J1 - Summer in the Sun
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J1 – Summer in the Sun is an upcoming RTÉ
documentary
television programme, documenting the experiences of eighteen students working in the United States
. The students range from ages 18–23 and are divided into three "gangs": the Chicago
Gang, the Hawaii
Gang and the San Diego Gang. Billed as a sort of Irish version of MTV
’s Laguna Beach
, the series was filmed from 27 May – 1 September, as one of the first series in Ireland to be shot on the new Solid State
EX-1 camera. The series will be broadcast on RTÉ Two
each Monday at 21:30.
Episode one serves as an introductory show. The San Diego Gang are initially happy with their gaff as it has a pool room but quickly start fighting when they realise they are living out in the "burbs", miles away from the beach and the parties. Latecomer Luke arrives and they organise a drinking session to welcome him to San Diego. With the help of fortified wine, the drinking games become a little excessive and the casualties increase substantially. In a drink-fuelled rage Proinny breaks his ankle. Without an ability to participate in the surfing and partying his summer seems ruined. The Hawaii Gang are complete idiots. They find an apartment directly on the waterfront with views of Waikiki
beach, but fail to read the small print and discover that they have arrived in an alcohol-free zone. Dean and Gina roam the streets and locate some unusual sources of employment.
Proinny opts to stay in San Diego despite having broken his heel and the group head to Tijuana to celebrate. They discover a special bus trip to a club across the border, the bus being kitted out with a stripper-pole. It deposits the boys at the Mexican border and they set off to a club where one can drink through the night for $12 per head. A drunken Tim goes missing and the rest of the lads are forced to exit the country without him. The second episode also introduces the Galway gang. The group of nine females and males have grown up together but have never before lived together. Gemma obtains a job and is paid for being rude to the customers, but brings this new work persona home and provokes a fight. Then there is a party with lots of drinking games.
In Hawaii, Sorcha and Agne are working in a deli. Agne is promoted and they find they can do whatever they like. They feed their friends back in their house and later take a tumble from an airplane to witness Hawaii from the sky. On the Fourth of July
Sorcha is invited on a "date" by a local. The San Diego gang seems set to split, with Tim and Luke getting out of the lease and setting off for the beach. The lads discover a loophole in San Diego's drinking regulations (it is possible for them to drink in the sea as long as they do not set foot on the beach). They join a flotilla of drunk Americans to celebrate the Fourth of July festival. Darren and Donal of the Chicago gang set off to do some volunteer work and make a fortune feeding hungry Americans in a burger joint. The American dream (and the money) goes to Eamonn's head.
Sorcha is treated to a sunset cruise by her American date. Darren tries to court Alma, a lass from Limerick who is also on her J1. Proinny's Mum appears and takes him on a shopping trip in New York, whilst the rest of his gang go to an exotic club. The time for exam results comes. All the groups check their grades via the internet. If they fail they must return home for their repeats and may miss the road trip finale. Boy scout Darren takes the gang on a camping trip into the wilderness of Illinois. The girls struggle to cope without their home comforts and decide they no longer wish to take part.
Tim returns home. The San Diego gang's exploits in this episode include being the recipient of a dodgy tattoo as Luke and Dáithí embark (arm in arm) to obtain "His 'N' Hers" tattoos. Proinny receives an unexpected visit from a girl he first met in Las Vegas. Andrea from Albuquerque, New Mexico has driven 800 miles to see him again. Dáithí readies himself for his first stand-up comedy gig. The following day Proinny and Dáithí make their return to Ireland for their repeats, leaving Luke "on his Toblerone
". Luke attempts to find a way to amuse himself by setting out to find a new gang to play with. The Chicago gang split into two teams for a baseball game. The losing team agrees to undergo a waxing. Later they pack to leave for alternative "5-star" accommodation as the lease on their current house is up on 1 August. Keith has a surprise for the rest of the gang, having managed to score tickets for them all to feature on The Jerry Springer Show
. The Hawaii boys are struggling to adapt to Sorcha's leaving early, with Gina taking the occurrence particularly badly and blocks the toilet. Sorcha is "heartbroken" about missing the roadtrip so the rest begin work on a plan to send her off with happiness. They arrange a Limousine
to carry her to the airport. They then head off on a trip to Maui
to lift their dampened spirits. But without Sorcha, fighting erupts amongst the group.
