Episode 212

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 212

7 Years in the Making, it’s Two Full Hours of Eliza Dushku, in person too!!

In this episode:

  • Dear Albania (2012) documentary,
  • Albania song on Cheers,
  • Kickstarter effort to fund the film,
  • Dushku rap video “My Console”,
  • Paunch luck: Skype and recording problems,
  • driving through the Lincoln Tunnel,
  • our Skype interview with Eliza Dushku,
  • Senna (2010) documentary film,
  • racing go-karts,
  • baseball card stores our fathers owned,
  • Zach Galifianakis,
  • Doll House thoughts,
  • Eliza’s career path,
  • Russian Tea Room,
  • Wilson Cleveland from Leap Year TV,
  • Albania photographer Fadil Berisha,
  • Eliza’s “coming to America” moments,
  • a pilot for a travel show,
  • unhappiness with the Liam Neeson Taken movies,
  • Albania stereotypes,
  • Robert DeNiro,
  • PBS documentary,
  • SAG card tips,
  • Keanu Reeves,
  • Angry Video Game Nerd,
  • inexpensive cities to shoot films in,
  • Rick Fox, star of four TV shows,
  • Mr. Box Office starring Bill Bellamy,
  • getting pictures with Eliza,
  • and we’re now VIPS!

Picture of Eliza Dushku with the Paunch Show Guys
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Twitter interaction with Wilson Cleveland and Rick Fox
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Episode 211

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 211

In this episode:

  • meeting Jeff Bridges again,
  • The Dude and the Zen Master by Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman,
  • more Paunch Luck and people who don’t post their videos of events,
  • Starman (1984) starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen,
  • our review of the 2nd season of Comic Book Men on AMC (birthday party, Kevin Smith signing, Ming in drag, and Stan Lee),
  • Run For Your Lives Zombie 5K obstacle course run (www.runforyourlives.com),
  • stuck between a rock and a hard place,
  • fellow NAVA member Stephanie McKeon’s appearance on Comic Book Men,
  • video gaming podcast Our Brooklyn Bytes hosted by Leon Barber and Stephanie,
  • celebrity deaths (Hector “Macho” Camacho, Larry Hagman, Dave Brubeck, Ravi Shankar, Jack Klugman, Norman Schwarzkopf, Conrad Bain, Abigail Van Buren, and Earl Weaver),
  • Paul McCartney is NOT dead,
  • Quincy, M.E.,
  • the 1987 computer game Earl Weaver Baseball,
  • Robert Duncan McNeill’s 666 Park Avenue was canceled,
  • the Paunch show archive created by Frank Nora of onsug.com,
  • Stefani Germanotta (pre Lady Gaga) performing Led Zeppelin’s “D’yer Maker” in NYC in January 2006 (video),
  • Eddie Brickell’s “Good Times” music video on Windows 95 CDs,
  • a listener email from Led Zeppelin cover band Custard Pie and That Confounded Bridge guitarist Kevin Nay,
  • and a Paunch tweet retweeted by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Glenn Howerton (our photo collage showing Glenn’s uncanny resemblance to Lindsey Buckingham).

Pictures and Video from the Jeff Bridges book signing, New York, 1/8/2013:
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Jeff Bridges Signing NYC 1-8-13

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Episode 210

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 210

Happy New Year!!

In this episode:

  • Bond on Bond by Roger Moore,
  • meeting Sir Moore at his book signing at Barnes and Noble on Fifth Ave. in NYC,
  • what does Paunch fan @spacemandavid sound like?,
  • various British accents,
  • more Paunch Luck video/photo fails,
  • our movie review of Skyfall (2012) starring Daniel Craig,
  • English homes having nick names,
  • homages to old Bond films,
  • Joey Buttafuoco on Judge Alex,
  • Eliza Dushku shooting a new pilot for The Saint,
  • Sean Connery at the US Open with Andy Murray and Sir Alex Ferguson,
  • Penn Jillette’s new book Every Day is an Atheist Holiday,
  • meeting Penn at his book signing at Barnes and Noble on Warren St. in NYC,
  • his Celebrity Apprentice thoughts,
  • our rant on Kevin Clash and Elmo,
  • TruTV’s Killer Karaoke hosted by Steve-O,
  • Dennis Haskins still getting work,
  • LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out (2012) animated movie,
  • our Lame Idiot of the Year award goes to Donald Trump (Lame Page),
  • and the upcoming masterpiece film After Earth (2013) starring Will and Jaden Smith.

