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Episode 201

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 201

Talking video games with our NJ friends….
Joe Santulli, co-founder of Digital Press, Classic Gaming Expo, and the Video Game History Museum.
Frankie V, member of the Digital Press Podcast.

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Sally Ride, Leroy Neiman, Rodney King, Ernest Borgnine, Nora Ephron, Sherman Hemsley, and Sage Stallone),
  • Steve Martin and Steven Seagal doing bad Italian accents,
  • the lights turned out on Bruce Springsteen’s concert with Paul McCartney in London,
  • High Score (2006) documentary (watch on Hulu),
  • Missile Command,
  • was The King of Kong (starring Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe) a fraud?,
  • a YouTube video featuring accusations by video game record holder Dwayne Richard,
  • former and current Donkey Kong champs Tim Sczerby and Hank Chien,
  • the Twin Galaxies video game record board,
  • would a dog raise a human baby?,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Teri Hatcher, Lauren Graham, and Carlos Mencia),
  • Gallagher does a GEICO commercial (video),
  • Sugar Daddy and other bad hard candy,
  • annoying door-to-door cable television salespeople,
  • knowledgeable forum dslreports.com,
  • Dolph Lundgren is actually a chemical engineer,
  • Fred Willard may or may not have pulled a Pee-wee Herman,
  • Rob invented dine-in movie theaters,
  • poor presentation of a film at an AMC theater,
  • interview with founder of Digital Press Videogames Joe Santulli,
  • his decision to go from game collector to retailer,
  • what does his wife think of his collecting?,
  • Atari Airborne Avenger pinball wall art (photo),
  • what you’ll find in the Digital Press store in Clifton, NJ,
  • rare and unique items “in the wild” traded into the store,
  • video game grading services,
  • monthly NAVA (North Atlantic Videogame Aficionados) gatherings,
  • the concept behind the Video Game History Museum,
  • is the future of gaming fully downloadable content?,
  • promoting the community aspect of gaming,
  • our interview with Frankie V. of the Digital Press Video Game Podcast,
  • gory horror arcade game Chiller by Exidy,
  • Atari Lynx,
  • great Lynx games like Electrocop,
  • is Sony’s PlayStation Vita this generation’s Lynx?,
  • the open platform game system Ouya,
  • a return to hobby-developed gaming like in the 1980s,
  • Android and iOS gaming vs. traditional portable consoles,
  • and “crowdsourcing” via Kickstarter.

Visit dpvideogames.com for more information on the Digital Press store and the audio/video podcasts!

Pictures taken during the July 28, 2012, NAVA gathering at Digital Press in Clifton, NJ:
Flickr – Digital Press in Clifton, NJ 7/28/2012

Enjoying 3D Gaming

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Episode 200

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 200

In this episode:

  • longtime listener Esteban in Florida returns!,
  • difficulties keeping track of listeners,
  • nicknames for Paunch listeners,
  • where do our topics come from?,
  • Rob’s pop culture deficiencies,
  • our Stan Lee impersonation,
  • a 1977 Stan Lee interview on video,
  • our old recording secrets,
  • Paunch in Time (Cuban Missile Crisis),
  • the genesis of Esteban’s Roboplastic Apocalypse podcast,
  • Esteban meeting legendary cartoon voice actors at conventions,
  • Gregg Berger (Grimlock from The Transformers) disrespected by cosplayers,
  • the location of Botcon conventions,
  • old age of Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, and Michael Bell,
  • will they turn grey when they die?,
  • our thoughts about meeting and interviewing quasi-celebrities,
  • tidbits about our Ted Danson and Ed Begley Jr. interviews,
  • the Paunch Show archive,
  • the Target Deli,
  • the backstory of Rob meeting Britta Phillips in 2003,
  • the Old Jingles of the Episode (“Galaxy Glue” song from The Incredible Shrinking Woman and the theme to Zoobilee Zoo),
  • Esteban seeking out Optimus Prime’s creator,
  • Transformers model kits by Revell,
  • the reason certain robots in Transformers catalogs never appeared in the cartoon,
  • our review of the Transformers: Prime animated show (slow pacing, Frank Welker’s Megatron voice, lack of robots, etc.),
  • Hasbro’s poor handling of the Transformers franchise,
  • our review of the new ThunderCats series on Cartoon Network (art and music quality, non-talking Snarf, strong backstories, etc.),
  • Esteban meeting and aggravating Larry Kenney (original voice of Lion-O),
  • people not posting their photos of celebrity encounters online for the public to see,
  • the Beardo,
  • our brief review of the new Tron: Uprising cartoon,
  • newly released “classic” yet low quality Voltron toys,
  • the complicated origins of the original Voltron cartoon,
  • the Transformers Generation 1 re-released toys,
  • and other 1980s robot toys that deserve credit (Gobots, Robo Force, Zoids, and Starriors).

200th Episode Bonuses from the Achrive!

Finally, it’s the video of Greg and Rob interviewing Ed Begley Jr. in 2008, from Episode 101!

