The Paunch Stevenson Show

The Paunch Stevenson Show trip to the Fun N Games arcade!

In this episode:

• driving through Newark, NJ, while listening to William Shatner’s music,
• a Larry David moment on the PATH,
• old handicapped drivers on the highway,
• the Curb Your Enthusiasm season finale,
• our Larry David and Jeff Greene impersonations,
• our visit to the Fun N Games arcade at Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ, before it shut down,
• the upcoming video game Ghostbusters III,
• Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theatre,
• children’s birthday parties at McDonald’s and Burger King,
• the Treasure Troll doll fad in the early 1990s,
• Elmo,
• Teddy Ruxpin,
• The Secret City Adventures starring Commander Mark,
• Shirt Tales and The Smurfs,
• the abundance of karate schools in Belleville, NJ,
• the Biography channel,
• Rickel Home Centers,
• Home Depot,
• stupid job interviewers,
• employment agencies,
• the current season of Saturday Night Live only lasting four episodes,
• and the Broadway stagehand strike.

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Commander Mark starred in The Secret City Adventures, a children’s drawing show on PBS in the late 1980s. He focused on 3D perspective and shading and was obsessed with Twinkies.

(discussed in episode 91)

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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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Happy birthday to Adam in SC!

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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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