Wednesday, July 20, 2005

TOTP - Top Ten Strangest Gimmicks Of All Time



You write them, we'll debate them on http://www.topofthepods.com/. This time Ed from Vancouver has emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with his list of the strangest gimmicks of all time:-

  • 10 – Doc Marten Shoes
  • 9 – Tight Leather Trousers
  • 8 – Afros (here is that picture of BB5 Science)
  • 7 – Tamigotchis
  • 6 – Kiss Related Merchandise
  • 5 – Trading Cards
  • 4 – Tongue Rings
  • 3 - Star Trek / Wars Merchandise
  • 2 – Crazy Frog
  • 1 – Mullets

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The short guy from Willow was Tom Cruise!!!

(Actually I think the guy from Willow was Warwick Davis? or something.

From memory he was an ewok in Return of the Jedi, plus he made a cameo at the pod race in Phantom Menace.)

Cheers,

Chad

digitaldion (Dion Forster) said...

Hey another mention!

I have one earing. As a teenager (I am of the age of "Punk's not dead it just smells like it!") I used to have multiple earings and even a nose ring. However, with increasing age and social responsibility they have dropped by the wayside.... I do still have two tatoos though (a rose and a Mickey Mouse) both of which are constant reminders of a miss spent youth! Ha ha!

In South Africa earings are not really associated with sexual preference.... Innapropriate facial hair (such as an 'underlined nose'), leather clothing, kissing persons of the same sex, an exstenive knowledge of Barbara Streisand and 'Show Tunes' are far more indicative of one's preference.

Once again, keep up the great work!

Thanks for a great show.