Episode 213

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 213

In this episode:

  • vociferous comments for our old customer service call bit on YouTube,
  • Rob’s terrible Angry Video Game Bear parody video of the Angry Video Game Nerd,
  • celebrity deaths (Patty Andrews, Stan Musial, Ed Koch),
  • crazy Oreo Cookie Whisper Fight Super Bowl commercial video,
  • Volkswagon Game Day Video – Get in. Get Happy,
  • Oreo cookie sculptures,
  • defunct chain Computer City lives on in Denmark,
  • Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986) anime,
  • lousy English fan dub video vs. original Japanese high quality video,
  • Storage Wars guy who thought a NES was worth $14,000,
  • Charlotte Rea,
  • Jim Nabors, Back Home in Indiana,
  • Nostalgia Critic and Angry Video Game Nerd show up in Japanese anime,
  • Once Upon Atari documentary (1999) (link),
  • Steve Jobs’s Apple car,
  • J.J. Abrams to direct Star Wars 7,
  • Star Wars spin-off films involving Yoda, Han Solo, Boba Fett,
  • Jason Statham/Guy Ritchie movies,
  • where are DVDs for Star Wars Droids and Ewoks, or Disney’s Gummi Bears?,
  • Gary Busey’s new website (buseyzone.com),
  • upcoming Celebrity Apprentice All-Stars,
  • Dennis Haskins,
  • Transformers Monopoly board game,
  • possibly talking to Jim Shooter, then of Defiant Comics, in 1993,
  • stealing samples and promos from Heroes World Distribution dealer convention,
  • and Todd Rogers “Mr. Activision” lied about his video game record high scores.

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Episode 202

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 202

In this episode:

  • our review of The Expendables 2 (2012) starring Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger,
  • lots of guns and people getting shot,
  • even more blood and gore,
  • Dolph Lundgren’s chemical engineering degree coming in handy,
  • Chuck Norris facts,
  • Van Damme’s accent,
  • the high number of Indiana Jones references,
  • “classic” combat,
  • our ideas for the next sequel,
  • the trailer for Seven Psychopaths (2012) ripping off David Spade’s Lost and Found (1999),
  • a 100-year-old locked safe in Rob’s basement,
  • world champion safe cracker Jeff Sitar,
  • opening the safe on the air in a future episode,
  • Nintendo Power magazine ceasing publication (1988-2012),
  • Rob’s attempt to sell a huge crate of old issues,
  • being duped into buying bad video games by Nintendo Power previews and reviews,
  • Robs dog eating cat vomit,
  • celebrity deaths (William Windom, Tony Scott, Neil Armstrong, Phyllis Diller, and Michael Clarke Duncan),
  • Jesse Ventura’s “poisoned bottle water” conspiracy,
  • the origin of the expression “the whole nine yards”,
  • Greg meeting John Schneider of Dukes of Hazzard and Smallville,
  • problems getting a good picture with him,
  • deciding what items to get signed,
  • Greg’s home-made Dukes of Hazzard birthday cake from 1982,
  • and Wezzer’s rendition of the Dukes of Hazzard theme song.

1982 – Greg’s Dukes of Hazzard birthday cake.

2012 – Greg with John Schneider, imitating the DVD cover.

Pictures from the John Schneider Dodge Dealer Signings:
John Schneider signing, East Hanover, NJ, 8/17/2012
John Schneider signing, Sussex, NJ, 8/18/2012

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