Episode six begins with each group setting off cross-country on a road trip to New Orleans. The Hawaii gang fly to San Francisco to begin their roadtrip in the east. Underwhelmed by the city they cheat their road trip by catching a train to Salt Lake City and when there they pick up their RV. Their home for the following one week period, the RV is akin to driving a "massive sofa bed" across the United States. Agne falls asleep at the wheel and side swipes the car of a local insurance salesman in Kansas. The San Diego lads have no transport and have to hitchhike from California. Luke creates a sign proclaiming "Heading East? Can we cum too?" which works to good effect. They pick up Dáithí in New Mexico, visit Proinny's girlfriend from Las Vegas and a hospital after Luke discovers he has caught a serious rash. The Chicago gang rent a large passenger van which comfortably fits all eight of them alongside Gemma and Suzan's gigantic baggage. Their trip begins on the famous road, Route 66
. The gang become popular with the locals in an authentic honky tonk
bar in Nashville but Susan has her eye on someone elsewhere. The three gangs race to New Orleans from Memphis to Nashville and Amarillo to El Paso.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...
documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
television programme, documenting the experiences of eighteen students working in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The students range from ages 18–23 and are divided into three "gangs": the Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
Gang, the Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
Gang and the San Diego Gang. Billed as a sort of Irish version of MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
’s Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, often referred to simply as Laguna Beach, is a reality television series which originally aired on MTV from September 28, 2004 until November 16, 2006. It documents the lives of several teenagers living in Laguna Beach, an affluent seaside community located in...
, the series was filmed from 27 May – 1 September, as one of the first series in Ireland to be shot on the new Solid State
Solid-state drive
A solid-state drive , sometimes called a solid-state disk or electronic disk, is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data with the intention of providing access in the same manner of a traditional block i/o hard disk drive...
EX-1 camera. The series will be broadcast on RTÉ Two
RTÉ Two
RTÉ Two is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Two is available throughout the island of Ireland through digital terrestrial service Saorview, VHF and UHF bands, and is also available via satellite to Irish subscribers of...
each Monday at 21:30.
The Gangs
| Origin | Students | Age range | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Chicago Gang | National University of Ireland, Galway National University of Ireland, Galway The National University of Ireland, Galway is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland... (NUIG) |
Eamonn, Susan, Donal, Darach, Gemma, Alan, Darren, Fiona, Keith | 19 - 21 | |
| The Hawaii Gang (The Fundalkers) |
Dundalk Institute of Technology Dundalk Institute of Technology Dundalk Institute of Technology formerly Regional Technical College, Dundalk is a campus situated in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, halfway between Dublin and Belfast . The campus is 800 metres from the main Dublin Belfast road and 3 minutes drive from the M1 motorway to Dublin. Dublin Airport... (Dkit) |
Agne, Dean, Shane, Gina, Sorcha | ||
| The San Diego Gang | Institute of Education Institute of Education (Dublin) The Institute of Education was founded in 1969 by Irish applied mathematics school teacher, Raymond Kearns, and is currently one of the largest private secondary schools in Ireland. Unlike most other Irish secondary schools, the Institute only provides tuition for the final two years of the... , Leeson Street Leeson Street Leeson Street is a thoroughfare near central Dublin, Ireland.Originally known as Suesey Street, it was renamed in 1728 after the Leesons, a family of local brewers, who branched into property development and subsequently became Earls of Milltown.... |
Tim, Dáithí, Proinny, Luke | ||
Episode one
Episode one serves as an introductory show. The San Diego Gang are initially happy with their gaff as it has a pool room but quickly start fighting when they realise they are living out in the "burbs", miles away from the beach and the parties. Latecomer Luke arrives and they organise a drinking session to welcome him to San Diego. With the help of fortified wine, the drinking games become a little excessive and the casualties increase substantially. In a drink-fuelled rage Proinny breaks his ankle. Without an ability to participate in the surfing and partying his summer seems ruined. The Hawaii Gang are complete idiots. They find an apartment directly on the waterfront with views of Waikiki
Waikiki
Waikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu, in the City and County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oahu, in Hawaii. Waikiki Beach is the shoreline fronting Waikīkī....
beach, but fail to read the small print and discover that they have arrived in an alcohol-free zone. Dean and Gina roam the streets and locate some unusual sources of employment.
Episode two
Proinny opts to stay in San Diego despite having broken his heel and the group head to Tijuana to celebrate. They discover a special bus trip to a club across the border, the bus being kitted out with a stripper-pole. It deposits the boys at the Mexican border and they set off to a club where one can drink through the night for $12 per head. A drunken Tim goes missing and the rest of the lads are forced to exit the country without him. The second episode also introduces the Galway gang. The group of nine females and males have grown up together but have never before lived together. Gemma obtains a job and is paid for being rude to the customers, but brings this new work persona home and provokes a fight. Then there is a party with lots of drinking games.
