TOTP - Top Ten Semi Pretentious Reasons Why The New Series Of Doctor Who Is Fantastic

Conrad from Spainful Films joins Rob on todays show for this Dr Who Podcast:-

• 10 - New talent
• 9 - Rite of passage for actors
• 8 - Makes surrealism and post modernism mainstream
• 7 - Nationalism
• 6 - Brings out the inner child
• 5 - Children reading
• 4 - Dissipates fandom
• 3 - Family audience
• 2 - Saturday night viewing
• 1 - It a great show that people enjoy watching

Stay subscribed for tomorrows show with Jon and Andi, it's gonna be a fun one...

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TOTP - Top Ten Advancements That Have Happened In The Last Few Years

Alex, aged 11 thought long and hard about some of 10 best advancements mankind has made in recent years, here is the mp3:-

• 10 - The changeover from Tape to CD
• 9 - The changeover from Video to DVD
• 8 - Digital Cameras
• 7 - Digital Camcorders
• 6 - MP3 Players
• 5 - Free Useful Stuff on the Internet
• 4 - Improvement of the Internet
• 3 - Plasma Screens
• 2 - Podcasts
• 1 - Games Consoles

If you have anything good to say then skype us at topofthepods* or email us at topofthepods@gmail.com.

*Remember that by calling us on skype you agree that we can record you for the show. So please don't say yes before and after the show, then contact us later on changing your mind (and also request a copy of the material to use on your show). For one thing its a pain in the neck to edit out the conversation and every back reference to it without ruining continuity, for another we really don't have time.

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TOTP - Top Ten British Oddities

Poor old Vivek, he's stuck in his car for 50 miles a day with nothing better to do than compile lists of the Top Ten British Oddities in his mind. He then proceded to write his list down in an email, send it to topofthepods@gmail.com, then we recorded this MP3 podcast for you all to download.:-

• 10 - Biros at the bank
• 9 - Ordering diet coke with fatty foods
• 8 - Pizza quicker than ambulance
• 7 - Answering machines to screen calls
• 6 - Eating Christmas decorations
• 5 - Open beer with teeth
• 4 - Cracker pulling accidents
• 3 - Watering Christmas decoration
• 2 - 9 volt battery
• 1 - Toilet skull cracks

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TOTP - Top Ten Wolves

Robs list. Jons back. Here is the top ten list of wolves:-

• 10 - American Werewolf In London
• 9 - The Wolf off Due South
• 8 - Cry Wolf by A-Ha
• 7 - Morgrim Chief of Police
• 6 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• 5 - Wolf the Movie
• 4 - Wolfman Jack
• 3 - Wolfurine from X-Men
• 2 - Wolf from Gladiator
• 1 - Teen Wolf

Miss Hollywood Marilyn joins us on todays show - check out Robs Myspace account for some photos of her great gifts, and while you are on Myspace add totp_jon and totp_rob to your friends list (and tell all your friends too).

We'd also like to thank jousting expert Dominic Sewell, member of the Order of the Crescent for joining us on the show.

Plus check out the great Wolf from Gladiator photo we were on about.

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TOTP - Top Ten Annoyances About Video Podcasts

Conrad from Spainful Films teaches us about his specialist subject of video podcasts in todays show, including a few mistakes people make:-

• 10 - Web cams
• 9 - Use of music
• 8 - Title sequences
• 7 - Bandwidth/file sizes/length of show
• 6 - Codec and Compression
• 5 - Same few People
• 4 - Green Screen
• 3 - Home-made Autocue
• 2 - Women
• 1 - No verbal communication

A couple of starting points mentioned on the show for video podcasts - http://www.podguide.tv, and http://www.vlogmap.org.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things You Find In A Textbook

Adam from Yarmouth hasn't been concentrating in class, instead of working he's been writing lists and sending them to us. Here is todays mp3 of the show of the top 10 things you find in a textbook presented by Amanda and Rob:-

• 10 - Old Clothes
• 9 - Hand drawn people
• 8 - Likenesses
• 7 - Funny Names
• 6 - Defacement
• 5 - Rudeness
• 4 - Funny Accents
• 3 - Double Entendre
• 2 - Farmers
• 1 - The Class Idiot

Keep those emails flooding to topofthepods@gmail.com. Thanks to Amanda for filling in while Jon is working - if you want to hear more from Amanda then head over to http://distortionnews.blogspot.com.

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TOTP - Top Ten New Media Predictions

Its the longest show so far when Mark from the Tartanpodcast joins Rob to talk about the way media is heading. More of a serious discussion than a fun list on todays mp3 offering, but if you are interested in the way the media is heading then check out this top ten list of predictions:-

• 10 - Newspapers are on a downward trend
• 9 - Consumers will become much more multitasking
• 8 - Music industry will wake up
• 7 - TV stations are going to change
• 6 - Old media doesn’t see new media as a problem
• 5 - Advertising needs to change
• 4 - Personal video recorders
• 3 - Harder to sell
• 2 - Consumers creating media rather than companies
• 1 - People want to watch what they want, when they want to

If you are interested in these kind of topics then we recommend the Media Guardian website which has recently started a great weekly podcast. As usual keep the emails coming to topofthepods@gmail.com and add us to your Skype friends list incase we need to call you for a show - we are called topofthepods within Skype.

