The Paunch Stevenson Show

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Stan Lee, former president of Marvel Comics, co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, and several other comic book characters.

In 1998, he started Stan Lee Media, a new internet-based production and marketing studio, which grew to 165 people and went public. He produced the animated web series The 7th Portal and voiced the characters Izayus, The Drifter, and The Accuser.

Near the end of 2000, investigators discovered illegal stock manipulation and in February 2001, Stan Lee Media filed for bankruptcy. Stan Lee’s lawyer Peter Paul fled to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Excelsior!

In 2003, Lee created the animated series Stripperella for Spike TV, which was cancelled after thirteen episodes. In 2004, he announced plans to collaborate with Hugh Hefner on a superhero cartoon featuring Playboy Playmates and announced another superhero show that would feature Ringo Starr as the lead character. ‘Natch!

On July 27, 2006, Who Wants to Be a Superhero? starring Stan Lee debuted on the Sci Fi Channel. At the July 2007 Comic-Con International, Hasbro introduced a Stan Lee action figure. ‘Nuff said!

(discussed in episodes 43, 45, 62, 72, 76, 78, 82, 96, 100, and 103)

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Michael Bay is the winner of The Paunch Stevenson Show Lame Idiot of 2007 Award.

Michael Bay directed the horrible summer blockbuster Transformers (2007) and destroyed the classic science fiction franchise. He ignored the producers’ suggestions and decided to stick with a broken script and make the Transformers look like metal skeletons instead of robots.

According to Bay, “Tom Desanto proceeded to tell me how much he had problems with the robot designs and script issues. I realized he was worlds apart in my vision. I said thank you very much and then showed him my office door… I never spoke creatively with Don Murphy. I read his notes kind of trashing the script… he knew I was not going to talk creative with him.”

Read more: www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/michael-bay-wants-to-get-facts-straight/

Michael Bay has directed other masterpieces like Bad Boys (1995), Armageddon (1998), and Pearl Harbor (2001). He is also directing the upcoming Transformers 2 scheduled for release in the U.S. on June 26, 2009. Great.

(discussed in episodes 39, 42, 69, 73, 75, 76, 77, 85, and 93)

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Sylvester Stallone played the mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran John J. Rambo in the movie First Blood (1982) and in the two sequels Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Rambo III (1988). Now, he is starring in the upcoming sequel Rambo, in theaters January 25, 2008.

Does Stallone expect us to believe he can single-handedly defeat an entire army at age 61? The movies were barely believable when he was in his 30s.

(discussed in episodes 10, 54, 61, 86, and 92)

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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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Former NFL star O.J. Simpson was arrested on Sunday, September 16, 2007, and booked on charges connected with a robbery at a Las Vegas hotel. Simpson said autographed sports collectibles, his NFL Hall of Fame certificate, a photograph with former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, and a video from his first wedding were stolen from him and were about to be sold by collectors. He was just trying to steal them back.

At least no one got hurt this time.

(discussed in episodes 72, 83, and 87)

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Steven Seagal is an actor, aikido martial artist, Chinese herbalist, movie producer, Buddhist Lama, fashion icon, reggae singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He broke Sean Connery’s wrist while teaching him martial arts during the filming of the 1983 James Bond movie Never Say Never Again.

(discussed in episodes 61, 74, 78, 81, 86, and 89)

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Tom Cruise is the winner of The Paunch Stevenson Show Lame Idiot of 2006 Award.

In an April 2006 interview with GQ conducted while his wife Katie Holmes was pregnant, Tom Cruise said, “I’m going to eat the placenta.” Four months later, Paramount ended its 14 year relationship with Cruise’s production company. We’re not surprised.

(discussed in episodes 26, 43, 48, 50, 51, 55, and 68)

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Colin Quinn was one of the worst cast members on Saturday Night Live and co-hosted the horrendous MTV game show Remote Control.

(discussed in episode 67)

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Donald Trump is a real estate developer and currently has a net worth of $2.9 billion. In 2004, he became the host of his own reality game show The Apprentice and filed a trademark application for the phrase “You’re fired.”

(discussed in episode 66)

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On February 4, 2007, Prince performed at the Super Bowl XLI halftime show in Miami, Florida, despite the fact that his music and appearance are the complete opposite of what most sports fans are into.

(discussed in episode 65)

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