Lady Gaga – The Paunch Stevenson Show

Episode 211

In this episode:

meeting Jeff Bridges again,
The Dude and the Zen Master by Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman,
more Paunch Luck and people who don’t post their videos of events,
Starman (1984) starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen,
our review of the 2nd season of Comic Book Men on AMC (birthday party, Kevin Smith signing, Ming in drag, and Stan Lee),
Run For Your Lives Zombie 5K obstacle course run (www.runforyourlives.com),
stuck between a rock and a hard place,
fellow NAVA member Stephanie McKeon’s appearance on Comic Book Men,
video gaming podcast Our Brooklyn Bytes hosted by Leon Barber and Stephanie,
celebrity deaths (Hector “Macho” Camacho, Larry Hagman, Dave Brubeck, Ravi Shankar, Jack Klugman, Norman Schwarzkopf, Conrad Bain, Abigail Van Buren, and Earl Weaver),
Paul McCartney is NOT dead,
Quincy, M.E.,
the 1987 computer game Earl Weaver Baseball,
Robert Duncan McNeill’s 666 Park Avenue was canceled,
the Paunch show archive created by Frank Nora of onsug.com,
Stefani Germanotta (pre Lady Gaga) performing Led Zeppelin’s “D’yer Maker” in NYC in January 2006 (video),
Eddie Brickell’s “Good Times” music video on Windows 95 CDs,
a listener email from Led Zeppelin cover band Custard Pie and That Confounded Bridge guitarist Kevin Nay,
and a Paunch tweet retweeted by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Glenn Howerton (our photo collage showing Glenn’s uncanny resemblance to Lindsey Buckingham).

Pictures and Video from the Jeff Bridges book signing, New York, 1/8/2013:

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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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a celebrity death (“Macho Man” Randy Savage),
reactions from former WWF wrestlers Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Honkey Tonk Man, and the Ultimate Warrior,
wrestling news site 1wrestling.com,
video from the Macho Man’s final in-character promo (WWE All-Stars video game),
another celebrity death (Len Lesser, Seinfeld’s “Uncle Leo”),
the redundancy of the term “optical illusion,”
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mistress and love child,
Jerry Lewis retiring from the MDA telethon,
Lady Gaga ripping off a classic Madonna song and then lying about it,
an update on the new Three Stooges movie (2012),
Seth MacFarlane reviving The Flintstones,
Titanic in 3D,
Joe Pesci in 3D,
the Rapture that didn’t happen on May 21st, 2011,
and the planking craze.

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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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