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Repressed Memories: Christmas in the Park

The annual free concert featuring the top local pop stars of the day is one of New Zealand’s most enduring Christmas traditions. James Mustapic looks back at its most memorable moments. Excerpt from The Spinoff TV Made with support from NZ On Air www.thespinoff.co.nz #RepressedMemories #JamesMustapic #ChristmasinthePark

Repressed Memories: Air New Zealand safety videos

What do you get when you mix a bizarre selection of celebrities who have nothing in common with each other and a Gin Wigmore track? It’s an Air New Zealand safety video! And James Mustapic is here to rank them from worst to best. The annual free concert featuring the top local pop stars of the day is one of New Zealand’s most enduring Christmas traditions. James Mustapic looks back at its most memorable moments. Excerpt from The Spinoff TV Made with support from NZ On Air www.thespinoff.co.nz #RepressedMemories #JamesMustapic #AirNewZealand

Repressed Memories: The best and worst New Zealand TV ads

From the Big Save lady, to ASB’s Goldstein, to a very young Taika Waititi touting Fruit Bursts in Wellington train station – these are the TV ads that made James Mustapic the man he is today. Excerpt from The Spinoff TV Made with support from NZ On Air www.thespinoff.co.nz #RepressedMemories #JamesMustapic #TaikaWaititi

Repressed Memories: Sensing Murder Edition

Strap in and join James Mustapic for the first episode of his new series: Repressed Memories. Each episode James revisits TV shows he barely remembers from his childhood and attempts to discover if they still have what it takes to captivate him. In ep01 James goes right back to a show that scared him silly: Sensing Murder, the OTT psychic crime reality show that let crystal ball gazers poke around old murders. Is it all guff? Or can James find something redeeming inside? www.thespinoff.co.nz #RepressedMemories #JamesMustapic #SensingMurder

Repressed Memories: Sticky TV

Once again James Mustapic dives deep to check up on a beloved TV viewing memory from his childhood. In this episode, James enters the black hole of well loved kid’s TV show: Sticky TV. Can he make it back alive? www.thespinoff.co.nz #RepressedMemories #JamesMustapic #StickyTV

Repressed Memories: NZ Idol

James Mustapic goes back, way back to the glory days of NZ Idol. He specifically looks at the three titans of the show: Lummis, Murphy and Shaw. Does he like what he sees? Is it simply a mirror into his own soul? Will the memories stay repressed? www.thespinoff.co.nz #RepressedMemories #JamesMustapic #NZIdol

Repressed Memories: Sensing Murder 2018

The ‘psychics make up stuff’ television show Sensing Murder is back on New Zealand screens, and it’s just as terrible as ever. In the latest in his series on New Zealand’s most questionable pop culture, James Mustapic looks back on Sensing Murder’s early years, and what has and hasn’t changed since. Excerpt from The Spinoff TV Made with support from NZ On Air www.thespinoff.co.nz #RepressedMemories #JamesMustapic #SensingMurder

Repressed Memories: was 2009 Shortland Street’s greatest year ever?

In The Spinoff TV’s Repressed Memories, James Mustapic delves into NZ pop culture’s graveyard and digs up the bodies. This episode: Shocking deaths, forbidden love, multiple Harry Warners and TK in a fedora – revisiting the glory of Shortland Street in 2009. Excerpt from The Spinoff TV Made with support from NZ On Air www.thespinoff.co.nz #RepressedMemories #JamesMustapic #ShortlandStreet