arcades – The Paunch Stevenson Show

Episode 136

In this episode:

special guest Joe in KY,
the digitally remastered episodes of Star Trek,
the Star Wars movies,
After Hours (1985) starring Griffin Dunne,
video games vs. action figures,
board games (Mouse Trap, Electronic Battleship, etc.),
old video game consoles (Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision, Nintendo Entertainment System, etc.),
the horrendous state of arcades,
Zork and text adventure video games,
children’s TV shows in the 1970s vs. today (Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Battle of the Planets, Pokemon, etc.)
Empire Records (1995) starring Liv Tyler,
Rob being bored by The Dark Knight (2008),
Bruno (2009) starring Sacha Baron Cohen,
celebrity birthdays (Bill Cosby and Ringo Starr),
a celebrity death (Billy Mays),
Steve Martin’s filmography,
our movie review of Henry Poole Is Here (2008) starring Luke Wilson,
and Short Time (1990) starring Dabney Coleman.

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We talk with special guest Frank Edward Nora from The Overnightscape podcast (www.theovernightscape.com)!

In this episode:

the end of analog broadcast TV on February 17, 2009,
2008 U.S. Presidential candidate Ron Paul,
the Republican Party’s obsession with terrorism,
$100 per barrel of oil,
24 minute podcast episodes,
old 74 minute CD-R discs,
transferring old VHS video tapes to DVDs,
the ridiculous Beanie Babies fad in the late 1990s,
storing photos,
history in the future,
albums being released on USB flash drives in England,
iTunes digital release cards at Starbucks,
the loudness war and horrible audio CD mastering,
a get-rich-quick scheme for record companies,
the Fun N Games arcade in Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ, shutting down,
Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) computer software,
the video game Red Earth (known as Warzard in Japan) by Capcom,
reading bad novels in high school (The Good Earth, The Chocolate War, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, etc.),
David Copperfield’s current FBI investigation,
Frank’s review of Bee Movie (2007) starring Jerry Seinfeld,
the Writers Guild of America strike,
Late Show with David Letterman,
TV interviews via satellite,
Heroes season 2,
the online video revolution,
podcasting and online audio,
Frank’s attempt at a premium podcast (Anything But Monday),
and Frank’s upcoming secret project.

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The Paunch Stevenson Show two-year anniversary special, part two!

In this episode:

placing radiators next to windows,
traffic cops vs. traffic lights,
terrible movie remakes (The Dukes of Hazzard and Bad News Bears),
the new Fred Claus (2007) commercial,
a Led Zeppelin update,
insane Hannah Montana concert ticket prices,
Marked for Death (1990) starring Steven Seagal and Keith David,
an embarrassing Van Halen performance in Greensboro, NC,
celebrity sightings (Patton Oswalt and Ron Wood),
celebrity deaths (Joey Bishop and Robert Goulet, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com),
the current top ten movies at the box office,
baseball (the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tommy Lasorda, Joe Torre, Don Mattingly, the Boston Red Sox, Mike Piazza, etc.),
an Eliza Dushku update (Dollhouse),
Dark City (1998) starring Rufus Sewell and William Hurt,
Alien Nation,
the Writers Guild of America strike,
Jack Palance audio clips,
the Fun N Games arcade in Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ, shutting down,
old video game console prices vs. old computer prices,
various horror movies,
women’s Halloween costumes,
a Britney Spears and Kevin Federline update,
Duane “Dog” Chapman’s racial slur,
commercials on the Game Show Network,
restless legs syndrome,
and Mirapex side effects.

Happy birthday to Adam in SC!

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