Month: May 2006

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Joe Ades, British street vendor in NYC

old British street vendor Joe Ades selling peelers in NYC
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This old British street vendor sells peelers in NYC. He swears they are the sharpest peelers in existence and makes a mess all over the sidewalk trying to prove it.

Update 2/16/11: The old British street vendor’s name was Joe Ades. He died February 3, 2009, at the age of 75. Links:

Gothamist.com – Union Square Peeler Peddler Joe Ades Dead at 75

Gothamist.com – Memorial for Joe Ades, Peeler Peddler, Planned for Saturday

Flickr Blog – RIP Joe Ades

Flickr Blog – Carrots! (Joe Ades)


YouTube – Joe Ades , The King of New York Hacks and a potato peeler!!

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Episode 27: Monday, May 1, 2006

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 027

In this episode:

  • What Ever Happened To? (Tom Green and Ralph Macchio),
  • another physics experiment with the fake Julius Sumner Miller,
  • Stoogemania (1986) starring Josh Mostel and Sid Caesar,
  • My Million Dollar Year (www.mymilliondollaryear.net),
  • Alan Thicke,
  • Rob finding the same take-out menus on his front steps every day,
  • Freddy Krueger vs. Jason Voorhees vs. Michael Myers,
  • and The Old Jingle of the Episode (Wrigley’s Big Red commercial).

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