Remember When…

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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