Episode three
In Hawaii, Sorcha and Agne are working in a deli. Agne is promoted and they find they can do whatever they like. They feed their friends back in their house and later take a tumble from an airplane to witness Hawaii from the sky. On the Fourth of July
Independence Day (United States)
Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain...
Sorcha is invited on a "date" by a local. The San Diego gang seems set to split, with Tim and Luke getting out of the lease and setting off for the beach. The lads discover a loophole in San Diego's drinking regulations (it is possible for them to drink in the sea as long as they do not set foot on the beach). They join a flotilla of drunk Americans to celebrate the Fourth of July festival. Darren and Donal of the Chicago gang set off to do some volunteer work and make a fortune feeding hungry Americans in a burger joint. The American dream (and the money) goes to Eamonn's head.
Episode four
Sorcha is treated to a sunset cruise by her American date. Darren tries to court Alma, a lass from Limerick who is also on her J1. Proinny's Mum appears and takes him on a shopping trip in New York, whilst the rest of his gang go to an exotic club. The time for exam results comes. All the groups check their grades via the internet. If they fail they must return home for their repeats and may miss the road trip finale. Boy scout Darren takes the gang on a camping trip into the wilderness of Illinois. The girls struggle to cope without their home comforts and decide they no longer wish to take part.
Episode five
Tim returns home. The San Diego gang's exploits in this episode include being the recipient of a dodgy tattoo as Luke and Dáithí embark (arm in arm) to obtain "His 'N' Hers" tattoos. Proinny receives an unexpected visit from a girl he first met in Las Vegas. Andrea from Albuquerque, New Mexico has driven 800 miles to see him again. Dáithí readies himself for his first stand-up comedy gig. The following day Proinny and Dáithí make their return to Ireland for their repeats, leaving Luke "on his Toblerone
Toblerone
Toblerone is a chocolate bar brand owned by Kraft Foods, who acquired the product from former owner Jacobs Suchard in 1990. It is well-known for its distinctive packaging, its prism shape and its ubiquity in duty-free shops.The triangular shape of the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps is commonly...
". Luke attempts to find a way to amuse himself by setting out to find a new gang to play with. The Chicago gang split into two teams for a baseball game. The losing team agrees to undergo a waxing. Later they pack to leave for alternative "5-star" accommodation as the lease on their current house is up on 1 August. Keith has a surprise for the rest of the gang, having managed to score tickets for them all to feature on The Jerry Springer Show
The Jerry Springer Show
The Jerry Springer Show is a syndicated television tabloid talk show hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician, broadcast in the United States and other countries...
. The Hawaii boys are struggling to adapt to Sorcha's leaving early, with Gina taking the occurrence particularly badly and blocks the toilet. Sorcha is "heartbroken" about missing the roadtrip so the rest begin work on a plan to send her off with happiness. They arrange a Limousine
Limousine
A limousine is a luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. The chassis of a limousine may have been extended by the manufacturer or by an independent coachbuilder. These are called "stretch" limousines and are traditionally black or white....
to carry her to the airport. They then head off on a trip to Maui
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
to lift their dampened spirits. But without Sorcha, fighting erupts amongst the group.
Episode six
Episode six begins with each group setting off cross-country on a road trip to New Orleans. The Hawaii gang fly to San Francisco to begin their roadtrip in the east. Underwhelmed by the city they cheat their road trip by catching a train to Salt Lake City and when there they pick up their RV. Their home for the following one week period, the RV is akin to driving a "massive sofa bed" across the United States. Agne falls asleep at the wheel and side swipes the car of a local insurance salesman in Kansas. The San Diego lads have no transport and have to hitchhike from California. Luke creates a sign proclaiming "Heading East? Can we cum too?" which works to good effect. They pick up Dáithí in New Mexico, visit Proinny's girlfriend from Las Vegas and a hospital after Luke discovers he has caught a serious rash. The Chicago gang rent a large passenger van which comfortably fits all eight of them alongside Gemma and Suzan's gigantic baggage. Their trip begins on the famous road, Route 66
U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66 was a highway within the U.S. Highway System. One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926 -- with road signs erected the following year...
. The gang become popular with the locals in an authentic honky tonk
Honky tonk
A honky-tonk is a type of bar that provides musical entertainment to its patrons...
bar in Nashville but Susan has her eye on someone elsewhere. The three gangs race to New Orleans from Memphis to Nashville and Amarillo to El Paso.
External links
- "New Show on Irish Students in U.S." - April Drew