Kate Beckinsale – The Paunch Stevenson Show

Episode 284

In this episode:

New York Comic Con recap with Lanza,
meets include Carrie Fisher, Jimi Simpson, John McEnroe, AJ Michalka, Rob Paulsen, Alan Tudyk, Milla Jovovich, Kate Beckinsale, Pierce Brosnan,
chasing the cast of SyFy’s The Expanse,
finally getting a photo with Jeff Bridges aka Barney from The Vanishing,
an actual reunion with former Paunch classmate Gerard Way,
driving to Hartford Comic-Con on the awful Merritt Parkway,
Judith Hoag, April O’Neil in the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie,
review of RetroCon in Oaks, PA,
funny panel featuring voice acting legends Alan Oppenheimer, Pat Frahley, and Cam Clarke,
and a Chiller preview (Tim Curry).

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In this episode:

Jurassic Park 3D (2013) re-release,
memories of our small local movie theater, the Franklin in Nutley, NJ,
special effects still very convincing 20 years later,
running UNIX on an early 1990s Apple Macintosh Quadra?,
updated dinosaur science,
how do birds fly?,
Jeff Goldblum’s odd mannerisms and resemblance to Howard Stern,
did the sequels ruin the franchise?,
legacy and impact of Jurassic Park,
our surprise that Ask.com still exists,
review of Total Recall (2012) starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Biel, and Kate Beckinsale,
dumb backstory, lots of CGI, Blade Runner-esque, lens flares,
cool technology and CGI stunts,
celebrity deaths (Roger Ebert, Margaret Thatcher, Annette Funicello, and Jonathan Winters),
cicada bugs invade NJ again for the first time in 17 years,
Tami Erin runs afoul of the law,
Norm Macdonald is back with another interview show, Norm MacDonald Live on You Tube,
FunnyOrDie.com KickstarterOrDie April Fools videos,
Dinosaurs, Darkwing Duck, Family Matters Movie, and Sliders The Movie,
Reginald VelJohnson, Jerry O’Connell,
and American Psycho with Huey Lewis and Weird Al video.

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Thanks to Bob Budiansky, acclaimed comic book writer, editor, and artist, for joining us!

In this episode:

confusion about Peter Cullen’s age on Wikipedia,
the Star Wars Detours animated show from the Robot Chicken team,
our interview with Bob Budiansky,
his experience working with Hasbro,
early expectations for the Transformers toy line,
how Bob got involved with the comic book,
rushing to develop the original 26 Transformers characters in 1983,
limited coloring techniques in 1980s comics,
“knocking out” background characters,
the inspiration behind Bob’s Sleepwalker Marvel comic series,
former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter,
the anti-Super Man,
work atmosphere at Marvel Comics,
receiving a fan letter for Transformers from Stan Lee,
getting to work with Stan Lee,
Marvel Universe trading cards by Impel,
Bob’s life after leaving Marvel,
changes in the comic book industry,
the overuse of comic book gimmicks in the early 1990s,
Rob’s movie review of Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995) starring Richard Dreyfuss,
the new musical chairs-themed game show Oh Sit!,
Greg’s movie review of Underworld: Awakening (2012), starring Kate Beckinsale,
Shia LaBeouf inspired to act by Steven Seagal,
Nicolas Cage being sued for not returning rental DVDs,
a stupid style redux (short-shorts with pockets hanging out),
Tom Green’s stand-up comedy,
a Transformers collector on Pawn Stars,
and The Burn hosted by a disheveled Jeffrey Ross.

UPDATE!!! Greg actually ran into Bob Budiansky at the New York Comic Con!

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In this episode:

Chris Elliott’s performance of “Rocket Man” on Late Night with David Letterman circa 1990,
The Jay Leno Show on NBC,
Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter,
Norm Macdonald on Tom Green’s House Tonight singing We Didn’t Start The Fire,
Rob’s comments being deleted from sugaryserials.com,
our movie review of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (1940) starring Laurence Olivier,
our movie review of Extract (2009) starring Jason Bateman,
our teachers being struck by lightning,
Whiteout (2009) starring Kate Beckinsale,
listener Esteban from Please Save Me Robots/Roboplastic Apocalypse posting comments,
the upcoming movie Hancock 2 (2012) starring Will Smith,
the new Star Tours ride based on the Star Wars prequels,
celebrity deaths (Ted Kennedy and Patrick Swayze),
guys throwing monster truck tires down the street,
the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm,
the Seinfeld reunion,
and a salesman getting stabbed by the sword he’s selling on the Shop at Home Network.

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In this episode:

a Michael Jackson update (www.cultnews.com/?p=1787),
our Roving Mars (2006) IMAX movie review,
other terrible IMAX movies like T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (1998) and Across the Sea of Time (1995),
Underworld: Evolution (2006) starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman,
thirteen striking again,
Al Bundy and bad luck,
Mario Lemieux,
Belleville, NJ trivia (Pathmark, Video Dynasty, Pizza And, Mickey’s Music, and Tobacco King),
and defunct department stores (Bradlees, Caldor, and McCrory’s).

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