1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: It's John. It's what's found its way on the cutting 2 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: room floor today. 3 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 2: Amanda, do you remember the tamagotchi? But I remember the tamagotchi. Yeah. 4 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: My daughter was into it and we had to because 5 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: she couldn't look after it. So I ended up cleaning 6 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: up its poop. It's digital poop, and you had to 7 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: feed it. There's a pain in the neck, and then 8 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: it died and you have to go buy another one 9 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: that was similar and get it, and you couldn't get it. 10 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 2: Along the journey, a. 11 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 3: Lot of girls were into it because they tapped into 12 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 3: that idea of kind of nurturing. It was seen as 13 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 3: like a precursor looking after a pet or god for 14 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 3: bit of baby. But I had a friend who got 15 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 3: into a lot of trouble with her child over this 16 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 3: because there's some drama going on in the family and 17 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 3: the dad passed away and the daughter just took off 18 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 3: and played these The Tamagotchi led to a whole lot 19 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 3: of similar kind of games where you had to be 20 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 3: hyper vigilant, And suddenly they found that she'd become obsessed 21 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 3: with this computer, spending a lot of money on it, 22 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 3: and they had taken their eye off the ball while 23 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 3: they were dealing with the drama of the horror weeks 24 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 3: that were taking place. So these Tamagotchi's, I know that 25 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,919 Speaker 3: they're all about, oh, come and look after the little 26 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 3: pretend pet. But I see a darker side to this 27 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 3: is that it creates that hyper vigilance. If I don't 28 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 3: look after it, it will die. And that leads to 29 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 3: this leaning in of kids into computer games, into whatever 30 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 3: that need to have to see it, to be there 31 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 3: to see it all every day. Anyway, Tamagotchi's fell away, 32 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 3: didn't they They. 33 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: Went away, Thank the Lord. Although I think I've got 34 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: some under the house somewhere. 35 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 3: Well, they're probably worth a lot of money because Tamagotchi's 36 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 3: a back to the point where they've even opened their 37 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 3: first brick and mortar store in the UK this year, 38 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 3: so you can buy Tamagotchi's again. They've given them an upgrade. 39 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 3: You can now connect with and play on Wi Fi 40 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 3: downla different items. Spend money, spend money, spend money. So 41 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 3: there you go. They've updated the Tamagotchi and the Tamagotchi 42 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 3: is back. It's a new hot commodity. 43 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 2: Man Like, why can't they just have a goldfish or 44 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 2: a plant. 45 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 3: And that has a natural end. As we know, the 46 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 3: life cycle of a goldfish will teach your child life 47 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 3: and death in the space of a few weeks. 48 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 2: What about sea monkeys, Yeah, that's what we had to 49 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 2: put up with. You look at those sea monkeys. 50 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: That dad's job didn't last. It had off every day 51 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:29,839 Speaker 3: with his briefcase. 52 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 2: He got the sack. You know, those sea monkeys. It 53 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 2: pretty much just lies out there. 54 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 3: Pretty much lies, and you had to pretend that you 55 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 3: had microscopic eyes. 56 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 2: Yeah. 57 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: But according to the back of the comic book that 58 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: they were advertising, oh. 59 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 3: There's a little baby in a high chair to work, 60 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 3: so utopia. 61 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 2: They lived in a castle. 62 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 3: And none of us had no homes, had the technology 63 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,359 Speaker 3: where we're con zooming to see that they were actually 64 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 3: prawn lives or whatever they were. 65 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 2: And that's what they were, prawn live Yeah. 66 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, they don't look exactly like they did on the packet, 67 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 3: but none of us had the technology to see it 68 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 3: and know it. 69 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: I wonder what happened to those sea monkeys. Did they 70 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: indeed grow up into giant things? 71 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,839 Speaker 3: They're ruling the sewers, giant frawns. 72 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 2: And there's Dad with his briefcase and mum. 73 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 3: With a kid in a highchair, roaring over the sewers. 74 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: Dad's going he's got to tend to other larvae because 75 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: he hasn't been keeping it in his pants at work. 76 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 3: I'm not emptying your poochube, do it yourself. That's it 77 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 3: for the day. 78 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 2: Come back tomorrow for more. Let's coming on.