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Episode 223

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 223

In this episode:

  • the death of the Big Man, the Kid from Brooklyn, Mike Caracciolo,
  • Big Man interviewed by the IBEW (video),
  • the 1982 book Video Invaders! by Stephen Bloom,
  • looking at old high school yearbook scans at the Belleville Public Library in NJ,
  • descreening when using a scanner,
  • Harrison Ford to appear in The Expendables 3 (2014),
  • Bruce Willis fired by Sylvester Stallone,
  • short review of 42 (2013), starring Harrison Ford and Chadwick Boseman,
  • review of Taken 2 (2012), starring Liam Neeson,
  • a Rob-view of It’s a Disaster (2012), starring David Cross and Erinn Hayes,
  • another Rob-view of Nature Calls (2012), starring Patton Oswalt and Johnny Knoxville,
  • review of View From the Top (2003), starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Christina Applegate,
  • Bankrupt by Beanies (2013) documentary,
  • and Princess Rescue– a new homebrew Super Mario Bros. clone for the Atari 2600.

Rob’s infamous appearance in the 1993-94 High School Yearbook!

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Episode 194

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 194

In this episode:

  • a Paunch Stevenson Show update: Mel Blanc’s voice was definitely used in Daffy’s Rhapsody,
  • thoughts on New Girl and college cuisine from new Paunch fan Steve Rugel,
  • calling the Diarrhea Doctor,
  • the Beatles kids band, with James McCartney, Sean Lennon, Dhani Harrison, and Jason Starr,
  • new Paunch fans Adam and his son Nate impersonating Stan Lee,
  • spacemandavid’s “comment” marathon,
  • Penn Jillette fired on The Celebrity Apprentice,
  • Arrested Development returning in 2013 with new episodes on Netflix,
  • our review of Horrible Bosses (2011), starring Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, and Charlie Day,
  • Chris Diamantopoulos, the new Moe Howard,
  • “I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining,” a live action episode of South Park,
  • Steven Seagal brings cheaply produced former Soviet bloc action movies to Reelz Channel in True Justice,
  • animated interpretation of The Kid From Brooklyn (link),
  • Tupac Shakur hologram,
  • Pepper’s ghost illusion,
  • Rob’s dorky Looney Tunes t-shirt collection in the 1990s,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Calista Flockhart),
  • Liverpool, England obsessed with Donny Osmond,
  • Axl Rose too out of shape to sing,
  • wild turkeys running loose in New Jersey,
  • What Ever Happened To? (our interest in the International Federation of Competitive Eating),
  • blame for high gasoline prices,
  • the other MTV Julie Brown on YouTube,
  • the Paunch luck: 92Y Tribeca screening, Q&A with Chris Elliott sold out,
  • Bobcat Goldthwait,
  • the fantastic website Pica-pic.com that lets you play 1980s hand-held LCD games,
  • the free application Joy2Key that maps keyboard keys to a computer joystick,
  • celebrity deaths (Dick Clark, Jonathan Frid, and Levon Helm),
  • Howard Stern as the newest judge on the TV competition show America’s Got Talent,
  • and one of Greg’s favorite musical groups The Band.

Rob wearing one of his infamous Looney Tunes t-shirts in 1994…

Marvin the Martian

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Episode 155

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 155

In this episode:

  • the Clapper,
  • touch-sensitive lamps,
  • plasma globes and crackle tubes,
  • Dennis Haskins aging very quickly,
  • Greg meeting Attack of the Show! host Olivia Munn,
  • Olivia Munn’s book Suck It, Wonder Woman: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek,
  • an annoying guy in the book signing line at Borders,
  • Verizon FiOS finally available in Jersey City, NJ,
  • Olivia Munn asking Greg about The Paunch Stevenson Show,
  • The Good Earth and our 11th grade English teacher,
  • how to spot an a-hole,
  • Hostess fruit pies,
  • Greg entering Olivia Munn’s video contest,
  • UHF 2,
  • an Eliza Dushku update,
  • and the Star Wars TV show.

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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 106: Monday, June 30, 2008

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 106

In this episode:

  • another trip to the Digital Press video game store in Clifton, NJ (www.digitpress.com),
  • meeting James Rolfe (the Angry Video Game Nerd) and trying to get him on the show,
  • the Nostalgia Critic,
  • celebrity deaths (Mel Ferrer, Bo Diddley, Harvey Korman, Jim McKay, Tim Russert, and George Carlin, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com),
  • What Ever Happened To? (Jim J. Bullock),
  • a psycho in Union Square Park claiming NASA is going to blow up Jupiter on 7/7/08,
  • Project Lucifer,
  • a Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling update,
  • Sean Connery’s memoirs,
  • Kung Fu Panda (2008) starring Jack Black,
  • You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (2008) starring Adam Sandler,
  • Kevin Nealon’s horrible acting,
  • Dana Carvey’s new HBO comedy special Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies,
  • Mike Myers,
  • the upcoming movie Disaster Movie (2008),
  • Frank Darabont’s Indiana Jones and the City of Gods script,
  • the new Apple iPhone 3G and disposable gadgets,
  • The Kid from Brooklyn on Last Comic Standing (www.thekidfrombrooklyn.com),
  • Rob’s trip to California,
  • Los Angeles vs. New York City,
  • celebrity sightings (Lisa Bonet, Neil Patrick Harris, and Ryan Reynolds),
  • and our listener Joe from Belleville, NJ.

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