Greg and Rob

October 4, 2008November 18, 2018

Episode 111: Saturday, October 4, 2008

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 111

In this episode:

Greg’s horrible computer science classes at Rutgers University in the late 1990s,
NJIT,
our trip to Live with Regis and Kelly,
the insanity of driving in Manhattan,
seeing Regis Philbin in person,
Wayne Brady’s weird hairline,
NASCAR drivers throwing ice cream at each other,
photos from the show,
and the Paunch luck.

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September 6, 2008November 18, 2018

Episode 110: Saturday, September 6, 2008

In this episode:

celebrity deaths (Don LaFontaine, Bill Melendez, Walter “Killer” Kowalski, and Jerry Reed),
voice actors Peter Cullen and Victor Caroli,
the box office grosses of The Dark Knight (2008) and Titanic (1997),
“Convoy” by C. W. McCall,
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) starring Samuel L. Jackson,
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) starring Bea Arthur and Art Carney,
Eddie Murphy’s career,
What Ever Happened To? (Judge Reinhold),
Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998) starring David Hasselhoff,
Esteban and the Jeff Bridges voice,
syndicated TV shows in the 1990s (Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Renegade, etc.),
listener email from Paul in Missouri,
the Paunch Stevenson Show marathon,
Sylvester Stallone’s face,
vitiligo,
Michael Jackson’s 50th birthday,
Bill Cosby’s rap album State of Emergency,
Rob’s picture with “Macho Man” Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth in Belleville, NJ, in 1986,
Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin,
and the popular vote scam.

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August 20, 2008November 18, 2018

Episode 109: Wednesday, August 20, 2008

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 109

In this episode:

our movie review of The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson,
Chris Carter’s other TV shows (The Lone Gunmen, Millennium, and Harsh Realm),
the unpopularity of sci-fi on TV,
our movie review of Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D (2008) starring Brendan Fraser,
computer generated dinosaurs,
Rob’s problem of forgetting movies a few years after watching them,
our movie review of Tropic Thunder (2008) starring Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr.,
celebrity deaths (Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com),
Jim Henson,
Morgan Freeman’s car crash and injuries,
the curse of The Dark Knight (2008),
Michael Caine,
upcoming movies in 2009 (Fast and Furious starring Vin Diesel, The Evil Dead directed by Sam Raimi, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen starring Shia LaBeouf),
Michael Bay,
Richard Dreyfuss suing his father and uncle for $870,000,
and the unreleased Super Nintendo video game Steven Seagal Is the Final Option.

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August 10, 2008November 18, 2018

Episode 108: Sunday, August 10, 2008

In this episode:

special guest Esteban from Please Save Me Robots (pleasesavemerobots.blogspot.com),
Comic-Con International in San Diego, CA,
the upcoming movie The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) starring Keanu Reeves,
Ringo Starr,
the BotCon Transformers convention,
video game grading services,
gasoline octane ratings,
obsessed collectors,
the upcoming movie TR2N (2010) starring Jeff Bridges,
funny videos of The Wicker Man (2006) on YouTube,
the Japanese origin of the Transformers toy line,
Ironhide and Ratchet’s horrible robot forms,
3D movies (Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Star Wars),
holographic video,
putting your face in HD DVD movies,
Esteban’s experience as a weather observer in the United States Air Force,
his UFO sighting in Korea,
the Alamo in San Antonio, TX,
watching Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) in Turkey,
Esteban’s experience at McMurdo Station in Antarctica,
Antarctic roads and speed limits,
and a celebrity death (Estelle Getty, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com).

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July 25, 2008May 23, 2020

Nicolas Cage: Unintentionally Hilarious

Several times during the history of The Paunch Stevenson Show, we’ve joked about Nicolas Cage’s goofy acting style and voice. As recently as episode 107, we goofed on how he has become this sort of cult joke, similar to Steven Seagal or Tom Cruise. How can even his serious films, let alone his horror films, be taken seriously?

Well, here are some photos and videos from two instances, Grindhouse (2007) and The Wicker Man (2006). In the Grindhouse double-feature, Rob Zombie contributed a mock trailer called Werewolf Women of the SS. At the end is a cameo from Mr. Cage, dressed as the infamous 1950s B movie character Dr. Fu Manchu. He starts screaming and yelling and doing this horrible laugh:

The Wicker Man: again, this was supposed to be a horror film? Cage is dressed in a bear costume, stung in the head by thousands of bees, keeps punching women in the face, and finally is set on fire and burned alive: