Juvenalia

Moone Boy and Nowhere Fast‘s Clare Monnelly joins us to talk about Animaniacs. We love Animaniacs a whole lot so it was an extreme pleasure to geek out about it for fifty minutes with our new best friend Clare. We talked about getting meta jokes as a child, the hidden filthy jokes, Pinky And The Brain, Good Idea Bad Idea, Chicken Boo, Slappy Squirrel, Hello Nurse, and all the gang. We also talked about just how impressive Rob Paulsen’s rendition of Yakko’s World is, being scared of Ren & Stimpy, renting games from Xtra-Vision, and the Commodore 64.  Relevant Twitter accounts for this episode: Clare Monnelly (@ClareMonnelly) Ellen Tannam (@incogellen) Alan Maguire (@alan_maguire) Juvenalia (@Juvenalia_Pod)  If you like Juvenalia and would like us to succeed in life then consider rating and/or reviewing us on your local podcast app. And tell your friends, that’s the best thing.  This episode is sponsored by the March For Choice which leaves from the Garden Of Remembrance, Dublin at 2pm, S

Hello there. Our first live show at the Dublin Podcast Festival is less than a week away and we just want to make sure that you know about it. If you want to know why it took us eight minutes to tell you that our guest is Maria Doyle Kennedy, she’ll be talking about The Wizard Of Oz, and it’s in the Workman’s Club* on September 27th on a double-bill with The Alison Spittle Show then you’ll just have to listen.  Tickets are on sale now. Hopefully we’ll see you there. We’ll have badges. You can probably have a badge if you come but we don’t have enough badges for everybody because we’re PROFESSIONALS.  *The venue has changed from Tivoli Theatre to The Workman’s Club due to unforeseen circumstances.  Juvenalia is sponsored by the March For Choice which leaves from the Garden Of Remembrance, Dublin at 2pm, September 30th. Repeal The 8th.   Follow Juvenalia on Twitter   Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell   This episode was produced by Brian 

Octocon chairperson Jan Ní Shúilleabháin joined us to talk about her love of Frank Herbert’s Dune in all its forms especially the 1984 David Lynch movie. She basically gave us a crash course in sci-fi appreciation and her enthusiasm was infectious. Jan also told us a bit about the history of Irish cons and about her role in the upcoming Octocon which takes place on the 6th, 7th, and 8th of October in the Camden Court Hotel, Dublin 2.  Hey, why not subscribe to Juvenalia and leave a review or even a rating, we’d appreciate it.  We’re doing our first live show with super special guest Maria Doyle Kennedy of Orphan Black, Sing Street, the Commitments, and a gazillion other things. It’s a double-bill with The Alison Spittle Show in the Tivoli Theatre on September 27th as part of the Dublin Podcast festival and we’d love to see you there. Tickets are on sale NOW  This episode is sponsored by the March For Choice which leaves from the Garden Of Remembrance, Dublin at 2pm, September 30th. Repeal The 8

Illustrator Fatti Burke of Irelandopedia, Historopedia, and soon Foclóiropedia joined us to talk about 1968’s Oliver! and all things Oliveresque. We like to wander off topic here at Juvenalia and we really wandered far and wide on this one. We can practically guarantee that this is the only Oliver! podcast that’s also about Alan’s old music teacher, good supermarkets, Babycham, and watching people eat crows. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Bye x Hey, why not subscribe to Juvenalia and leave a review or even a rating, we’d appreciate it. We’re doing our first live show on a double-bill with The Alison Spittle Show in the Tivoli Theatre on September 27th as part of the Dublin Podcast festival and we’d love to see you there. Tickets are on sale NOW This episode is sponsored by the March For Choice which leaves from the Garden Of Remembrance, Dublin at 2pm, September 30th. Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Brian 

It’s time for another chapter of RL Stine’s Beach Party. When we last saw Karen and Anne-Marie they were being menaced by Vince and his gang of tough boys. But who’s this? I’ll tell you who’s this. It’s Gerry and Marty, two OTHER boys who have Karen and Anne-Marie’s best interests at heart. This chapter also features an immersive trip to a teen hangout, intrigue, lies, and a tight, form-fitting poncho. We’ll be back with a real episode next week. Bye!  Hey, why not subscribe to Juvenalia and leave a review or even a rating, we’d appreciate it.  Don’t forget about Juvenalia LIVE in the Tivoli Theatre, September 27th as part of the Dublin Podcast Festival by HeadStuff and Aiken Promotions. We’re sharing a bill with The Alison Spittle Show with Alison obviously being the main event what with her being famous and popular and everything. Anyway, tickets are on sale NOW and we want to see you there. We’ll announce our guest for the night soon-ish.  This episode is sponsored by the March For Choice wh

Animator Gareth Lyons joins Alan and Ellen to talk about as many of the incarnations of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as they can in an hour. We talk comics, the 1987 cartoon, the 1990 movie, the 2003 series, the 2014 movie, the 2012 series, the action figures, everything basically. Did you know that a lot of the 1987 series was animated in Dublin? Gareth did. Gareth knows a lot about those Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He was happy to share it with us.  Gareth animated and directed the upcoming RTÉ series Ends Meet which will be airing this autumn and he’s also running the alternative animation festival HACKfest which is on Aug 26th in A4 Sounds.  The TMNT documentary Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is on Netflix  Hey, why not subscribe to Juvenalia and leave a review or even a rating, we’d appreciate it.  Don’t forget about Juvenalia LIVE in the Tivoli Theatre, September 27th as part of the Dublin Podcast Festival by HeadStuff and Aiken Promoti

(CW: There’s a bit near the end of the chapter where some boys get a bit sexually menacing; nothing graphic or physical but we’d prefer if you knew in advance if that’s something you need to know) It’s been over a year but Ellen and Alan finally remembered to bring their copies of RL Stine’s Beach Party to a Juvenalia recording so here’s a semi-dramatic reading of chapter two. Chapter three will follow in two weeks and sure we’ll see after that.  Don’t forget about Juvenalia LIVE in the Tivoli Theatre, September 27th as part of the Dublin Podcast Festival by HeadStuff and Aiken Promotions. We’re sharing a bill with The Alison Spittle Show with Alison obviously being the main event what with her being famous and popular and everything. Anyway, tickets are on sale NOW and we want to see you there. We’ll announce our guest for the night soon-ish.  If you liked this then you’re gonna LOVE Double Love, the HeadStuff Podcast Network’s new Sweet Valley High podcast hosted by Karyn Moynihan and Anna Carey.

Actor, Comedian, and Writer Peter McGann joins Alan and Ellen to talk about the first Pierce Brosnan Bond movie, 1995’s GoldenEye. You might know Peter better as his unsettling alter-ego Liam Nugent or from the Republic of Telly. Today, however, he’s here as our pal who knows a lot about James Bond. Ellen watched GoldenEye for the first time for this podcast. Alan watched it for the second time. Everybody had a lot of opinions about it. We had a very nice time and we hope you will too.  You can see Peter in The Liam Nugent Variety Hour on August 11th in Brewery Corner, Kilkenny as part of the Alternative Kilkenny Arts festival. Important news: we’re taking Juvenalia to the people! That’s right, Juvenalia LIVE in the Tivoli Theatre, September 27th as part of the Dublin Podcast Festival by HeadStuff and Aiken Promotions. We’re sharing a bill with The Alison Spittle Show with Alison obviously being the main event what with her being famous and popular and everything. Anyway, tickets are on sale NOW and we w

Hannah Mamalis is an actress, writer, and comedian. You probably know her from loads of stuff like various Dreamgun sketches, live shows, and podcasts or maybe from her Comedy Brunch which has appeared at Smock Alley and the Body & Soul Festival. You’ll definitely know her soon from her role in the upcoming film The Drummer and The Keeper, her appearances at the Vodafone Comedy Festival, and her one-woman show The Egg Is A Lonely Hunter which is running at the Dublin Fringe Festival from Sep 13-17. That was a very long intro but Hannah’s very busy and we like her.  Hannah joined Alan and Ellen to talk about Disney’s Fantasia (1940). which has intersected with her life in all kinds of extremely interesting ways. Trust me, you’ll want to listen to this one.  This episode is sponsored by the March For Choice which leaves from the Garden Of Remembrance at 2pm, September 30th.   Follow Juvenalia on Twitter   Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell   This episode was produced b

Deirdre Sullivan is the award-winning author of Needlework, the Primrose Leary trilogy, and the upcoming book of reimagined fairytales, Tangleweed & Brine, which will be released this September. Deirdre joined Alan and Sarah to talk about a trio of versions of The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen’s original, the Ladybird version, and of course the 1989 Disney version. The Little Mermaid has been a big, big influence on Deirdre and she has lots of really very interesting things to say about it so let’s get to it. Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Brian

Happy Pride Everyone! We got the whole Juvenalia gang into the studio along with spoken word artist Vickey Curtis and The George and 2FM’s Conor Behan to celebrate. Vickey and Conor chose Juvenalia topics that were important to them as young LGBTQI+ people, The Golden Girls and Madonna’s The Immaculate Collection respectively. A grand old time was had by all.  Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Brian

Caroline O’Donoghue (@czaroline) is a contributing editor with The Pool and an author whose first book, Promising Young Women, will be released by Virago in early 2018. She joined Alan and Sarah to talk about 90’s sitcoms with a particular focus on Frasier. We talked a lot about David Hyde Pierce, the wonders of Daphne Moon and Lilith, metrosexuality, and the art of farce. We also jumped off into talks about Just Shoot Me, Cybil, and the effect that Friends had on a generation of Irish people. Then we finished up with a little metatalk about Juvenalia itself. It got real. Afterwards we had prosecco and bacon fries. Hopefully you’ll want to drink and eat crisps too while you’re listening.  Sarah Maria Griffin’s Spare And Found Parts is available from @GreenWillowBook in 2016 (US) & @TitanBooks in 2018 (IRE & UK) Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Brian

