Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen The Paunch Stevenson Show Lame Idiot of The Year Award

Charlie Sheen is the winner of The Paunch Stevenson Show Lame Idiot of 2011 Award.

Last October, Charlie Sheen was busted for trashing a swank hotel room at New York’s Plaza Hotel, admitting to using drugs and having a hooker over. In the face of controversy, Sheen admitted himself to his third attempt at “home rehab.” With CBS growing anxious, they decided to halt production on his hit show Two and a Half Men, which infuriated Sheen. He took to the airwaves and the internet, blasted the studio, the network, and the show’s creator Chuck Lorre, and refusing to come back to work without a 50% raise. Eventually Sheen was fired, losing his $1.8 million dollar an episode salary.

Shortly after being fired, child services removed his toddler children from his house, where Sheen lived with former porn stars. His ex-wife Brooke Mueller, gets into worse trouble than Charlie. Sheen became an internet sensation, but tweeting nonsensical things like “Duh, winning”, “Tiger Blood”, and “Warlock.” He would repeat these things in prime time interviews, including a bizarre night on Pierce Morgan’s show, in which Charlie was clearly wasted. Sheen attempted multiple comebacks by hosting web cam shows, where he spewed more craziness, and a video on Funny or Die.com where he cooked food mixed with cigarettes.

Lastly, Charlie attempted a comedy/improv tour, but he was booed off the stage in Chicago and Detroit, and quit shortly thereafter. He also claimed to be starring in a new movie, Major League 3, even though that film was already produced over 10 years ago with Scott Bakula. Somehow, Sheen, like Keith Richards, has managed not to kill himself, so we expect he’ll eventually return to film and TV. Where’s Hot Shots part Twee?

Episode 184

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 184

Happy holidays!!

In this episode:

  • our movie review of 12 Dates of Christmas (2011) starring Amy Smart and Mark-Paul Gosselaar,
  • the fact that it completely ripped off Groundhog Day (1993) starring Bill Murray,
  • Greg fist bumping Eliza Dushku’s giant ring,
  • Greg meeting Bill Maher at his book signing for The New New Rules,
  • people not sharing their photos and videos from book signings,
  • our movie review of D.C. Cab (1983) starring Bill Maher, Gary Busey, and Mr. T,
  • Hasbro’s KRE-O and Kreon Transformers,
  • Greg meeting Regis Philbin at Bookends for his book How I Got This Way,
  • the complete series of Jem on DVD for the first time (released by Shout! Factory),
  • fanboys pestering Shout! Factory DVD producer Brian Ward about film transfer quality,
  • Shout! Factory’s Sunbow animated DVDs vs. Rhino’s past DVD releases,
  • ruining old TV shows by creating fake Dolby 5.1 surround sound audio,
  • the upcoming movie G.I. Joe Retaliation (2012) starring Bruce Willis, The Rock, and Channing Tatum,
  • former WWOR channel 9 weatherman Lloyd Lindsay Young and his crazy antics,
  • and a celebrity death (comedian Patrice O’Neal).
“Poster” for 12 Dates of Christmas ripping off Groundhog Day Eliza Dushku’s massive ring…
Greg with Bill Maher in the background… Video of Bill Maher’s signing, can you spot Greg at about 2:35?
Greg’s video of Bill Maher

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Episode 183

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 183

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!

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Flickr Album – New York Comic Con, NYC 10/16/11

The Great William Shatner, NYC, 10/6/11

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

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Episode 182

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 182

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.

Greg with John Lithgow, Princeton, NJ, 10/12/11

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

Jerry O'Connell on the Live with Regis and Kelly show, NYC 10/13/11

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

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Episode 181

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 181

In this episode:

  • Paunch luck (East Coast Earthquake, Hurricane Irene, London Riots),
  • Recapping Rob’s first trip to England,
  • London sights (Abbey Road, London Underground, London Eye Ferris Wheel, and Big Ben),
  • English cuisine, accents, and weather,
  • Rob playing drums on Beatles songs at the Liverpool Cavern Club,
  • lousy British reality television,
  • The Love We Make (2011) documentary, starring Paul McCartney,
  • “Rockestra 2” (the remake video),
  • murals painted on pizzeria walls of Marlon Brando,
  • Danny Aiello,
  • Conrad Murray’s trial,
  • drunk Michael Jackson recording,
  • Marquis Who’s Who in America books,
  • Amazon Kindle Fire tablet,
  • our review of Curb Your Enthusiasm season 8,
  • our review of the book Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good: Larry David and the Making of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, by Josh Levine,
  • Larry David on the old ABC show Fridays,
  • and the first Curb Your Enthusiam special.

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