Our long unseen video commentary of the disappointing WBHS Belleville NJ public access TV station’s 25th anniversary celebration in 2006, from Episode 41!

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Please help Mike Masse’s son Noah

Mike Masse and Noah

We interviewed our favorite YouTube musician and cover song artist, Mike Masse, in episode 163 of The Paunch Stevenson Show. He was a great guest and we enjoyed discussing music, movies, and video games with him.

Yesterday, Mike posted his version of The Beatles song “Let It Be” on YouTube with this message:

“Dear Friends and Supporters,
On July 5th, 2012, my 11-month-old son Noah was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Please consider making a donation of support as well as helping spread this link. The proceeds from your donation will go towards getting Noah the best care possible, as well as helping keep our family afloat while we focus on little Noah’s treatment and comfort. Anyone who donates will receive a downloadable MP3 version of this rendition. Here is the link:
http://covercows.com/let-it-be-a-fundraiser/
A special thanks to Jesse, and everyone else at Cover Cows, for suggesting I record a charity song for Noah, as well as offering to waive any of their proceeds from the donations received. And thanks to Jeff Hall for letting me borrow his video camera (identical to mine), so I could shoot the performance from two angles at once.
And thanks to all of you so much for your friendship, generosity, and support.
Love,
-Mike
P.S. If you prefer, you can also buy this song from iTunes (with Apple taking 30% of the purchase price, as is their policy). Here’s the iTunes link:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/let-it-be-single/id546401724”

So if you can, please help Mike out. We’re sure he and his family appreciate even the smallest donation. Thanks!

Greg and Rob

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Episode 199

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 199

In this episode:

  • a celebrity death (Andy Griffith),
  • the questionable courtroom antics of Ben Matlock,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Hal Sparks),
  • Love Connection hosted by Chuck Woolery,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Barret Oliver, star of The NeverEnding Story and D.A.R.Y.L.),
  • Tom Cruise getting another divorce (Katie Holmes),
  • middle-aged former action stars going mental,
  • more movie remakes coming (Robocop, Total Recall, and Mad Max),
  • former soccer player and current commentator Steve “Maca” McManaman talkng like Paul McCartney,
  • Stan Lee’s cameo on the Muppet Babies cartoon,
  • The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) starring Lou Ferrigno,
  • Get A Life the complete series finally coming to DVD!,
  • sitcoms without laugh tracks,
  • mattress companies all starting with the letter “S”,
  • a Brett Butler update,
  • SyFy TV movie Bigfoot (2012) starring Barry Williams and Danny Bonaduce,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Kel Mitchell from Keenan and Kel),
  • dumb 1990s rumors involving side effects of drinking too much Arizona iced tea,
  • local NJ competitive eater Maria Edible,
  • a Kickstarter project for an updated version of the classic 1983 video game M.U.L.E.,
  • creator of the game Dan Bunton a.k.a Danielle Bunton Berry,
  • Stan Lee is Cameo Man,
  • What Ever Happened To? (competitive eater Kate Stelnick),
  • the current Canadian lousy pop song invasion,
  • the “Call Me Maybe” craze by Carly Rae Jepsen,
  • the new Beach Boys album That’s Why God Made the Radio (2012),
  • the upcoming Disney animated video-game-themed movie Wreck-It Ralph (2012),
  • the various voice acting styles of Super Mario,
  • our review of Prometheus (2012) directed by Ridley Scott,
  • the Greek god Prometheus being a trickster,
  • early development involving James Cameron,
  • fan reaction, comparison to the previous Alien films, source of backstory,
  • ancient alien concept, fuzzy math, scary moment, a race of angry Mr. Cleans,
  • and the quality of the IMAX 3D presentation.

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Episode 198

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 198

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Ray Bradbury, Richard Dawson),
  • Paunch Stevenson Family Feud, starring Richard Dawson,
  • Old has been celebs, featuring Lou Ferrigno, Stan Lee, Sean Connery, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Louie Anderson,
  • Old cartoon characters, featuring Megatron, Starscream, Peter Griffin, ALF, and Lion-O,
  • the Dueling Dr. Phils return to sing “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga, “California Gurls” by Katy Perry, “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele, and “Starships” by Nicki Minaj,
  • TV commericals interrupting other commercials,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Jake Steinfeld, a.k.a. Big Brother Jake, a.k.a. Body by Jake),
  • our nicknames for middle school janitors,
  • the Pramp-Pramp Posse (P.P.P.),
  • canceled television shows coming back years later and viewers not caring,
  • Futurama, Family Guy, Arrested Development, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?,
  • Apple stealing Rob’s idea for the iPad from 1988,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Vin Diesel and Shia LeBouf),
  • Phil Collins- the world’s largest Civil War memorabilia collector,
  • recalling David Duchovny in Zoolander (2001),
  • the dumb “two cups and a string” telephone science experiment,
  • Namco’s Flamin’ Finger arcade game is a scam,
  • and the old jingle of the episode, “Garden of Your Mind” by Mister Rogers.

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