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

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

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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.

Video of John Lithgow at the book signing…

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

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

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In this episode:

• wrestling titles won by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair,
• our movie review of The Expendables (2010) starring Sly Stallone,
• Jean-Claude Van Damme’s interview about turning down the part,
• Michael Bay’s dangerous stunts on set of Transformers 3,
• M. Night Shyamalan’s Devil (2010) trailer,
• Ryan Reynolds gets Buried (2010) trailer,
• Tron Legacy (2010) trailer starring Jeff Bridges,
• our movie review of Leap Year (2010) starring Amy Adams,
• our old movie review of Made of Honor (2008) starring Patrick Dempsey,
• our really old movie review of The Outsiders (1983) starring Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Leif Garrett, Tom Waits, and Diane Lane,
• William Shatner using the Paunch Stevenson “record an interview in your car” method,
• season 8 of Curb Your Enthusiasm shooting in New York City (teaser),
• our movie review of Cop Out (2010) starring Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis,
• LEGO website brickset.com,
• approaching the 25th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System,
• the lost Paunch Stevenson video game podcast show,
• Frank Nora’s podcasting network The Overnightscape Underground,
• Creative Commons licensing,
• and Rob’s cat appears in a video game article.

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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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In this episode:

• the G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Toy SuperPage,
• stupid Transformers and G.I. Joe comic book plots,
• the upcoming movie Machete (2010) starring Steven Seagal and Robert De Niro,
• Pulp Fiction (1994) starring John Travolta,
• Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino,
• our review of 21 (2008) starring Kevin Spacey,
• the upcoming movie The Expendables (2010) starring every action movie star ever,
• our review of Rambo (2008) starring Sylvester Stallone,
• our review of Iron Man (2008) starring Robert Downey Jr.,
• our review of Batman (1966) starring Adam West,
• upcoming movies (Fraggle Rock: The Movie, The Power of the Dark Crystal, and Underworld 4),
• The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996),
• Bob Dylan getting arrested in NJ,
• our review of Year One (2009) starring Jack Black and Michael Cera,
• our review of 500 Days of Summer (2009) starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
• our review of Paper Heart (2009) starring Michael Cera,
• celebrity deaths (Gordon Waller and Les Paul),
• the insane trailer for The Jay Leno Show,
• Shout Factory’s Transformers: The Complete First Season DVD set on sale for $13,
• Darius Rucker,
• the American Film Institute’s list of the funniest movies of all time,
• and Regis Philbin hosting Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for 11 episodes.

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Don’t forget: nominate your Lame Idiot of 2008!

In this episode:

• Mr. Belvedere theme song lyrics,
• Leon Redbone,
• celebrity deaths (Dave Dee, Patrick McGoohan, and Ricardo Montalban),
• Larry Hankin,
• The Tony Danza Show NBC sitcom,
• Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) starring Antonio Banderas and Sylvester Stallone,
• the upcoming Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy,
• My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009) starring Jensen Ackles,
• Jenny Lewis,
• the upcoming movie Final Destination: Death Trip 3D (2009) starring Shantel VanSanten,
• the upcoming movie Tron 2.0 (2011) starring Garrett Hedlund and Jeff Bridges,
• the Scary Mary Poppins Recut Trailer on YouTube,
• different British accents (ex. Dick Van Dyke, CNN’s Richard Quest, Vinnie Jones, Hugh Grant, etc.),
• the origins of Italians with red hair,
• Gran Torino (2008) starring Clint Eastwood,
• the upcoming reality show Steven Seagal: Lawman on A&E,
• and the upcoming movie Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) starring Rhona Mitra.

