The Paunch Stevenson Show

In this episode:

• an odd voice mail message on Rob’s mobile phone,
• Isaac Hayes quitting South Park,
• a Kevin Federline update,
• the definition of “PopoZao,”
• Richard Simmons’s hair,
• the 1,000 pound man Michael Hebranko,
• The Old Jingle of the Episode (Toys “R” Us commercial),
• Kids “R” Us,
• Jerry Lewis’s 80th birthday,
• Rob getting credit in the Belleville Times for Greg’s middle school geography bee victory,
• and My Chemical Romance exaggerating in interviews.

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Here is a listener suggested Hall of Lame Entry, Swedish singer/entertainer Gunther.

Hey guys,

You should check out www.gunthernet.com. He is a musician from Sweden. Read his bio and watch his videos (especially “Ding Dong Song”). Words cannot describe this monstrosity. I think he would be a good candidate.

Dennis in NC

From the About page on Gunther’s website: “The four main things in Günthers life are Champagne, Glamour, Sex, and Respect!” Basically this guy’s videos look like a skit you might see on Saturday Night Live, but he’s serious. Not surprising, Sweden is the same country that brought us ABBA and Ace of Base.

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Alf starred in his own sitcom, cartoon show, and comic book series in the mid 1980s through the early 1990s and hosted his own talk show in 2004. His real name is Gordon Shumway, he was the captain of his high school’s Bouillabaisseball team, and he likes eating cats.

(discussed in episodes 21, 53, and 64)

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Richard Mulligan played widowed doctor Harry Weston in the sitcom Empty Nest and looked very much like Sam the Eagle from The Muppet Show.

(discussed in episode 21)

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In this episode:

• listener audio (The Transformers theme song by GT in Brooklyn),
• Uno,
• VH-1’s I Love Toys,
• The Godfather video game,
• an International Federation of Competitive Eating update (www.ifoce.com),
• celebrity deaths (Kirby Puckett, Peter Tomarken, and Slobodan Milosevic),
• old sitcoms (Empty Nest, ALF, and My Two Dads),
• Max Wright,
• The Old Jingle of the Episode (Tootsie Roll commercial),
• Tina Turner,
• and another interview with the fake Sean Connery.

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In this episode:

• Paunch in Time (Thomas Edison),
• the comic strip Conehenge: The Story of a Jersey Schlub by Richard Telofski (www.conehenge.com),
• the Rocket Racing League (www.rocketracingleague.com),
• Snazzy Nazz,
• a worthless gym teacher,
• demolition soccer,
• and misbehaving in the elementary school library (knocking over bookcases, faking epileptic seizures, mocking filmstrips, etc.).

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In 2001, this U.S. Army Ohio National Guard firefighter changed his name to Optimus Prime, one of the characters in The Transformers, an animated series and toy line that was popular in the U.S. from 1984 to 1990.

top: Optimus Prime the human; bottom left: Optimus Prime in robot mode; bottom right: Optimus Prime in truck mode

(discussed in episode 19)

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In this episode:

• Michael Jackson’s white glove being auctioned on eBay.com,
• a U.S. Army Ohio National Guard firefighter named Optimus Prime,
• the Transformers,
• GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (1986) starring Roddy McDowall and Telly Savalas,
• theme songs,
• celebrity deaths (Johnny Jackson of The Jackson 5, Don Knotts, and Darren McGavin),
• What Ever Happened To? (the funny Adam Sandler),
• Roger Moore,
• old fanfold dot matrix printer paper,
• a soda-free diet,
• and chewed gum inside a grilled cheese sandwich.

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