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Episode 134

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 134

In this episode:

  • our movie review of The General (1927) starring Buster Keaton,
  • Shout! Factory’s Transformers and G.I. Joe DVD boxed sets,
  • problems with Rhino’s Transformers DVD boxed sets,
  • the quality of cartoon writing in the 1980s vs. today,
  • The World of David the Gnome,
  • the USA Cartoon Express,
  • Mr. Wilson played by two different actors in Dennis the Menace,
  • TV channels that show old sitcoms (AmericanLife TV Network, FamilyNet, etc.),
  • The Dark Knight 1960s version,
  • the Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) public access TV station in NYC (Invasion Earth hosted by Harvey Wiesenberg, Star Crash, Wild Record Collection, etc.),
  • and The Uncle Floyd Show (www.unclefloyd.com).

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Episode 133

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 133

In this episode:

  • Mike Tyson and Jennifer Connelly growing up in the Catskill Mountains,
  • the series finale of MADtv on Fox,
  • the season finale of Saturday Night Live featuring Will Ferrell, Norm Macdonald, Tom Hanks, and other celebrities (Celebrity Jeopardy! video),
  • the series finale of My Name Is Earl on NBC,
  • Norm Macdonald playing Burt Reynolds’s son,
  • Dollhouse starring Eliza Dushku,
  • Dane Cook’s new comedy special Isolated Incident,
  • the commercial for the movie Drag Me to Hell (2009),
  • hip hop artist Danger Mouse releasing a CD-R as his new album,
  • the horrendous state of rock and pop music,
  • Frankie Valli and The Bee Gees singing with weird chicken voices,
  • listener mail from Dawn in NJ (Disney eggs),
  • children’s food gimmicks (Smurfs SpaghettiOs, Pac-Man cereal, Marshmallow Krispies, Cookie Crisp, etc.),
  • Cap’n Crunch cereal melting in milk,
  • a celebrity death (Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse),
  • What Ever Happened To? (Disney’s classic characters),
  • the origin of Baba Booey,
  • the new premium movie channel Epix,
  • Star Trek (2009) movie reviews by listeners Joe in KY and Dennis in CA,
  • and Dennis’s waterboarding contest.

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Episode 132: Monday, May 18, 2009

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 132

In this episode:

  • listeners Paul and Juan is Missouri,
  • Esteban quitting Please Save Me Robots,
  • John Madden retiring and being sued,
  • Keanu Reeves winning the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach,
  • Coldplay being sued by Cat Stevens,
  • celebrity deaths (Bea Arthur and Dom DeLuise),
  • flat caps,
  • the upcoming Ghostbusters: The Video Game,
  • Nintendo Wii MotionPlus being released in June,
  • a new Ghostbusters movie,
  • watching internet videos on Verizon FiOS cable TV,
  • and a guy acting like a maniac on the NYC subway.

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Episode 131: Sunday, May 10, 2009

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 131 - our Star Trek review

Our big Star Trek (2009) review! (includes spoilers)

In this episode:

  • big upcoming summer movies,
  • Land of the Lost (2009) starring Will Ferrell,
  • Year One (2009) starring Jack Black and Michael Cera,
  • our movie review of Role Models (2008) starring Paul Rudd,
  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) starring Dennis Quaid,
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) starring Shia LaBeouf,
  • our movie review of Star Trek (2009) starring Chris Pine,
  • Greg’s veteran fan perspective and Rob’s newbie perspective,
  • Frank from The Overnightscape and his Twitter posts about Star Trek,
  • canon vs. reboot,
  • Zachary Quinto as Spock,
  • the rest of the cast (Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, etc.),
  • the annoying shaky camera technique,
  • ways J.J. Abrams could’ve included William Shatner in the movie,
  • Captain Pike’s wheelchair,
  • Star Trek vs. the Star Wars prequels,
  • rescuing Romulans,
  • Nicolas Cage’s car crash,
  • and forgetting the movie Cloverfield (2008).

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Episode 130: Sunday, May 3, 2009

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 130

In this episode:

  • our trip to the Brooklyn Museum to see Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) starring Paul Reubens and Mark Holton,
  • The Pee-wee Herman Show live stage show in 1980,
  • Phil Hartman,
  • Peter Cullen narrating the new Coors Light commercial,
  • Frank Welker as the voice of Soundwave and Ravage in the upcoming movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009),
  • listener email from Esteban in South Dakota (http://pleasesavemerobots.blogspot.com/),
  • the Snickers Nougabot Bar featuring Bumblebee,
  • the upcoming movie Dance Flick (2009) starring Damon Wayans Jr.,
  • our movie review of The Lion in Winter (1968) starring Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn,
  • our movie review of Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) starring Pat Boone,
  • Regis Philbin dressed up as Shrek on Late Show with David Letterman,
  • Rob winning a car phone in the sixth grade fundraiser,
  • the Digital Press video game store used in Capital One’s new credit card commercial,
  • Greg switching from Comcast to Verizon FiOS,
  • and DVD bitrates.

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