In this episode:

• the Mayan apocalypse of 2012,
• infamous medieval fortune teller Nostradamus,
• 1980s housekeeper sitcoms (Benson, Mr. Belvedere, Charles in Charge, Who’s the Boss?),
• “Ranger Joe” Dave Coulier from Full House,
• the 50th anniversary reunion tour of The Beach Boys,
• a Politically Incorrect skit starring Louie Anderson as Newt Gingrich and Bill Maher as the Godfather,
• Bored to Death gets canceled,
• our movie review of Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison (2010),
• William Campbell,
• Paul McCartney’s new 2012 album Kisses on the Bottom (1930s era songs),
• Keith Richards fighting off a fan on stage with his guitar,
• the Give My Regards to Broadstreet video game on the Commodore 64,
• Robin Williams naming his children after video game characters,
• CCG (collectible card game) stores and players,
• giant board games (Axis and Allies, X-Men Under Siege),
• Twitter follower @spacemandavid asking us to refer to him as Mrs. Paunch Stevenson,
• donate to Eliza Dushku’s Tharce-Gulu charity,
• and the dumb new DC Comics logo.

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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!

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Happy holidays!!

In this episode:

• our movie review of 12 Dates of Christmas (2011) starring Amy Smart and Mark-Paul Gosselaar,
• the fact that it completely ripped off Groundhog Day (1993) starring Bill Murray,
• Greg fist bumping Eliza Dushku’s giant ring,
• Greg meeting Bill Maher at his book signing for The New New Rules,
• people not sharing their photos and videos from book signings,
• our movie review of D.C. Cab (1983) starring Bill Maher, Gary Busey, and Mr. T,
• Hasbro’s KRE-O and Kreon Transformers,
• Greg meeting Regis Philbin at Bookends for his book How I Got This Way,
• the complete series of Jem on DVD for the first time (released by Shout! Factory),
• fanboys pestering Shout! Factory DVD producer Brian Ward about film transfer quality,
• Shout! Factory’s Sunbow animated DVDs vs. Rhino’s past DVD releases,
• ruining old TV shows by creating fake Dolby 5.1 surround sound audio,
• the upcoming movie G.I. Joe Retaliation (2012) starring Bruce Willis, The Rock, and Channing Tatum,
• former WWOR channel 9 weatherman Lloyd Lindsay Young and his crazy antics,
• and a celebrity death (comedian Patrice O’Neal).

“Poster” for 12 Dates of Christmas ripping off Groundhog Day…	Eliza Dushku’s massive ring…
Greg with Bill Maher in the background…	Video of Bill Maher’s signing, can you spot Greg at about 2:35?

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Sixth anniversary of the Paunch Stevenson Show (Part II)!

In this episode:

• election lawn signs for Stallone and Hogan in Northern NJ,
• Conrad Murray trial verdict in death of Michael Jackson,
• more NJ pizzeria stereotypes,
• get rich quick (the classy pizzeria),
• celebrity death (Smokin’ Joe Frazier),
• What Ever Happened To? (Judge Mills Lane and Fairuza Balk),
• Adam Sandler cursing his female co-stars’ careers,
• Greg meets the legendary William Shatner,
• anecdotes from his new book Shatner Rules,
• the movie Incubus (1966) spoken entirely in Esperanto,
• In Living Color returning to Fox in 2012,
• another celebrity death (Heavy D),
• Johnny English Reborn (2011) starring Rowan Atkinson,
• Rob’s fundamental categories of video games (fun, strategy, and wonder),
• why can’t a one-person bathroom be unisex?,
• the Paunch luck (we missed a chance to meet Stan Lee),
• cheap 1980s Halloween costumes for children (Voltron, E.T., etc.),
• super expensive price for Mark Hamill’s autograph or photo,
• Greg meets the star of Hercules (Kevin Sorbo),
• Greg meets Eliza Dushku at last!,
• a motion ride using George Lucas’ Red Tails,
• movie cars (1966 Batmobile, 1989 Batmobile, 1985 Back to the Future DeLorean),
• Michael J. Fox impersonator,
• Carroll Spinney, original voice and puppeteer of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch,
• New York Comic Con chaos and costumes,
• KRE-O Transformers,
• R2D2Builder.com R2-D2 working models,
• tracking down a Quiznos restaurant,
• Michael Jackson’s stoned singing,
• and the return of the Hobo!

