Tom Wopat – The Paunch Stevenson Show

Episode 256

In this episode:

NBC’s live performance of Peter Pan starring Christopher Walken,
Bill Cosby allegations,
Dustin Diamond stabs a guy in a bar,
Van Damme remaking Kickboxer (2015),
Paul McCartney’s music in the new video game Destiny,
Zooey Deschanel and Dennis Haskins,
the Dark Escape 4D arcade video game experience by Namco,
celebrity deaths (Normal Bridwell, Elizabeth Pena, Joe Cocker),
Clifford (1994) starring Martin Short and Charles Grodin,
“The Father of Video Games” Ralph H. Baer,
Tom Wopat and John Schneider performing Christmas songs from their new album Home for Christmas,
the Christmas Ice Caverns in Fairfield, NJ,
Sony Playstation 4 anniversary edition fiasco,
Sony Pictures hacked by North Korea?,
review of Interstellar (2014) starring Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine,
Randy Quaid somehow appearing in ID4 Part II (2015),
What Ever Happened To? (Skeet Ulrich),
Xmas Rob-view of Prancer (1989) starring Sam Elliott and Abe Vigoda,
Xmas Rob-view of Finding Mrs. Claus (2012) starring Mira Sorvino and Will Sasso,
Xmas Rob-view of Merry In-Laws (2012) starring Shelly Long and George Wendt,
Jimmy Kimmel vs. John Krasinski Christmas pranks (video),
and the Lame Idiot of 2014 (including a nomination by listener Spaceman David).

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Part 2 of our 7th Anniversary Hoopla! Thanks to all the celebrities who appeared!

In this episode:

we meet Weird Al Yankovic,
Weird Al: The Book,
finding a Weird Al LP in a messy used record store,
Al’s least favorite album Polka Party!,
Scotti Brothers Records,
Crazy Eddie (his prices were insane!),
bantering around with Weird Al,
meeting friend and fellow NJ podcaster Brian Jude at the signing,
Weird Al recording “Smells like Nirvana” instead of “Snack All Night”,
how “I Lost on Jeopardy” revived the real Jeopardy! game show,
The Weird Al Show (1997) on CBS,
our trip to Chiller Theatre Expo 2012 in Parsippany, NJ,
getting a picture with Tom Wopat a.k.a. Luke Duke,
“Screech” Dustin Diamond teaching us a bar bet,
Ian Ziering of Beverly Hills, 90210 seated in the horror room,
John Wayne Bobbitt trying to talk to us,
meeting nice guy Andrew McCarthy, star of Weekend at Bernie’s II (1993),
meeting pop singer Samantha Fox,
meeting a grumpy Frank Vincent,
meeting Bronson Pinchot from Perfect Strangers,
old ABC TGIF trading cards Laffs,
Penny Marshall hiding from our camera,
talking with Robert Duncan McNeill from Star Trek: Voyager,
meeting a disinterested Shannon Elizabeth from American Pie (1999),
meeting Lethal Weapon‘s Danny Glover,
talking with the original voice of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney,
the upcoming Caroll Spinney documentary I Am Big Bird (2013),
our interview with Samantha Fox,
TigerTime campaign to save wild tigers,
and our new interview techniques.

Our pictures and videos from the Weird Al signing in Paramus, NJ:
Weird Al Yankovic book signing, Paramus, NJ 10/22/12

Our pictures from the Chiller Theatre Expo 2012 in Parsippany, NJ:
Chiller Theatre Expo, Parsippany, NJ 10/27/12

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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.