We all know that as soon as Ryan Tubridy dons that Christmas jumper, it's officially the festive season, so get the mince pies and mulled wine out and have yourself a Toy Show party. For those of you with kids, God speed, as the Toy Show is up there with Christmas day for excitement levels.... or is that just us?
Down the years we have seen kids of all ages take to the stage as toy testers, performers and even co-hosts, and while all have been brilliant in their own right, there are some little ones we can just never forget. Between those kids and many other priceless moments over the years, we have put together a list of our top ten favourite Toy Show moments of all time.
10. Fashion savvy Douglas
Young Douglas rocked up to The Toy Show with all the style, informing Ryan he was 'nailing the Christmas look'.
We're pretty sure it's Douglas who made bowler hats happen.
9. No craic, Alex
Not only does this little dude deliver a flawless cupla focal, he also totally nails his exit by breezily replying 'nil' to Ryan's 'any craic' question.
Legend.
8. Any time a Billie Barry kid shows up
We all wanted to be one, although their perfectly synchronsied dancing and gigantic smiles terrified us slightly.
7. Any time Dustin showed up
It's been a while now since we've seen Dustin the Turkey show up to rattle a Toy Show host. Sadly, the latest generation of kids may not even have a notion who he is, but you'll always be special to us Dustin.
6. Co-host Fergal
Fergal wrote to Ryan Tubridy requesting to co-host the Toy Show with him to help with his incurable condition known as 'middle-child syndrome'. Thankfully, Ryan obliged and Fergal burst onto the stage in a matching Christmas jumper and did the parish proud.
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5. Brendan O'Carroll's terrified child
Back in the day, there were no Toy Show auditions and many of the kids used were family or friends of the toy show team. So two of Brendan O'Carroll's kids showed up to demonstrate roller blades (a simpler time), however, once they got on stage, the youngest lad Eric was having none of it. Turns out though, he had a pretty good reason...
4. Ashley Tubridy sings Friends Forever
Nine-year-old Ashley appeared on The Late Late Toy Show to perform a song she had written that you would imagine would be a sweet little number about nature walks and sports day and other such significant things to a nine-year-old.
And then, she came out with this heartbreaker.
3. Star-struck with Robbie Keane
This surely has to be the best reaction anyone has ever had to Robbie Keane. Young Domhnall was on testing out a FIFA game on the show, when Ryan decided to surprise him by bringing out his hero Robbie Keane. The look on Domhnall's face is so precious it had the nation reaching for the tissue boxes. Domhnall was quick to recover however and was soon firing the questions at Robbie. We'll see this fella as a sports pundit yet.
2. When Aimee met Ed
This one was only last year and it still warms the cockles of our hearts to think about it. To be honest, we didn't really get the Ed Sheeran thing before this.
And then we loved him like no other.
1. JohnJoe Brennan - The future horologist
Who else could possibly be at number one? JohnJoe Brennan arrived onto the The Late Late Toy Show with the body of an eight-year-old and the mind of a sixty-year-old intellectual who had perhaps been at the sherry.
It's thanks to JohnJoe we all now know what a horologist is.
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Hopefully there will be plenty more moments like these this year, you can catch The Late Late Toy Show tonight at 9.35pm on RTE1.
Will you be watching? And let's talk snacks - is it time to crack open the mince pies yet?
