Episode 314

In this Episode with guest co-host Lanza:

  • Super Bowl Commercials (Larry David, The Sopranos),
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm‘s season 11,
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia‘s season 15,
  • Jeff Garlin quits The Goldbergs,
  • No Time to Die (2021) starring Daniel Craig,
  • the fifth Indiana Jones film wraps,
  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) starring Paul Rudd,
  • Matrix: Resurrections (2021) starring Keanu Reeves,
  • 8-bit Christmas (2021) starring Neil Patrick Harris,
  • Cobra Kai‘s season 4,
  • celebrity deaths (Bob Saget, Bob Dole, Michael Nesmith, Betty White, Ronnie Spector, John Madden, William Hurt, Emilio Delgado, Sally Kellerman),
  • rewatch of The Muppet Show,
  • The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972),
  • HBO children’s show Encyclopedia,
  • and the early cable television networks.

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Episode 265

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 265

In this episode:

  • the defunct Plaza Game Room arcade on Route 46 in Little Falls, NJ,
  • the Mad Max films,
  • David Letterman’s retirement,
  • Harry Shearer quitting The Simpsons,
  • comedian Dan Soder’s “Macho Man” Randy Savage impression,
  • Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck (2015),
  • bad Michael Douglas movies,
  • Greg meeting the Pawn Stars and American Pickers in NYC,
  • the Montclair Film Festival featuring Richard Gere, Stephen Colbert, Patrick Wilson, Dane DeHaan, Michael Ian Black, Bobcat Goldthwait & Kat Von D,
  • Greg going crazy to obtain New York Comic-Con tickets,
  • Wizard World Philadephia featuring Burt Reynolds, Cary Elwes, Sting, Adrian Paul, Summer Glau, Charles Martinet, and Hayley Atwell,
  • non-stop celeb hunting at NY Upfront/TV week,
  • meeting Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Robert Kazinsky, Fred Savage, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Travolta, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Craig T. Nelson, Ray Liotta, Dylan Walsh, Jerry Rice, Jane Lynch, Jeff Garlin, and Conan O’Brien,
  • meeting Richard Lewis and Artie Lange at a book signing,
  • finally meeting Bill Nighy and Jason Mantzoukas (Rafi from The League),
  • autographs through the mail from Jon Voight and Gary Busey,
  • Rob’s adventures in Yankee Stadium,
  • and who follows @paunchstevenson on Twitter?

TV Week featuring Conan O’Brien and Fred Savage, May 11-15, 2015, in Manhattan

Richard Lewis Book Signing featuring Artie Lange, May 20, 2015, in Manhattan

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Episode 247

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 247

In this episode:

  • The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story (2014) to air on Lifetime Network,
  • Dennis Haskins,
  • Blu-ray releases coming for Pee-Wee’s Playhouse and 1960’s Batman series, per Caseen Gaines,
  • Rob-view for To Have and To Hold (2006), starring Justine Bateman,
  • Review of Only the Lonely (1991), starring John Candy and Ally Sheedy,
  • our critique of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013), starring Steve Carell and Jim Carrey,
  • another stinker Dealin’ with Idiots (2014), starring Jeff Garlin,
  • the cringeworthy The Brady Bunch in the White House (2002), starring Gary Cole and Shelley Long,
  • the woefully outdated Reality Bites (1994), starring Ben Stiller, Ethan Hawke, and Winona Ryder,
  • celebrity deaths (Tommy Ramone, Johnny Winter),
  • Tom Wilson’s “Sci-Fi Convention Song” (video),
  • Chuck Norris action jeans,
  • Dukes of Hazzard Auto Trader commercial (video) (behind the scenes),
  • The Counter, a bar/restaurant serving customized burgers,
  • bootleg DVD’s on the street,
  • Michael Bay just can’t help himself,
  • upcoming film Jem and the Holograms (2015),
  • a They Live reunion at Monster Mania Convention?,
  • and new car talk.

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Episode 230

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 230

In this episode, after 8 years on the air…

  • Static Radio Podcast with Miles Tidal and Bob LeMent,
  • Corey Feldman,
  • celebrity deaths (Lou Reed, David Frost, Tom Clancy, Hal Needham),
  • Cannonball Run,
  • Lou Scheimer, founder of Filmation animation studio,
  • Jaleel White will appear at the June 2014 Philadelphia Wizard World convention,
  • Rob and Greg had the same pair of Fayva Olympian sneakers in the 3rd grade,
  • using ‘a’ or ‘an’ before h-words,
  • review of World War Z (2013), starring Brad Pitt,
  • review of After Earth (2013), starring Will and Jaden Smith,
  • Karate Kid (2010) remake thoughts,
  • draconian Blu-ray disc DRM security means more piracy,
  • The Goldbergs, new ABC sitcom about the 1980s, starring Jeff Garlin,
  • Facebook jumping the shark,
  • Rob’s invention idea for home security against burglars,
  • our review of Searching for Sugar Man (2012),
  • and Detroit folk singer Sixto Rodriguez.

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Episode 220

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 220

In this episode:

  • AMC/Sony Loews theater in Wayne, NJ,
  • Rob attending the Paul McCartney concert at Barclay’s Center, Brooklyn, NY,
  • old people doing drugs,
  • pointless camera policy,
  • Mike Masse playing with former members of Boston (video),
  • Ian Ziering is now a male exotic dancer,
  • Steven Seagal is a Russian traitor,
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger appearing in upcoming sequels Terminator 5, King Conan, and Triples,
  • the Italian Ramones,
  • Jeff Garlin gets arrested,
  • By The Way, In Conversation with Jeff Garlin, Jeff’s podcast,
  • our review of Star Trek Into Darkness (2013),
  • multiple explicit similarities to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,
  • Benedict Cumberbach is a sober Alan Rickman,
  • ripping off Demolition Man,
  • Khan backstory and the Genesis device,
  • references to Star Wars,
  • J.J. Abrams wanting all original Trek merchandising to be ceased,
  • Star Trek/X-Men crossover comics,
  • Microsoft back tracks on their DRM requirements for Xbox One,
  • Microsoft execs calling customers cry babies,
  • and the Bally Astrocade.

Pictures from the Paul McCartney’s Out There concert June 8, 2013 in Brooklyn, NY:
Paul McCartney Out There tour, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY, 6/8/13

The New, New Monkees

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