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Episode 185

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 185

Happy New Year!!

In this episode:

  • a sing off: Eliza Dushku’s “Freedom” vs. Paul McCartney’s “Freedom”,
  • Yoko Ono ruining the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus performances,
  • John Lennon in The Dirty Mac with Eric Clapton, Mitch Mitchell, and Keith Richards,
  • Rob’s genius idea #1 (bomb scare to cancel a sports game),
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme playing hockey in Sudden Death (1995),
  • Rob’s genius idea #2 (everybody gets a free crime to commit),
  • Tom Cruise hires people to be his fans in India,
  • Tom Hanks posting pictures of his injured thumb on Twitter,
  • our new Paunch Twitter account,
  • Alec Baldwin gets thrown off a plane and makes fun of it on Saturday Night Live,
  • the trailer for the upcoming movie The Three Stooges (2012),
  • a remake of Gilligan’s Island starring the cast of Curb Your Enthusiasm,
  • Unabomber Ted Kasinsky being tortured with CIA mind control,
  • more incompetent bus drivers,
  • What Ever Happened To? (comedian Bob Nelson),
  • the new Modern Warfare video game making $4 billion in its first few days of sales,
  • Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake suing Hogan’s ex-wife,
  • Miyamoto not retiring from Nintendo,
  • our Lame Idiot of the Year award goes to Charlie Sheen,
  • and the runner up is Kim Kardashian.

Here’s our take on the Curb Your Enthusiasm cast starring in a new Gilligan’s Island!
Curb Your Enthusiasm Cast in Gilligan's Island

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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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Episode 167

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 167

In this episode:

  • Rob’s favorite adjective “weird,”
  • Frank Nora’s doppelganger/clone theory,
  • George Lucas and Lionel Richie look-alikes at NAVA,
  • John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998),
  • classic 1990s science fiction series SLIDERS,
  • The Beatles’ lousy movie Magical Mystery Tour (1967),
  • Paul McCartney teaching Steven Spielberg how to make movies,
  • Yoko Ono’s solo career,
  • wannabe Beatle Jeff Lynne,
  • musicians embarrassing themselves past their primes,
  • the Rolling Stones,
  • Phil Collins’s rumored retirement,
  • “Land of Confusion” music video by Genesis,
  • Jon Bon Jovi blaming Steve Jobs for ruining music sales,
  • Jersey Shore Snooki wrestling in the WWE,
  • dummies getting famous (Does the cream really rise to the top?),
  • Dr. Phil being sued yet again,
  • Aflac firing Gilbert Gottfried for his jokes about Japan,
  • Norm MacDonald’s Twitter,
  • and Charlie Sheen going nuts.

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Episode 161

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 161

Celebrating 5 Years of the Paunch Stevenson Show (Part II)!

In this episode:

  • UPS delivering to the wrong state and a nutty guy in Texas (from episode 99),
  • dueling Dr. Phil’s sing “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” (from episode 100),
  • a physics experiment with the fake Julius Sumner Miller: pressure (from episode 100),
  • our interview with Ted Danson (from episode 101),
  • our behind the scenes video of Rob interviewing Danson,
  • our interview with Ed Begley Jr. (from episode 101),
  • Paunch fan Esteban listening on four continents (from episode 108),
  • listening to every episode in reverse (from episode 110),
  • good celebrity encounter: Lewis Black (from episode 112),
  • bad celebrity encounter: Juliana Hatfield (from episode 112),
  • Celebrity Rehab featuring Gary Busey and Jeff Conaway (from episode 117),
  • our movie review of Snowglobe (2007) starring Christina Milian (from episode 119),
  • the antics and poor wrestling ability of the immortal Hulk Hogan (from episode 140),
  • Paul McCartney’s classical music flop (from episode 143),
  • the music video to Paul McCartney’s “Coming Up” (from episode 143),
  • Jesse Ventura making fun of Dick Cheney (from episode 150),
  • This Man’s Not Dead: Ross Perot (from episode 156),
  • and Jean-Claude Van Damme insulting Sylvester Stallone (from episode 157).

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Episode 149

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 149

In this episode:

  • George Harrison impersonator Glen Knowler’s version of “Something”,
  • Paul McCartney impersonator Neil Tudor singing “Jet”,
  • Beatles impersonators together on You Tube,
  • Mike Masse singing U2,
  • the death of rock and roll music,
  • country music vs. rap,
  • Jack Nicholson taking donations for Haiti,
  • Nicolas Cage,
  • From Paris with Love (2010) starring John Travolta,
  • rock band OAR cover of Led Zeppelin’s Fool in the Rain,
  • the upcoming movie Jurassic Park IV,
  • the death of toy cartoon shows,
  • Lego Arcade by Michael Hickox,
  • our review of Sherlock Holmes (2009) starring Robert Downey Jr.,
  • the upcoming movie The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010) starring Nicolas Cage,
  • a Rip Torn update and Rip Taylor on The Monkees,
  • Tom Green,
  • a celebrity death (J. D. Salinger),
  • Gallagher,
  • the 2009 Golden Raspberry Awards (the Razzies),
  • Al Pacino,
  • Jeff Bridges nominated for an Oscar,
  • and Beverly Hills Cop (1984) vs. 48 Hours (1982).

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