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Tom and Rob dive head-first into one of the most unhinged pieces of children’s television ever created: Totty. What starts as a simple retro deep-dive quickly becomes an existential crisis featuring flaming dolls, cursed grandparents, satanic umbrellas, and a child staring lovingly into open flame. Yes, really.
Before that, Tom shares his upcoming San Francisco trip, an exploding schedule, and the legendary “goat joke” that nearly cancelled the show in under 90 seconds. Then: a nostalgia quiz of 80s and 90s theme tunes — from Banana Man to Fraggle Rock — complete with VHS-quality audio and the return of Bertha’s questionable accents.
The middle of the episode melts into absolute advertising chaos:
– Walkers’ “delicioussss” mouth-sounds terror
– The unnervingly AI-generated Coca-Cola Christmas advert
– The truly cursed Mo & Mia boiler mouse PSA
– McDonald’s disastrous voice-note delivery ad
– Tom & Rob both record their own voice-note versions, and yes, they are worse.
Later, the boys ask: Has the death of terrestrial TV secretly killed our Christmas spirit? A surprisingly wholesome (and sad) reflection about festive adverts, Argos catalogues, and why no one gets the magic anymore.
Finally: The 90s song that time should have left behind — Bus Stop’s remix of Kung Fu Fighting — and the shocking confession that Tom once bought it on CD from Woolworths.
It’s chaos. It’s nostalgia. It’s horrifying dolls. It’s Episode 69.
Tottie:
https://youtu.be/Jya3iE4Zm8E?si=PVzoh8ot_wg7KwAe
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