Bob Budiansky – The Paunch Stevenson Show

Episode 262

In this episode it’s our long time friend, listener and podcaster Esteban aka Steve of the Roboplastic Podcastalypse live in studio!!!!!

The Big Event in Flushing, NY,
“American Dream” Dusty Rhodes,
“The Nature Boy” Ric Flair,
Monster Mania,
Tobin Bell, Dina Meyer, Judge Reinhold, Lin Shaye, Claudia Wells, Robert Patrick, and Christopher McDonald,
Dushku Fan of the Year,
Cinemax Banshee,
Esteban’s NYC and NJ subway, smells, and experiences,
the Spanish version of The Transformers (video),
Scooter in the “Last Magic Man” episode of Challenge of the GoBots,
dumb names for GoBots and He-Man characters,
Penny Power and Zillions children’s magazines,
the Tomy Armatron,
Bucky O’Hare comic books,
Esteban’s cringe-worthyinterview with Larry Hama discussing “Pirate Jenny”,
celebrity deaths (James Best, Richard Dysart, Geoffrey Lewis, and Stan Freberg),
Richard Dreyfus sues Disney over What About Bob> royalties,
the upcoming Robotech movie debacle,
young people don’t know the phrase “jump the shark”,
Preschool Mastermind in Brooklyn,
why Esteban is also called Steve,
Nintendo warehouse employee “Robin Graves” complains to Kotaku,
the Times Square Toys “R” Us,
shopping for toiletries in the middle of the night,
and would Bob Budiansky remember any of us?

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Part 1 of our 7th Anniversary Hoopla!

In this episode:

Hurricane Sandy,
George Lucas selling LucasFilm to Disney,
what does the future hold for Star Wars?,
Esteban’s theory about the Otaking Star Wars anime short,
Episode VII – the return of Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Billy Dee Williams?,
Star Wars Dark Empire ,
the recentThundercats Cartoon Network show canceled,
celebrity death (Pascual Gross Perez),
colorizing of antique black and white photographs,
Lance Amstrong caught cheating,
Google Translate’s Optimus Prime Easter egg,
Greg meets Pete Townshend of The Who,
2012 Presidential Election,
angry Who fan that didn’t get his picture signed,
New York Comic Con 2012,
avoiding a crazy person on the ferry,
Greg gets autographs from Stan Lee, Sean Astin, and Christopher Lloyd,
another Sears portrait photo with Christopher Lloyd,
meeting Bob Budiansky by chance,
the “Who is Paunch Stevenson?” question,
Chris Elliott was a no-show,
and “The Star Wars That I Used To Know” Gotye parody.

Goofy video of Stan Lee playing XBOX Kinect at the NYCC 2012!

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Thanks to Bob Budiansky, acclaimed comic book writer, editor, and artist, for joining us!

In this episode:

confusion about Peter Cullen’s age on Wikipedia,
the Star Wars Detours animated show from the Robot Chicken team,
our interview with Bob Budiansky,
his experience working with Hasbro,
early expectations for the Transformers toy line,
how Bob got involved with the comic book,
rushing to develop the original 26 Transformers characters in 1983,
limited coloring techniques in 1980s comics,
“knocking out” background characters,
the inspiration behind Bob’s Sleepwalker Marvel comic series,
former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter,
the anti-Super Man,
work atmosphere at Marvel Comics,
receiving a fan letter for Transformers from Stan Lee,
getting to work with Stan Lee,
Marvel Universe trading cards by Impel,
Bob’s life after leaving Marvel,
changes in the comic book industry,
the overuse of comic book gimmicks in the early 1990s,
Rob’s movie review of Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995) starring Richard Dreyfuss,
the new musical chairs-themed game show Oh Sit!,
Greg’s movie review of Underworld: Awakening (2012), starring Kate Beckinsale,
Shia LaBeouf inspired to act by Steven Seagal,
Nicolas Cage being sued for not returning rental DVDs,
a stupid style redux (short-shorts with pockets hanging out),
Tom Green’s stand-up comedy,
a Transformers collector on Pawn Stars,
and The Burn hosted by a disheveled Jeffrey Ross.