The Paunch Stevenson Show

In this episode:

• Greg’s horrible computer science classes at Rutgers University in the late 1990s,
• NJIT,
• our trip to Live with Regis and Kelly,
• the insanity of driving in Manhattan,
• seeing Regis Philbin in person,
• Wayne Brady’s weird hairline,
• NASCAR drivers throwing ice cream at each other,
• photos from the show,
• and the Paunch luck.

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In this episode:

• celebrity deaths (Don LaFontaine, Bill Melendez, Walter “Killer” Kowalski, and Jerry Reed),
• voice actors Peter Cullen and Victor Caroli,
• the box office grosses of The Dark Knight (2008) and Titanic (1997),
• “Convoy” by C. W. McCall,
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) starring Samuel L. Jackson,
• The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) starring Bea Arthur and Art Carney,
• Eddie Murphy’s career,
• What Ever Happened To? (Judge Reinhold),
• Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998) starring David Hasselhoff,
• Esteban and the Jeff Bridges voice,
• syndicated TV shows in the 1990s (Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Renegade, etc.),
• listener email from Paul in Missouri,
• the Paunch Stevenson Show marathon,
• Sylvester Stallone’s face,
• vitiligo,
• Michael Jackson’s 50th birthday,
• Bill Cosby’s rap album State of Emergency,
• Rob’s picture with “Macho Man” Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth in Belleville, NJ, in 1986,
• Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin,
• and the popular vote scam.

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In this episode:

• our movie review of The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson,
• Chris Carter’s other TV shows (The Lone Gunmen, Millennium, and Harsh Realm),
• the unpopularity of sci-fi on TV,
• our movie review of Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D (2008) starring Brendan Fraser,
• computer generated dinosaurs,
• Rob’s problem of forgetting movies a few years after watching them,
• our movie review of Tropic Thunder (2008) starring Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr.,
• celebrity deaths (Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com),
• Jim Henson,
• Morgan Freeman’s car crash and injuries,
• the curse of The Dark Knight (2008),
• Michael Caine,
• upcoming movies in 2009 (Fast and Furious starring Vin Diesel, The Evil Dead directed by Sam Raimi, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen starring Shia LaBeouf),
• Michael Bay,
• Richard Dreyfuss suing his father and uncle for $870,000,
• and the unreleased Super Nintendo video game Steven Seagal Is the Final Option.

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In this episode:

• special guest Esteban from Please Save Me Robots (pleasesavemerobots.blogspot.com),
• Comic-Con International in San Diego, CA,
• the upcoming movie The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) starring Keanu Reeves,
• Ringo Starr,
• the BotCon Transformers convention,
• video game grading services,
• gasoline octane ratings,
• obsessed collectors,
• the upcoming movie TR2N (2010) starring Jeff Bridges,
• funny videos of The Wicker Man (2006) on YouTube,
• the Japanese origin of the Transformers toy line,
• Ironhide and Ratchet’s horrible robot forms,
• 3D movies (Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Star Wars),
• holographic video,
• putting your face in HD DVD movies,
• Esteban’s experience as a weather observer in the United States Air Force,
• his UFO sighting in Korea,
• the Alamo in San Antonio, TX,
• watching Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) in Turkey,
• Esteban’s experience at McMurdo Station in Antarctica,
• Antarctic roads and speed limits,
• and a celebrity death (Estelle Getty, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com).

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In this episode:

• using Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit,
• celebrity death (Stan Winston),
• Interview with the Vampire (1994) starring Tom Cruise,
• Tom Cruise’s lawyer calling Dr. Drew a Nazi,
• Dr. Phil’s talk show,
• our movie review of Get Smart (2008) starring Steve Carell,
• our movie review of Hancock (2008) starring Will Smith,
• Nicholas Cage as Dr. Fu Manchu in Werewolf Women of the S.S.,
• The Wicker Man (2006) starring Nicholas Cage,
• the upcoming movie Ace Ventura Jr. (2008) starring Josh Flitter,
• Paul Hogan’s tax evasion,
• Yoda Is Your Father (yodaisyourfather.blogspot.com),
• the upcoming movie The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson,
• Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen starring in an upcoming Sherlock Holmes movie,
• getting Shawn from Branded in the 80s on the show (www.brandedinthe80s.com),
• getting Esteban from Please Save Me Robots on the show (pleasesavemerobots.blogspot.com),
• Wonderland (www.wonderlandblog.com),
• Kevin Federline’s weight gain,
• Degli Martinez accidentally throwing away his $65 million winning lottery ticket,
• Ed Begley, Jr. vs. Bill Nye the Science Guy,
• That Asian Thing playing at the Independent Features Film Festival in NYC on Sunday 7/27/08 (buy tickets - $10 each),
• getting Juliana Hatfield and the Angry Video Game Nerd on the show,
• and Hollywood Is Calling (www.hollywoodiscalling.com).

