Celebrating 5 Years of the Paunch Stevenson Show (Part I)!
In this episode:
- the old show theme song (from episode 3),
- interviewing the fake Christopher Walken (from episode 3),
- our skit about a doctor mixing lab results up (from episode 4),
- the fake Sean Connery (from episode 5),
- The Night Before Christmas Troll Read-Along Classics (from episode 7),
- Ted Danson in black face (from episode 9),
- My Chemical Romance and the singing Hobo (from episode 10),
- music from The Doors causing pain (from episode 12),
- the song “Thirteen” by Rob (from episode 13),
- duped into seeing the lousy IMAX movie Roving Mars (from episode 15),
- our hometown Belleville, NJ trivia (from episode 15),
- Paunch in Time (retreat of George Washington) (from episode 18),
- Max Wright (from episode 21),
- our 7th grade geography bee (from episode 22),
- Greg’s quest to meet the “Dush” Eliza Dushku (from episode 24),
- the Old Jingle of the Episode (Bod) (from episode 24),
- Tom Green (from episode 27),
- educational comedic film Grizzly Man (from episode 31),
- Star Wars: Louie Anderson Special Edition (from episode 34),
- our version of Sanford and Son (from episode 34),
- Jaleel White’s rumored death (from episode 36),
- the fake William Shatner sings “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” (from episode 38),
- Nicolas Cage or Dr. Phil as Superman? (from episode 39),
- Who Wants to Be a Superhero? starring Stan Lee (from episode 43),
- fake Steven Seagal sequel Under Siege 3: Space Station (from episode 61),
- Jon Voight’s zany accents and pronunciations (from episode 76),
- and our Larry David and Jeff Garlin impersonations (from episode 91).
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Great show, congrats on 5 years.
Oh so many memories! I started listening around the 30s and I only uploaded a few earlier shows then I quit because you guys were pumping them out like crazy back then and it was hard to keep up. (I kind of felt like that recently when I barely got halfway through 159 and then 160 came out). But now with the anniversary I’m feeling like listening to some of those ones I skipped.
I guess any retrospective compilation isn’t going to please everybody and I thought some of your earlier episodes where you goofed on things I liked like Transformers and My Chemical Romance were hilarious. 19 and 22 stick out in my mind-I wish they would have made the highlights! I think a lot of the reason I tuned in during the early years was to listen to you guys goof on things I liked because it was funny. The comments on episode 22 were hilarious because of the rabid listener love and hate for My chemical Romance.
Honestly sometimes it’s fun to take a step back and look at how silly pop culture can be. That’s always been part of the appeal of the show for me. That and there was a long streak where you guys hated everything you talked about. It was almost like I could make up a Paunch Stevenson drinking game where a shot would be taken every time Greg said the word “terrible!”
Esteban, thank you for the compliments and for being such a dedicated fan. I’ve been catching up on your podcast this week, too. I really enjoy your style and view on old toy robots. Please keep recording new episodes!
It’s weird- it totally doesn’t feel like Greg and I have been doing The Paunch Stevenson Show for five years. I have to think back to where I was living during different episodes for it to really sink in. I’ve lived in three different neighborhoods in Brooklyn, one apartment in Manhattan, and now Jersey City. Crazy!
Greg and I have done so much because of our podcast that we might not have done otherwise- seeing the old Indiana Jones movies in the theater, getting photos with celebrities, going to the green expos, recording skits and songs, etc. We’ll always hang out no matter what, but The Paunch Stevenson Show has given us a big creative outlet and a bunch of experiences and stories.
Well thanks and know that you guys have always been a big inspiration when it comes to making crazy voices and doing silly things. When I’m thinking I HAVE TO BE SERIOUS ALL THE TIME or I won’t be taken seriously I just remember how you guys have so much fun with it. I guess having fun’s the point because we aren’t going to become millionaires at it.
Yeah doing a podcast really facilitates new experiences. I thought about that one day after hearing your Ted Danson interview. I thought-would these guys have been taken seriously by any celebrity were it not for the podcast? It’s amazing how much credibility one can get from creating a show and being dedicated to it and putting out a bunch of episodes. It almost legitimizes one’s fandom in the eyes of others. One of the big motivations for me was that having a podcast gives me an excuse to talk to guests at conventions in a more in depth way than if I was just getting an autograph or a picture. We’re still losers but I like how having a podcast allows me to be a more interactive loser.
Yeah, having a podcast and/or blog totally legitimizes being a fan and has gotten us interviews with people that otherwise would’ve never happened. It’s like now we work for a newspaper or a TV station. We’re self-proclaimed journalists, critics, and reviewers and that’s usually all it takes for us to be granted special permission to stuff.
For example, your interview with Jose Delbo in episode 11 was fantastic… and it never would’ve happened if you hadn’t started the Roboplastic Podcastalypse. Even if Mr. Delbo had participated, what would’ve been the point in doing an offline interview? Because of your podcast, you were able to talk to Mr. Delbo at length *and* people around the world get to listen to it. It’s cool! :)
Yeah but I can”t help but feel like podcast interviews are tricks we play on celebrities that are unfamiliar with the crappy cesspool of ridiculousness that the world of podcasting actually is. Asking for an interview because you have a podcast would never work on Bill Gates, Adam Curry or Olivia Munn. They’d never take you seriously on that one qualifier alone. Thankfully none of those are my pop culture idols. I like how my comics heroes are all older people who have little to no internet presence and probably still believe podcasts are forums of intelligent thought and conversation run by responsible and dedicated journalists. I’ve never actually told my interviewees the name of my show for fear of scaring them off because its sounds so silly. Maybe I’ll try that one day.
Thanks for listening Esteban. In terms of the clips, I had to rely on the episode listings to remember what were the best moments. I’m sure I missed a few.
Well, in terms of celebrities, we’ve attempted something akin to guerrilla journalism. Of course I’d love to talk to Ed Begley or The Dush or Stan Lee for an hour, but that’s never going to happen. That said, I love our long interviews with the “unknowns” of the web, as well as our friends.
PS: Didn’t realize I said the word terrible so much! My PG-rated vocabulary is somewhat deficient after all! Another drinking game would be how many times Rob calls something weird.
‘the cavemen of podcasting’? it was cool; you set up the episode with a teaser about a behind-the-scenes look at the show and the skits and ideas. more, please!