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Episode 270

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 270

In this episode:

  • Jeremiah Oresky, master celebrity photo seeker, joins us,
  • the beginnings of a hobby,
  • nice and nasty celebrities,
  • celebrity deaths (Wes Craven, Yvonne Craig, Dean Jones, and Darryl Dawkins),
  • awkward back to school memories and feelings,
  • mullets,
  • Gerard and Michael Way,
  • Zap It water guns,
  • Kanye West for President?,
  • Christian Slater,
  • Olivia Wilde,
  • Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel,
  • Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) starring Tom Hardy,
  • Back to School (1986) starring Rodney Dangerfield,
  • Google and Apple map cars,
  • movie premieres for Dogma (1999) and Hitman Agent 47 (2015),
  • Rob-views of Ride Along (2014) starring Ice Cube and Let’s Be Cops (2014) starring Damon Wayans, Jr.,
  • review of Ant-Man (2015) starring Paul Rudd,
  • what’s the better Star Trek show?,
  • convention antics of Lou Ferrigno and Virgil,
  • and more Stan Lee and Transformers impressions.

We’ve been talking about him for 10 years, Christian Slater in New York, 8/20/15

Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer, a real life Ménage a Cinq, in New York, 8/17/15

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Episode 262

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 262

In this episode it’s our long time friend, listener and podcaster Esteban aka Steve of the Roboplastic Podcastalypse live in studio!!!!!

  • The Big Event in Flushing, NY,
  • “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes,
  • “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair,
  • Monster Mania,
  • Tobin Bell, Dina Meyer, Judge Reinhold, Lin Shaye, Claudia Wells, Robert Patrick, and Christopher McDonald,
  • Dushku Fan of the Year,
  • Cinemax Banshee,
  • Esteban’s NYC and NJ subway, smells, and experiences,
  • the Spanish version of The Transformers (video),
  • Scooter in the “Last Magic Man” episode of Challenge of the GoBots,
  • dumb names for GoBots and He-Man characters,
  • Penny Power and Zillions children’s magazines,
  • the Tomy Armatron,
  • Bucky O’Hare comic books,
  • Esteban’s cringe-worthyinterview with Larry Hama discussing “Pirate Jenny”,
  • celebrity deaths (James Best, Richard Dysart, Geoffrey Lewis, and Stan Freberg),
  • Richard Dreyfus sues Disney over What About Bob> royalties,
  • the upcoming Robotech movie debacle,
  • young people don’t know the phrase “jump the shark”,
  • Preschool Mastermind in Brooklyn,
  • why Esteban is also called Steve,
  • Nintendo warehouse employee “Robin Graves” complains to Kotaku,
  • the Times Square Toys “R” Us,
  • shopping for toiletries in the middle of the night,
  • and would Bob Budiansky remember any of us?

The Big Event 8 – New York – 3/7/15
Big Event Wrestling Show

Monster Mania Convention, Cherry Hill, NJ, 3/14/2015

Big Event Wrestling Show

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Episode 259

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 259

In this episode we finally welcome long-time listener Space Man David!:

  • impressions and local psychos,
  • Death Wish rip-off Harry Brown (2009) starring Michael Caine,
  • Spaceman David’s listening back story,
  • tips on visiting jolly old England,
  • Clockwork Orange (1971) my brothers,
  • new brutalist architecture,
  • Star Wars VII thoughts,
  • Alias starring Jennifer Garner,
  • the upcoming female Ghostbusters movie,
  • extremely long films (Michael Bay’s Transformers series, The Hobbit series, Dune),
  • The Clash, Depeche Mode, The Jam,
  • hipsters,
  • collecting vs. clutter,
  • Paunch bumpers and t-shirts,
  • Pee-wee’s Playhouse in the UK,
  • upcoming comic book “Hierarchy” by David and his mates Paul and Nathan Kilburn,
  • Paunch episode 0,
  • bad British accents,
  • popular and hated Brits to Americans,
  • Spice Girls,
  • downloading JPEGs in 1997,
  • trying to understand the speech of Cheryl Cole and Vinnie Jones,
  • and House of Nine (2004) starring Kelly Brook.

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Episode 249

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 249

In this episode:

  • our review of Transformers Age of Extinction (2014) starring Marky Mark,
  • John Goodman, Kelsey Grammer, and Stanley Tucci,
  • Richard Riehle and “Jump to Conclusions” game from Office Space,
  • Transformium,
  • angry and murderous Optimus Prime,
  • instant, confusing scene transitions,
  • Frank Welker as Galvatron, briefly,
  • massive plot holes and characters changing allegiances back and forth,
  • overt product placement,
  • what was the purpose of the Dinobots?,
  • lazy, coughing Transformers,
  • the infamous Casey Kasem tapes,
  • celebrity deaths (Robin Williams, Elaine Stritch, Lauren Bacall),
  • Expendables 3 (2014) review,
  • goofy one-liners, bad special effects,
  • our 22 Jump Street (2014) review,
  • and Robin Williams films: Awakenings, Good Morning Vietnam, and Batman?

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Episode 203

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 203

Thanks to Bob Budiansky, acclaimed comic book writer, editor, and artist, for joining us!

In this episode:

  • confusion about Peter Cullen’s age on Wikipedia,
  • the Star Wars Detours animated show from the Robot Chicken team,
  • our interview with Bob Budiansky,
  • his experience working with Hasbro,
  • early expectations for the Transformers toy line,
  • how Bob got involved with the comic book,
  • rushing to develop the original 26 Transformers characters in 1983,
  • limited coloring techniques in 1980s comics,
  • “knocking out” background characters,
  • the inspiration behind Bob’s Sleepwalker Marvel comic series,
  • former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter,
  • the anti-Super Man,
  • work atmosphere at Marvel Comics,
  • receiving a fan letter for Transformers from Stan Lee,
  • getting to work with Stan Lee,
  • Marvel Universe trading cards by Impel,
  • Bob’s life after leaving Marvel,
  • changes in the comic book industry,
  • the overuse of comic book gimmicks in the early 1990s,
  • Rob’s movie review of Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995) starring Richard Dreyfuss,
  • the new musical chairs-themed game show Oh Sit!,
  • Greg’s movie review of Underworld: Awakening (2012), starring Kate Beckinsale,
  • Shia LaBeouf inspired to act by Steven Seagal,
  • Nicolas Cage being sued for not returning rental DVDs,
  • a stupid style redux (short-shorts with pockets hanging out),
  • Tom Green’s stand-up comedy,
  • a Transformers collector on Pawn Stars,
  • and The Burn hosted by a disheveled Jeffrey Ross.

UPDATE!!! Greg actually ran into Bob Budiansky at the New York Comic Con!

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