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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 89: Monday, November 5, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 089

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

In this episode:

  • placing radiators next to windows,
  • traffic cops vs. traffic lights,
  • terrible movie remakes (The Dukes of Hazzard and Bad News Bears),
  • the new Fred Claus (2007) commercial,
  • a Led Zeppelin update,
  • insane Hannah Montana concert ticket prices,
  • Marked for Death (1990) starring Steven Seagal and Keith David,
  • an embarrassing Van Halen performance in Greensboro, NC,
  • celebrity sightings (Patton Oswalt and Ron Wood),
  • celebrity deaths (Joey Bishop and Robert Goulet, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com),
  • the current top ten movies at the box office,
  • baseball (the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tommy Lasorda, Joe Torre, Don Mattingly, the Boston Red Sox, Mike Piazza, etc.),
  • an Eliza Dushku update (Dollhouse),
  • Dark City (1998) starring Rufus Sewell and William Hurt,
  • Alien Nation,
  • the Writers Guild of America strike,
  • Jack Palance audio clips,
  • the Fun N Games arcade in Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ, shutting down,
  • old video game console prices vs. old computer prices,
  • various horror movies,
  • women’s Halloween costumes,
  • a Britney Spears and Kevin Federline update,
  • Duane “Dog” Chapman’s racial slur,
  • commercials on the Game Show Network,
  • restless legs syndrome,
  • and Mirapex side effects.

Happy birthday to Adam in SC!

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Episode 85: Monday, October 1, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 085

In this episode:

  • custom ring-back tones,
  • Arbor Day,
  • the JumpSnap ropeless jump rope,
  • the U-Force by Broderbund,
  • legal action against the Chi Iota Colony fraternity for refusing to let a woman join,
  • the upcoming Charles in Charge season 2 DVD boxed set,
  • the upcoming movie Transformers 2 (2009),
  • Transformers (2007) released in IMAX with two bonus minutes of footage,
  • the cartoon series Voltron: Defender of the Universe,
  • the Voltron: Revelations DVD,
  • a get-rich-quick scheme,
  • William Shatner narrating audio books,
  • and chain letters.

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Episode 77: Monday, July 23, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 077

The Paunch Stevenson Show trip to the Digital Press video game store!

In this episode:

  • singing hobos in Newark, NJ,
  • graffiti,
  • memories of our horrible practice recordings in mid 2005,
  • auto racing and kart racing,
  • the Digital Press video game store in Clifton, NJ (www.digitpress.com),
  • terrible Super Nintendo Entertainment System games (Street Combat, Batman Forever, Pit-Fighter, etc.),
  • good Super Nintendo Entertainment System games (Super Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Kart, Joe & Mac, etc.),
  • Data East,
  • Bad Dudes inside a Rush ‘n Attack cartridge,
  • the trade-in value of Baseball for the Nintendo Entertainment System,
  • the Kiss video game Kiss: Psycho Circus- The Nightmare Child,
  • outlandish Transformers (2007) movie prop auctions on eBay,
  • new reality TV shows (Hey Paula, Scott Baio Is 45…and Single, etc.),
  • and Willie Aames.

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Episode 69: Monday, May 7, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 069

In this episode:

  • a “Rowdy” Roddy Piper update,
  • They Live (1988) starring Roddy Piper and Keith David,
  • John Carpenter,
  • the upcoming Escape from New York (2009) remake,
  • a Regis Philbin update,
  • meeting Ron Carey from Barney Miller,
  • a cool Nintendo T-shirt on nerdyshirts.com (www.nerdyshirts.com),
  • Chuck Norris’s response to Chuck Norris Facts,
  • Hugo Weaving starring as the voice of Megatron in the upcoming movie Transformers (2007),
  • Peter Cullen and Frank Welker performing the voices in Activision’s upcoming video game Transformers: The Game,
  • Alec Baldwin’s insane voice mail message to his daughter,
  • and sneaker shopping.

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