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Episode 230

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 230

In this episode, after 8 years on the air…

  • Static Radio Podcast with Miles Tidal and Bob LeMent,
  • Corey Feldman,
  • celebrity deaths (Lou Reed, David Frost, Tom Clancy, Hal Needham),
  • Cannonball Run,
  • Lou Scheimer, founder of Filmation animation studio,
  • Jaleel White will appear at the June 2014 Philadelphia Wizard World convention,
  • Rob and Greg had the same pair of Fayva Olympian sneakers in the 3rd grade,
  • using ‘a’ or ‘an’ before h-words,
  • review of World War Z (2013), starring Brad Pitt,
  • review of After Earth (2013), starring Will and Jaden Smith,
  • Karate Kid (2010) remake thoughts,
  • draconian Blu-ray disc DRM security means more piracy,
  • The Goldbergs, new ABC sitcom about the 1980s, starring Jeff Garlin,
  • Facebook jumping the shark,
  • Rob’s invention idea for home security against burglars,
  • our review of Searching for Sugar Man (2012),
  • and Detroit folk singer Sixto Rodriguez.

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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 170

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 170

In this episode:

  • the number 70?,
  • Whatever Happened To? (swine flu and bird flu),
  • Weird Al Yankovic’s Lady Gaga song parody “I Perform This Way”,
  • Yvonne Strahovski in College Humor’s “Three Pop Stars, One Song” music video parody,
  • retail stores printing ridiculously long receipts,
  • the customer membership club card scam,
  • Facebook’s usage of personal information,
  • Eliza Dushku voicing Catwoman in the animated movie Batman Year One (2011),
  • Larry King’s stand-up comedy tour,
  • celebrities appearing at the 92nd St. YMCA in NYC,
  • Chris Elliott’s new Adult Swim show Eagleheart,
  • Rob’s “really smelly Electronics Boutique customer” story (the Mudman),
  • Greg’s “really smelly garbage barge on a river under a bridge” story,
  • Esteban’s musings on successful stupid people,
  • reality TV shows about rich people,
  • and Rob’s dream of becoming a philanthropist.

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Episode 159

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 159

Our first-ever completely unedited episode!

In this episode:

  • Michael Caine skips out on his book signing!,
  • The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) starring Michael Caine,
  • the song “Michael Caine” (1984) by Madness,
  • celebrity deaths (Tom Bosley of Happy Days and David the Gnome, and the inventor of fractals Benoit Mandelbrot),
  • the new “emo” inspired Superman redesign,
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme denies having a heart attack while doing split,
  • the Back to the Future teaser trailer redone for the Spike Scream Awards (video),
  • Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd celebrate the BTTF 25th anniversary (video),
  • Bill Murray appears at the awards in his Ghostbusters costume! (video),
  • once again the upcoming movie Ghostbusters III (2012),
  • AMC Theaters re-release of Back to the Future (1985),
  • fan customized DeLorean DMC-12’s to look like the movie versions,
  • The Heartbreak Kid (2007) starring Ben Stiller,
  • the upcoming movie Gulliver’s Travels (2010) starring Jack Black,
  • Fleischer Studios’ Gulliver’s Travels (1939) animated feature film,
  • the HBO series Bored to Death starring Ted Danson and Jason Schwartzman,
  • the new Huey Lewis and the News album Soulsville (2010),
  • the perfect length of a pop or rock and roll song,
  • Taylor Swift and her obnoxiously long and bad songs,
  • past oldies-inspired Huey Lewis albums Plan B (2001) and Four Chords and Several Years Ago (1994),
  • Will Smith’s daughter Willow Smith and her new song “Whip My Hair,”
  • Kid Rock’s new song “Born Free” – inspired by Bob Seger or ripped off from Simon and Garfunkel?,
  • Randy Quaid and his wife arrested and afraid of the “Hollywood Star Whackers,”
  • the new American Idol judges,
  • our rapid fire movie review of The Social Network (2010) starring Jesse Eisenberg,
  • and Facebook’s controversial advertising scheme.

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Episode 147

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 147

In this episode:

  • updates to the Paunch Stevenson Show web site,
  • Rob’s phones vs. email vs. text messaging rant,
  • Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien’s NBC nonsense,
  • Rob’s late night talk show rant,
  • Bernie Madoff and Wall Street,
  • the price of baseball card packs,
  • the upcoming movie The A-Team (2010) starring Liam Neeson,
  • NBC’s upcoming TV show remake The Rockford Files,
  • the upcoming movie remake Caesar: Planet of the Apes (2010),
  • the upcoming movie remake Ghosts of Mars (2010) remake,
  • the upcoming movie Spider-Man: The Teenage Years (2011) starring Michael Cera,
  • Louie Anderson on Facebook and Twitter,
  • Hulk Hogan,
  • Microsoft’s Project Natal,
  • a Steven Seagal video game,
  • and 3D HDTVs.

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