Friday, May 24, 2013

TOTP - Top Ten Modern Superheroes

Over 40 minutes worth of chat about the top 10 modern superheroes with our take on the best that modern cinema has to offer.

  • 10 - Captain America
  • 9 - Team America
  • 8 - Thor
  • 7 - Kick Ass
  • 6 - Iron Man
  • 5 - Spiderman 2
  • 4 - Hulk
  • 3 - Watchmen
  • 2 - The Avengers Assemble
  • 1 - The Dark Knight

Do you have a list you want us to read out? Email topofthepods@gmail.com with your ideas.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

TOTP - Top Of The Pods Catchup Show

Three years on and we're back for more - this is a one-off catchup episode of Top Of The Pods finding out what's been happening in Peterborough, in Tel Aviv and in the news. Stay subscribed as we've got another episode in the can ready to roll soon. Got a top ten list that's been burning a hole in your pocket? Email us at topofthepods@gmail.com and we'll read it out

We're currently sitting over at www.topofthepods.co.uk, the conversations are over on our official Top of the Pods Facebook page. Salut.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

TOTP - Top Ten Things To Miss About Traditional English Pubs

Landlord Phil from The Brit and Yankee has a love/hate relationship with bars in the UK, here are the top ten things he misses about traditional English pubs:-

  • 10 - Red carpets with bad patterns and beer stains
  • 9 - Horse Brasses
  • 8 - Watneys Red Barrel
  • 7 - Small 32 inch TVs with Match of The Day
  • 6 - A Bloody good chin-wag
  • 5 - Ploughman’s Lunches
  • 4 - Darts (and other pub games)
  • 3 - Friendly, jolly, red-faced landlords
  • 2 - Closing Time Bell
  • 1 - Real Ale from the Cask

Got a good idea of your own? Email topofthepods@gmail.com if you want to send us your list.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

TOTP - Top Ten Movie Sequels That Should Never Have Been Made

Scott joins Jon and Rob for a list of the top ten movie sequels that should never have been made:-

  • 10 - Superman IV
  • 9 - Casino Royale
  • 8 - Joey
  • 7 - Beverly Hills Cop Part 3
  • 6 - LOST final season
  • 5 - Mannequin 2
  • 4 - Jaws 3
  • 3 - Matrix 2
  • 2 - Indiana Jones 4
  • 1 - Star Wars Episodes 1 to 3

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this heated list over on the Top of the Pods Facebook page - keep an eye out on that page as we'll need more of your ideas the next time we do a show. Also mentioned and worth a watch is Red Letter Media's wonderful Star Wars Phantom Menace review (contains the odd naughty word).

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

TOTP - Top Ten Jewish Holidays

Interested in Jews? So was Matt from South Carolina who wanted Jon to explain the top ten jewish holidays:-


It's always great to get feedback from everyone so drop us a comment on the www.topofthepods.com site and join in with the live show on the Top Of The Pods Facebook page.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

TOTP - Top Ten Things To Do To Prove You Are A Real Man

Poetic Joe came up with his list of the top ten things to do to prove you are a real man:-

  • 10 - Shave with a cut throat razor
  • 9 - Grow an epic beard and moustache
  • 8 - Build a fire
  • 7 - Climb a mountain
  • 6 - Make a plan
  • 5 - Give blood
  • 4 - Grow your own food and brew your own beer
  • 3 - Have a cold shower
  • 2 - Don't be evil
  • 1 - Opening a Jar Lid that is stuck

You know the deal for getting in touch with us, just send an email to topofthepods@gmail.com or head to our official Top of the Pods facebook page and join in with the show.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

TOTP - Top Ten Things That Have Not Been Invented Yet But Should Be

Bit of an extra long episode today based loosely around the theme of the top ten things that have not been invented yet but should be which has kindly been sent in to us by Grant from Independence:-

  • 10 - Jet packs
  • 9 - Invisibility cloaks
  • 8 - Holograms
  • 7 - Artificial gravity
  • 6 - Universal translator
  • 5 - Weather machines
  • 4 - Flying cars
  • 3 - Teleportation
  • 2 - Intelligent robots
  • 1 - Warp drive

A big thank you to all our new old listeners who may have given up on us after our extra long break but are now back. If you've sent any lists in the past and we never got around to reading them out then please feel free to email topofthepods@gmail.com with your masterpiece and we'll get right on it.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

TOTP - Top Ten Reminders That Its Summer

Andy is feeling hot hot hot so he sent us his top ten reminders that its summer:-

  • 10 - Mowing the Lawn
  • 9 - The Beach
  • 8 - TV shows change
  • 7 - Kids
  • 6 - Icy cold beverages
  • 5 - Blockbuster films
  • 4 - BBQ season
  • 3 - Vacations
  • 2 - Air Conditioning
  • 1 - Longer Days

If you feel like emailing stuff over to us then send it to topofthepods@gmail.com or just send us some love on the Top of the Pods Facebook page.

Monday, August 02, 2010

TOTP - Top Ten List Of Cartoons And Comics That Have Been Made Into Films

Alex from Basingstoke who enjoys listening to Top Of The pods in a bus and a shop sent us his list of the top ten list of cartoons and comics that have been made into films:-

  • 10 - Casper
  • 9 - Incredible Hulk
  • 8 - Inspector Gadget
  • 7 - Flintstones
  • 6 - Fantastic Four
  • 5 - X-Men
  • 4 - The Last Airbender
  • 3 - Batman
  • 2 - Transformers
  • 1 - Iron Man

Thats what Alex thought, but what did you think? Tell us on the official home of Top Ten Lists on the internet, use one of those topofthepods@gmail.com thingies or start talking to us on the Top of the Pods Facebook page.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

TOTP - Top Ten Time Machines

Cher once sang a song 'If I could turn back time', however she didn't bother specifying exactly how she'd achieve this; so in today's show we run down the top ten time machines for your listening pleasure:-

  • 10 - The Time Machine from HG Wells
  • 9 - Hot Tub Time Machine
  • 8 - Contact
  • 7 - Twelve Monkeys
  • 6 - Austin Powers time tunnel
  • 5 - Terminator
  • 4 - Groundhog Day
  • 3 - The Tardis
  • 2 - Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure
  • 1 - The DeLorean

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this list via our Top Of The Pods Official Facebook Page, get in contact with us there or drop us an email using topofthepods@gmail.com.

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

TOTP - Top Ten Dead People Who Deserved To Be Born Immortal

Listener Bryan from Spain has a curious idea that we can bring important dead people back to life and give them the gift of immortality. Who did he pick though? Find out in the top ten list of dead people who deserved to be born immortal:-

  • 10 - John Candy
  • 9 - Tommy Cooper
  • 8 - J R R Tolkien
  • 7 - William Shakespeare
  • 6 - Sid James
  • 5 - John Logie Baird
  • 4 - Galileo
  • 3 - Hitler
  • 2 - Laurel and Hardy
  • 1 - The Wright Brothers

We've not hit the 100 mark yet on our official Top Of The Pods Facebook page so head over there and like us! We also need of few of those list thingies, send over your best ideas to topofthepods@gmail.com and we'll read 'em out.

Thursday, July 01, 2010

TOTP - Top Ten Psychology Principles Everyone Should Know

Walker from Utah is a clever brainiac who has supplied us with the essential Top Ten Psychology Principles Everyone Should Know, so have a listen:-

  • 10 - The self-serving bias
  • 9 - Exercise is good for your psychological health
  • 8 - Men are often bad at judging if a women is flirting or not
  • 7 - Reciprocal liking
  • 6 - The foot in the door effect
  • 5 - The illusion of transparency
  • 4 - The over justification effect
  • 3 - People can misinterpret their own feelings
  • 2 - Emotion works in concert with thinking
  • 1 - Confirmation bias

If you want to be like Walker and share your top ten list please email topofthepods@gmail.com, also join our Topofthepods Facebook page and get all interactive with us for the next show.

Friday, June 25, 2010

TOTP - Top Ten People Who Have You Over A Barrel

This week on Top of the Pods we get back into the swing of things with a list of Top 10 people who have you over a barrel. These are the people who you can't help but pay money to, no matter how resentful you are about paying:-


We've got that official Top of the Pods Facebook page up and running - be sure to add it (and us) and watch out for any announcements we make prior to a show as we need your help. We also need some lists - so get writing and email them to topofthepods@gmail.com.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

TOTP - Previously On Top Of The Pods

Due to some geographical problems we forgot to do a show for 3 years but now we're back and this is a special episode catching up on what we've been doing utilising the very worst microphone Jon could find. We've got a normal top ten list show in the can and we'll get that up in a few days time. We're also asking for some more top ten lists, fire them over to topofthepods@gmail.com - even if you've sent one before chances are we've lost track of it; so get writing.

Nothing has changed on www.topofthepods.com, however we've just started an official Top of the Pods Facebook page, while you are on there check out Jons wookie profile pic and Robs Fonz profile pic. Add us on Facebook, pester us to do shows on our wall and we'll do them - it really is that simple; sorry it's been so long. Enjoy.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Top Ten Reasons Why Rob Still Hasn't Posted The New Show Yet

Last Thursday we recorded some new shows. Fasntastic. It was great to be back together via the wonders of laptops and skype. But where are the shows? Your good friend jonny is here to help you understand. no podcast for this post... but should kick rob in the ass and get him to finally edit and post. That or he'll just delete this post... By the way, check the links...

Keep checking back to see if lazy bones has gotten off his backside and edited and posted the shows. Thanks and erev tov.

Friday, June 18, 2010

We've almost finished our gap year and a bit or two years or however long it's been...

UPDATE:


New Shows Recorded... couple of days and they'll be online. also future recording schedule sorted. so we should be back for good...




Tuesday, November 27, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Useless Products From The Skymall

Rob got bored on American Airlines and decided to amuse himself by compiling the top ten useless products from the Skymall:-


Be sure to play along when listening to this by going to www.topofthepods.com, viewing the spoiler links which will take you to the appropriate page in the Skymall website where you can buy all the amazing products on offer. If you buy one please email us at topofthepods@gmail.com and let us know!

Sunday, November 25, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Reasons To Buy A Nintendo Wii

Being holiday season David from Blacksburg kindly sent us ten reasons to buy a Wii:-


Don't forget that we're after some more fun lists, they can be about anything - just send them into topofthepods@gmail.com. Keep popping over to www.topofthepods.com as we've recorded some more shows for you to listen.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Help vote my outside office 'IN'

Hello - temporary post here to get you listeners do do me a favour.
My mate works in Central Park. So do I. I am always there drinking coffee and tapping on my laptop. Our crappy city is running this voting thing for best place in the Boro and you can help make my mates place and my outside office the hippest place to visit in this god awful place called Peterborough.

So do me a favour and vote... And I promise we'll release more shows. Blackmail? Yes. Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

Kidding - new shows soon. VOTE VOTE VOTE...

http://www.ukprideofplace.com/promo/?reg=5&laid=24&x=16&y=6

Thanks...
Jonny
Top Of The Pods

Friday, October 12, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Airport Distractions

Matts been flying recently and gave us this list about the top ten things to do in an airport:-


Strangly enough Rob is off to the airport next week heading to Hawaii, but stay subscribed as they'll be some more shows being launched over the next few weeks. Thanks for the kind welcome back emails, keep them flowing to topofthepods@gmail.com.

Thursday, October 04, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Foods For Old People

If you've got a Micheal Douglas, George Clooney or Mark Hunter in your life and want to treat them to a spot of dinner then here is a list of top ten foods for old people:-


Thanks to Scott for coming on the show, if you'd like to hear more from him then listen to the Nightnurse Show over at www.nightnurseshow.com. Plus we are on the lookout for lists - send an email to topofthepods@gmail.com. If you think we missed something out of todays show then drop us a comment on the web site.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten People With Only One Facial Expression

Jons back from Israel and spends his days loitering in the park, Robs back from producing hit computer game podcast Gamesweasel, so its time for another Top Of The Pods. In todays episode the guys take a look at some of the faces in the world who yield the same expression in hundreds of pages from a Google image search, its the top 10 people with only one facial expression:-


Want some more shows? Then drop us an email and give us a reason - we can be found by emailing topofthepods@gmail.com.

Sunday, April 08, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Things Which Are Over Hyped

A bit of a PC vs Mac list today from Portsmouth's Rob, whos sent us his list of top ten over hyped things:-

  • 10 - Going to college and university
  • 9 - Harry Potter Books
  • 8 - The Brit Awards
  • 7 - Video calling
  • 6 - Windows Vista
  • 5 - Football
  • 4 - When a celebrity dies
  • 3 - Politics
  • 2 - Climate change/energy saving
  • 1 - iPods

With Jon out of the country and Rob working day and night there have hardly been any Top of the Pods episodes for a while. Send your lists, feedback and support to topofthepods@gmail.com.

Monday, March 12, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten 90s Fads

Remember 1990s fashion, toys and music? So does Alice from Massachusetts, who has sent us a top ten list of 90s fads:-

  • 10 - Overalls
  • 9 - Fanny packs
  • 8 - Macarena
  • 7 - Push Pops
  • 6 - Polly Pocket
  • 5 - Boy bands
  • 4 - Furby
  • 3 - Crazy bones
  • 2 - Beanie babies
  • 1 - Pokemon cards

If we've got any facts wrong then drop us a comment below on the www.topofthepods.com site.

A couple of links that entertained us during the show today, we saw the Thriller Wedding and The Flying Pickets. If you've seen anything entertaining on the web recently then why not tell us by emailing topofthepods@gmail.com.

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Typecast Actors

With an idea started off by Rob and a contributions by everyone on this Myspace blog post, its the top 10 list of typecast actors:-

  • 10 - Tony Soprano
  • 9 - Sherrif Buford T Justice
  • 8 - Gary Coleman
  • 7 - Lee Majors
  • 6 - Keanu Reeves
  • 5 - Mark Hamill
  • 4 - Dwight Swatch
  • 3 - William Shatner
  • 2 - The Hoff
  • 1 - Henry Winkler

If you've got your own list then drop us an email to topofthepods@gmail.com, or if you'd just like to make some suggestions to someone elses list then stay subscribed to either Robor Jons MySpace blogs.

Thursday, March 01, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Things Which Catch A Mans Eye When Flicking TV Channels

Nuts Magazine fans can thank PackerBacker and Karen for both sending in the same top ten list of things with are eyecatching to men when flicking TV channels:-

  • 10 - Men and Motors / Godfather movies
  • 9 - Golf / Food commercials
  • 8 - Jackass / Cheerleaders
  • 7 - Playboy / DIY shows
  • 6 - People hurting themselves / Girls in the buff
  • 5 - Snooker / Curling
  • 4 - Extreme makeover / Beer commercials
  • 3 - Bravo TV / Bond
  • 2 - Football / Simpson's
  • 1 - Music videos / Male enhancement commercials

Don't confuse this show with the top ten things that catch a women's eye show we did a while ago. Keep those emails coming into topofthepods@gmail.com, tell us how your day is going.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Punishments

Thanks to everyone who contributed ideas for today's show on Myspace, its the top 10 list of punishments:-

  • 10 - Humiliation
  • 9 - Place in the house
  • 8 - Going without
  • 7 - The slipper
  • 6 - Torture
  • 5 - Food
  • 4 - Drugs
  • 3 - Mutilation
  • 2 - Death
  • 1 - Noel Edmunds

Keep your emails coming to topofthepods@gmail.com, and your audio comments sent to Evoca.

Saturday, February 24, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Excuses To Use When You Get Caught Asleep At Your Desk

Rob and Jon have both been working hard recently, but they have still managed to squeeze out a comedy podcast courtesy of Alex from Minnesota, who has sent us a top 10 list of excuses to use when you get caught asleep at your desk:-

  • 10 - Blood banks
  • 9 - Power naps
  • 8 - White out
  • 7 - Paradigm
  • 6 - Drool
  • 5 - Yoha
  • 4 - Biggest problem
  • 3 - Coffee machine
  • 2 - Decaf
  • 1 - Amen

If you want to send your top ten lists then send your emails to topofthepods@gmail.com.

Sunday, February 11, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Ways To Stay Cool In A Heat Wave

Amanda from San Jose not only wrote an podcasting article about us, but also wrote us a top 10 list about ways to cool down in a heat wave:-

  • 10 - Go naked
  • 9 - Switch of AC
  • 8 - Run in sprinklers
  • 7 - Ice cream diet
  • 6 - Malls
  • 5 - Water parks
  • 4 - Big barriers
  • 3 - Insulated body suits
  • 2 - Ice cube baths
  • 1 - Arctic

Something went wrong last week updating the www.topofthepods.com site to work with Safari and we ended up repeating a few really old shows - sorry about that. If we've got any listeners left then please send us your top lists to topofthepods@gmail.com, we'll do a podcast on anything from a top 10 book list to top 10 anime films. Oh, and if you haven't written us a review in iTunes yet then here is the link.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Reasons To Be Mad At Sony

In todays free mp3 download Alex aged 11 from Loughton got so fed up with Sony that he emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with his 10 top reasons to be mad at Sony, next time we suggest emailing customer services instead:-

  • 10 - No new movies
  • 9 - No more PS2
  • 8 - Blue Ray Disks
  • 7 - Chinese
  • 6 - Manuals
  • 5 - Publicity
  • 4 - Cost
  • 3 - No site
  • 2 - Updates
  • 1 - Late arrivals

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten People Who Died Too Soon And Who To Swap Them For

Imagine God lets you have ten people back who died too soon, but the catch is that you have to swap them for someone similar. We thought of our top ten people who died too soon and who we'd swap them for:-

  • 10 - Karen Carpenter for Victoria Beckham
  • 9 - Peter Cook for Jim Davidson
  • 8 - Steve Irewin for Bono
  • 7 - JFK with someone
  • 6 - Freddie Mercury for Coldplay
  • 5 - Marilyn Monroe for J-Lo
  • 4 - Bruce Lee for Steven Segal
  • 3 - John Lennon for Yoko Ono
  • 2 - Diana for Camilla
  • 1 - Eric Morcolm for Jimmy Carr

If we are missing any obvious ones out then please use the comments boards on www.topofthepods.com or just email them to topofthepods@gmail.com. We can't do anything about it, but its just interesting to hear about your gribes with death.

We also requested that you ask Radio Times to review us on their Good Podcast Guide, so here's the email address radio.times@bbc.co.uk

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Things We Should Look Forward To In 2007

It is the start of the year and Oli from Guildford has sent us a list of the top ten things we should be looking forward to in 2007:-

  • 10 - More podcasts
  • 9 - Government changes
  • 8 - Summer
  • 7 - Evenings
  • 6 - Sports
  • 5 - Celebrities
  • 4 - Transport
  • 3 - Computer games
  • 2 - Movies
  • 1 - Technology

Keep those emails coming in to topofthepods@gmail.com, we love to hear from you. If you've got any further suggestions as to anything good to look forward to this year then pop it down on the www.topofthepods.com comments board.

Monday, January 08, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Ways To Tell The Brits From The Yanks

Linda of Podcast User Magazine fame has sent us a novel set of audio comments which make up the top ten ways to tell the Brits from the Yanks:-

  • 10 - Eggplants
  • 9 - Whilst
  • 8 - Overtaking
  • 7 - Plumbing
  • 6 - H
  • 5 - Revision
  • 4 - God Save
  • 3 - Marmite
  • 2 - Take the Mickey
  • 1 - Kurb

We hope you thought that was a fun way to do a show, if you'd like to read out some short clips of your list then email your mp3's to topofthepods@gmail.com.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Annoying Things That Everybody Does

New listener Adam from Bingham in Nottinghamshire got upset and provided us with his list of the top ten annoying things that everybody does:-

  • 10 - Wrist pointers
  • 9 - Exam talking
  • 8 - Question askers
  • 7 - Bus questioners
  • 6 - Laughing at crude things
  • 5 - Five minutes early
  • 4 - All the time in the world
  • 3 - Cinema talkers
  • 2 - Girlfriend and parents
  • 1 - Afraid of new things

Are you a new listener like Adam? If you've only just started downloading Top Of The Pods then we'd love to hear from you - email topofthepods@gmail.com and tell us how you found out about our show, what you think of it and even if you've got a top ten list for us to read out.

Tell us what annoys you by going to www.topofthepods.com and using our comments board.

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Things To Do With A Snickers Bar

As if 20 tonnes of chocolate for Christmas wasn't enough, Ian from Bolton has written a chocolate based list about top ten things to do with a Snickers Bar:-

  • 10 - Lovers Name
  • 9 - Snickers Smoothie
  • 8 - Deconstruction
  • 7 - Hot Day Mess
  • 6 - Snicker Chip Cookies
  • 5 - Ice Cream Cone
  • 4 - Melt It On Toast
  • 3 - Freeze It
  • 2 - Pimp It
  • 1 - Deep Fry

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Monsters

Paul from Greensboro wrote us his top ten list of monsters:-

  • 10 - The BoogeyMan
  • 9 - The Loch Ness Monster
  • 8 - Mothman
  • 7 - Werewolves
  • 6 - The Jersey Devil
  • 5 - Giant Alligators In The Sewer
  • 4 - Alien Greys
  • 3 - Vampires
  • 2 - Bigfoot
  • 1 - Chupacabra

Wanna send us your list? Then email topofthepods@gmail.com with your ten of the best of something you feel passionately about.

Monday, January 01, 2007

TOTP - Top Ten Pretentious Things

At Top of the Pods our new years resolution is to start podcasting regularly again, we'll start off with the top ten list of pretentious things:-

  • 10 - Perfume adverts
  • 9 - Apple adverts
  • 8 - Clothes stores
  • 7 - Dance music
  • 6 - Bars
  • 5 - Car TV shows
  • 4 - French names
  • 3 - Fancy foods
  • 2 - Coffee shops
  • 1 - Sandwiches

Sunday, December 24, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten 80s Non Chick Flicks Set In California

Its the time of year where we all sit down with the family and enjoy a blockbuster on the TV, so this list from Marilyn is ideal for picking which of the ten movies made in the 80s in California are going to keep the boys happy:-

  • 10 - Big Trouble In Little China
  • 9 - Tango And Cash
  • 8 - Blue Thunder
  • 7 - To Live And Die In L.A.
  • 6 - Lethal Weapon
  • 5 - Beverly Hills Cop
  • 4 - Die Hard
  • 3 - Top Gun
  • 2 - 48 Hours
  • 1 - The Terminator

If you are buying an MP3 player or computer for a Christmas present for a Christmas present then why not suggest our show here at www.topofthepods.com. If your Christmas presents fail to keep you entertained with the family over the next few days then why not pass the time and write us a top ten list and send it into topofthepods@gmail.com.

Saturday, December 23, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten British Phrases Jon And Rob Use

After hours of painstaking research Zack sent us an interesting list of the ten British phrases we use that make no sense to anyone abroad:-


Not our best show, but its holiday season and we are both just winding down from a year of hard work. Thanks to everyone who has sent us cards and pressies for Christmas, as our gift in return we've recorded a stack of shows that we'll be bringing you over the next week. If your family are driving you up the wall over the festive period then just subscribe to www.topofthepods.com on your brand new MP3 player, sit down, pop those headphones on, relax and enjoy our show.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Things I Am Getting Tired Of In Movies

Fed up of Hollywood churning out the same old films time and time again? Well pay attention to Robs list of the ten things we are all getting tired of in movies:-

  • 10 - Quentin Tarantino
  • 9 - Stereotypical music
  • 8 - Pixar
  • 7 - Trying to be other films
  • 6 - Lack of decent locations
  • 5 - tom hanks
  • 4 - Making everything like a music video
  • 3 - Wire work
  • 2 - Predictable story lines
  • 1 - Too many computer graphics

Also mentioned on this show was a video Rob made at a recent podcasting convention which you can download the mp4 file here (its a 200 meg file so just right click as choose 'Save As...' to copy it to your computer).

Got a top ten list for us? Then send us an email to topofthepods@gmail.com.

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Worst Advertisments

Joel from Northern Ireland hates adverts, he's emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with his top ten worst adverts:-

  • 10 - Dubbed ads
  • 9 - Lenor
  • 8 - Drunk driving
  • 7 - Toothpaste
  • 6 - Cutting your TV shows off
  • 5 - Cillit Bang
  • 4 - Frosties
  • 3 - Sofa adverts
  • 2 - Cheesy voiceovers
  • 1 - Womens haircare products

Thanks to Rusty for joining us on todays show, why not give us a call using Skype too at topofthepods?

Thursday, December 07, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Things About Eastenders

Not the best show if you don't watch British telly, but good old Rachel from Brighton gets upset about the popular UK soap opera Eastenders in todays list:-

  • 10 - Washing Machines
  • 9 - Mini Marts
  • 8 - The Bed And Breakfast
  • 7 - Faithful
  • 6 - Pauline Fowlers Dog
  • 5 - Vic Night And Day
  • 4 - Child Actors
  • 3 - Working
  • 2 - Reincarnation
  • 1 - Pat Butcher

Our www.topofthepods.com comments board is looking sparce - we've recorded the next show but we be won't releasing it until we get 50 comments, and they can't all be from the same person either. Get discussing stuff now.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Smells

Ashley from the West side of Scotland emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with her top ten list of smells:-


Ok, we are probably the laziest British Podcast right now, promising daily top ten lists but only delivering monthly ones. Sorry! We'll try our hardest to get another one done very soon, in the mean time why not subscribe to some old material with Top Of The Pods Gold (its all our shows rerun if you missed them first time round).

Thursday, November 16, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Things Which Catch A Womans Eye When Flicking TV Channels

Gentlemen, you know how annoying it gets when your wife, girlfriend or mum somehow ends up watching their stuff on your TV rather than your cool action movies? We do too, which is why we thought up this no-go list of items to avoid when flicking TV channels for todays show:-


We are going to be at Podcast Con 2006 in London this Saturday, so why not drop by and say hello?

Monday, November 06, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Ways To Ruin A Pub

Landlords pay attention, we've passionately compiled a list of the ten worst things you can possible do to a pub, so pay attention and download todays show:-


Again we are joined by Scott from the Nightnurse Show. Send us your imaginative lists to topofthepods@gmail.com or just keep checking our site at www.topofthepods.com. For old shows head over to Top of the Pods Gold.

Thursday, November 02, 2006

TOTP - Top Ten Irritating Body Movements

Grown ups might want to check this episode before letting younger members of the audience listen to the top ten irritating body movements:-

  • 10 - Cricking bones
  • 9 - Too many drinks
  • 8 - Cashier handing change
  • 7 - OAP leg bounce
  • 6 - Tapping
  • 5 - Everything at once
  • 4 - Twitches
  • 3 - Weeing shudder
  • 2 - Yawning
  • 1 - Noisy eaters

Thanks go out to Scott from the Nightnurse Show for joining us today. We still like emails, so keep them coming to topofthepods@gmail.com, and don't forget to say hi on skype at topofthepods.