Episode 185

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 185

Happy New Year!!

In this episode:

  • a sing off: Eliza Dushku’s “Freedom” vs. Paul McCartney’s “Freedom”,
  • Yoko Ono ruining the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus performances,
  • John Lennon in The Dirty Mac with Eric Clapton, Mitch Mitchell, and Keith Richards,
  • Rob’s genius idea #1 (bomb scare to cancel a sports game),
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme playing hockey in Sudden Death (1995),
  • Rob’s genius idea #2 (everybody gets a free crime to commit),
  • Tom Cruise hires people to be his fans in India,
  • Tom Hanks posting pictures of his injured thumb on Twitter,
  • our new Paunch Twitter account,
  • Alec Baldwin gets thrown off a plane and makes fun of it on Saturday Night Live,
  • the trailer for the upcoming movie The Three Stooges (2012),
  • a remake of Gilligan’s Island starring the cast of Curb Your Enthusiasm,
  • Unabomber Ted Kasinsky being tortured with CIA mind control,
  • more incompetent bus drivers,
  • What Ever Happened To? (comedian Bob Nelson),
  • the new Modern Warfare video game making $4 billion in its first few days of sales,
  • Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake suing Hogan’s ex-wife,
  • Miyamoto not retiring from Nintendo,
  • our Lame Idiot of the Year award goes to Charlie Sheen,
  • and the runner up is Kim Kardashian.

Here’s our take on the Curb Your Enthusiasm cast starring in a new Gilligan’s Island!
Curb Your Enthusiasm Cast in Gilligan's Island

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Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen The Paunch Stevenson Show Lame Idiot of The Year Award

Charlie Sheen is the winner of The Paunch Stevenson Show Lame Idiot of 2011 Award.

Last October, Charlie Sheen was busted for trashing a swank hotel room at New York’s Plaza Hotel, admitting to using drugs and having a hooker over. In the face of controversy, Sheen admitted himself to his third attempt at “home rehab.” With CBS growing anxious, they decided to halt production on his hit show Two and a Half Men, which infuriated Sheen. He took to the airwaves and the internet, blasted the studio, the network, and the show’s creator Chuck Lorre, and refusing to come back to work without a 50% raise. Eventually Sheen was fired, losing his $1.8 million dollar an episode salary.

Shortly after being fired, child services removed his toddler children from his house, where Sheen lived with former porn stars. His ex-wife Brooke Mueller, gets into worse trouble than Charlie. Sheen became an internet sensation, but tweeting nonsensical things like “Duh, winning”, “Tiger Blood”, and “Warlock.” He would repeat these things in prime time interviews, including a bizarre night on Pierce Morgan’s show, in which Charlie was clearly wasted. Sheen attempted multiple comebacks by hosting web cam shows, where he spewed more craziness, and a video on Funny or Die.com where he cooked food mixed with cigarettes.

Lastly, Charlie attempted a comedy/improv tour, but he was booed off the stage in Chicago and Detroit, and quit shortly thereafter. He also claimed to be starring in a new movie, Major League 3, even though that film was already produced over 10 years ago with Scott Bakula. Somehow, Sheen, like Keith Richards, has managed not to kill himself, so we expect he’ll eventually return to film and TV. Where’s Hot Shots part Twee?

Episode 184

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 184

Happy holidays!!

In this episode:

  • our movie review of 12 Dates of Christmas (2011) starring Amy Smart and Mark-Paul Gosselaar,
  • the fact that it completely ripped off Groundhog Day (1993) starring Bill Murray,
  • Greg fist bumping Eliza Dushku’s giant ring,
  • Greg meeting Bill Maher at his book signing for The New New Rules,
  • people not sharing their photos and videos from book signings,
  • our movie review of D.C. Cab (1983) starring Bill Maher, Gary Busey, and Mr. T,
  • Hasbro’s KRE-O and Kreon Transformers,
  • Greg meeting Regis Philbin at Bookends for his book How I Got This Way,
  • the complete series of Jem on DVD for the first time (released by Shout! Factory),
  • fanboys pestering Shout! Factory DVD producer Brian Ward about film transfer quality,
  • Shout! Factory’s Sunbow animated DVDs vs. Rhino’s past DVD releases,
  • ruining old TV shows by creating fake Dolby 5.1 surround sound audio,
  • the upcoming movie G.I. Joe Retaliation (2012) starring Bruce Willis, The Rock, and Channing Tatum,
  • former WWOR channel 9 weatherman Lloyd Lindsay Young and his crazy antics,
  • and a celebrity death (comedian Patrice O’Neal).
“Poster” for 12 Dates of Christmas ripping off Groundhog Day Eliza Dushku’s massive ring…
Greg with Bill Maher in the background… Video of Bill Maher’s signing, can you spot Greg at about 2:35?
Greg’s video of Bill Maher

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