Episode 229

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 229

It’s our October Chiller Theatre Expo 2013 retrospective.

In this episode we spoke to the following celebrities:

  • Marina Sirtis,
  • Terry Farrell,
  • Weird Al Yankovic,
  • Larry Storch,
  • Robert Hayes,
  • Zach Galligan,
  • Milo Ventimiglia,
  • Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
  • Angry Video Game Nerd (James Rolfe, Mike Matei, Kyle Justin),
  • Joey Lauren Adams,
  • Gilbert Gottfried,
  • Samantha Fox,
  • Ralph Macchio,
  • Lou Ferrigno,
  • Catherine Bach,
  • Scott Wilson,
  • Steve Guttenberg,
  • Zack Ward,
  • Chuck McCann,
  • and Corey Feldman.

And saw these folks too:

  • Josh Mostel,
  • a Weird Al impersonator “Bob”,
  • Fake Eddie Money,
  • Peter Fonda’s middle finger,
  • C. Thomas Howell,
  • and Caseen Gaines and Ian Petrella in person.

Pictures from the Chiller Theatre Expo October 26, 2013 in Parsippany, NJ:
Chiller Theatre Expo, Sheraton Hotel, Parsippany, NJ, 10/26/13

A Christmas Story
Samantha Fox
Corey Feldman

Chiller Theatre Autographs, 10/26/13
Gremlins

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Episode 201

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 201

Talking video games with our NJ friends….
Joe Santulli, co-founder of Digital Press, Classic Gaming Expo, and the Video Game History Museum.
Frankie V, member of the Digital Press Podcast.

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Sally Ride, Leroy Neiman, Rodney King, Ernest Borgnine, Nora Ephron, Sherman Hemsley, and Sage Stallone),
  • Steve Martin and Steven Seagal doing bad Italian accents,
  • the lights turned out on Bruce Springsteen’s concert with Paul McCartney in London,
  • High Score (2006) documentary (watch on Hulu),
  • Missile Command,
  • was The King of Kong (starring Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe) a fraud?,
  • a YouTube video featuring accusations by video game record holder Dwayne Richard,
  • former and current Donkey Kong champs Tim Sczerby and Hank Chien,
  • the Twin Galaxies video game record board,
  • would a dog raise a human baby?,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Teri Hatcher, Lauren Graham, and Carlos Mencia),
  • Gallagher does a GEICO commercial (video),
  • Sugar Daddy and other bad hard candy,
  • annoying door-to-door cable television salespeople,
  • knowledgeable forum dslreports.com,
  • Dolph Lundgren is actually a chemical engineer,
  • Fred Willard may or may not have pulled a Pee-wee Herman,
  • Rob invented dine-in movie theaters,
  • poor presentation of a film at an AMC theater,
  • interview with founder of Digital Press Videogames Joe Santulli,
  • his decision to go from game collector to retailer,
  • what does his wife think of his collecting?,
  • Atari Airborne Avenger pinball wall art (photo),
  • what you’ll find in the Digital Press store in Clifton, NJ,
  • rare and unique items “in the wild” traded into the store,
  • video game grading services,
  • monthly NAVA (North Atlantic Videogame Aficionados) gatherings,
  • the concept behind the Video Game History Museum,
  • is the future of gaming fully downloadable content?,
  • promoting the community aspect of gaming,
  • our interview with Frankie V. of the Digital Press Video Game Podcast,
  • gory horror arcade game Chiller by Exidy,
  • Atari Lynx,
  • great Lynx games like Electrocop,
  • is Sony’s PlayStation Vita this generation’s Lynx?,
  • the open platform game system Ouya,
  • a return to hobby-developed gaming like in the 1980s,
  • Android and iOS gaming vs. traditional portable consoles,
  • and “crowdsourcing” via Kickstarter.

Visit dpvideogames.com for more information on the Digital Press store and the audio/video podcasts!

Pictures taken during the July 28, 2012, NAVA gathering at Digital Press in Clifton, NJ:
Flickr – Digital Press in Clifton, NJ 7/28/2012

Enjoying 3D Gaming

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Episode 130: Sunday, May 3, 2009

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 130

In this episode:

  • our trip to the Brooklyn Museum to see Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) starring Paul Reubens and Mark Holton,
  • The Pee-wee Herman Show live stage show in 1980,
  • Phil Hartman,
  • Peter Cullen narrating the new Coors Light commercial,
  • Frank Welker as the voice of Soundwave and Ravage in the upcoming movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009),
  • listener email from Esteban in South Dakota (http://pleasesavemerobots.blogspot.com/),
  • the Snickers Nougabot Bar featuring Bumblebee,
  • the upcoming movie Dance Flick (2009) starring Damon Wayans Jr.,
  • our movie review of The Lion in Winter (1968) starring Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn,
  • our movie review of Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) starring Pat Boone,
  • Regis Philbin dressed up as Shrek on Late Show with David Letterman,
  • Rob winning a car phone in the sixth grade fundraiser,
  • the Digital Press video game store used in Capital One’s new credit card commercial,
  • Greg switching from Comcast to Verizon FiOS,
  • and DVD bitrates.

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Episode 127: Monday, March 30, 2009

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 127

Happy birthday to Jack in NJ!

In this episode:

  • the March NAVA meeting at the Digital Press video game store in Clifton, NJ,
  • The Celebrity Apprentice starring Tom Green and Andrew “Dice” Clay,
  • the horrible Heroes season three,
  • finally watching the 3D episode of Chuck,
  • Willie Aames’s garage sale,
  • Corey Haim selling his teeth on eBay,
  • Jack in NJ’s 40th birthday,
  • Greg’s trip to Dave & Buster’s,
  • the value of paunchstevenson.com on websiteoutlook.com,
  • Google Earth vs. Microsoft Live Search Maps,
  • Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope,
  • Vegas Vampires (2003) starring Fred Williamson, Richard Roundtree, and Daniel Baldwin,
  • Greg’s favorite vampire movies: Underworld (2003), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998), Blade (1998), My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988), etc.,
  • Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,
  • the upcoming movie The Three Stooges (2010) starring Sean Penn, Benecio Del Toro, and Jim Carrey,
  • gun stores and shooting ranges,
  • an old recording of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg using racial slurs,
  • pointless extracurricular activities in high school,
  • and celebrity deaths (Natasha Richardson and Paul Harvey).

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