In this episode:

• our giant movie review of Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) in 3D, starring Shia LaBeouf and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley,
• the ridiculous length of the movie,
• the end of the shaky camera fad,
• a list of movies and TV shows Michael Bay ripped off (The Transformers, Superman, The Watchmen, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and Jackie Chan’s Who Am I?),
• illogical Duracell battery pricing at Staples,
• our roll call of robots in the movie (Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet, Sentinal Prime, Starscream, Megatron, Shockwave, Soundwave, and dozens of unnamed robots),
• Sentinal Prime’s face modeled after Sean Connery,
• Bay’s horrendous computer animated version of John F. Kennedy,
• Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) constantly screaming and crying,
• Bay’s terrible Barack Obama impersonator,
• Sam spending an hour going on job interviews,
• Leonard Nimoy as the voice of Sentinal Prime and Galvatron,
• various plot holes,
• Optimus Prime actually wondering where his trailer went in the movie,
• robots who were killed in the movie (the unnamed Scottish Autobot, Ironhide, Megatron, Starscream, the unnamed Decepticon bird, etc.),
• our welcoming of the inevitable Transformers movie reboot,
• Transformers spitting,
• Michael Bay turning Optimus Prime into a ruthless murderer,
• Peter Cullen and Frank Welker’s voice acting,
• Shia LaBeouf’s recent acting career (Eagle Eye and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps),
• Bay’s constant use of slow motion,
• billions of dollars worth of damage in action movies with no consequences,
• hacking into objects,
• Bay’s ignorance of science,
• the lack of rules and continuity in Bay’s Transformers movies,
• What Ever Happened To? (Bugle Boy jeans, Z. Cavaricci genie pants, Zubaz, IOU sweatshirts, B.U.M. Equipment, etc.),
• Roseanne Barr’s reality show Roseanne’s Nuts on Lifetime,
• a Transformers: Dark of the Moon cameo by Scott Krinsky from Chuck,
• Bay’s completely wasted use of 3D,
• fans feeling obligated to watch bad movies,
• Glynn Turman appearing in Super 8 (2011) and Gremlins (1984),
• Sean Connery’s brother Neil Connery starring in bad movies: OK Connery (1967) and The Body Stealers (1969),
• celebrity deaths (Peter Falk and Sherwood Schwartz),
• Paul Reiser and The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 2,
• and a new stupid style (extremely short cutoff shorts with dangling pockets).

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In this episode:

• the Transformers: Prime computer animated series starring Peter Cullen and Frank Welker,
• Michael Bell in an episode of G.I. Joe: Renegades,
• Cobra’s battle cry,
• the upcoming video game Duke Nukem Forever,
• the ThunderCats computer animated movie trailer,
• Liam Neeson as the voice of Qui-Gon Jinn in the computer animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars,
• the upcoming movie Terminator 5 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,
• the biggest Lame Idiot of 2010 (BP),
• the 2011 Razzie Awards for bad movies,
• our review of Black Swan (2010) starring Natalie Portman,
• our review of The Dilemma (2011) starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James,
• and the Emergency Broadcast System.

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In this episode:

• What Ever Happened To? (H. Ross Perot),
• the upcoming movie Yogi Bear (2010) starring Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake (video),
• the upcoming cartoon show Transformers: Prime starring Peter Cullen and Frank Welker (video),
• the upcoming cartoon show G.I. Joe: Renegades,
• Steve Carell leaving The Office,
• Extras starring Ricky Gervais,
• the razor blade scam,
• counterfeit money detection pens,
• celebrity deaths (George Steinbrenner and James Gammon),
• the Major League movies,
• our movie review of Whatever Works (2009) starring Larry David,
• our hatred of Woody Allen,
• The Jerky Boys,
• and Greg’s problem selling things on the Amazon Marketplace.

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In this episode:

• our trip to the Brooklyn Museum to see Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) starring Paul Reubens and Mark Holton,
• The Pee-wee Herman Show live stage show in 1980,
• Phil Hartman,
• Peter Cullen narrating the new Coors Light commercial,
• Frank Welker as the voice of Soundwave and Ravage in the upcoming movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009),
• listener email from Esteban in South Dakota (http://pleasesavemerobots.blogspot.com/),
• the Snickers Nougabot Bar featuring Bumblebee,
• the upcoming movie Dance Flick (2009) starring Damon Wayans Jr.,
• our movie review of The Lion in Winter (1968) starring Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn,
• our movie review of Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) starring Pat Boone,
• Regis Philbin dressed up as Shrek on Late Show with David Letterman,
• Rob winning a car phone in the sixth grade fundraiser,
• the Digital Press video game store used in Capital One’s new credit card commercial,
• Greg switching from Comcast to Verizon FiOS,
• and DVD bitrates.

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The Paunch Stevenson Show super mega movie review of Transformers!

In this episode:

• our Transformers (2007) movie review with Adam in SC,
• the Transformers’ lack of dialogue and personality,
• shaky camera work during battles,
• lengthy transformations,
• Hugo Weaving’s lame Megatron voice,
• Peter Cullen as the voice of Optimus Prime,
• Darius McCrary as the voice of Jazz,
• the Allspark cube,
• eBay,
• the World Wide Web and Al Gore,
• Jon Voight’s pronunciation of “robot,”
• a list of movies that Transformers (2007) ripped off (They Live, Small Soldiers, Superman, AVP: Alien vs. Predator, Independence Day, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, etc.),
• the lack of machines in the 1930s,
• Kremzeek,
• the lack of the Transformers’ backstory,
• the trailer for the upcoming untitled J.J. Abrams movie (2008),
• season two of Who Wants to Be a Superhero? starring Stan Lee,
• our movie review of Live Free or Die Hard (2007) starring Bruce Willis and Justin Long,
• Herbie the Love Bug,
• the Transformers peeing and playing hide and seek,
• impressive fan CGI,
• and a line from The Transformers: The Movie (1986).

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In this episode:

• a “Rowdy” Roddy Piper update,
• They Live (1988) starring Roddy Piper and Keith David,
• John Carpenter,
• the upcoming Escape from New York (2009) remake,
• a Regis Philbin update,
• meeting Ron Carey from Barney Miller,
• a cool Nintendo T-shirt on nerdyshirts.com (www.nerdyshirts.com),
• Chuck Norris’s response to Chuck Norris Facts,
• Hugo Weaving starring as the voice of Megatron in the upcoming movie Transformers (2007),
• Peter Cullen and Frank Welker performing the voices in Activision’s upcoming video game Transformers: The Game,
• Alec Baldwin’s insane voice mail message to his daughter,
• and sneaker shopping.

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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:

• boom cars and They Might Be Giants in Atlantic City, NJ,
• a special message from Louie Anderson,
• The Commute podcast (www.thecommute.org, currently offline),
• the teaser trailer and cast for the upcoming movie Transformers (2007),
• Al Pacino as Optimus Prime,
• veteran voice actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker,
• a listener review of Superman Returns (2006) by Dennis in NC,
• Nicolas Cage and Dr. Phil as Superman,
• Kirk Cameron’s Left Behind video game,
• and the recent Apple Macintosh television ads lying about Microsoft Windows and PCs.

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