The Paunch Stevenson Show

Gallagher was a popular comedian in the early and mid 1980s and a candidate for the governor of California in 2003. His trademark joke was smashing fruit with a giant sledgehammer.

(discussed in episode 1)

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In the early 1980s, Michael Jackson was a popular black male singer. Now, he’s an unpopular white female alien.

(discussed in episodes 1, 7, 13, 15, 19, 25, 33, 49, 50, 58, 65, 66, and 84)

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With 27 world titles, 105 lbs. “The Black Widow” Sonya Thomas is the number three overall competitive eater in the U.S. and is ranked number four in the world. At the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4, 2005, she ate 37 hot dogs in 12 minutes, making her the world’s greatest eater pound-for-pound.

(discussed in episodes 1, 5, 17, 33, 37, and 56)

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So You Want to Be A Dancer is a book from 1979 that we found in our elementary school library in the late 1980s. We thought we’d never be able to make fun of the cover again, but Jackie at www.seashellbooks.com provided us with a scan. Thanks!

(discussed in episodes 1 and 2)

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In this episode:

• Minute Maid fruit punch,
• the book So You Want to Be a Dancer (1979) by William E. Thomas,
• Gallagher,
• water up the nose,
• the International Federation of Competitive Eating world records (www.ifoce.com),
• champion eater Sonya Thomas,
• old video games (Airwolf, River Raid, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, etc.),
• Michael Jackson and his web site (www.michaeljackson.com),
• and a skit about customer service call centers in foreign countries.

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