Greg and Rob

Episode 180

In this episode:

Family Guy episodes with Frank Welker playing Megatron,
were the lack of color and overuse of generic characters money saving tricks by Sunbow after Transformers: The Movie?,
the newly released Star Wars The Complete Saga on Blu Ray disc,
extras (good description here), changes, “Han shoots first” debacle, and the history of Star Wars home video releases,
Steven Spielberg’s impersonation of George Lucas,
communicating as kids before the Internet and cell phone age,
annoying kids who came to our doors unannounced and unwelcome,
Leonard Nimoy almost eaten by a bear,
another “Jesse Ventura Conspiracy” (who really designed Manhattan Island’s grid system?),
Casey Jones (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) fan film, directed by Polaris Banks (starring Hilarion Banks as Casey and Robbie Rist as Michelangelo),
and Eddy Grant’s Romancing The Stone movie theme song.

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The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 179

Our interview with Ed Daly, NJ author of the 2011 book Cereal: Snap, Crackle, Pop Culture!

In this episode:

Rob waking up from his trance,
supermarkets carrying more than 90 different breakfast cereals,
Ed’s reasons for writing his book,
his favorite cereals (General Mills Rice Chex and Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Kellogg’s Special K, etc.),
his least favorite cereals (Kellogg’s Hannah Montana and All-Bran)
TV show and movie tie-ins,
the lack of prizes in cereal boxes today,
Kellogg’s Mueslix and the Eddie Murphy movie Meet Dave (2008),
Ed’s opinion of Quaker Cap’n Crunch and various peanut butter flavored cereals,
crunchy marshmallows in cereal,
cereal box artwork, characters, and commercials,
sugary cereals marketed as being healthy,
Post Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles melting in milk,
cereal restaurants and Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts World in Times Square NYC,
Ed’s milk-to-cereal ratio,
his next pop culture project,
and how much (or little) money an author makes from a book like this.

Buy Cereal: Snap, Crackle, Pop Culture on Amazon or Barnes and Noble
Follow Ed Daly on Twitter: twitter.com/ezeddaly
Visit Ed’s web site: cerealsnapcracklepopculture.tumblr.com

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The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 178

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pee-wee’s Playhouse, we present our interview with NJ author Caseen Gaines, writer of the first book about Pee-wee Herman, Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon!

In this episode:

Pre-order the book from Amazon or Barnes & Noble
Follow Caseen on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/caseengaines
Check out www.insidetheplayhouse.com for info on the book, and for in-person appearances like these:

Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art with animators and artists, possibly cast members, of the Playhouse show, in New York, October 27,
Chiller Theatre in Parsippany, NJ, October 28-30,
and Starbucks in Little Ferry, NJ, November 8.

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The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 177

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.

We also snapped some photos of Barcade Jersey City:
Flickr – Barcade, Jersey City, NJ 8/20/11

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Our ideas for re-dubbing the latest Michael Bay Transformers movie,
the Rupert Murdoch UK phone hacking scandal,
undercover sleuth work by Hugh Grant,
Norm MacDonald announcing the O.J. Simpson verdict on Saturday Night Live,
cracking passwords using social engineering,
the “Ralphige” real Michael Jackson prank call (link),
a fifth child on the way for Kevin ‘K-Fed’ Federline,
the arrest of former informercial star Don Lapre,
Tony Little HoMedics Micropedic Sleep Pillows,
Ted Danson to star on the next season of CSI,
Barney Miller,
return of Curb Your Enthusiasm,
why the Golden Girls is still funny (video),
US Marines asking Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake on dates,
Rob’s failure to book Tami Erin, star of The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) on the show,
emulating classic PC games using DOSBOX,
downfall of modern gaming franchises and developers (Hitman, Max Payne, Project Gotham, LucasArts),
Copyright Alert System,
and a celebrity death (Roberts Blossom).

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