“Weird Al” Yankovic – The Paunch Stevenson Show

Episode 248

In this episode:

celebrity death (James Garner),
The Rockford Files (1974-80), My Fellow Americans (1996), Maverick (1994),
another Ghostbusters 3 update,
Burt Reynolds almost played Norm’s dad,
Prankpack.com prank gift boxes,
“Weird Al” Yankovic’s new album Mandatory Fun (2014),
Sonic The Hedgehog Fan Film by Blue Core Studios featuring Jaleel White,
trailer for Birdman (2014), starring Michael Keaton,
documentary on the failed Nicolas Cage Superman movie written by Kevin Smith and directed by Tim Burton,
crowd funding for The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?,
Arrested Development to return for fifth season,
FXX Simpsons marathon,
the return of the Roboplastic Podcastalypse,
first woman to conquer Ninja Warrior, Kacy Catanzaro,
the one-way trip to Mars reality show,
screening of the Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014) starring James Rolfe,
Kyle Justin AVGN movie song,
what if there were a Paunch Stevenson: The Movie?,
MSU Gamer Symphony plays the Dr. Mario Chill Theme,
and Hip Tanaka.

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It’s our October Chiller Theatre Expo 2013 retrospective.

In this episode we spoke to the following celebrities:

And saw these folks too:

Pictures from the Chiller Theatre Expo October 26, 2013 in Parsippany, NJ:
Chiller Theatre Expo, Sheraton Hotel, Parsippany, NJ, 10/26/13

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Part 2 of our 7th Anniversary Hoopla! Thanks to all the celebrities who appeared!

In this episode:

we meet Weird Al Yankovic,
Weird Al: The Book,
finding a Weird Al LP in a messy used record store,
Al’s least favorite album Polka Party!,
Scotti Brothers Records,
Crazy Eddie (his prices were insane!),
bantering around with Weird Al,
meeting friend and fellow NJ podcaster Brian Jude at the signing,
Weird Al recording “Smells like Nirvana” instead of “Snack All Night”,
how “I Lost on Jeopardy” revived the real Jeopardy! game show,
The Weird Al Show (1997) on CBS,
our trip to Chiller Theatre Expo 2012 in Parsippany, NJ,
getting a picture with Tom Wopat a.k.a. Luke Duke,
“Screech” Dustin Diamond teaching us a bar bet,
Ian Ziering of Beverly Hills, 90210 seated in the horror room,
John Wayne Bobbitt trying to talk to us,
meeting nice guy Andrew McCarthy, star of Weekend at Bernie’s II (1993),
meeting pop singer Samantha Fox,
meeting a grumpy Frank Vincent,
meeting Bronson Pinchot from Perfect Strangers,
old ABC TGIF trading cards Laffs,
Penny Marshall hiding from our camera,
talking with Robert Duncan McNeill from Star Trek: Voyager,
meeting a disinterested Shannon Elizabeth from American Pie (1999),
meeting Lethal Weapon‘s Danny Glover,
talking with the original voice of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney,
the upcoming Caroll Spinney documentary I Am Big Bird (2013),
our interview with Samantha Fox,
TigerTime campaign to save wild tigers,
and our new interview techniques.

Our pictures and videos from the Weird Al signing in Paramus, NJ:
Weird Al Yankovic book signing, Paramus, NJ 10/22/12

Our pictures from the Chiller Theatre Expo 2012 in Parsippany, NJ:
Chiller Theatre Expo, Parsippany, NJ 10/27/12

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In this episode:

the number 70?,
Whatever Happened To? (swine flu and bird flu),
Weird Al Yankovic’s Lady Gaga song parody “I Perform This Way”,
Yvonne Strahovski in College Humor’s “Three Pop Stars, One Song” music video parody,
retail stores printing ridiculously long receipts,
the customer membership club card scam,
Facebook’s usage of personal information,
Eliza Dushku voicing Catwoman in the animated movie Batman Year One (2011),
Larry King’s stand-up comedy tour,
celebrities appearing at the 92nd St. YMCA in NYC,
Chris Elliott’s new Adult Swim show Eagleheart,
Rob’s “really smelly Electronics Boutique customer” story (the Mudman),
Greg’s “really smelly garbage barge on a river under a bridge” story,
Esteban’s musings on successful stupid people,
reality TV shows about rich people,
and Rob’s dream of becoming a philanthropist.