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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Episode 196

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 196

In this episode:

  • another Paunch road trip on the Garden State Parkway,
  • Bruce Springsteen talking like George W. Bush,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Brett Butler),
  • celebrity deaths (Donna Summer and Robin Gibb),
  • who to blame for the pitiful Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) film?,
  • Arsenio Hall winning Celebrity Apprentice 5,
  • Adam Carolla, Lisa Lampinelli, Aubrey O’Day,
  • our ideas for the next Celebrity Apprentice cast,
  • the upcoming movie G.I. Joe Retaliation being delayed until 2013,
  • G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero renamed Action Force in Europe,
  • James Bond producers sell out to Heineken and dump the vodka martini,
  • the upcoming 007: Legends game, yet again featuring Daniel Craig in old Bond movie recreations,
  • American Ninja Warrior fail,
  • Adam Sessler and Kevin Pereira’s departure from G4,
  • Bait Car on TruTV,
  • Michael McKean hit by a runaway car in New York City,
  • Dana Carvey’s SNL audition, singing “Chopping Broccoli”,
  • people asking “did you get a haircut?”,
  • our review of the two Star Wars spinoff Ewok Adventure (1984/1985) movies,
  • shout out to new listener markusman64ds on the Digital Press forum,
  • anyone remember old British cartoon show Dr. Snuggles?,
  • millionaire executive Thomas Langenbach caught stealing LEGO toys from Target,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Henry Rollins),
  • the upcoming celebrity dating show The Choice,
  • and our road trip’s thrilling conclusion in Episode 197 coming soon!

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Episode 193

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 193

In this episode:

  • Cheat our way to episode 200?,
  • our review of The Three Stooges (2012), starring Will Sasso, Sean Hayes, and Chris Diamantopoulos, directed by the Farrelly Brothers,
  • Moe beats up the cast of the Jersey Shore,
  • sequel to Twins (Triplets), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny Devito, and Eddie Murphy,
  • Google Maps 8-bit April Fools gag,
  • watching The Big Lebowski (1998), starring Jeff Bridges and John Goodman, at the landmark Loews Jersey Theater,
  • Rob’s dissactifaction with Zooey Deschanel on New Girl on FOX,
  • Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion dollars,
  • Greg always getting You Tube errors,
  • Lou Ferrigno finally gets fired on The Celebrity Apprentice,
  • KFC chicken pot pie,
  • Marvel fanboys attending a 6-movie marathon leading up to The Avengers,
  • our review of 21 Jump Street (2012), starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum,
  • our review of Disney’s box office bomb, John Carter (2012),
  • Lifetime television movie Drew Peterson: Untouchable (2012), starring Rob Lowe,
  • celebrity deaths: Mike Wallace and Jack Tramiel,
  • Tramiel’s role (or non-role?) in the downfall of Atari,
  • and one reason why the NEC TurboGrafx-16 flopped.

Also, as custom, here’s my camera phone shot of The Big Lebowski on the big screen….
The Big Lebowski

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Episode 189

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 189

In this episode:

  • pictures of the So You Want To Be A Dancer guy from our British fan @spacemandavid,
  • the “Ringo Remembers” skits on the BBC’s The Peter Serafinowicz Show,
  • long-time fan Esteban reminds us of the Robotix (1985) cartoon featuring the voices of Peter Cullen, Michael Bell, Frank Welker, Corey Burton, and Arthur Burghardt,
  • What Ever Happened To? (“Lord of the Dance” Michael Flatley),
  • Marky Mark Wahlberg claiming he would’ve single-handedly stopped 9/11,
  • Betty White’s 90th birthday,
  • celebrity deaths (Ben Gazzara, Don Cornelius, “Mr. Pitt” Ian Abercrombie, Robert Hegyes, and Joe Paterno),
  • Marvel Comics cologne,
  • Frank Nora (onsug.com) following the development of the video game Pinball Arcade (pinballarcade.com),
  • where’s the MAME pinball cabinet?,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Dan Cortese),
  • career pitfalls for past MTV VJs,
  • the Megaupload fury,
  • starting the day with chocolate and sugar-infested cereals,
  • and our long-awaited review of The People vs. George Lucas (2010) documentary.

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Episode 184

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 184

Happy holidays!!

In this episode:

  • our movie review of 12 Dates of Christmas (2011) starring Amy Smart and Mark-Paul Gosselaar,
  • the fact that it completely ripped off Groundhog Day (1993) starring Bill Murray,
  • Greg fist bumping Eliza Dushku’s giant ring,
  • Greg meeting Bill Maher at his book signing for The New New Rules,
  • people not sharing their photos and videos from book signings,
  • our movie review of D.C. Cab (1983) starring Bill Maher, Gary Busey, and Mr. T,
  • Hasbro’s KRE-O and Kreon Transformers,
  • Greg meeting Regis Philbin at Bookends for his book How I Got This Way,
  • the complete series of Jem on DVD for the first time (released by Shout! Factory),
  • fanboys pestering Shout! Factory DVD producer Brian Ward about film transfer quality,
  • Shout! Factory’s Sunbow animated DVDs vs. Rhino’s past DVD releases,
  • ruining old TV shows by creating fake Dolby 5.1 surround sound audio,
  • the upcoming movie G.I. Joe Retaliation (2012) starring Bruce Willis, The Rock, and Channing Tatum,
  • former WWOR channel 9 weatherman Lloyd Lindsay Young and his crazy antics,
  • and a celebrity death (comedian Patrice O’Neal).
“Poster” for 12 Dates of Christmas ripping off Groundhog Day Eliza Dushku’s massive ring…
Greg with Bill Maher in the background… Video of Bill Maher’s signing, can you spot Greg at about 2:35?
Greg’s video of Bill Maher

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