Darach O’Séaghdha is the exceptionally nice man behind the best account on Irish Twitter @TheIrishFor. He joined Alan and Sarah to continue The Inaugural Juvenalia James Cameron April/May 2017 Appreciation Spectacular and talked about Terminator 2: Judgement Day. We covered a wide, wide range of topics like unusual surnames, language acquisition, the art of translation, cool special effects, school rumours, scary villains, and West Brit robots. Darach’s book Motherfoclóir is out in September and we’re looking forward to it a whole lot.  Go raibh maith agat.  Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Brian

Welcome to part two of our special April/May 2017 Titanic Extravaganza which is totally a thing. In this episode, Leonardo Di Caprio himself is joined by his pals, Tobey Maguire, Kevin Connolly, and Lukas Haas to look back at the film that kind of ruined his life for a while, Titanic. In the last episode, Alan, Ellen, and Stacy talked all about the film as fans but this time we’ll be hearing from the people who actually lived it. We’ll delve deep into Leo’s memories and we’ve also obtained exclusive audition footage, deleted scenes, and much much more. Maybe some special guests will pop by? Who knows?  Assistant to Mr Di Caprio – Peter McGann Assistant To Mr Maguire – Ellen Tannam Assistant To Mr Haas – Giles Brody Assistant To Mr Connolly – Alan Maguire  Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Brian

Stacy Grouden is a writer and the film editor of State.ie. She joined Alan and Ellen to talk about the film that will forever define 1998, Titanic. We talked about how Rose is an overlooked feminist action hero, the wonder of Billy Zane, Leonardo Di Caprio’s extraordinarily pretty face, the Titanic museum, the real Jack Dawson, mo-cap wives, the 2012 re-release, the schoolyard rumour mill, more talk about handsome men, Revolutionary Road, what the cast are up to now, and lots lots more.  Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Brian

Cethan Leahy is a writer, filmmaker, and illustrator. He joins Alan and Sarah to talk about the eccentric American tabloid the Weekly World News. Along the way we take some detours to talk about Irish myths. It’s nice. The Weekly World News was kind of amazing and weird and it was lots of fun to revisit it and Ed Anger and Bat Boy and all the WWN gang.  Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Brian

Eva Short of Silicon Republic joins Alan & Sarah to talk about Nintendo’s Animal Crossing. Did Animal Crossing prepare a generation for a lifetime of debt while working a series of menial jobs with friends who come and go without ever forging a real connection? Eva Short says yes. She also tells us all about being a pre-teen in a picture-perfect Californian town, using games to explore depression and poverty, and generally makes us want to play farming simulators forever and ever.  Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Brian

Ciara Knight is a comedian and writer for Joe.co.uk. She’s very funny and we’re big fans of her and you should be too. She came into the dilapidated bunker where we record Juvenalia to talk about Sabrina, The Teenage Witch with Alan and Ellen. We talk about family secrets, terrible food museums, mitosis, Harvey, Salem, Violent Femmes, Sabrina’s best best friend, Britney guest spots, Daniel Bedingfield, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, celebrity noses, Paul Feig, and other things. It’s a fun time you guys.  Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Alan Maguire

Lisa Coen is one half of Tramp Press. We’re big fans of Tramp Press here at Juvenalia so we were delighted when Lisa took a break from the world of high literature to talk to us about her love of Stephen King. As you might imagine, it took us a while to get through it all. Lisa knows so, so much about Stephen King, it was a joy to listen to her for nearly two hours. Sarah went into the episode not caring about Stephen King and came out a convert, clutching a copy of IT. You probably will too. We’ll leave you to it.  If you like Juvenalia, maybe subscribe to us on your podcast app of choice and maybe, maybe, maybe leave a nice review? Thanks anyway if you don’t.  Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Alan Maguire

Hi. There’s a very good chance this is your first time listening to Juvenalia. We hope you like it. We talk to interesting people about pieces of pop culture that were important to them when they were children. In this episode, Alan and Sarah talk to Sara Quin from Tegan and Sara about Madonna’s Truth Or Dare tour documentary and all kinds of things that spring from that. We were very excited to talk to Sara and she was even more of a joy than we could have hoped. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.  If you’re listening to this when it comes out then Tegan and Sara are playing in Vicar Street this Sunday February 19th and you should go, it’ll be great. If you liked this episode of Juvenalia maybe you’d consider subscribing on the podcast app of your choice and possible even leave a review? It’s ok if you don’t. There are a lot of podcasts, you can’t subscribe to them all, you’d get nothing done.  Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced