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