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:

• Family Guy episodes with Frank Welker playing Megatron,
• were the lack of color and overuse of generic characters money saving tricks by Sunbow after Transformers: The Movie?,
• the newly released Star Wars The Complete Saga on Blu Ray disc,
• extras (good description here), changes, “Han shoots first” debacle, and the history of Star Wars home video releases,
• Steven Spielberg’s impersonation of George Lucas,
• communicating as kids before the Internet and cell phone age,
• annoying kids who came to our doors unannounced and unwelcome,
• Leonard Nimoy almost eaten by a bear,
• another “Jesse Ventura Conspiracy” (who really designed Manhattan Island’s grid system?),
• Casey Jones (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) fan film, directed by Polaris Banks (starring Hilarion Banks as Casey and Robbie Rist as Michelangelo),
• and Eddy Grant’s Romancing The Stone movie theme song.

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In this episode:

• Bill Murray sings “Star Wars,”
• lack of progress on Star Wars live action TV series,
• another incomplete George Lucas film: Red Tails (2012),
• Steven Spielberg will no longer modify his classic films,
• Kevin Smith’s new comic book collector reality show,
• get rich quick (nutty video game collector reality show),
• better late than never movie reviews: Resident Evil Afterlife (2010) starring Milla Jovovich and Inception (2010) starring Leonardo DiCaprio,
• new TNT series Falling Skies starring Noah Wyle,
• another bad remake: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011),
• Phil Hartman’s Soylent Green impression,
• floating swimming pools on the East River,
• getting a letter from After Dark Films,
• and celebrity deaths (Ryan Dunn and Clarence Clemons).

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In this episode:

• Rob’s favorite adjective “weird,”
• Frank Nora’s doppelganger/clone theory,
• George Lucas and Lionel Richie look-alikes at NAVA,
• John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998),
• classic 1990s science fiction series SLIDERS,
• The Beatles’ lousy movie Magical Mystery Tour (1967),
• Paul McCartney teaching Steven Spielberg how to make movies,
• Yoko Ono’s solo career,
• wannabe Beatle Jeff Lynne,
• musicians embarrassing themselves past their primes,
• the Rolling Stones,
• Phil Collins’s rumored retirement,
• “Land of Confusion” music video by Genesis,
• Jon Bon Jovi blaming Steve Jobs for ruining music sales,
• Jersey Shore Snooki wrestling in the WWE,
• dummies getting famous (Does the cream really rise to the top?),
• Dr. Phil being sued yet again,
• Aflac firing Gilbert Gottfried for his jokes about Japan,
• Norm MacDonald’s Twitter,
• and Charlie Sheen going nuts.

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In this episode:

• closing of the local Belleville, NJ, Pathmark,
• Led Zeppelin cover band Custard Pie (website),
• Robert Plant performing Led Zeppelin as country music (Band of Joy),
• Romanian Led Zeppelin cover band (Mike Godoroja & Blue Spirit) on YouTube,
• Jeff Bridges sings country songs,
• Jeff’s new album (Be Here Soon),
• Rob’s Comcast DVR upgrade,
• Google TV,
• the lack of true digital “VCR” recording devices,
• Star Wars films being released in 3D,
• how much more will George Lucas butcher the films?,
• how many more formats can he re-release them in the future?,
• Joaquin Phoenix’s fake mental breakdown film I’m Still Here (2010) bankrupting director Casey Affleck,
• Addams Family the musical (website),
• The Munsters remade as a serious drama,
• Patrick Stewart’s Broadway play A Life in the Theatre,
• Frank Welker roasting George Burns (video),
• celebrity deaths (Gloria Stuart, Tony Curtis, Stephen J. Cannell),
• rapid fire movie reviews of latest 2010 films (Going the Distance, Easy A, The Town, You Again),
• professing our love for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,
• the Bumper Dumper,
• and Leonard Nimoy’s singing talents once again.

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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:

• Nicolas Cage’s nine foot tall grave site,
• the Atari 2600 Harmony Cartridge,
• the Atari Puffer video exercise bike in 1982,
• the Atari Mindlink,
• You Don’t Know Jack (2010) starring Al Pacino,
• Jack Kevorkian,
• the 2001 game show You Don’t Know Jack,
• the upcoming live-action movie The Smurfs (2011) starring Jeff Foxworthy,
• the infuriating Kars4Kids commercial,
• and the Star Wars movies being released in HD on Blu-ray.

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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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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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In this episode:

• special guest Dennis in CA,
• the upcoming movie Toy Story 3 (2010),
• the most recent episode of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO,
• Republicans and evolution,
• Jesus and tall tales,
• watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) at Sunshine Cinema in NYC (picture)
• various James Bond actors,
• Sean Connery,
• Dennis’s review of Watchmen (2009),
• the superhero movie fad,
• Superman,
• Paul McCartney and The Fireman,
• MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice (concert promo pic),
• old stupid styles (Z. Cavaricci, I.O.U., Hypercolor, and sweatpants with the legs pulled up),
• the upcoming movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009),
• the upcoming movie Thor (2011),
• Will Smith as Captain America,
• Jake “The Snake” Roberts trapping The Ultimate Warrior in a room full of snakes,
• the Metal Gear series of video games,
• The Fountain (2006) starring Hugh Jackman,
• The Prestige (2006) starring Christian Bale,
• and Dennis’s encounter with George Lucas at the Game Developers Conference in 2008.

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