Be sure to look us up on Second Life too, we'll also be showing up on myspace in the next few days.

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TOTP - Top Ten iPod Improvements

Richard from Dorset loves his iPod, but no relationship is perfect - here is todays podcast about the ten things that Apple could improve about the iPod:-

• 10 - ID3 tags, album artwork and ratings
• 9 - Click wheel
• 8 - iTunes
• 7 - Not able to fill it
• 6 - Filling it
• 5 - iPod Backlight
• 4 - iPod Headphones
• 3 - iPod Cost
• 2 - iPod Scratches
• 1 - iPod Battery life

Keep emailing those lists to topofthepods@gmail.com, adding us to your skype as topofthepods and leaving your audio comments on Evoca.

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TOTP - Top Ten Burning Questions

Aaron from near Swansea has a great list of burner questions he just had to ask us. We couldn't resist answering them on todays show. Why not join in at home and turn to a loved one to ask them the following questions?:-

• 10 - Describe your perfect day
• 9 - Who is the last person you spoke to on the telephone?
• 8 - If you could invite any 3 people to dinner alive or dead who would they be?
• 7 - Where was your last holiday?
• 6 - How do you get your own way?
• 5 - What did you spend your first pay on?
• 4 - If you could have any super power what would it be?
• 3 - What in your mind is the worst job ever?
• 2 - What do you see yourself doing in ten years time?
• 1 - What is your favourite joke?

We want to hear some of your answers on to these questions, especially your ideas about numbers 8,4,3 and 1 - pop them on our comments board on www.topofthepods.com.

We heard an audio comment from a listener today - he didn't have any special software and neither do you, just go to Evoca and record your comments from there.

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TOTP - Top Ten Beards

The wonderful Tim from Radio Clash joins us skype for his list of top ten beards:-

• 10 - Religious beardage
• 9 - Historical beard
• 8 - Jeff from Byker Grove
• 7 - Evolution of the Hairy Species
• 6 - Beardie Pagan Dungeon Weirdie
• 5 - Who's The Daddy Tache
• 4 - ZZ Top
• 3 - Socialist beard
• 2 - Defying Gravity beard
• 1 - The Luvvie Beard

So if you want a better podcast than www.topofthepods.com then head over to hear Radio Clash and start enjoying a collection of tunes you won't hear anywhere else - and tell us what you think too!

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TOTP - Top Ten Human Animal Hybrids

President Bush stunned the world in his State of the Union speech this year by condemning human-animal hybrids. He gave no reason for this, but it seems very small-minded. Anthony thinks there is tremendous potential here, and the mere fact that George Bush has come out against it will probably inspire a great boom in research. So here is a podcast of the Top Ten Human/Animal Hybrids, and the reason why each would be advantageous:-

• 10 - Human/turtle
• 9 - Human/chicken
• 8 - Human/cat
• 7 - Human/dog
• 6 - Human/mole
• 5 - Human/weasel
• 4 - Human/monkey
• 3 - Human/skunk
• 2 - Human/chimpanzee
• 1 - Human/rabbit

Ever fancied being half human, half animal? Tell us about it on our comments board on the www.topofthepods.com web site. We also want to hear more of your audio comments posted on Evoca - just record a quick message on their site (you don't even need any special software) and save it to the topofthepods group. If you have emailed us recently then sorry for not replying - we are both rather busy but will try and get back to you soon.

TOTP - Top Ten Reasons To Visit Sweden

Christer is Swedish and he likes to tell people how great Sweden is. Guess what, he did us a top ten list of reasons why you should visit Sweden. Then and only then , we did a show about it:-

Don't forget to add topofthepods to your Skype contact list and then you too can be on our happy little podcast too. While you're at it, why don't you send us an email or an audio comment. Ooh, and don't forget the message board. If you have a podcast then why not send us a promo as we like promoting our fellow compadres

• 10 - Nice Air
• 9 - Sweden is Safe Pt 1
• 8 - Sweden Is Safe Pt 2
• 7 - You'll Feel Welcome
• 6 - User Friendly
• 5 - Personal Space
• 4 - Live Out Your Dreams
• 3 - You Will Find A Future
• 2 - You Will Get Drunk
• 1 - You Will Have Fun

Erm, bagpipes

TOTP - Top Ten Things You Hate To See When You Wake Up

There are ten things that Mexican Alex hates waking up and seeing, we recorded a show about it:-

• 10 - No undies
• 9 - Dead iPod
• 8 - Monday
• 7 - Pet eating stuff
• 6 - Coat at drycleaners
• 5 - Gas
• 4 - Bad hair day
• 3 - No milk
• 2 - Paperwork
• 1 - Alarm clock flashing 12:00

Want to send us an audio comment but you don't have the software? Then head over to http://www.evoca.com (its like Flickr but for your recordings rather than your photos), press the record button in the bottom right hand corner, then save the comment into the group named 'topofthepods'. You might have to sign up, but you'll hear everyones messages at http://www.evoca.com/groups/topofthepods - we want to hear people respond to each other peoples audio comments and get an argument going - it'll be funny and we might just play it.

