In this episode:

• Rob’s upgrade to Windows 7,
• April Fools’ Day gag involving the Bio Force Ape prototype NES game,
• homebrew Bio Force Ape programmer foiled,
• Sega developed the Microsoft Xbox?,
• the video game prototype scene,
• the Angry Video Game Nerd’s future,
• movies that kill franchises (The Jerky Boys: The Movie, Big Top Pee-wee, etc.),
• Pee-wee Herman on Saturday Night Live (video),
• the upcoming third Bill and Ted movie starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter,
• Nicolas Cage arrested in New Orleans while busting into houses and screaming in the street,
• the upcoming cartoon series The Governator starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,
• the Fake Stan Lee meets the Real Stan Lee,
• and Ted Danson’s lack of podium microphone skills.

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In this episode:

• Greg’s new Dell computer,
• sticking with Vista or upgrading to Windows 7,
• a Nintendo Entertainment System video game selling for $20,100 on eBay,
• our movie review of The Island (1980) starring Michael Caine,
• our movie review of Stay Hungry (1976) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jeff Bridges,
• our movie review of Safety Last! (1923) starring Harold Lloyd,
• James Cameron’s Avatar (2009) vs. M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender (2010),
• Happy Feet (2006),
• the upcoming Independence Day sequels,
• the season finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm,
• Bob Einstein’s voice,
• Leon Black (J. B. Smoove) pretending to be Jewish,
• Michael Richards making fun of his 2006 incident,
• Rosie O’Donnell,
• the Seinfeld reunion,
• and celebrity deaths (Ken Ober and Soupy Sales).

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In this episode:

• the new Cobra Commander toy,
• an in-depth discussion of the original G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero mini-series in episode 19 of the Saturday Supercast podcast,
• the evolution of Chris Latta’s Cobra Commander voice,
• Orson Welles’s Unicron voice from The Transformers: The Movie (movie speed vs. normal speed),
• Eric Idle’s incomprehensible Wreck-Gar voice,
• 1980s cartoon insults,
• cliched cartoon plots and video game themes,
• the decline of the Star Wars franchise,
• our review of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 with MotionPlus for the Nintendo Wii,
• and Famicom vs. NES video games.

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In this episode:

• special guest Joe in KY,
• the digitally remastered episodes of Star Trek,
• the Star Wars movies,
• After Hours (1985) starring Griffin Dunne,
• video games vs. action figures,
• board games (Mouse Trap, Electronic Battleship, etc.),
• old video game consoles (Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision, Nintendo Entertainment System, etc.),
• the horrendous state of arcades,
• Zork and text adventure video games,
• children’s TV shows in the 1970s vs. today (Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Battle of the Planets, Pokemon, etc.)
• Empire Records (1995) starring Liv Tyler,
• Rob being bored by The Dark Knight (2008),
• Bruno (2009) starring Sacha Baron Cohen,
• celebrity birthdays (Bill Cosby and Ringo Starr),
• a celebrity death (Billy Mays),
• Steve Martin’s filmography,
• our movie review of Henry Poole Is Here (2008) starring Luke Wilson,
• and Short Time (1990) starring Dabney Coleman.

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If you’ve followed the classic gaming scene at all, or more likely, remember the Famous Nintendo Entertainment System……..Undoubtedly you remember the blinking screen when inserting a game and pressing the power button. Remember the solution back then? Blow onto the cartridge connector, maybe even spit in it! Well, the real solution was some type of cleaning solution and a Q-tip to clean the connectors. Even then, my 20 year old NES has gotten too annoying to use. I can’t play a game without cleaning it first, games which were originally mine and would not be dirty.

Modern Age Solution? The equally infamous 72-Pin Replacement “ZIF” connector. That’s right, just $4 bucks plus shipping, and I’ve got a new connector. To replace it?
Follow these directions: http://www.jandar.net/nes72pin/

Here’s my image via camera phone….

Wasn’t too hard….result? Well, almost all games now work on the first shot, no more blinking. Catch? Of course there is! Paunch curse and all. Try to get the game out of the system! You need Hulk Hogan’s 52 inch pythons, it’s that stuck in there. I think it gets looser with time, I hope. My thumb is in pain.

In this episode:

• custom ring-back tones,
• Arbor Day,
• the JumpSnap ropeless jump rope,
• the U-Force by Broderbund,
• legal action against the Chi Iota Colony fraternity for refusing to let a woman join,
• the upcoming Charles in Charge season 2 DVD boxed set,
• the upcoming movie Transformers 2 (2009),
• Transformers (2007) released in IMAX with two bonus minutes of footage,
• the cartoon series Voltron: Defender of the Universe,
• the Voltron: Revelations DVD,
• a get-rich-quick scheme,
• William Shatner narrating audio books,
• and chain letters.

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The Paunch Stevenson Show trip to the Digital Press video game store!

In this episode:

• singing hobos in Newark, NJ,
• graffiti,
• memories of our horrible practice recordings in mid 2005,
• auto racing and kart racing,
• the Digital Press video game store in Clifton, NJ (www.digitpress.com),
• terrible Super Nintendo Entertainment System games (Street Combat, Batman Forever, Pit-Fighter, etc.),
• good Super Nintendo Entertainment System games (Super Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Kart, Joe & Mac, etc.),
• Data East,
• Bad Dudes inside a Rush ‘n Attack cartridge,
• the trade-in value of Baseball for the Nintendo Entertainment System,
• the Kiss video game Kiss: Psycho Circus- The Nightmare Child,
• outlandish Transformers (2007) movie prop auctions on eBay,
• new reality TV shows (Hey Paula, Scott Baio Is 45…and Single, etc.),
• and Willie Aames.

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In this episode:

• the Digital Press video game store in Clifton, NJ (www.digitpress.com),
• overpriced old Nintendo games on eBay.com,
• Dr. Phil,
• ThePhoenix.com’s list of the 100 unsexiest men in the world (www.thephoenix.com),
• a Kevin Federline update,
• Quackwatch (www.quackwatch.org),
• Peter Cullen as the voice of Optimus Prime in the upcoming movie Transformers (2007),
• free AOL,
• The A-Team,
• a get-rich-quick scheme (a for-profit fire department),
• “Weird Al” Yankovic’s upcoming album Straight Outta Lynwood (www.weirdal.com),
• and the controversy regarding “You’re Pitiful.”

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In this episode:

• PoopReport (www.poopreport.com),
• “Witness Protection Program” by DJ Boris Yeltsin,
• Dance Dance Revolution being used in West Virginia schools to combat childhood obesity,
• World Class Track Meet and the Power Pad for the Nintendo Entertainment System,
• two-base kickball,
• silent ball,
• a get-rich-quick scheme (capture Osama bin Laden),
• Hamas,
• jigsaw puzzles,
• our psychotic seventh grade science teacher,
• wine and beer being served at Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theatre,
• and Weird Paul Petroskey (www.weirdpaulmusic.com).

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In this episode:

• Minute Maid fruit punch,
• the book So You Want to Be a Dancer (1979) by William E. Thomas,
• Gallagher,
• water up the nose,
• the International Federation of Competitive Eating world records (www.ifoce.com),
• champion eater Sonya Thomas,
• old video games (Airwolf, River Raid, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, etc.),
• Michael Jackson and his web site (www.michaeljackson.com),
• and a skit about customer service call centers in foreign countries.

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