Flickr Album – New York Comic Con, NYC 10/16/11

Flickr Album – William Shatner book signing, NYC 10/6/11

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In this episode:

• the number 70?,
• Whatever Happened To? (swine flu and bird flu),
• Weird Al Yankovic’s Lady Gaga song parody “I Perform This Way”,
• Yvonne Strahovski in College Humor’s “Three Pop Stars, One Song” music video parody,
• retail stores printing ridiculously long receipts,
• the customer membership club card scam,
• Facebook’s usage of personal information,
• Eliza Dushku voicing Catwoman in the animated movie Batman Year One (2011),
• Larry King’s stand-up comedy tour,
• celebrities appearing at the 92nd St. YMCA in NYC,
• Chris Elliott’s new Adult Swim show Eagleheart,
• Rob’s “really smelly Electronics Boutique customer” story (the Mudman),
• Greg’s “really smelly garbage barge on a river under a bridge” story,
• Esteban’s musings on successful stupid people,
• reality TV shows about rich people,
• and Rob’s dream of becoming a philanthropist.

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In this episode:

• celebrity deaths (Jack LaLanne),
• WWF wrestler Dino Bravo,
• Rob’s new solo podcast The Goodrob13 Music Show,
• walking around NYC talking into a sock,
• Frank Nora’s podcast network The Overnightscape Underground,
• the Overnightscape Central podcast,
• Sean Connery refusing to participate in the 50th anniversary of James Bond,
• Zardoz (1974) starring Sean Connery,
• Will Smith’s daughter Willow Smith starring in an upcoming remake of Annie,
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,
• Ashton Kutcher’s new TV show,
• the lack of talent in Hollywood today,
• The Dark Knight Rises (2012) starring Anne Hathaway as Catwoman,
• more of Stan Lee’s Twitter tweets,
• The Celebrity Apprentice season 4 starring Gary Busey and La Toya Jackson,
• Regis Philbin retiring from Live with Regis and Kelly in November 2011,
• IBM’s computer Watson competing against humans on Jeopardy!,
• Eliza Dushku updates (The Big Bang Theory, her broken finger, and her car being towed),
• the return of Bagels Plus in Belleville, NJ,
• drawing posters about Belleville in seventh grade,
• Chicken Galore,
• our nasty psychotic seventh grade math teacher (and part-time clown),
• the vice principal getting punched out,
• our typing teacher playing The Howard Stern Show and selling watches in class,
• his son’s collection of every G1 Transformer in the box,
• and a different classmate’s collection.

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Celebrating 5 Years of the Paunch Stevenson Show (Part I)!

In this episode:

• the old show theme song (from episode 3),
• interviewing the fake Christopher Walken (from episode 3),
• our skit about a doctor mixing lab results up (from episode 4),
• the fake Sean Connery (from episode 5),
• The Night Before Christmas Troll Read-Along Classics (from episode 7),
• Ted Danson in black face (from episode 9),
• My Chemical Romance and the singing Hobo (from episode 10),
• music from The Doors causing pain (from episode 12),
• the song “Thirteen” by Rob (from episode 13),
• duped into seeing the lousy IMAX movie Roving Mars (from episode 15),
• our hometown Belleville, NJ trivia (from episode 15),
• Paunch in Time (retreat of George Washington) (from episode 18),
• Max Wright (from episode 21),
• our 7th grade geography bee (from episode 22),
• Greg’s quest to meet the “Dush” Eliza Dushku (from episode 24),
• the Old Jingle of the Episode (Bod) (from episode 24),
• Tom Green (from episode 27),
• educational comedic film Grizzly Man (from episode 31),
• Star Wars: Louie Anderson Special Edition (from episode 34),
• our version of Sanford and Son (from episode 34),
• Jaleel White’s rumored death (from episode 36),
• the fake William Shatner sings “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” (from episode 38),
• Nicolas Cage or Dr. Phil as Superman? (from episode 39),
• Who Wants to Be a Superhero? starring Stan Lee (from episode 43),
• fake Steven Seagal sequel Under Siege 3: Space Station (from episode 61),
• Jon Voight’s zany accents and pronunciations (from episode 76),
• and our Larry David and Jeff Garlin impersonations (from episode 91).