TOTP - Top Ten Classic Bond Movies

Mark from the TartanPodcast joins us on todays show in presenting Bryans list of classic Bond Movies. :-

• 10 - Diamonds Are Forever
• 9 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• 8 - You Only Live Twice
• 7 - The Spy Who Loved Me
• 6 - Die Another Day
• 5 - Live And Let Die
• 4 - Goldfinger
• 3 - The World Is Not Enough
• 2 - The Living Daylights
• 1 - From Russia With Love

We've also been talking to Rob from Podcast411 (who starred on yesterdays A-Team show) - download the interview here.

TOTP - Top Ten Actors We Would Cast In The New A-Team Movie

Joining us on todays show we have Rob from Podcast411. We heard they were casting for the new A-Team movie so we thought we would give the casting directors a few hints:-

• 10 - Harvey Keitel as Hannibal
• 9 - Ice Cube as BA
• 8 - Brad Pitt as Face
• 7 - Michael Clarke Duncan as BA
• 6 - Jim Carrey as Murdoch
• 5 - Tommy Lee Jones as Hannibal
• 4 - Owen Wilson as Face
• 3 - Ving Rhames as BA
• 2 - George Clooney as Hannibal
• 1 - Steve Buscemi as Murdoch

If you have any better ideas then use our comments board on www.topofthepods.com with your dream team. Don't forget you can email us your lists, audio comments and photos to topofthepods@gmail.com.

TOTP - Top Ten Things To Think About

Listener Rob from Portsmouth has been thinking very hard - here is the show of ten things he would like us to be pondering over the weekend:-

• 10 - Failing
• 9 - Eggs
• 8 - Humpty Dumpty
• 7 - Wrist pointing
• 6 - Lost things
• 5 - Remote controls
• 4 - Bus stops
• 3 - Turning car radios down
• 2 - Taking dumps
• 1 - Stars

Got anything you'd like us to ponder? Email topofthepods@gmail.com with your lists, if you are around on Monday evening around 8pm (UK time) then why not skype the show using by adding topofthepods to your list of contacts (remember to plug a microphone in first).

TOTP - Top Ten Rob And Jon Wonders

Looks like we are over the worst of the server problems from Blogger so on with the show. This is a terribly bad self indulgent show today, but Ben emailed us with ten questions about ourselves so we thought we'd make a show out of it:-

• 10 - Does Rob own a Mac?
• 9 - Does Jon own a PC?
• 8 - What music do Jon and Rob listen too?
• 7 - Who's idea was it to start the podcast?
• 6 - Will Jon and Rob ever manage to make a weeks worth of podcasts?
• 5 - Will Jon ever work out how to use the jingle machine?
• 4 - Is Rob a lawyer?
• 3 - Will Jon ever lose his passion for trucks?
• 2 - Can Jon and Rob break dance?
• 1 - Does Rob have a wife?

Any more questions you'd like us to answer then pop them in the comments board on the site.

TOTP - Top Ten Best Corny Action Movies and Shows

Ed sends the list, Ande Smallwood from the Premiership Podcast joins the chat and Jon and Rob read out the ten best corny action movies:-

• 10 - Spy Kids
• 9 - Power Rangers
• 8 - The A Team
• 7 - Magnum PI
• 6 - The Transporter
• 5 - The Old Batman Show
• 4 - Walker Texas Ranger
• 3 - Spider Man
• 2 - COPS
• 1 - MacGyver

Send in your comments, lists and audio clips to topofthepods@gmail.com and we'll see about reading some of your stuff out.

TOTP - Top Ten Worst Jobs You Could Have As A Kid

Interesting show today, Gavin from New Jersey emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with his list of household chores he hates having to do:-

• 10 - Making the bed
• 9 - Folding clothes
• 8 - Scraping gum
• 7 - Raking leaves
• 6 - Weeding
• 5 - Scraping off tissue
• 4 - Scrubbing the shower floor
• 3 - Taking out the trash
• 2 - Picking up dog poo
• 1 - Cleaning the bathroom

We also joined by Simon from the Slam Idol Podcast using the miracle of Skype. Want to talk to us too? Then download Skype here then add topofthepods to your friends list.

TOTP - Top Ten Noel Edmonds Shows

Today Ande Smallwood from the football related Premiership Podcast puts down his balls to tell us more about Noel Edmonds, and brings us his list of the Top Ten Noel Edmonds shows:-

• 10 - The National Lottery
• 9 - Come Dancing
• 8 - Top Of The Pop's
• 7 - The Late Late Breakfast Show
• 6 - Top Gear
• 5 - Telly Addict's
• 4 - Multi Colured Swap Shop
• 3 - Noel's House Party
• 2 - Deal Or No Deal
• 1 - Noel's Christmas Present's

Have a good weekend, if you are bored then why not spend some time recording us an audio comment and emailing it to topofthepods@gmail.com.