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In this episode:

• another trip to the Digital Press video game store in Clifton, NJ (www.digitpress.com),
• meeting James Rolfe (the Angry Video Game Nerd) and trying to get him on the show,
• the Nostalgia Critic,
• celebrity deaths (Mel Ferrer, Bo Diddley, Harvey Korman, Jim McKay, Tim Russert, and George Carlin, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com),
• What Ever Happened To? (Jim J. Bullock),
• a psycho in Union Square Park claiming NASA is going to blow up Jupiter on 7/7/08,
• Project Lucifer,
• a Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling update,
• Sean Connery’s memoirs,
• Kung Fu Panda (2008) starring Jack Black,
• You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (2008) starring Adam Sandler,
• Kevin Nealon’s horrible acting,
• Dana Carvey’s new HBO comedy special Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies,
• Mike Myers,
• the upcoming movie Disaster Movie (2008),
• Frank Darabont’s Indiana Jones and the City of Gods script,
• the new Apple iPhone 3G and disposable gadgets,
• The Kid from Brooklyn on Last Comic Standing (www.thekidfrombrooklyn.com),
• Rob’s trip to California,
• Los Angeles vs. New York City,
• celebrity sightings (Lisa Bonet, Neil Patrick Harris, and Ryan Reynolds),
• and our listener Joe from Belleville, NJ.

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In this episode:

• Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling on CMT,
• potential celebrity wrestlers (Bill Cosby, Louie Anderson, Dr. Phil, etc.),
• Slim Goodbody,
• I’m with Busey starring Gary Busey,
• Branded in the 80s (www.brandedinthe80s.com),
• issues of TV Guide from the late 1970s and early 1980s,
• Vivarin caffeine tablets,
• Colorforms Lazer Blazers 3-D holographic stickers,
• The New Body Boutique’s Second Skin space age slenderizer,
• Once Upon a Spy (1980) starring Ted Danson,
• an $800 Sears Beta VCR,
• an old photo of Larry David,
• Transformers Classics 2.0,
• the horrible original Ironhide and Ratchet Transformers,
• and a cool computer animated Transformers video on Transformers Universe (www.hasbro.com/transformers/universe).

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In this episode:

• our review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008),
• its rewatchability,
• Harrison Ford’s age,
• Karen Allen,
• ridiculously picky fans,
• the use of computer graphics and humor,
• the alien at the end,
• the 1950s setting,
• Shia LaBeouf swinging from vines,
• women waiting in line to see Sex and the City (2008),
• the Star Wars prequels,
• directors reediting their movies,
• Hayden Christensen’s horrible acting,
• ideas for the next Indiana Jones movie,
• the upcoming movies Death Wish (2009) and Rambo V (2009) both starring Sylvester Stallone,
• wondering what Scott C. Clements thinks about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,
• Lauren’s review,
• summer movies she’s looking forward to (Sex and the City, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, Tropic Thunder, The Dark Knight, Step Brothers, Hamlet 2, etc.),
• Charlotte Rae,
• and What Ever Happened To? (Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze, Jr.).

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Our summer movie rundown!

In this episode:

• comments by Manny the Mailman in NJ and Brian in NJ,
• a picture of the dueling Dr. Phils,
• The Incredible Hulk (2008) starring Edward Norton,
• Stan Lee,
• another stupid style (giant headphones in public),
• boom boxes,
• D batteries,
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) starring Jason Segel,
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) starring Harrison Ford,
• Iron Man (2008) starring Robert Downey Jr.,
• Speed Racer (2008) starring Emile Hirsch,
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) starring Ben Barnes,
• Postal (2007) directed by Uwe Boll,
• Uwe Boll vs. Michael Bay,
• Get Smart (2008) starring Steve Carell,
• The Love Guru (2008) starring Mike Myers,
• WALL-E (2008) starring Fred Willard and Jeff Garlin,
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) starring Ron Perlman,
• Meet Dave (2008) starring Eddie Murphy,
• Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D (2008) starring Brendan Fraser,
• The Dark Knight (2008) starring Christian Bale,
• Space Chimps (2008) starring Andy Samberg,
• The Longshots (2008) directed by Fred Durst,
• Step Brothers (2008) starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly,
• Land of the Lost (2009) starring Will Ferrell,
• The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson,
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) starring Samuel L. Jackson,
• and Tropic Thunder (2008) starring Ben Stiller.

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Our interview with the Screaming Orphans at Tir Na Nog in NYC!

In this episode:

• getting Juliana Hatfield on the show,
• What Ever Happened To? (Natalie Imbruglia),
• friend and filmmaker Jonald Reyes,
• That Asian Thing on Independent Features (www.independentfeatures.com),
• The Net (1995) starring Sandra Bullock,
• a librarian at the Belleville Public Library trying to send a fax,
• our interview with Joan Diver of the Screaming Orphans at Tir Na Nog in NYC,
• Dennis Haskins,
• and the Screaming Orphans live.

Photos of the Screaming Orphans at Tir Na Nog:
Flickr - Screaming Orphans, NYC 5/10/08

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