Dustin Diamond – The Paunch Stevenson Show

Episode 309

In this Episode:

our movie review of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) starring Rick Moranis,
Norm Macdonald destroying the Carrot Top movie Chairman of the Board (1998) with Courtney Thorne-Smith on Late Nite with Conan O’Brien,
our local Kmart finally going out of business,
megalithic former department store Bamberger’s in Newark, NJ,
Fred Space of NJ’s Space Farms Zoo and Museum died (news),
boring (or fascinating) presentations given by former video game programmers,
Rare-developed Dinosaur Planet Nintendo 64 prototype found and shared (news),
Goldeneye 007 XBLA finally discovered and dumped! (news),
Greg finally gets a Nintendo Virtual Boy,
“breaking” trading card boxes,
Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” vocals line up perfectly to “Hip to be Square” by Huey Lewis and the News,
Scary Pockets YouTube channel that funkifies hit songs,
the failed 1985 detective comedy drama Half Nelson starring Joe Pesci, Victoria Jackson, and Dean Martin (Video),
the original MTV Real World cast returns to New York (news),
refurbishment of the 1929 Loew’s Jersey Theatre (news),
and celebrity deaths (Dustin Diamond, Prince Markie Dee, Christopher Plummer, Mary Wilson, Larry Flynt).

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In this episode:

NBC’s live performance of Peter Pan starring Christopher Walken,
Bill Cosby allegations,
Dustin Diamond stabs a guy in a bar,
Van Damme remaking Kickboxer (2015),
Paul McCartney’s music in the new video game Destiny,
Zooey Deschanel and Dennis Haskins,
the Dark Escape 4D arcade video game experience by Namco,
celebrity deaths (Normal Bridwell, Elizabeth Pena, Joe Cocker),
Clifford (1994) starring Martin Short and Charles Grodin,
“The Father of Video Games” Ralph H. Baer,
Tom Wopat and John Schneider performing Christmas songs from their new album Home for Christmas,
the Christmas Ice Caverns in Fairfield, NJ,
Sony Playstation 4 anniversary edition fiasco,
Sony Pictures hacked by North Korea?,
review of Interstellar (2014) starring Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine,
Randy Quaid somehow appearing in ID4 Part II (2015),
What Ever Happened To? (Skeet Ulrich),
Xmas Rob-view of Prancer (1989) starring Sam Elliott and Abe Vigoda,
Xmas Rob-view of Finding Mrs. Claus (2012) starring Mira Sorvino and Will Sasso,
Xmas Rob-view of Merry In-Laws (2012) starring Shelly Long and George Wendt,
Jimmy Kimmel vs. John Krasinski Christmas pranks (video),
and the Lame Idiot of 2014 (including a nomination by listener Spaceman David).

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Part 2 of our 7th Anniversary Hoopla! Thanks to all the celebrities who appeared!

In this episode:

we meet Weird Al Yankovic,
Weird Al: The Book,
finding a Weird Al LP in a messy used record store,
Al’s least favorite album Polka Party!,
Scotti Brothers Records,
Crazy Eddie (his prices were insane!),
bantering around with Weird Al,
meeting friend and fellow NJ podcaster Brian Jude at the signing,
Weird Al recording “Smells like Nirvana” instead of “Snack All Night”,
how “I Lost on Jeopardy” revived the real Jeopardy! game show,
The Weird Al Show (1997) on CBS,
our trip to Chiller Theatre Expo 2012 in Parsippany, NJ,
getting a picture with Tom Wopat a.k.a. Luke Duke,
“Screech” Dustin Diamond teaching us a bar bet,
Ian Ziering of Beverly Hills, 90210 seated in the horror room,
John Wayne Bobbitt trying to talk to us,
meeting nice guy Andrew McCarthy, star of Weekend at Bernie’s II (1993),
meeting pop singer Samantha Fox,
meeting a grumpy Frank Vincent,
meeting Bronson Pinchot from Perfect Strangers,
old ABC TGIF trading cards Laffs,
Penny Marshall hiding from our camera,
talking with Robert Duncan McNeill from Star Trek: Voyager,
meeting a disinterested Shannon Elizabeth from American Pie (1999),
meeting Lethal Weapon‘s Danny Glover,
talking with the original voice of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney,
the upcoming Caroll Spinney documentary I Am Big Bird (2013),
our interview with Samantha Fox,
TigerTime campaign to save wild tigers,
and our new interview techniques.

Our pictures and videos from the Weird Al signing in Paramus, NJ:
Weird Al Yankovic book signing, Paramus, NJ 10/22/12

Our pictures from the Chiller Theatre Expo 2012 in Parsippany, NJ:
Chiller Theatre Expo, Parsippany, NJ 10/27/12

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In this episode:

a roll call of our listeners,
the New York Jets vs. the Indianapolis Colts,
Jimmy the Greek,
weird comments on our Steven Seagal Hall of Lame post,
Steven Seagal vs. Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Van Damme’s return to professional kickboxing,
celebrity boxing (Dustin Diamond vs. Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Rodman vs. Dennis Haskins),
the Japanese believing Sony products break on purpose,
pieces of the white Apple Macbook cracking off,
Rob’s switch from the iPhone 3G to a free Pantech Reveal,
a video of Pee-wee Herman using the Apple iPad,
a fan dub of the G1 Transformers episode Scramble City,
Alan Alda as the voice of Bumblebee,
a Frank Welker fan site,
Michael Bay’s belief that superheroes don’t wear masks,
Dr. Phil as the voice of Optimus Prime,
and George Lucas re-releasing the Star Wars movies in 3D.

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In this episode:

Pat Cooper’s temporary death on wikipedia.com,
celebrity deaths (Jack Warden and Mako),
Sidekicks (1992) starring Jonathan Brandis and Chuck Norris,
Who Wants to Be a Superhero? starring Stan Lee,
Fossil’s Atari watches,
the new planets,
David Copperfield’s Fountain of Youth,
the upcoming Batman movie The Dark Knight (2008) starring Christian Bale,
Tom Cruise helping car accident victims in Utah,
Dustin Diamond’s assault,
annoying people in NYC selling water and M&M’s,
the upcoming video game movie DOA: Dead or Alive (2007) starring Jaime Pressly and Eric Roberts,
and our movie review of The Night Listener (2006) starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette.

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