TOTP - Top Ten Reasons To Cover Yourself In Chocolate

Here we have a list from US based Rob with his ten reasons to cover himself in chocolate:-

• 10 - You will smell nice
• 9 - You will taste nice
• 8 - People will be eager to help you
• 7 - You will attract animals
• 6 - Have the best Halloween costume on the block
• 5 - Get spotted by an advertising executive and possibly be put in a chocolate advert
• 4 - Start a new trend
• 3 - Cure your addiction to chocolate forever
• 2 - Finally gain the attention of girls when they come over to lick you
• 1 - Everyone will love you!

If you'd like to send us your lists and audio comments then email topofthepods@gmail.com.

TOTP - Top Ten Things That Make You Feel Sick

Don't even attempt to listen to this show while you are eating, as today Paul Nicholls joins us via Skype (excuse the quality) to list his ten things that make him feel sick:-

• 10 - Putting your fingers down your throat
• 9 - The thought of the smell of cheap hot dogs and burger smells
• 8 - The smell of old people's homes
• 7 - Seeing poo
• 6 - Body odour from a co-worker
• 5 - Too much booze
• 4 - Seeing someone eating bogeys
• 3 - Gory films
• 2 - Too much of any food
• 1 - The smell of (and hearing / watching) someone else being sick

TOTP - Top Ten Things I Would Do If I Could Pause Time

Following the time travel theme from yesterday, Sean from Riverside issued us with a challenge to write a top ten of things that we would do if we could pause time:-

• 10 - Sleep on the job
• 9 - Not worry about an extended toilet break
• 8 - Look up stuff on the internet quickly to appear intelligent
• 7 - Rob a bank
• 6 - Throw rocks and stuff in water to see what splashes look like in slow motion
• 5 - Look up girls
• 4 - Shave parts of Jon
• 3 - Answer all my emails
• 2 - Dodge bullets
• 1 - Reposition people

We also talked to Linda on Skype about Podcastuser Magazine - this is a free magazine available from http://www.podcastusermagazine.com. We also talked to songwriter Jeff Shields about the great song he wrote for us, you can read more about Jeff at his bio page and download some of his tunes at SoundClick.

TOTP - Top Ten Rejected Plotlines for Back To The Future

Mark from Texas loves the movie Back To The Future as much as we do, and decided to send us his list of some plotlines that didn't quite make it onto the desk of Robert Zemeckis:-

• 10 - Marty and the Doc travel to the future where they find Jon and Rob have been elected Rulers of the Universe and everything has gone to hell.
• 9 - Marty and the Doc travel to the past once again to thwart Biff Tannens attempts to subjugate Marty’s dad and ensnare his mom, all while trying not to change the course of history. Only this time they're all played by chimps!
• 8 - Marty and the Doc travel into the near future to witness the unveiling of the new X-Box 360 and are horribly, horribly disappointed.
• 7 - Marty (played by Jean-Claude Van Damme) and the Doc (played by Steven Segal) travel into the future to take on a band of evil cyber-terrorists with their individual and unique fighting styles amid a variety of explosions, car chases, and street fights and it all sucks.
• 6 - Marty and the Doc travel one day into the future to determine what the lunch special will be at their local Golden Corral buffet restaurant and it turns out to be prime rib. That’s it Just prime rib.
• 5 - Marty and the Doc, a pair of 'randy' secret agents, are frozen in a block of ice until such a time as their evil arch-nemesis returns to threaten the world with his miniaturized clone and myriad of other hilarious, incredibly marketable characters and catch-phrases. When they are unfrozen forty years later they must deal not only with the many changes and challenges of the modern world, but also a stingy female secret agent who actually turns out to be an android. Hilarity ensues!
• 4 - Marty and the Doc travel perilously through the past, present, and future risking their lives and the lives of all mankind in order to bring about WORLD PEACE. Take THAT, Jon/Rob.
• 3 - Marty and the Doc travel nowhere because gas prices are too high, so they hang out at Doc’s house listening to podcasts and eating Hot Pockets all day.
• 2 - Marty and the Doc travel back to the 1970s and discover that, yes, people actually did dress like that.
• 1 - Marty and the Doc travel far into the future where they find that people no longer are confined to wearing pants and all of the chairs are covered in a soft, lavender velvet that feels nice.

Stars wanted: We are looking for people to call us up on Skype and star on the show - add the username topofthepods to your contact list and say hello next time you see our status set to 'Skype Me'.

If you are too shy you can still email topofthepods@gmail.com with your comments and lists.

TOTP - Top Ten Dining Faux Pas

Social elite member Geoff sent us his top ten list of things you shouldn't do at the dinner table. He just emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with his list and we read it out:-

• 10 - Complaining to the French
• 9 - Cutlery
• 8 - Tipping
• 7 - Table things
• 6 - Belching or worse
• 5 - Greedy
• 4 - Wine tasting
• 3 - Bill spliting
• 2 - Slurping
• 1 - Smoking

Issue 2 of PodcastUser is out and features an article that Jon cut and pasted from his website wrote especially for the online magazine. This is a free PDF available to download and features stories for geeks podcasters and people with nothing better to do on a Friday listeners alike.

Site : http://podcastusermagazine.com

Direct download : Podusermag-issue2.pdf

Is the sound quality ok? We've been getting mixed reports from listeners - let us know what you think on our comments board please.

TOTP - Top Ten Things That Annoy You About Motorways

SMS Text Addict gave us this list of things that he hates about being in his car on the motorway:-

• 10 - Fog lights
• 9 - Fuel prices
• 8 - Service stations
• 7 - Traffic jams
• 6 - Dot matrix
• 5 - Roadworks
• 4 - Speed cameras
• 3 - Tailgaters
• 2 - Mobile phones
• 1 - Middle lane hoggers

Keep those audio comments and lists flooding into topofthepods@gmail.com - sorry if you have sent something in recently and we haven't replied, we are slowly working our way through the gmail and promise that we'll write back soon.

TOTP - Top Ten Excuses Women Use To End A Relationship

Ironmonger Scott from Doncaster hasn't the luck with the ladies, here are ten of the excuses women have used to finish with poor Scott:-

• 10 - Don't trust
• 9 - Obsessive
• 8 - Something you don't have
• 7 - Like the girls
• 6 - Betting
• 5 - Spark has gone
• 4 - Affair
• 3 - Spend more time with mates
• 2 - Space
• 1 - Just isn't working

TOTP - Top Ten Sandwich Fillings

What do you get when you ask two guys to talk about food for twenty minutes? A really poor excuse for a podcast. We promise we'll try harder for Wednesday evenings show, but for now here is a list of ten sandwich fillings from Stu:-

• 10 - Egg and Cress
• 9 - Roast Chicken or Turkey
  
• 8 - Cheese and Tomato
• 7 - Steak and Cheese
• 6 - Roast Beef
  
• 5 - Turkey, Crispy bacon, Cranberry and Stuffing
• 4 - Corn Beef Hash Butty
• 3 - Scouse Butty
• 2 - All Day Breakfast
• 1 - Cheese and Branston Pickle

Thanks to Stu and everyone else who came to see us perform at the Lance Anderson Podcast Experiment.

TOTP - Top Ten People WIth Le In Their Name

Always on the look out for trivial lists Jon and Rob read out this list of ten famous people with Le in their names (if any wizard with imdb.com knows what search query we would use to generate a proper list then please let us know):-

• 10 - Simon Le Bon and/or Yasmin Le Bon
• 9 - Pepper Le Pew
• 8 - Mark Le Shark
• 7 - Lemar
• 6 - Mark Le Marr
• 5 - Matt Le Blanc
• 4 - Jamie Lee Curtis
• 3 - Bruce Lee
• 2 - Lemal
• 1 - Danny Le Rue

With any luck the issues with our host will have been resolved and you'll be hearing us loud and clear. Thanks to Dave from Libsyn (support@libsyn.com) and Rick from Feedburner (rickk@feedburner.com) for their time and support.

Don't forget that we are appearing at the Lance Anderson Podcast Experiment this Friday night and we'd love to meet you all there - visit www.highblue.co.uk/events for more details.

TOTP - Top Ten Reasons To See The Lance Anderson Podcast Experiment

We are going to be making fools of ourselves at the Rose Theatre in Liverpool. If you'd like to watch two grown men from Peterborough cry in front of a live audience then phone 01695 584480, or visit www.highblue.co.uk/events. Here are ten more reasons to go:-

• 10 - Less than a tenner.
• 9 - Christmas present
• 8 - Hotrod Cadets
• 7 - Mark Hunter
• 6 - Dan Klass
• 5 - Lancashire
• 4 - Strangers
• 3 - A podcasting first
• 2 - Hear Lance Anderson’s story "No, I didnt even kiss her". The story of his first love who was too shy to even kiss him, who went on to be one of the biggest adult movie stars of the 1980s.
• 1 - Jon and Rob

Challenge for you all - download Slickr, find the best tags for this wonderful screensaver and write them down on our www.topofthepods.com comments board, along with the reasons why. We might even to a show if we get enough good ones...

TOTP - Top Ten Tim Burton Movies

Its been a long time since we've heard from Rowley from Dark Compass, being a fan of Tim Burton Rowley sent us a list of the ten best films by the famous director:-

• 10 - Planet of the Apes
• 9 - Ed Wood
• 8 - Mars Attacks
• 7 - Big Fish
• 6 - Nightmare Before Christmas
• 5 - Sleepy Hollow
• 4 - Beetle Juice
• 3 - Batman
• 2 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• 1 - Edward Scissorhands

This is a repost due to known compatibility problems between feedburner and libsyn servers, experts at feedburner are apparently working on it. When this is fixed we'll be able to do more shows, at present we are wasting an hour per show. Comments from the old post have been archived here.

