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Episode 172

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 172

In this episode:

  • Greg meets AC/DC’s Brian Johnson at Barnes and Noble in NYC,
  • Brian Johnson’s new memoir Rockers and Rollers,
  • difficulties getting a picture taken at a book singing,
  • a celebrity death (Osama bin Laden),
  • Rob’s quest for the perfect portable headphones,
  • headphone forums (headphone.com and head-fi.org),
  • Sony MDR-ZX700 headphones,
  • Rob’s story about a customer puking in the Electronics Boutique video game store,
  • Sean Penn playing a feminine-looking hair band rocker in This Must Be the Place (2011),
  • our movie review of Bridesmaids (2011) starring Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph,
  • tattoo controversy involving The Hangover 2 (2011),
  • happy 70th birthday to Bob Dylan!,
  • and The Band’s cover of Dylan’s “When I Paint My Masterpiece.”

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Episode 171

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 171

In this episode:

  • a celebrity death (“Macho Man” Randy Savage),
  • reactions from former WWF wrestlers Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Honkey Tonk Man, and the Ultimate Warrior,
  • wrestling news site 1wrestling.com,
  • video from the Macho Man’s final in-character promo (WWE All-Stars video game),
  • another celebrity death (Len Lesser, Seinfeld’s “Uncle Leo”),
  • the redundancy of the term “optical illusion,”
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mistress and love child,
  • Jerry Lewis retiring from the MDA telethon,
  • Lady Gaga ripping off a classic Madonna song and then lying about it,
  • an update on the new Three Stooges movie (2012),
  • Seth MacFarlane reviving The Flintstones,
  • Titanic in 3D,
  • Joe Pesci in 3D,
  • the Rapture that didn’t happen on May 21st, 2011,
  • and the planking craze.

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Episode 170

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 170

In this episode:

  • the number 70?,
  • Whatever Happened To? (swine flu and bird flu),
  • Weird Al Yankovic’s Lady Gaga song parody “I Perform This Way”,
  • Yvonne Strahovski in College Humor’s “Three Pop Stars, One Song” music video parody,
  • retail stores printing ridiculously long receipts,
  • the customer membership club card scam,
  • Facebook’s usage of personal information,
  • Eliza Dushku voicing Catwoman in the animated movie Batman Year One (2011),
  • Larry King’s stand-up comedy tour,
  • celebrities appearing at the 92nd St. YMCA in NYC,
  • Chris Elliott’s new Adult Swim show Eagleheart,
  • Rob’s “really smelly Electronics Boutique customer” story (the Mudman),
  • Greg’s “really smelly garbage barge on a river under a bridge” story,
  • Esteban’s musings on successful stupid people,
  • reality TV shows about rich people,
  • and Rob’s dream of becoming a philanthropist.

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Episode 169

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 169

In this episode:

  • Rob’s upgrade to Windows 7,
  • April Fools’ Day gag involving the Bio Force Ape prototype NES game,
  • homebrew Bio Force Ape programmer foiled,
  • Sega developed the Microsoft Xbox?,
  • the video game prototype scene,
  • the Angry Video Game Nerd’s future,
  • movies that kill franchises (The Jerky Boys: The Movie, Big Top Pee-wee, etc.),
  • Pee-wee Herman on Saturday Night Live (video),
  • the upcoming third Bill and Ted movie starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter,
  • Nicolas Cage arrested in New Orleans while busting into houses and screaming in the street,
  • the upcoming cartoon series The Governator starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,
  • the Fake Stan Lee meets the Real Stan Lee,
  • and Ted Danson’s lack of podium microphone skills.

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Episode 168

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 168

In this episode:

  • our movie review of Cedar Rapids (2011) starring Ed Helms and John C. Reilly,
  • our movie review of Blue Valentine (2010) starring Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling,
  • our second encounter with Ted Danson- this time at Barnes and Noble in NYC on 3/15/11,
  • buying Danson’s book Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them (2011) (Amazon link),
  • having him sign a copy to Paunch,
  • and Ted Danson’s actual speech (including a question from Rob about mercury).

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