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In this episode:

• watching Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) at the historic Loew’s Jersey Theater in Jersey City, NJ,
• our movie review and comparison to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008),
• Scott C. Clements’s thoughts about the Indiana Jones movies,
• William Shatner’s new TV show Shatner’s Raw Nerve on The Biography Channel,
• horrible Sylvester Stallone movies,
• The Christmas Shoes (2002) starring Rob Lowe and Kimberly Williams-Paisley,
• inflatable Christmas lawn decorations,
• Snowglobe (2007) starring Christina Milian,
• Tim Allen’s Christmas movies,
• Amish electric fireplaces,
• Roc starring Charles S. Dutton,
• David Fincher’s filmography,
• Heavy Metal (1981) starring John Candy and Eugene Levy,
• the upcoming Ghostbusters: The Video Game,
• repairing dead hard drives,
• Dumb Tattoo Club,
• Tina Turner wearing a ridiculous outfit,
• and Sarah Palin’s 2009 calendar.

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In this episode:

• our review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008),
• its rewatchability,
• Harrison Ford’s age,
• Karen Allen,
• ridiculously picky fans,
• the use of computer graphics and humor,
• the alien at the end,
• the 1950s setting,
• Shia LaBeouf swinging from vines,
• women waiting in line to see Sex and the City (2008),
• the Star Wars prequels,
• directors reediting their movies,
• Hayden Christensen’s horrible acting,
• ideas for the next Indiana Jones movie,
• the upcoming movies Death Wish (2009) and Rambo V (2009) both starring Sylvester Stallone,
• wondering what Scott C. Clements thinks about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,
• Lauren’s review,
• summer movies she’s looking forward to (Sex and the City, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, Tropic Thunder, The Dark Knight, Step Brothers, Hamlet 2, etc.),
• Charlotte Rae,
• and What Ever Happened To? (Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze, Jr.).

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We’re back!

In this episode:

• bidding on old video games on eBay.com,
• the San Francisco Rush series,
• Sega in the 1990s (the Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, etc.),
• the pronunciation of Uranus,
• giant camcorders in the 1980s,
• tiny new digital camcorders,
• longer episodes of The Paunch Stevenson Show,
• the unreliability of 5.25″ floppy disks,
• old video game controllers with telephone keypads on them,
• the Coleco Telstar Arcade from 1977,
• light guns (the NES Zapper, Wii Zapper, SNES Super Scope, and Genesis Menacer),
• the Sega Activator,
• deceptive toy commercials,
• pointless toys (Shrinky Dinks, Lite-Brite, wrestling figures, etc.),
• creative toys (the Etch A Sketch Animator and the Fisher-Price PXL-2000),
• live action role-playing (G.I. Joe, The Transformers, etc.),
• our review of Incredible Change-Bots by Jeffrey Brown (2007),
• shopworn books at Barnes & Noble,
• The Dark Knight (2008) trailer,
• the Rambo (2008) trailer,
• Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007),
• the upcoming movie Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (2009),
• Still Crazy (1998) starring Billy Connolly and Bill Nighy,
• Read-Along Adventures (www.readalongadventures.com),
• the Lame Idiot of 2007 (Michael Bay),
• and director Uwe Boll.

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We talk with special guest Jonald Reyes, director of the documentary film That Asian Thing (www.thatasianthing.com)!

In this episode:

• the documentary film That Asian Thing by Jonald Reyes (www.thatasianthing.com),
• Asian-American celebrities (George Takei, Tiger Woods, Lucy Liu, Bobby Lee, Dat Phan, Rex Navarrete, James Iha, etc.),
• Margaret Cho’s TV show All-American Girl,
• Celebrity Boxing,
• Pat Smear,
• the Nirvana: Unplugged In New York DVD,
• Super Bowl XLI,
• William Hung,
• Fisher Stevens playing an Indian character in Short Circuit (1986),
• the upcoming movie Rambo (2008) starring Sylvester Stallone,
• Timecode (2000) starring Salma Hayek,
• the Independent Film Channel’s version of Pulp Fiction (1994) starring John Travolta,
• Second City and Keegan Michael Key,
• Jonald’s parents,
• the Filipino delicacy balut,
• professional boxing,
• Belleville, NJ,
• My Chemical Romance,
• Belleville High School,
• Ronald McDonald,
• old typewriters,
• the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China,
• celebrity sightings (John Cusack and Amy Poehler),
• the New Monkees,
• and the purpose of joining the Boy Scouts of America.

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