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Episode 92: Monday, December 10, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 092

We talk with special guest Jonald Reyes, director of the documentary film That Asian Thing (www.thatasianthing.com)!

In this episode:

  • the documentary film That Asian Thing by Jonald Reyes (www.thatasianthing.com),
  • Asian-American celebrities (George Takei, Tiger Woods, Lucy Liu, Bobby Lee, Dat Phan, Rex Navarrete, James Iha, etc.),
  • Margaret Cho’s TV show All-American Girl,
  • Celebrity Boxing,
  • Pat Smear,
  • the Nirvana: Unplugged In New York DVD,
  • Super Bowl XLI,
  • William Hung,
  • Fisher Stevens playing an Indian character in Short Circuit (1986),
  • the upcoming movie Rambo (2008) starring Sylvester Stallone,
  • Timecode (2000) starring Salma Hayek,
  • the Independent Film Channel’s version of Pulp Fiction (1994) starring John Travolta,
  • Second City and Keegan Michael Key,
  • Jonald’s parents,
  • the Filipino delicacy balut,
  • professional boxing,
  • Belleville, NJ,
  • My Chemical Romance,
  • Belleville High School,
  • Ronald McDonald,
  • old typewriters,
  • the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China,
  • celebrity sightings (John Cusack and Amy Poehler),
  • the New Monkees,
  • and the purpose of joining the Boy Scouts of America.

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Episode 90: Monday, November 12, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 090

We talk with special guest Frank Edward Nora from The Overnightscape podcast (www.theovernightscape.com)!

In this episode:

  • the end of analog broadcast TV on February 17, 2009,
  • 2008 U.S. Presidential candidate Ron Paul,
  • the Republican Party’s obsession with terrorism,
  • $100 per barrel of oil,
  • 24 minute podcast episodes,
  • old 74 minute CD-R discs,
  • transferring old VHS video tapes to DVDs,
  • the ridiculous Beanie Babies fad in the late 1990s,
  • storing photos,
  • history in the future,
  • albums being released on USB flash drives in England,
  • iTunes digital release cards at Starbucks,
  • the loudness war and horrible audio CD mastering,
  • a get-rich-quick scheme for record companies,
  • the Fun N Games arcade in Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ, shutting down,
  • Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) computer software,
  • the video game Red Earth (known as Warzard in Japan) by Capcom,
  • reading bad novels in high school (The Good Earth, The Chocolate War, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, etc.),
  • David Copperfield’s current FBI investigation,
  • Frank’s review of Bee Movie (2007) starring Jerry Seinfeld,
  • the Writers Guild of America strike,
  • Late Show with David Letterman,
  • TV interviews via satellite,
  • Heroes season 2,
  • the online video revolution,
  • podcasting and online audio,
  • Frank’s attempt at a premium podcast (Anything But Monday),
  • and Frank’s upcoming secret project.

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Episode 88: Monday, October 29, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 088

The Paunch Stevenson Show two-year anniversary special, part one!

In this episode:

  • the current top ten movies at the box office,
  • Jack Palance and Ripley’s Believe It or Not!,
  • David Hasselhoff starring in an upcoming Anaconda sequel,
  • the upcoming movie I Am Legend (2007) starring Will Smith,
  • The Omega Man (1971) starring Charlton Heston,
  • the upcoming movie Fred Claus (2007) starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti,
  • the onslaught of Bee Movie commercials,
  • microfiche and microfilm,
  • the Belleville Public Library in Belleville, NJ, in the 1990s,
  • the Dewey Decimal System,
  • horribly outdated computers in school,
  • Belleville High School’s CAD class,
  • an old pen plotter from the 1970s,
  • the uselessness of old computers,
  • fanfold printer paper,
  • Macintosh vs. PC prices,
  • old computer gimmicks (RAM Doubler, Stacker, etc.),
  • old internet service providers (Prodigy, Compuserve, etc.),
  • and receiving free AOL discs in the mail.

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Episode 49: Monday, October 16, 2006

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 049

In this episode:

  • disgusting Halloween candy (candy corn, Mary Jane, etc.),
  • trick-or-treating,
  • people decorating for holidays too early,
  • Lord Greylock,
  • Help Me Help You starring Ted Danson,
  • the current Volkswagen Jetta commercials,
  • pizza commercials,
  • trans-fatty acids,
  • stupid styles (excessive tattoos and piercings),
  • the upcoming documentary film That Asian Thing by Jonald Reyes (www.thatasianthing.com),
  • a get-rich-quick scheme (celebrity decoys),
  • Christian Slater,
  • unrealistic action shows (The A-Team, G.I. Joe, The Dukes of Hazzard, etc.),
  • and The Old Jingle of the Episode (The Electric Company theme song).

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Episode 41: Monday, August 14, 2006

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 041

In this episode:

  • Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com),
  • the lack of great movies this summer,
  • the WBHS Channel 34 25th anniversary celebration at Belleville High School in NJ (June 25, 2006),
  • Governor Jon Corzine shutting down NJ in July,
  • Hollywood Is Calling (www.hollywoodiscalling.com),
  • a get-rich-quick scheme (impersonated celebrity phone calls),
  • aliens using Al Bundy’s socks for fuel,
  • Pee-wee’s Playhouse on Cartoon Network,
  • and the Big Shoe Dance.

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