TOTP - Top Ten Most Embarrassing Things Your Mum Could Say

You might want to vet this before having this show in the car. Its Kerrin's turn today for the worst possible things your mum could say to show you up:-

• 10 - Dolls
• 9 - Playing with girls
• 8 - Pooing yourself
• 7 - Forgot PE Kit
• 6 - Marry best friend
• 5 - Hitting puberty
• 4 - Bed wetting
• 3 - Tampering
• 2 - Baby food
• 1 - Mucky stash

Did we mention The Half Show today? Head over to http://thehalfshow.libsyn.com for some really cool music.

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TOTP - Top Ten Times You Really Wish You Had Your MP3 Player

Hannah co-wrote this list with Rob, bringing together the ten worst times in your life when you forgot your mp3 player:-

• 10 - Random song stuck in your head
• 9 - Doctors
• 8 - Showing off
• 7 - Family meals
• 6 - Car
• 5 - Shopping
• 4 - Treadmill
• 3 - Noisey environments
• 2 - Public buildings
• 1 - Daily walks that go much quicker with an iPod

Thanks for that Hannah, and everyone please keep those mp3 audio comments coming to topofthepods@gmail.com. The easiest way to record an audio comment is to plug a microphone into your computer, use free software like Audacity (PC / Mac / Linux) to record your message, then attach the saved WAV or MP3 file to an email. Try to keep 'em short and sweet - no clever stuff needed, we just like hearing you say nice things about us!

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TOTP - Top Ten Household Appliances That Are Catastrophic If They Break Or Go Wrong

James from Luton clearly hasn't heard of extended warranty, here is a list of things that he can't live without around the house:-

• 10 - Iron
• 9 - Vacuum Cleaner
• 8 - TV
• 7 - Stereo System
• 6 - Fridge Or Freezer
• 5 - Microwave And Cooker
• 4 - Shower
• 3 - Washing Machine
• 2 - Central Heating Boiler
• 1 - Kettle

We have almost run out of audio comments - send your mp3 messages over to topofthepods@gmail.com and try and keep them as short and sweet as possible.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things You May Not Know About Marilyn Monroe

The beautiful Melinda from the My Marilyn Podcast is a keen fan of Marilyn Monroe, one of the best examples of a specialist podcast. She has chosen to share with the world ten things you may not know about Marilyn Monroe :-

• 10 - She was married 3 times.
• 9 - She was smart.
• 8 - She appeared in 29 films during her 13 year career.
• 7 - The dress she wore to sing Happy Birthday to John F Kennedy was sold by her estate at a Christies auction for 1.13 million dollars in 1999.
• 6 - She suffered from a gynaecological disorder and was unable to have children.
• 5 - She was a talented actress.
• 4 - She never met Elvis Presley or James Dean.
• 3 - She started her own production company.
• 2 - She was born Norma Jeane Mortenson.
• 1 - She was the first Playboy centerfold.

If you 'd like to know more about Marilyn Monroe we suggest heading over to http://www.mymarilyn.ca, its way more educational and entertaining than anything the biography channel would churn out.

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TOTP - Top Ten List Of Hardcore Tunes

Hardcore - you know the score. Loyal listener Bazza took off his raving shoes, pink bobble hat, neon glow sticks and whistle just to write down his list of the best techno hardcore tunes:-

• 10 - Unique - Feelin' Fine
• 9 - Cris.E.Manic - Just One More
• 8 - Darren Styles - Cutting Deep (VIP Mix)
• 7 - Euphoria - Silver Dawn
• 6 - Gammer - A New Feeling
• 5 - Force and Styles - Heart Of Gold
• 4 - Deddley and Gammar - Mars ATX
• 3 - Force and Styles - Pacific Sun
• 2 - CLSM - Free Your Mind (Sy and Unknown Remix)
• 1 - Frantic and Resist - Spending My Time

Keep those audio comments and lists flooding into topofthepods@gmail.com. If you are interested in podcasting then you might like to download the free Podcast User Magazine - available now at http://www.podcastusermagazine.com featuring Top of the Pods!

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TOTP - Top Ten Things That Irritate Emos

XLoserXChickX is not just a fine example of British Jewth, but also an Emo. In todays show we find out a little more about Emos and what upsets them:-

• 10 - Adults that don't understand
• 9 - Emus
• 8 - Don't know what one is
• 7 - Pop stars that try
• 6 - No charge in your ipod
• 5 - Christmas
• 4 - Paying for gigs
• 3 - Chavs
• 2 - Emo boys being called gay
• 1 - Being called goths

Sorry about the sound quality of tonights show, slightly bad settings for the first 5 minutes but the rest of the show is much better - worth staying around for the Jewish quiz at the end we think. We also added another artist to our backing tracks; the talented Rob Hughes of www.robhughesmusic.com sent us the album Butterfly - worth a trip to the web site to sample some of the tracks properly.

