As Shaun introduced, this week TAYG celebrated the end of the rating year, with “a Christmas special so early, it renders the point of it almost meaningless.”

The guests this week were Jennifer Byrne for the Baby Boomers, Chas Licciardello for Gen X and Hamish Blake for Gen Y. Josh gave Hamish a puppy for a gift (but presented a community service announcement later advising that pets are not just for Christmas).

The first game was Fantoystic! Each team had to identify the toy from the photo and the decade it first became popular. Yuletide Fly (an adaptation of the Human Fly game) was the next game played. Shaun announced the next game as Al Jazeera Masterchef, but that was too complicated so changed it back to Chicken or Egg, but then to be more Christmassy, Turkey or Egg, but that was also too complicated!

In the four buttons round, the choices were Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh and Mr Squiggles (a zuzu hamster?)

• The Baby Boomers chose Gold, playing Name That Tune. During which Hamish pointed out that Rudolph was a head only – soon after, he came to life and tried attacking through the window.
• Gen Y picked Frankincense which was Present and Correct, where they had to identify which stocking of presents belonged to which celebrity the show hoped to lure next year. The last stocking included a Harry Potter figure, hair gel and a book called ‘Staying Seated’ – the answer being Josh Thomas. Shaun then advised Josh would be a guest next year because he wouldn’t be a regular anymore – to which Josh became upset, and kicked the set.
• Gen X chose Myrrh – ‘A Christmas Miracle’, and a scene played out involving Kat Stewart and Francis Greenslade! Father Christmas also joined in, fluffing his lines. Six lines were from Christmas themed films and the team had to guess their origin.

In the Your Gen round, each team was quizzed on the topic of Gifts. To the question “which star, referred to as God’s gift to women, got his start on a television series” – the answer was Shaun Micallef. (of course)

The end game envelope was delivered by Ziggy, the world’s smallest zombie. The game was Which Generation is the Best at Being the Embodiment of Christmas, where each team had to recreate Santa’s journey; wrap presents, deliver them down a chimney and eat the treats left by the kids. Due to the poor behaviour of Gen X&Y, the Baby Boomers were awarded the trophy: the 1996 Victorian Body Building Championships 1st Prize donated by Chris Camilleri.

And that’s it for TAYG 2010. Did you enjoy it? Are you looking forward to it (possibly) returning next year?

On the last ‘regular’ episode of TAYG for 2010, Michael Veitch joined the Baby Boomers, Eddie Perfect was on team Gen X and Lucy McIntosh on Gen Y. Throughout the show, a Rupert Bear sat on Shaun’s desk. He claimed each team had won 8 episodes this year, but my count said X is up one.

Shaun wasn’t particularly convinced “he’s a funny guy” before strutting his stuff on the “catwalk.”

First up was Who Goes There?, aka Quo Vadis. The Camberwell Girls College Choir sung the introduction to What’s a Doodle Do? During the game, Shaun had to convince Josh that he liked him, but wasn’t very successful.

The four button choices consisted of Wistfulness, Enya, Gravity and Trust Me.

• Gen X chose Gravity, playing Fallen Stars – matching the celebrity with the thing that brought them down. Charlie managed to convince Shaun to award a point for matching Fergie with money, even though “toe sucking” was the answer.
• Gen Y picked Enya which was Name That Tune – all songs from movies.
• The BB (unwisely?) decided on Trust Me, playing Porridgey-didge. Amanda volunteered to be the one held above the vat of porridge and due to a few poor answers, Amanda was due to be dropped in it. But she managed to hold on to the device and therefore was saved.

The Your Gen round was about a millionaire by-day, caped-crusader by-night: James Packer! No, Batman. In the end-game (worth half a million points) teams had to compete to see who was the best generation at landscaping. Shaun insisted you couldn’t have a garden without soil. Gen Y won the 2009 Australia and New Zealand Air Guitar Championships trophy, donated by Clay Connelly of Deer Park. This was even after the BB threatened to decapitate Rupert!

Well this week, auctions speak louder than words as Josh stole Shaun’s opening monologue. This week guests were Glynn Nicholas for the Baby Boomers, Claudia Karvan for Generation X and Rai Thistlethwayte (from Thirsty Merc) for Gen Y.

The first game was Accessory Before The Fact, with Shaun remarking on the similarity of Angela Lansbury to Josh Thomas. Next, Bride of the Fly, where the groom in each photo had been replaced with a fly. The kettle was pulled out again for a round of As Quick As.

The four button options were Kim (Kardashian), Pencils, Breakfast Cereals and Ears.

• Gen Y picked Ears – playing “Name That Tune”, all songs from musicals. Josh had a copy of Preincarnate on display, but it wasn’t mentioned.
• The BB went for Pencils, which was “Draw That Movie!” Glynn drew for Amanda and all the titles had numbers in them.
• Gen X chose Breakfast Cereals, with the game “What Am I Eating?”, during which Shaun ate a banana.

The Your Gen round topic was Weather. The end game envelope was delivered by Napoleon on a Segway – “Which Generation is Best at – Body Art?” A models had to be painted to suit a scene by each team – just a regular, every day activity! In the end, Gen X won with their Tarzan model, winning the 1934 Trophy for Best Novice Toy Dog, donated by Pepper in Gawler SA.