Picture and Video from the Penn Jillette book signing, New York, 11/14/2012:
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Episode 183

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 183

Sixth anniversary of the Paunch Stevenson Show (Part II)!

In this episode:

  • election lawn signs for Stallone and Hogan in Northern NJ,
  • Conrad Murray trial verdict in death of Michael Jackson,
  • more NJ pizzeria stereotypes,
  • get rich quick (the classy pizzeria),
  • celebrity death (Smokin’ Joe Frazier),
  • What Ever Happened To? (Judge Mills Lane and Fairuza Balk),
  • Adam Sandler cursing his female co-stars’ careers,
  • Greg meets the legendary William Shatner,
  • anecdotes from his new book Shatner Rules,
  • the movie Incubus (1966) spoken entirely in Esperanto,
  • In Living Color returning to Fox in 2012,
  • another celebrity death (Heavy D),
  • Johnny English Reborn (2011) starring Rowan Atkinson,
  • Rob’s fundamental categories of video games (fun, strategy, and wonder),
  • why can’t a one-person bathroom be unisex?,
  • the Paunch luck (we missed a chance to meet Stan Lee),
  • cheap 1980s Halloween costumes for children (Voltron, E.T., etc.),
  • super expensive price for Mark Hamill’s autograph or photo,
  • Greg meets the star of Hercules (Kevin Sorbo),
  • Greg meets Eliza Dushku at last!,
  • a motion ride using George Lucas’ Red Tails,
  • movie cars (1966 Batmobile, 1989 Batmobile, 1985 Back to the Future DeLorean),
  • Michael J. Fox impersonator,
  • Carroll Spinney, original voice and puppeteer of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch,
  • New York Comic Con chaos and costumes,
  • KRE-O Transformers,
  • R2D2Builder.com R2-D2 working models,
  • tracking down a Quiznos restaurant,
  • Michael Jackson’s stoned singing,
  • and the return of the Hobo!

Flickr Album – New York Comic Con, NYC 10/16/11

The Great William Shatner, NYC, 10/6/11

Flickr Album – William Shatner book signing, NYC 10/6/11

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Episode 182

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 182

Celebrating 6 Years of the Paunch Stevenson Show (Part I)!

In this episode:

  • Sylvester Stallone’s $5,000 Montegrappa Chaos pen,
  • American cheese,
  • chain letters,
  • the Joke Society of America,
  • how Greg and Rob met 25 years ago,
  • middle school madness,
  • celebrity deaths (Steve Jobs, creator of Apple, and Dennis Ritchie, creator of Unix),
  • Steve Jobs’ many idiosyncracies,
  • TNT’s Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) tv movie,
  • Steve Jobs, the biography by Walter Isaacson,
  • Pixar and the “violent Toy Story cut”,
  • Adobe Flash fails on mobile devices,
  • other celebrity deaths (Andy Rooney, Al Davis),
  • Steven Tyler falls again, loses a tooth,
  • John Lennon’s tooth sold for $31,000 dollars,
  • cloning the Beatles,
  • Chris Tucker goes bankrupt,
  • Paunch luck (Rob misses the Ghostbusters theater re-release),
  • losing power in the freak October snow storm,
  • Greg meets Jerry O’Connell at the Live with Regis and Kelly show in NYC,
  • Bill Cosby gets flashed by a topless woman in New York,
  • and Greg meets John Lithgow at Barnes and Noble in Princeton, NJ.

Greg with John Lithgow, Princeton, NJ, 10/12/11

Flickr Album – Greg meets John Lithgow, Princeton, NJ 10/12/11

Jerry O'Connell on the Live with Regis and Kelly show, NYC 10/13/11

Flickr Album – Jerry O’Connell on the Live with Regis and Kelly show, NYC 10/13/11

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