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TOTP - Top Ten Winners In A Marshall Arts Fight

Robs mind conjoured up an imaginary fight with ten of the worlds best marshall artists, here is the results table which we made into a podcast:-

• 10 - Steven Segal
• 9 - Jean Clawed Van Damm
• 8 - Jet Lee
• 7 - Jackie Chan
• 6 - Neo
• 5 - Kill Bill Chick
• 4 - Monkey
• 3 - Tony Jaa from Ong Bak (Purchase from Amazon)
• 2 - Bruce Lee
• 1 - Mr Miagi

Thanks to Baxter for emailing topofthepods@gmail.com with a short mp3 for us to play, why don't you do the same?

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TOTP - Top Ten Reasons Why We Haven't Done A Podcast Since Friday

Hello friends. I know you're wondering where we are and I am wondering why we haven't put a single show together this week. So instead of leaving the comments board to fill up with where are we's, i thought I would write a top ten reasons why we ain't been around. I am thinking I may record a little voice thing to go with it, but not having access to the Top Of The Pods studio today would mean a really crappy show and of course one without Rob too. So if there is a crappy show, soz for the crappyness and if there isn't soz for wetting your appetite :-

• 10 - The Dog ate us
  
• 9 - Jon is taking the week off to catch up with Rob's obsessive LOST viewing
  
• 8 - Rob finally heard a girl fart and has been admitted to Peterborough General with Palpitations
  
• 7 - Jon decided to start his own podcast, "JEWnews"
  
• 6 - Rob is decorating his entire house with laminate flooring both on the floors and walls, but strangly he is leaving the ceilings as they are.
  
• 5 - Jon has decided everything is 'Rubbish' and has refused to leave his rubbish house
  
• 4 - Rob's Pocket PC ran out of battery on Monday afternoon and he is currently lost trying to find his way home from work.
  
• 3 - Jon has been banned from broadcasting for mentioning Israel far too many times and all the other countries are feeling left out.
  
• 2 - Rob confided to Jon that he loves him and Jon is just a little bit worried that an affiar really could complicate the smooth running of the show.
  
• 1 - Jon (this is my list so of course I am at number 1) is taking time apart from Top Of The Pods and is concerntrating on a solo project which is titled 'How To Deal With Fame After Podcasting'.
  

Erm that's it. Sorry it's not the real deal, but we have both been working like moogs to hit some pretty important deadlines and we hope to be back in the driving seat either tomorrow or by the latest, Monday. I may put up additional crap if we don't get back before monday so sorry again if that happens. Other than that, you know the score at the alley and stuff like that so do what you all love to do and keep the emails rolling and the comments board filling up. Peace guys... Jonathan...TOTP

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TOTP - Top Ten Things That Make A Cheesy Summer Hit

Our wonderful SMS text addict sent us in a list that will take us all down a musical memory lane:-

• 10 - Usually an unknown artist from Europe, often Holland
• 9 - Bought by millions of teeny boppers
• 8 - You secretly like the tune
• 7 - The unique dance
• 6 - A-list celeb creation
• 5 - One hit wonders
• 4 - Catchy and annoying
• 3 - One of these tunes every summer
• 2 - Played every 10 minutes
• 1 - You cringe a year later

Download and listen to the mp3, and don't forget to have a good weekend. Got nothing to do? Then write us a list and email it to topofthepods@gmail.com.

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TOTP - Top Ten Impersonations Billy Would Like To Hear Rob Attempt

How embarrassing! Billy sent Rob a list of impressions he'd like him to do :-

• 10 - John Wayne
• 9 - Jerry Adams
• 8 - The Queen
• 7 - Darth Vader
• 6 - Mr Humphries
• 5 - George Bush
• 4 - Sean Connery
• 3 - Michael Cane
• 2 - Arnold Schwarzenegger
• 1 - Delia Smith

Download the mp3 of the show here to cringe more than Rob did. Horrid, horrid show...

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TOTP - Top Ten Mistakes Men Make With Women

From those casanovas who send out emails to lonely men comes a long list of mistakes that fellas make with the girls. Download the mp3 of the show or get yourself some free software like iTunes which automatically downloads the mp3 for you:-

• 10 - Getting help
• 9 - Not knowing what to do
• 8 - Giving away power
• 7 - Money and looks
• 6 - Not understanding how attraction works
• 5 - Letting your feelings be known
• 4 - Buying her affection
• 3 - Approval and permission
• 2 - Convincing her to like you
• 1 - Too much of nice guy

If you are a girl then let us know some of the mistakes us men make using the comments board. Failing that if you want to get into a debate about the latest episode of Lost on the comments board like everyone does.

