Episode 16: Available Now!!

One of my favorite things that we did from time to time on the other board was listing of our top ten (Subject title here). I thought those were fun.

So I was thinking that as my Main Event for next week I would do a few Top Fives for you guys. The only catch is, you guys are going to decide what those top fives are going to be.

So dig deep people, they can be as general or specific as you like. They can also be sports related or non-sports related, it's all up to you. And don't be afraid to post them here, it may give someone else an idea for another one. I'd like to a few of them and you guys have a week to get them to me.

So let's have some fun with this.

Thanks in advance for your help.....

NOW GET TO WORK!!

So find interesting stories? :?:

I can do that, sure.

But like the title of the thread says I want to do a LISTENER DRIVEN SHOW where you guys pick the topics you want to hear me talk about.

I liked doing the top tens on our other board and wondered if there were any other subjects that you guys would like to hear me cover in a top five or something like that.

I can do the "find interesting stories" thing, I have done that, doing it tonight as a matter of fact. I just thought that every once in a while you guys would like to tell me what you'd like to hear about.

I am (or at least was until Jack was born) a big reader, so here is my top 5 fiction books - (sorry Whodey not a Harry Potter in sight)

1. Stephen King - IT
2. Terry Prachett (I will take the discworld series but if pushed Guards! Guards!)
3. Joseph Heller - Catch 22
4. Arthur C. Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey
5. Stephen King - The Stand - The book I wanted the pile of crap The Cell to be

Man it is tough limiting it to 5, the Hitch-hikers guide should be in there somewhere. I am sure when I get home and look at my book shelves there are some missing...

Oh, Harry Potter wouldn't be in my top five either. Top Ten, maybe, but not top five. J.K. Rowling has this thing about using the same word twice in one sentence that makes me want to pull my hair out at times.

But since we're on fiction books, here's my top five (and let me say, as a rather voracious reader, making this list was stupid hard):

1. Marion Zimmer Bradley - The Mists of Avalon
2. Steve Martin - Shopgirl
3. Pearl S. Buck - The Good Earth
4. Tom Perrotta - Little Children
5. Amy Tan - The Joy Luck Club

Hitchhiker's Guide would be in my top ten as well, and I think Catch-22 would fall somewhere in my top 20. Not much of a Stephen King fan though. I find his books frightfully dull, owing to them being a little too heavy on the exposition for my tastes.

Alright,

Top five favorite books.....that's one.

Top 5 things on the Taco Bell menu.

Top 5 fights in non-fighting sports.

Top 5 animal intrusions into sporting events.

Top 5 examples of Italian Baroque architecture (1600-1700).

Top 5 things to buy if you had a billion dollars.

and the extra morbid...
Top 5 sports related fatalities! (do it, I dare you)

meathorse wrote:

Top 5 examples of Italian Baroque architecture (1600-1700).

Well, that one sticks out like a sore thumb, doesn't it?

I wonder what it says about me that I could probably come up with those easier than I could come up with any of the other lists?

Really? I'd be impressed. It took me 10 minutes on Wikipedia just to come up with that one sentence :)

Do it!

Gonna be recording Episode 16 on Thursday night so you guys got a couple of more days to get your top five ideas in. Right now I only have a couple and I'd like to do a few more.

Lots to talk about this week, should be a fun show this week.

Top 5 chick flicks that guys might like.
(Cause if you gotta make the woman happy, it would be nice to not have it hurt you.)

Top 5 things hiding in your closet after a nightmare.

Top 5 top five lists of all time.

Top 5 foreign cheeses.

Top 5 board games.
(Wow. That one's normal.)

Top 5 ways to save money that will end up fucking you in the end.
(There, that's better.)

Hmmm, still think I like the 17th century Italian architecture question best of all.

I mean, that's a no-brainer. I'm all over that one.

But thanks anyway Meathorse.

Mmmmmm, foreign cheeses...

What?

You can't go wrong with cheese and architecture.

Sorry Larry... but if no one else is going to chime in, it seems I'll have to keep drowning us all in idiocy.

Top 5 NASCAR sponsors.

Top 5 bodies of fresh water. (fishing)

Top 5 bodies of fresh water. (swimming)

Top 5 bodies of fresh water. (late night corpse disposal)

Top 5 things to do with a weekday off work.

Top 5 cheap gifts for people you don't really know.

Top 5 things you've seen homeless guys do for a quarter.

Why would you use fresh water for corpse disposal? Salt water eats away the body so much faster...

I'm told.

Um...

Hey, look at that!

*runs away*

Top 5 Pizza Toppings?

Knowing that you're a Chicago-ian(?), I'm going to guess that italian sausage tops your list.

This is getting good, I like it. Some good ideas going on here.

I was worried that I might have to cancel the segment and do something else, but you guys are coming through for me (*Ahem* Meathorse).

I'm not doing the show until tomorrow night so you guys have until then to get me anymore ideas. But I'm really liking what I'm getting from you guys now.

Keep it up.

I are helping!

Do you game? I've been a video game addict since I got my first Atari at age 6. Lord help me.

Top 5 video games. (All time, or SNES, or PC, whatever)

Top 5 disappointments in NFL history. (Team or individual)

Top 5 things to eat when you're broke and starving.

Top 5 things to eat right before going to see the dentist.

Top 5 fun things to do at a wake or funeral.

Top 5 reasons to hate Carrot Top.

Top 5 stupid inventions.

Top 5 things to yell out at church when you don't give a shit what anyone thinks.

Top 5 improbable military victories in human history.

Top 5 ways to fuck with complete strangers.

Top 5 reasons to attend an Oakland Raiders game.

Top 5 mixed drinks.

Top 5 ways to end a relationship in under ten seconds.

meathorse is gold

Are you kidding? Platinum, that guy is platinum.

Top 5 metals that I am composed of.

Wow,

Looks like I'm gonna have to change from the Top 5 segment to the Meathorse segment.

I'll see which of those I can crank out a top 5 to and post the results for all to hear tomorrow morning.

Looking forward to the chaos provided by our new friend Meathorse, should be fun.

Alright kiddies,

I am off for the day, headed home to record episode 16 of the show. The Main Event should really be something thanks to Meathorse who provided 99% percent of what I'll be covering tonight.

Other topics I will cover:
Evander Holyfield's lastest comeback
Bill Walsh
KG Trade
Cubs make it to 1st place (maybe)

And some other stuff I'll throw in for random thoughts.

See you guys tomorrow.

Larry D wrote:

The Main Event should really be something thanks to Meathorse who provided 99% percent of what I'll be covering tonight.

Good lord!
*sigh* very well... I accept full responsibility if the show sucks.

Episode Sixteen has been uploaded and is available for all to hear. I think the Top 5 Main Event turned out pretty well considering I ended up doing about a dozen or so of them.

And even though I did about 20 minutes on the Top 5 lists, I managed to keep the show under 45 minutes somehow. I was amazed when I saw that.

Anyway, it is up on both ipodnetworks.com and mypodcast.com and should be available on iTunes shortly.

Let me know what you guys think.