room – a weekly newsletter from The Spinoff full of recommendations of things to watch, read, listen to and eat. Sign up now at thespinoffrecroom.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices