Episode 268

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 268

In this episode:

  • Chiller Theatre October 2015 lineup,
  • celebrity deaths (Frank Gifford, Roddy Piper),
  • the hapless New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith’s jaw broken over a $600 plane ticket,
  • Hulk Hogan fired for being a racist,
  • why bring back Prison Break?,
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm returning?,
  • Esteban’s TurboGrafx Turbo Club package,
  • Star Wars Rogue One (2016) cast announced,
  • meeting Jennifer Lopez, Adam Sandler, and Paul Rudd in New York,
  • Adam Sandler’s album They’re All Gonna Laugh At You,
  • and Overnight Delivery (1998) starring Paul Rudd and Reese Witherspoon.

Jennifer Lopez in New York, July 17, 2015

Adam Sandler in New York, July 20, 2015

Paul Rudd in New York, July 23, 2015

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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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Episode 181

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 181

In this episode:

  • Paunch luck (East Coast Earthquake, Hurricane Irene, London Riots),
  • Recapping Rob’s first trip to England,
  • London sights (Abbey Road, London Underground, London Eye Ferris Wheel, and Big Ben),
  • English cuisine, accents, and weather,
  • Rob playing drums on Beatles songs at the Liverpool Cavern Club,
  • lousy British reality television,
  • The Love We Make (2011) documentary, starring Paul McCartney,
  • “Rockestra 2” (the remake video),
  • murals painted on pizzeria walls of Marlon Brando,
  • Danny Aiello,
  • Conrad Murray’s trial,
  • drunk Michael Jackson recording,
  • Marquis Who’s Who in America books,
  • Amazon Kindle Fire tablet,
  • our review of Curb Your Enthusiasm season 8,
  • our review of the book Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good: Larry David and the Making of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, by Josh Levine,
  • Larry David on the old ABC show Fridays,
  • and the first Curb Your Enthusiam special.

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Episode 177

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 177

In this episode:

  • our trip to Barcade in Jersey City, NJ (microbrew beers and 1970s-1980s classic video arcade games),
  • Barcade running on 100% wind power,
  • Rob’s dream about “Macho Man” Randy Savage,
  • the 2011 ThunderCats cartoon show,
  • Larry Kenney vs. Will Friedle as the voice of Lion-O,
  • John Erwin as the voice of Prince Adam and He-Man,
  • Greg’s movie review of The A-Team (2010),
  • Paunch Stevenson Show celebrity encounters,
  • Greg meeting Tom Wopat (Luke Duke from The Dukes of Hazzard),
  • John Schneider and Tom Wopat on Smallville,
  • Greg meeting Jeff Bridges (Barney Cousins from The Vanishing),
  • celebrity deaths (Christopher Mayer from The Dukes of Hazzard and Bubba Smith),
  • the 2011 season of Curb Your Enthusiasm finally taking place in NYC,
  • our future children missing out on pop culture from the past,
  • important pop culture getting lost in time (CHiPs, the Marx Brothers, The Little Rascals, Droopy, The Ant and the Aardvark, etc.),
  • the upcoming Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood spin-off Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,
  • Jonah Hill’s weight loss,
  • Mike Masse’s music video for “Long Time” (acoustic Boston cover),
  • the decline of music videos,
  • Rob constantly hearing people whistle Bobby McFerrin’s “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” in England,
  • Rob’s 4D movie experience,
  • and Tom Wopat’s music vs. Jeff Bridges’s music.

We also snapped some photos of Barcade Jersey City:
Flickr – Barcade, Jersey City, NJ 8/20/11
Barcade Jersey City

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Episode 176

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 176

In this episode:

  • Our ideas for re-dubbing the latest Michael Bay Transformers movie,
  • the Rupert Murdoch UK phone hacking scandal,
  • undercover sleuth work by Hugh Grant,
  • Norm MacDonald announcing the O.J. Simpson verdict on Saturday Night Live,
  • cracking passwords using social engineering,
  • the “Ralphige” real Michael Jackson prank call (link),
  • a fifth child on the way for Kevin ‘K-Fed’ Federline,
  • the arrest of former informercial star Don Lapre,
  • Tony Little HoMedics Micropedic Sleep Pillows,
  • Ted Danson to star on the next season of CSI,
  • Barney Miller,
  • return of Curb Your Enthusiasm,
  • why the Golden Girls is still funny (video),
  • US Marines asking Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake on dates,
  • Rob’s failure to book Tami Erin, star of The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) on the show,
  • emulating classic PC games using DOSBOX,
  • downfall of modern gaming franchises and developers (Hitman, Max Payne, Project Gotham, LucasArts),
  • Copyright Alert System,
  • and a celebrity death (Roberts Blossom).

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