Episode 265

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 265

In this episode:

  • the defunct Plaza Game Room arcade on Route 46 in Little Falls, NJ,
  • the Mad Max films,
  • David Letterman’s retirement,
  • Harry Shearer quitting The Simpsons,
  • comedian Dan Soder’s “Macho Man” Randy Savage impression,
  • Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck (2015),
  • bad Michael Douglas movies,
  • Greg meeting the Pawn Stars and American Pickers in NYC,
  • the Montclair Film Festival featuring Richard Gere, Stephen Colbert, Patrick Wilson, Dane DeHaan, Michael Ian Black, Bobcat Goldthwait & Kat Von D,
  • Greg going crazy to obtain New York Comic-Con tickets,
  • Wizard World Philadephia featuring Burt Reynolds, Cary Elwes, Sting, Adrian Paul, Summer Glau, Charles Martinet, and Hayley Atwell,
  • non-stop celeb hunting at NY Upfront/TV week,
  • meeting Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Robert Kazinsky, Fred Savage, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Travolta, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Craig T. Nelson, Ray Liotta, Dylan Walsh, Jerry Rice, Jane Lynch, Jeff Garlin, and Conan O’Brien,
  • meeting Richard Lewis and Artie Lange at a book signing,
  • finally meeting Bill Nighy and Jason Mantzoukas (Rafi from The League),
  • autographs through the mail from Jon Voight and Gary Busey,
  • Rob’s adventures in Yankee Stadium,
  • and who follows @paunchstevenson on Twitter?

TV Week featuring Conan O’Brien and Fred Savage, May 11-15, 2015, in Manhattan

Richard Lewis Book Signing featuring Artie Lange, May 20, 2015, in Manhattan

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Episode 219

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 219

In this episode:

  • Rob calls everyone “Living Legend” at Chiller Theatre,
  • How I Met Your Mother episode guest starring William Zabka and Ralph Macchio,
  • Celebrity Apprentice finale (Trace Adkins defeats Penn Jillette),
  • Gary Busey’s mechanical dog,
  • The Office finally comes to an end,
  • Liberace movie starring Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Paul Reiser, and Dan Aykroyd,
  • another post-apocalypse movie Elysium (2013) starring Matt Damon,
  • Steven Seagal is the new ambassador to Russia?,
  • The Purge (2013) rips off Rob’s “everyone gets one free murder” concept,
  • co-workers hate Michael Bay,
  • Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles using the voice actors in motion capture suits,
  • Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto in Audi car commercial “The Challenge” ,
  • David Bowie surprises with new album The Next Day,
  • upcoming CGI Disney Star Wars Rebels (2014) cartoon,
  • Bernie Stolar, destroyer of 32-bit 2D video games,
  • the demise of SEGA,
  • Microsoft unveils the Xbox One,
  • DRM: Digital Rights Management,
  • proposed documentary on Atari’s New Mexico “E.T.” landfill,
  • what’s with all the NJ roadkill?,
  • our review of Rockshow: Wings Over America (1979/2013), starring Paul McCartney and Denny Laine,
  • Paul McCartney concert performances,
  • extremely high Stub Hub prices,
  • celebrity deaths (Chris Kelly, Ray Manzarek, Jean Stapleton),
  • somethingstore.com – get shipped mystery packages,
  • The Breeders reunite for a 20th anniversary tour,
  • Ashton Kutcher’s Steve Jobs movie gets panned,
  • Funny or Die’s iSteve parody biopic starring Justin Long,
  • SNES game Earthbound fetching huge ebay prices,
  • Esteban and the 7 Cities of Gold game coming to Wii U,
  • and Grimaldi’s Pizza in Clifton, NJ, has video game consoles to play.

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Episode 213

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 213

In this episode:

  • vociferous comments for our old customer service call bit on YouTube,
  • Rob’s terrible Angry Video Game Bear parody video of the Angry Video Game Nerd,
  • celebrity deaths (Patty Andrews, Stan Musial, Ed Koch),
  • crazy Oreo Cookie Whisper Fight Super Bowl commercial video,
  • Volkswagon Game Day Video – Get in. Get Happy,
  • Oreo cookie sculptures,
  • defunct chain Computer City lives on in Denmark,
  • Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986) anime,
  • lousy English fan dub video vs. original Japanese high quality video,
  • Storage Wars guy who thought a NES was worth $14,000,
  • Charlotte Rea,
  • Jim Nabors, Back Home in Indiana,
  • Nostalgia Critic and Angry Video Game Nerd show up in Japanese anime,
  • Once Upon Atari documentary (1999) (link),
  • Steve Jobs’s Apple car,
  • J.J. Abrams to direct Star Wars 7,
  • Star Wars spin-off films involving Yoda, Han Solo, Boba Fett,
  • Jason Statham/Guy Ritchie movies,
  • where are DVDs for Star Wars Droids and Ewoks, or Disney’s Gummi Bears?,
  • Gary Busey’s new website (buseyzone.com),
  • upcoming Celebrity Apprentice All-Stars,
  • Dennis Haskins,
  • Transformers Monopoly board game,
  • possibly talking to Jim Shooter, then of Defiant Comics, in 1993,
  • stealing samples and promos from Heroes World Distribution dealer convention,
  • and Todd Rogers “Mr. Activision” lied about his video game record high scores.

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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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Episode 165

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 165

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Jack LaLanne),
  • WWF wrestler Dino Bravo,
  • Rob’s new solo podcast The Goodrob13 Music Show,
  • walking around NYC talking into a sock,
  • Frank Nora’s podcast network The Overnightscape Underground,
  • the Overnightscape Central podcast,
  • Sean Connery refusing to participate in the 50th anniversary of James Bond,
  • Zardoz (1974) starring Sean Connery,
  • Will Smith’s daughter Willow Smith starring in an upcoming remake of Annie,
  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,
  • Ashton Kutcher’s new TV show,
  • the lack of talent in Hollywood today,
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012) starring Anne Hathaway as Catwoman,
  • more of Stan Lee’s Twitter tweets,
  • The Celebrity Apprentice season 4 starring Gary Busey and La Toya Jackson,
  • Regis Philbin retiring from Live with Regis and Kelly in November 2011,
  • IBM’s computer Watson competing against humans on Jeopardy!,
  • Eliza Dushku updates (The Big Bang Theory, her broken finger, and her car being towed),
  • the return of Bagels Plus in Belleville, NJ,
  • drawing posters about Belleville in seventh grade,
  • Chicken Galore,
  • our nasty psychotic seventh grade math teacher (and part-time clown),
  • the vice principal getting punched out,
  • our typing teacher playing The Howard Stern Show and selling watches in class,
  • his son’s collection of every G1 Transformer in the box,
  • and a different classmate’s collection.

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