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In this episode:

• the Clapper,
• touch-sensitive lamps,
• plasma globes and crackle tubes,
• Dennis Haskins aging very quickly,
• Greg meeting Attack of the Show! host Olivia Munn,
• Olivia Munn’s book Suck It, Wonder Woman: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek,
• an annoying guy in the book signing line at Borders,
• Verizon FiOS finally available in Jersey City, NJ,
• Olivia Munn asking Greg about The Paunch Stevenson Show,
• The Good Earth and our 11th grade English teacher,
• how to spot an a-hole,
• Hostess fruit pies,
• Greg entering Olivia Munn’s video contest,
• UHF 2,
• an Eliza Dushku update,
• and the Star Wars TV show.

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In this episode:

• another physics experiment with the fake Julius Sumner Miller (nuclear fusion using lasers),
• Rob getting the complete series of Get a Life on DVD,
• Family Matters season one coming to DVD in June 2010,
• celebrity deaths (Corey Haim, Peter Graves, and Robert Culp),
• Jon Voight as Jim Phelps in Mission: Impossible (1996),
• Esteban and Billy Mitchell,
• more weird comments on our Steven Seagal Hall of Lame post,
• Nicolas Cage,
• the new 15-minute National Lampoon’s Vacation short film starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo,
• Crash Course In Science performing “Cakes in the Home” on The Uncle Floyd Show circa 1980 (video),
• Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy (Backstage with Bob Dylan),
• Unseen64′s screenshots and videos from the unreleased video game GoldenEye 007 Remake (Xbox Live Arcade),
• Hulk Hogan imitating “Macho Man” Randy Savage on TNA Wrestling,
• Greg talking to Jesse Ventura at Barnes and Noble in Clifton, NJ,
• Abraham Lincoln and John Lennon conspiracy theories,
• Predator vs. Dick Cheney,
• Eliza Dushku selling clothes and car tires on eBay,
• our review of Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) starring John Cusack and Craig Robinson,
• our review of On the Waterfront (1954) starring Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint,
• Marlon Brando’s filmography,
• the upcoming movie MacGruber (2010) starring Will Forte and Val Kilmer,
• the best movies from 1960-1989,
• and the exclusive new version of “We Are the World” featuring Michael Jackson, Larry King, Louie Anderson, Sean Connery, Stan Lee, Dr. Phil, Bill Cosby, Sylvester Stallone, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Al Gore, Billy Connolly, Don Knots, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tom Green, Gary Busey, Jeff Bridges, Hulk Hogan, Marlon Brando, and Steven Seagal.

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In this episode:

• Black Friday,
• Regis Philbin’s hip surgery,
• Sammy Sosa turning white,
• Albert Belle chasing trick-or-treaters with a baseball bat,
• a funny web site suggested by listener Joe in KY: www.peopleofwalmart.com (disgusting back photo),
• Joe’s digital art web site,
• Steven Seagal’s upcoming TV show Lawman,
• Dennis Haskins on Twitter,
• Mark-Paul Gosselaar in the Off Broadway play The Understudy,
• Steven Tyler quitting Aerosmith,
• Curb Your Enthusiasm,
• Nicolas Cage going bankrupt,
• a new Vacation movie,
• Robin Williams,
• Chris Elliott on How I Met Your Mother,
• an Eliza Dushku update (Fox cancelling Dollhouse),
• the made-for-TV animated movie TMNT: Turtles Forever,
• Rob’s AT&T and iPhone 3G rant,
• Gus (1976) starring Don Knotts,
• and Oprah Winfrey’s new cable TV network.

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