On this day, 10 years ago, we released the first episode of @tofop. We were huge fans of @smodcast w/ @thatkevinsmith and @samosier and when you listen to the first few episodes, the influence is obvious. Back in the day, before true crime and dads writing pornos became the norm, you didn’t need a ‘hook’ for your podcast, the fact that you were making a podcast at all was novelty enough. As the medium grew and got more professional and sophisticated, our little show curiously did not. We’d often forget to turn the microphones on, or forget to record at all. I don’t know how many eps have been lost due to technical incompetence, but it’s a lot. The fact that our first every live show with @itsgreggers and @dave_anthony_ also didn’t record seemed totally appropriate (#RIPSuperpod). Yet despite all this we muddled our way through the first 100 eps and started adding people to our show who’d become mainstays. People like @james_fosdike who does all our artwork, @johndeeks who became our offical MC and who has stolen every live show we’ve ever done, #MicHAL who enabled us to record the show when we were living in different countries and actually made it sound good, @samcav22 who came on as our silent business partner and #PodcastMike who now produces every show across our network, including #FOFOP @wilosophypod & #2Guys1CupAFL. If you told me back in 2010 that this “comedy conversation between two old mates” would be around a decade later, I would have wondered how you had such detailed knowledge of the future, assumed you were a witch and burned you at the stake. It was a different time. But I also would have been surprised that this little show with a confusing name that we’d be forced to constantly explain to people would have made it this far. To everyone who listens, thank you. Also, what’s wrong with you? And of course, thank you @officialwilanderson, we may not be the biggest show around, but we’re definitely the most pointless, which is kind of the point, I guess. And if we’re still doing this in 10 years, we’ll know we’ve really stuffed up. #TOFOP #10FOP #coolthingsforcoolpeople #nothingforeveryone #wilosophy #podcast #everyonerelax
Andrew Johnson
2021-09-02 12:09:05 +0000 UTCDavid Bomford
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