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TOTP - Top Ten Worst Hair Styles

David from Austin, Texas went to a lot of trouble to send us his list of the ten worst hair styles - here is the mp3 of the show to download:-

• 10 - Elvis Impersonator
• 9 - Perm
• 8 - Afro
• 7 - Mushroom
• 6 - Skullet
• 5 - Beehive
• 4 - Bowl
• 3 - Mohawk
• 2 - Comb-over
• 1 - Mullet

If you are still visiting www.topofthepods.com on a daily basis to check for new shows then why not use some free software like iTunes or Juice instead. These will automatically download our latest shows direct onto your computer or mp3 player.

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TOTP - Top Ten Unofficial Ambassadors For England

Discussions with Chicago Matt brought to light some of the unofficial ambassadors for England available to download in this mp3 file. Sound quality on this podcast isn't perfect as Rob forgot to switch his mic on, but what the heck, tomorrows show should be better:-

• 10 - Sir Elton John
• 9 - Prince Charles and Prince William
• 8 - Tony Blair
• 7 - David Beckham
• 6 - David Brent
• 5 - Gordon Brown
• 4 - James Bond
• 3 - Hugh Grant
• 2 - Paul MacCartney
• 1 - Mr Bean

Once again, don't forget to vote for us at Podcast Alley and drop us a review at Podfeed.net.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things That Come Out Of Fall Or Grow In The Sky Or Trees

Sean sent this email to topofthepods@gmail.com with a list of ten things that fall from various places - probably one of the strangest lists we have had so far:-

• 10 - Bird feces
• 9 - Rain, snow and sleet
• 8 - Cats and dogs
• 7 - Money
• 6 - Aeroplanes
• 5 - Fruit
• 4 - Suicide
• 3 - Squirrels
• 2 - 40 Ton Anvils
• 1 - Balloons

Now it's near the weekend you should have time to visit podcast alley and drop us a vote if you haven't already.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things You Get For Christmas That You Didnt Want

Sarah from Texas might seem ungrateful, but at least she is honest. Here is the mp3 file to listen to containing a list of ten things that she gets every christmas that she didn't want:-

• 10 - Earmuffs
• 9 - Bath supplies
• 8 - Letters but no cash
• 7 - Clothes
• 6 - School supplies
• 5 - Jewelry
• 4 - Big jackets
• 3 - Socks
• 2 - Towels
• 1 - Fruitcake

Thanks for all the great emails from people over this last week, keep 'em coming to topofthepods@gmail.com - if you include an mp3 with it we'll probably play it on the show. We mentioned about Tivo adding podcasting to it's feature list (such a shame it's not available here in the UK - we only get Sky Plus). We think it would be an ideal opportunity for Tivo audiences to be able to have access to our show if it is easy to find in their built in directory , if you think this is a great idea too then why don't you ask Tivo?

Update: there is a known issue with using Feedburner with Libsyn so this is a repost - just waiting for the support departments from both companies to get in touch, neither have contact us yet. This is a repost, meaning that we've had to archive the old comments.

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TOTP - Top Ten Things System Administrators Do To Annoy Users

Mr Admin (if that is his real name) has some series issues which he chooses to share with us, here are the top ten of the most evil things that he gets up to whilst in control of computer networks:-

• 10 - Remotely rebooting PCs just as users try and save their data
• 9 - Putting in email filters to send yourself a copy of all the jpegs that people email
• 8 - Coming into work early and making sure you are visibly seen tampering with a users system.
• 7 - Hiding critically important user files
• 6 - Randomly deleting email with a subject line of test
• 5 - Asking users to reboot their systems while holding down specific key combinations
• 4 - Leafing through users browser history for dodgy blackmail material
• 3 - Mis-directing email for fun and profit
• 2 - Reacting really slowly when someone asks "My god - Can you stop an email I've just sent?!"
• 1 - Making someones PC play the theme tune to Heidi at random intervals through the day

Here is the mp3 of the show. Plus another quiz and a badly rendered (probably non-child safe) song in our outtakes section at the end. When you are done listening to this can you do us a big favour and pay a visit to the Top Of The Pods page at podcast alley for a quick vote? If you would like to send us your list of top ten items then email topofthepods@gmail.com as we are also low on audio comments so get recording now!

We'd like to see some ideas on the www.topofthepods.com comments board for this post for things that users can do to annoy system administrator too. Be inventive and the best ideas will make it into a forthcoming list.

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TOTP - Top Ten Daily Annoyances

Jon and Rob are both back from their festive break to bring you Simon's Top Ten Daily Annoyances (mp3 file). These are things that got on Simon's nerves so much that he emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with his list:-

• 10 - Lawn long
• 9 - Wheelie bin full
• 8 - Window adverts
• 7 - Partner TV chats
• 6 - Car indicators
• 5 - Washing up
• 4 - Motorway service coffee machines
• 3 - No toilet paper
• 2 - Going back out for milk and bread
• 1 - Overtake then slow down

We also do some late Christmas present opening and a special truck related transportation quiz at the end of today's show. Do us a favour and email us some audio comments to topofthepods@gmail.com.

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