Episode 176

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 176

In this episode:

  • Our ideas for re-dubbing the latest Michael Bay Transformers movie,
  • the Rupert Murdoch UK phone hacking scandal,
  • undercover sleuth work by Hugh Grant,
  • Norm MacDonald announcing the O.J. Simpson verdict on Saturday Night Live,
  • cracking passwords using social engineering,
  • the “Ralphige” real Michael Jackson prank call (link),
  • a fifth child on the way for Kevin ‘K-Fed’ Federline,
  • the arrest of former informercial star Don Lapre,
  • Tony Little HoMedics Micropedic Sleep Pillows,
  • Ted Danson to star on the next season of CSI,
  • Barney Miller,
  • return of Curb Your Enthusiasm,
  • why the Golden Girls is still funny (video),
  • US Marines asking Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake on dates,
  • Rob’s failure to book Tami Erin, star of The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) on the show,
  • emulating classic PC games using DOSBOX,
  • downfall of modern gaming franchises and developers (Hitman, Max Payne, Project Gotham, LucasArts),
  • Copyright Alert System,
  • and a celebrity death (Roberts Blossom).

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Episode 175

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 175

In this episode:

  • our giant movie review of Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) in 3D, starring Shia LaBeouf and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley,
  • the ridiculous length of the movie,
  • the end of the shaky camera fad,
  • a list of movies and TV shows Michael Bay ripped off (The Transformers, Superman, The Watchmen, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and Jackie Chan’s Who Am I?),
  • illogical Duracell battery pricing at Staples,
  • our roll call of robots in the movie (Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet, Sentinal Prime, Starscream, Megatron, Shockwave, Soundwave, and dozens of unnamed robots),
  • Sentinal Prime’s face modeled after Sean Connery,
  • Bay’s horrendous computer animated version of John F. Kennedy,
  • Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) constantly screaming and crying,
  • Bay’s terrible Barack Obama impersonator,
  • Sam spending an hour going on job interviews,
  • Leonard Nimoy as the voice of Sentinal Prime and Galvatron,
  • various plot holes,
  • Optimus Prime actually wondering where his trailer went in the movie,
  • robots who were killed in the movie (the unnamed Scottish Autobot, Ironhide, Megatron, Starscream, the unnamed Decepticon bird, etc.),
  • our welcoming of the inevitable Transformers movie reboot,
  • Transformers spitting,
  • Michael Bay turning Optimus Prime into a ruthless murderer,
  • Peter Cullen and Frank Welker’s voice acting,
  • Shia LaBeouf’s recent acting career (Eagle Eye and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps),
  • Bay’s constant use of slow motion,
  • billions of dollars worth of damage in action movies with no consequences,
  • hacking into objects,
  • Bay’s ignorance of science,
  • the lack of rules and continuity in Bay’s Transformers movies,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Bugle Boy jeans, Z. Cavaricci genie pants, Zubaz, IOU sweatshirts, B.U.M. Equipment, etc.),
  • Roseanne Barr’s reality show Roseanne’s Nuts on Lifetime,
  • a Transformers: Dark of the Moon cameo by Scott Krinsky from Chuck,
  • Bay’s completely wasted use of 3D,
  • fans feeling obligated to watch bad movies,
  • Glynn Turman appearing in Super 8 (2011) and Gremlins (1984),
  • Sean Connery’s brother Neil Connery starring in bad movies: OK Connery (1967) and The Body Stealers (1969),
  • celebrity deaths (Peter Falk and Sherwood Schwartz),
  • Paul Reiser and The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 2,
  • and a new stupid style (extremely short cutoff shorts with dangling pockets).

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Episode 153

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 153

In this episode:

  • movies in the 1980s in which boys switched bodies with their fathers,
  • The Kid from Brooklyn Mike Caracciolo (The Joker video, Superman video),
  • “Macho Man” Randy Savage wrestling “Weird Al” Yankovic (video),
  • Pee-wee Herman’s upcoming Broadway show,
  • the Angry Video Game Nerd’s review of obscure video storage media,
  • RCA’s Capacitance Electronic Disc (CED),
  • John Logie Baird’s phonovision from 1927,
  • Michael Bay firing Megan Fox from the upcoming movie Transformers 3 (2011),
  • the upcoming Jaws movie starring Tracy Morgan,
  • Three Men and a Bride (2012) starring Steve Guttenberg and Tom Selleck,
  • director Guillermo del Toro quitting The Hobbit,
  • the Lost exhibit in NYC (Our Pictures),
  • our book report shortcuts in school,
  • and Optimus Prime dying after one shot.

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Episode 148

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 148

In this episode:

  • a roll call of our listeners,
  • the New York Jets vs. the Indianapolis Colts,
  • Jimmy the Greek,
  • weird comments on our Steven Seagal Hall of Lame post,
  • Steven Seagal vs. Jean-Claude Van Damme,
  • Van Damme’s return to professional kickboxing,
  • celebrity boxing (Dustin Diamond vs. Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Rodman vs. Dennis Haskins),
  • the Japanese believing Sony products break on purpose,
  • pieces of the white Apple Macbook cracking off,
  • Rob’s switch from the iPhone 3G to a free Pantech Reveal,
  • a video of Pee-wee Herman using the Apple iPad,
  • a fan dub of the G1 Transformers episode Scramble City,
  • Alan Alda as the voice of Bumblebee,
  • a Frank Welker fan site,
  • Michael Bay’s belief that superheroes don’t wear masks,
  • Dr. Phil as the voice of Optimus Prime,
  • and George Lucas re-releasing the Star Wars movies in 3D.

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Episode 135

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 135

In this episode:

  • getting Joe in KY and Kelly from www.wrestlecrap.com on the show,
  • celebrity deaths (Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and David Carradine),
  • Alan Alda and “Weird Al” Yankovic,
  • Jeff Goldblum and Harrison Ford supposedly killing each other on a movie set in New Zealand,
  • a guest celebrity death by Lauren Elder from the Broadway cast of Hair (Michael Jackson),
  • Tiffani-Amber Thiessen refusing to participate in Jimmy Fallon’s Saved by the Bell reunion,
  • our phone call with Michael Jackson from December 2005,
  • Paul McCartney,
  • celebrities we’ve recently met (Al Unser Jr., Janeane Garofalo, and Dan Aykroyd),
  • An Evening with Kevin Smith at Carnegie Hall,
  • the upcoming video game Wet featuring the voice of Eliza Dushku,
  • our movie review of The Dark Knight (2008) starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger,
  • the Atari 5200 USB 128-in-1 flash multi-cart on www.atarimax.com,
  • the Nintendo Entertainment System PowerPak flash cart www.retrousb.com,
  • Jimmy Justice’s YouTube videos,
  • Uncle Floyd Vivino running for governor of New Jersey,
  • and our giant movie review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox.
  • (here’s our giant review of Michael Bay’s first Transformers movie)

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