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Episode 300

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 300

The End is Here! Or is it?
Join Rob, Greg & The Overnightscape’s Frank Nora on a 3 Hour Tour!

In this episode:

  • the origins of the Paunch Stevenson Show,
  • a history with Gerard Way,
  • trading CD’s and albums in,
  • our own Bill Murray Stories,
  • celebrity deaths (Super Dave Osborne, Gloria Vanderbilt, Peter Mayhew, Bill Buckner, and Stan Lee),
  • fireworks are legal now,
  • the curse of the Bambino,
  • A Hard Day’s Night and Dig It,
  • car air fresheners,
  • Cameo.com ridiculous prices for celebrity video greetings,
  • cheating on school book reports,
  • marathoning classic sitcoms,
  • George Constanza ripped off Larry Appleton,
  • Nancy Walker, Bounty paper towel spokeswoman,
  • the fat guys of pro wrestling from the old days,
  • Geraldo Rivera’s dumb 1980s gimmicks,
  • Weird Al’s future prospects,
  • Uncle Floyd,
  • bad impersonators of the 1980s,
  • Learn at Home infomercials with Sally Struthers,
  • depressing sitcom theme songs of the 1970s,
  • secrets of disco,
  • imposters recording new Michael Jackson music,
  • all the new video game mini’s,
  • whatever happened to VR?,
  • thanks to all our listeners and many great guests!

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Episode 195

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 195

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Vidal Sassoon and Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys),
  • the Jackson family’s Pepsi deal,
  • Bill Pullman talking like “Macho Man” Randy Savage,
  • the crying wrestling fan (video),
  • Norm MacDonald’s boring golf tweets,
  • What Ever Happened To? (the Saturday Supercast podcast),
  • celebrity podcasts,
  • the upcoming Expendables 2 movie,
  • our review of God Bless America (2011) directed by Bobcat Goldthwait,
  • What Ever Happened To? (clock radios),
  • long sleeve T-shirts are contradictory,
  • sour cream doughnuts at Dunkin’ Donuts,
  • pointing out the flaw in the father’s line at the end of Dirty Dancing (1987),
  • What Ever Happened To? (Andy Milonakis),
  • having to be told to say “thank you” as a kid,
  • the Virtual Skipper series of yacht racing computer games,
  • the Tire Claw car security device (from the makers of The Club),
  • the infamous Nutley NJ tanning mom,
  • are all IHOP restaurants dumpy?,
  • things to do with your body when you’re dead,
  • politicians always getting caught cheating on spouses,
  • Dennis Haskins on and episode of Mad Men,
  • the whereabouts of Max Weinberg,
  • the strange Dating Brad Garrett failed reality/dating show,
  • Donald Trump suing Scotland,
  • space shuttle Enterprise flying over NYC,
  • Ringo Starr losing all his Beatles photographs,
  • Rob meeting Britta Phillips in 2003,
  • the Perfect Strangers video game (link),
  • J.J. Abrams turning Star Trek 13 (2013) into a comic book movie,
  • the quest for the maximum movie frame rate (Peter Jackson, James Cameron),
  • and Douglas Trumbull’s TORUS theater technology.

Rob meeting Britta Phillips of Satisfaction and Jem in 2003…

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Episode 191

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 191

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Gary Carter, Jan Berenstain, and Davy Jones),
  • the Berenstain Bears, Paddington the Bear, and the Lollipop Dragon,
  • Jason Malachi (the fake Michael Jackson) singing on Jackson’s 2010 album Michael,
  • Jaleel White competing on Dancing With The Stars season 14,
  • the fantastic chemistry between Jaleel White and Reginald VelJohnson on the TV show Family Matters,
  • @spacemandavid‘s Paunch marathons,
  • friend of the show Jack Silbert (@JackSilbert),
  • Mr. Bruno’s Pizzeria in Lyndhurst, NJ,
  • the original Star Wars trilogy in 3D not coming until 2015,
  • Michael Bay now re-imagining/ruining the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
  • and the next generation Xbox: no optical drive?

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Episode 183

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 183

Sixth anniversary of the Paunch Stevenson Show (Part II)!

In this episode:

  • election lawn signs for Stallone and Hogan in Northern NJ,
  • Conrad Murray trial verdict in death of Michael Jackson,
  • more NJ pizzeria stereotypes,
  • get rich quick (the classy pizzeria),
  • celebrity death (Smokin’ Joe Frazier),
  • What Ever Happened To? (Judge Mills Lane and Fairuza Balk),
  • Adam Sandler cursing his female co-stars’ careers,
  • Greg meets the legendary William Shatner,
  • anecdotes from his new book Shatner Rules,
  • the movie Incubus (1966) spoken entirely in Esperanto,
  • In Living Color returning to Fox in 2012,
  • another celebrity death (Heavy D),
  • Johnny English Reborn (2011) starring Rowan Atkinson,
  • Rob’s fundamental categories of video games (fun, strategy, and wonder),
  • why can’t a one-person bathroom be unisex?,
  • the Paunch luck (we missed a chance to meet Stan Lee),
  • cheap 1980s Halloween costumes for children (Voltron, E.T., etc.),
  • super expensive price for Mark Hamill’s autograph or photo,
  • Greg meets the star of Hercules (Kevin Sorbo),
  • Greg meets Eliza Dushku at last!,
  • a motion ride using George Lucas’ Red Tails,
  • movie cars (1966 Batmobile, 1989 Batmobile, 1985 Back to the Future DeLorean),
  • Michael J. Fox impersonator,
  • Carroll Spinney, original voice and puppeteer of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch,
  • New York Comic Con chaos and costumes,
  • KRE-O Transformers,
  • R2D2Builder.com R2-D2 working models,
  • tracking down a Quiznos restaurant,
  • Michael Jackson’s stoned singing,
  • and the return of the Hobo!

Flickr Album – New York Comic Con, NYC 10/16/11

The Great William Shatner, NYC, 10/6/11

Flickr Album – William Shatner book signing, NYC 10/6/11

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Episode 181

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 181

In this episode:

  • Paunch luck (East Coast Earthquake, Hurricane Irene, London Riots),
  • Recapping Rob’s first trip to England,
  • London sights (Abbey Road, London Underground, London Eye Ferris Wheel, and Big Ben),
  • English cuisine, accents, and weather,
  • Rob playing drums on Beatles songs at the Liverpool Cavern Club,
  • lousy British reality television,
  • The Love We Make (2011) documentary, starring Paul McCartney,
  • “Rockestra 2” (the remake video),
  • murals painted on pizzeria walls of Marlon Brando,
  • Danny Aiello,
  • Conrad Murray’s trial,
  • drunk Michael Jackson recording,
  • Marquis Who’s Who in America books,
  • Amazon Kindle Fire tablet,
  • our review of Curb Your Enthusiasm season 8,
  • our review of the book Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good: Larry David and the Making of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, by Josh Levine,
  • Larry David on the old ABC show Fridays,
  • and the first Curb Your Enthusiam special.

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