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Late Late Toy Show: a racket
The Late Late toy show is nothing but a commercial racket for select toy companies and shops to peddle their wares on a public broadcasting system. It is also a place where elite drama groups who are the apple of RTÉ's eye show off their talent in a so-called competition based system that sees much of the same group selected year after year. RTÉ has a duty to be fair and balanced in all aspects of public broadcasting; however when it comes to the toy show which represents a marketing utopia, the rules fly out the window.
Maurice Fitzgerald,
Shanbally,
Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.
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Bah humbug to you Maurice. Do you not know where the off switch is on your telly?
Of course the Toy Show is going to be commercial - it’s about TOYS - the clue is in the title. Or would you have them showing kids playing telephones with two tin cans and a piece of string.
You also weren’t paying full attention. There were choirs/groups from several schools on the programme as I recall, not just the usual Billie Barrys.
Part of the magic of the Toy Show is being allowed stay up late to watch it. I can still recall the childhood excitement of creeping down the stairs in my jammies and snuggling up in front of the fire, watching wide-eyed as a magical world played out before me. To observe my five-year-old do the very same this year was just as magical. Well done Pat & Co and long live the Toy Show.