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Episode 239

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 239

In this episode:

  • Scott and Todd show canceled,
  • “Blame it on Hussein” Milli Vanilli song parody,
  • celebrity death (Hal Douglas),
  • the upcoming movie Console Wars from Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg,
  • the grotesque Steve Jobs memorial statue,
  • the future Indiana Jones,
  • Ed Begley Jr. returns to the Paunch Stevenson Show,
  • 2014 Garden State GreenFest,
  • home energy audits,
  • the mainstream availability of “green” products,
  • our toilet seat preferences,
  • Rob getting too much fiber,
  • Lady Gaga vomited on,
  • Mike Masse’s cover song tournament,
  • the band Lake Street Dive,
  • Bad Self Portraits album,
  • a Rob-view of The Polar Express (2004),
  • Rob’s better mousetrap,
  • Leonard Nimoy,
  • Freddie Mercury sound-alike Marc Martel,
  • and our review of the fourth season of Arrested Development on Netflix.

Pictures and Video from the Garden State GreenFest on March 15, 2014 in Union, NJ:
Garden State GreenFest, Union, NJ 3/15/14

Greg, Rob, Ed Begley, Jr.
Ed Begley, Jr.

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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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Episode 190

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 190

In this episode:

  • our review of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (2012) starring The Rock and Michael Caine,
  • the Looney Tunes 3D animated short Daffy’s Rhapsody starring Billy West and Mel Blanc,
  • Greg’s wacky vivid dream featuring Eliza Dushku, Eliza’s older non-existent sister, VCRs, a concert hall, an airport, and Ed Begley, Jr.,
  • a local Red Robin waiter entering a hamburger eating competition,
  • is Nicolas Cage an immortal vampire?,
  • dueling Nick Cages on Saturday Night Live,
  • Macauley Culkin’s dreadful appearance,
  • George Lucas trying to settle the “Han or Greedo shot first” controversy,
  • Bill Murray being replaced in Ghostbusters 3?,
  • Paul Shaffer originally being offered the role of George Costanza on Seinfeld,
  • a celebrity death (Whitney Houston),
  • Michael Bay on board to direct Transformers 4 (2014),
  • Paunch Stevenson Show listener @spacemandavid commenting on every episode,
  • another stupid remake (21 Jump Street),
  • Kevin Smith’s Comic Book Men TV show on AMC,
  • Ouija boards: real or hoax?,
  • and Super Bowl XLVI.

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Episode 161

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 161

Celebrating 5 Years of the Paunch Stevenson Show (Part II)!

In this episode:

  • UPS delivering to the wrong state and a nutty guy in Texas (from episode 99),
  • dueling Dr. Phil’s sing “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” (from episode 100),
  • a physics experiment with the fake Julius Sumner Miller: pressure (from episode 100),
  • our interview with Ted Danson (from episode 101),
  • our behind the scenes video of Rob interviewing Danson,
  • our interview with Ed Begley Jr. (from episode 101),
  • Paunch fan Esteban listening on four continents (from episode 108),
  • listening to every episode in reverse (from episode 110),
  • good celebrity encounter: Lewis Black (from episode 112),
  • bad celebrity encounter: Juliana Hatfield (from episode 112),
  • Celebrity Rehab featuring Gary Busey and Jeff Conaway (from episode 117),
  • our movie review of Snowglobe (2007) starring Christina Milian (from episode 119),
  • the antics and poor wrestling ability of the immortal Hulk Hogan (from episode 140),
  • Paul McCartney’s classical music flop (from episode 143),
  • the music video to Paul McCartney’s “Coming Up” (from episode 143),
  • Jesse Ventura making fun of Dick Cheney (from episode 150),
  • This Man’s Not Dead: Ross Perot (from episode 156),
  • and Jean-Claude Van Damme insulting Sylvester Stallone (from episode 157).

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Episode 128: Sunday, April 5, 2009

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 128

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