George W. Bush is the winner of The Paunch Stevenson Show Lame Idiot of 2008 Award. Also Lame Idiot of the Decade.

Need we really expound on this choice? Here are some “W” moments….

In this episode:

• meeting Lewis Black at the closing night of Hair in Central Park,
• meeting Juliana Hatfield and telling her about The Paunch Stevenson Show,
• a celebrity sighting (Cokie Roberts),
• Sam Donaldson and George W. Bush,
• the Angry Video Game Nerd’s trip to movie locations (It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Back to the Future, more Back to the Future, the Bat Cave, Die Hard, Halloween, and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure),
• an Eliza Dushku update,
• Greg’s triathlon,
• a Commodore 64 web site (www.lemon64.com),
• old horrible video games by Acclaim and LJN,
• a board game web site (www.boardgamegeek.com),
• more listener email from Paul in Missouri,
• the Electronic Handheld Game Museum (www.handheldmuseum.com),
• and a celebrity death (Richard Wright from Pink Floyd).

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In this episode:

• Election Day in the U.S.,
• a voice mail message from Joe Piscopo,
• Carrot Top,
• annoying car horns and alarms,
• the Casino Royale (2006) trailer,
• difficult Atari 2600 video games (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Riddle of the Sphinx, etc.),
• the Atari 7800,
• cartridges vs. CDs,
• Larry King interviewing a George W. Bush impersonator,
• Tom Cruise as the head of United Artists,
• Heaven’s Gate (1980) starring Kris Kristofferson and Jeff Bridges,
• movie rolls that actors have turned down (www.notstarring.com),
• Christopher Walken as Han Solo,
• and Puff Daddy as James Bond 007.

Happy birthday to Adam in SC!

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The Paunch Stevenson Show 50th episode and one year anniversary special, recorded live with an audience!

In this episode:

• George W. Bush and outer space weapons,
• Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban,
• What Ever Happened To? (Lenny Kravitz),
• the upcoming movie Star Trek XI (2008) featuring Tom Cruise (www.trekweb.com),
• the new album by Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs (Under the Covers Vol. 1),
• sports team logos on coffins (www.eternalimage.net),
• Don Francis’s stolen tricycle,
• children’s body odor,
• the Eighth Wonder of the World,
• the 1969 Moon landing,
• S.E.P.P.O.,
• and, of course, Michael Jackson.

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