Episode 177

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 177

In this episode:

  • our trip to Barcade in Jersey City, NJ (microbrew beers and 1970s-1980s classic video arcade games),
  • Barcade running on 100% wind power,
  • Rob’s dream about “Macho Man” Randy Savage,
  • the 2011 ThunderCats cartoon show,
  • Larry Kenney vs. Will Friedle as the voice of Lion-O,
  • John Erwin as the voice of Prince Adam and He-Man,
  • Greg’s movie review of The A-Team (2010),
  • Paunch Stevenson Show celebrity encounters,
  • Greg meeting Tom Wopat (Luke Duke from The Dukes of Hazzard),
  • John Schneider and Tom Wopat on Smallville,
  • Greg meeting Jeff Bridges (Barney Cousins from The Vanishing),
  • celebrity deaths (Christopher Mayer from The Dukes of Hazzard and Bubba Smith),
  • the 2011 season of Curb Your Enthusiasm finally taking place in NYC,
  • our future children missing out on pop culture from the past,
  • important pop culture getting lost in time (CHiPs, the Marx Brothers, The Little Rascals, Droopy, The Ant and the Aardvark, etc.),
  • the upcoming Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood spin-off Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,
  • Jonah Hill’s weight loss,
  • Mike Masse’s music video for “Long Time” (acoustic Boston cover),
  • the decline of music videos,
  • Rob constantly hearing people whistle Bobby McFerrin’s “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” in England,
  • Rob’s 4D movie experience,
  • and Tom Wopat’s music vs. Jeff Bridges’s music.

We also snapped some photos of Barcade Jersey City:
Flickr – Barcade, Jersey City, NJ 8/20/11
Barcade Jersey City

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Episode 173

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 173

In this episode:

  • reminiscing about Macho Man Randy Savage,
  • bad reviews for the new video game Duke Nukem Forever,
  • Duke being able to throw human feces at his enemies,
  • new versions of U.S. pennies,
  • the Bitcoin internet money controversy,
  • celebrity deaths (Jeff Conaway and Jack Kevorkian),
  • Nintendo’s preview of its upcoming Wii U,
  • custom made video game consoles (Ben Heck),
  • our review of Super 8 (2011) directed by J.J. Abrams,
  • our review of The Hangover 2 (2011) starring Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis,
  • George Lopez starring in a remake of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,
  • 4D movie technology Smell-O-Vision (article),
  • going to school on super hot summer days,
  • Nicolas Cage’s son Weston beaten up by Nic’s security guard,
  • and Al Pacino.

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Episode 171

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 171

In this episode:

  • a celebrity death (“Macho Man” Randy Savage),
  • reactions from former WWF wrestlers Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Honkey Tonk Man, and the Ultimate Warrior,
  • wrestling news site 1wrestling.com,
  • video from the Macho Man’s final in-character promo (WWE All-Stars video game),
  • another celebrity death (Len Lesser, Seinfeld’s “Uncle Leo”),
  • the redundancy of the term “optical illusion,”
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mistress and love child,
  • Jerry Lewis retiring from the MDA telethon,
  • Lady Gaga ripping off a classic Madonna song and then lying about it,
  • an update on the new Three Stooges movie (2012),
  • Seth MacFarlane reviving The Flintstones,
  • Titanic in 3D,
  • Joe Pesci in 3D,
  • the Rapture that didn’t happen on May 21st, 2011,
  • and the planking craze.

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Episode 153

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 153

In this episode:

  • movies in the 1980s in which boys switched bodies with their fathers,
  • The Kid from Brooklyn Mike Caracciolo (The Joker video, Superman video),
  • “Macho Man” Randy Savage wrestling “Weird Al” Yankovic (video),
  • Pee-wee Herman’s upcoming Broadway show,
  • the Angry Video Game Nerd’s review of obscure video storage media,
  • RCA’s Capacitance Electronic Disc (CED),
  • John Logie Baird’s phonovision from 1927,
  • Michael Bay firing Megan Fox from the upcoming movie Transformers 3 (2011),
  • the upcoming Jaws movie starring Tracy Morgan,
  • Three Men and a Bride (2012) starring Steve Guttenberg and Tom Selleck,
  • director Guillermo del Toro quitting The Hobbit,
  • the Lost exhibit in NYC (Our Pictures),
  • our book report shortcuts in school,
  • and Optimus Prime dying after one shot.

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Episode 150

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 150

In this episode:

  • another physics experiment with the fake Julius Sumner Miller (nuclear fusion using lasers),
  • Rob getting the complete series of Get a Life on DVD,
  • Family Matters season one coming to DVD in June 2010,
  • celebrity deaths (Corey Haim, Peter Graves, and Robert Culp),
  • Jon Voight as Jim Phelps in Mission: Impossible (1996),
  • Esteban and Billy Mitchell,
  • more weird comments on our Steven Seagal Hall of Lame post,
  • Nicolas Cage,
  • the new 15-minute National Lampoon’s Vacation short film starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo,
  • Crash Course In Science performing “Cakes in the Home” on The Uncle Floyd Show circa 1980 (video),
  • Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy (Backstage with Bob Dylan),
  • Unseen64’s screenshots and videos from the unreleased video game GoldenEye 007 Remake (Xbox Live Arcade),
  • Hulk Hogan imitating “Macho Man” Randy Savage on TNA Wrestling,
  • Greg talking to Jesse Ventura at Barnes and Noble in Clifton, NJ,
  • Abraham Lincoln and John Lennon conspiracy theories,
  • Predator vs. Dick Cheney,
  • Eliza Dushku selling clothes and car tires on eBay,
  • our review of Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) starring John Cusack and Craig Robinson,
  • our review of On the Waterfront (1954) starring Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint,
  • Marlon Brando’s filmography,
  • the upcoming movie MacGruber (2010) starring Will Forte and Val Kilmer,
  • the best movies from 1960-1989,
  • and the exclusive new version of “We Are the World” featuring Michael Jackson, Larry King, Louie Anderson, Sean Connery, Stan Lee, Dr. Phil, Bill Cosby, Sylvester Stallone, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Al Gore, Billy Connolly, Don Knots, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tom Green, Gary Busey, Jeff Bridges, Hulk Hogan, Marlon Brando, and Steven Seagal.

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