The Lame Show » Episodes

Tim from 2P START! visits to discuss the Nintendo Wii, XBox 360, LG Voyager and Microsoft’s $44B offer to purchase Yahoo!

Lame List nominations include certain aspects of the aforementioned Voyager, the new American Gladiators and the Dept. of Homeland Security.

Picks of the Week include a music podcast, a movie on DVD and a movie in 3D.

Noah and Eddie see how successful and unsuccessful their Macworld Expo predictions turned out. And make their feelings known regarding the new products announced. Did one of them make the Lame List?

Picks of the Week include an avocado CD and a super DVD.

The burning questions are asked: Could a woman pick up a guy using a MacBook Air? Are optical discs really going away? When will we see wireless electricity? Whatever happened to flannel?

One of the most (seemingly) useless kitchen items ever is featured in the SkyMall Selection. Then a listener’s submitted audio question about photo albums is discussed.

With Steve Jobs’ Macworld Expo keynote just around the corner, Eddie and Noah round up the rumors to see which seem likely or impossible. Plus they make their own crazy predictions.

Another gadget web site and a wireless ISP are added to the Lame List. Picks of the Week include a Transformers album you probably don’t know about and a DVD set you should get.

While Noah takes an episode off for Christmas/New Year’s vacation, Ray from2PStart.com steps in to help Eddie share some Holiday Cheers and Jeers.

But before they share their most and least favorite Christmas gifts, there is some news to discuss: the rumored arrival of movie rentals on the iTunes store; the closure of Wal-Mart’s video download store; games on the iPod. 

And don’t forget the SkyMall Selection … this one’s got wheels.

If you haven’t finished your Christmas shopping, be sure to listen to the SkyMall Selection at the beginning.

Then it’s on to the Year in Review: iPhone, Vista, Wii, unprotected music… What’s the verdict at the end of 2007?

The Lamest of the Year are revealed and neither will surprise you if you listened to just two previous episodes. Also, the Picks of the Year. Do you really want this description to give it all away?

After an extended break, Eddie takes over the Mexico Moment and presides over the return of the SkyMall Selection.

Then it’s off to the big topics: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Amazon’s new electronic book device, Kindle.

GarageBand and Adobe are nominated to the Lame List. And Vector Magic and Mad Men are commended as Picks of the Week.

The truly burning questions are asked: Should James Patterson paperbacks be duty free? Was the Mac Plus attractive or ugly? Is a Roomba necessary or just cool? Is Adobe more famous as a software company or a building material?

Music takes center stage in this episode, as Eddie & Noah (with his spiffy, new mic) discuss Microsoft’s new Zune models, Amazon’s new MP3 downloads, and the first person to take the record companies all the way to trial over illegal music downloading.

Plus, UC Berkeley puts lectures on YouTube, Ask makes new TV commercials and eBay admits its purchase of Skype was a big waste of money.

Lame List nominations include those complaining about the latest iPhone update and the price cut. Picks of the Week include new albums from Annie Lennox and Radiohead.

The truly burning questions are asked: Will those who download music for free be willing to help pay someone else’s legal bills? What products could be advertised during online physics lectures? Can owning an iPhone help you get a date?

Eddie defends his opinion from more reader mail. Noah takes issue with David Maynor and ringtones. In other news, SpiralFrog has launched and Palm is struggling.

On the Lame List this week is Apple’s new ringtone policy and the fact that Windows ‘thinks it knows better’ than you do. Picks of the Week include Beck’s new single “Timebomb” and the Doves older album “The Last Broadcast.”

The truly burning questions are asked: Do radio DJs understand iTunes? Have you had Spanish hot chocolate lately? What does it sound like when Doves cry?

Noah and Eddie respond to reader mail regarding Windows vs. Mac OS X and whether or not Apple’s iTunes Store is consumer friendly. Then, of course, it’s time to rate and debate the new iPod models.

NBC/Universal tops the Lame List, followed by the HP Blackbird (or at least the reactions to the Blackbird). Picks of the Week include “Wincing the Night Away” by The Shins and the Google Earth Flight Simulator.

The truly burning questions are asked: Should people complain when prices drop? How much should a TV episode cost to download? Why are there less Easter Eggs nowadays?

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Noah and Eddie return in an unedited episode with improved audio quality to talk about all (or at least six) of the Apple events that occurred since the last episode: iPhone, iLife, iWork, iSafari for iWindows (ah, you get the picture).

Picks of the Week include Wikipedia edits from interesting organizations and a way to transform yourself into a Simpsons character.

The truly burning questions are asked: Should movies really have anything during the credits to watch? Is a transparent menubar even worth making? Is another spreadsheet application necessary? Does Engadget owe somebody money?