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Episode 243

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 243

It’s our Breaking Bad TV series retrospective with our friend Frankie V.

In this episode:

  • ratings improved as the show went on,
  • show premise,
  • main cast including Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris, Aaron Paul,
  • guest cast including Giancarlo Esposito, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Robert Forster,
  • Better Call Saul spin-off,
  • episode title easter egg,
  • examing the Walter White character,
  • Mark Margolis and that bell,
  • graphic HBO show Oz,
  • Richard Belzer appearing on multiple shows as Munch,
  • the green Pontiac Aztek,
  • Gail (David Costabile) karaoke YouTube video,
  • grading the show,
  • Malcolm in the Middle “alternate ending” (YouTube video),
  • new FX show Fargo, starring Billy Bob Thornton,
  • and the terrible Dexter ending.

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Episode 241

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 241

In this episode:

  • giant rats invading England, reports spacemandavid,
  • cosmic thoughts on meeting celebrities,
  • reaction from Danny McEvoy,
  • demolition/bubbleboy soccer,
  • Beanitos,
  • The Goonies 2,
  • Greg meeting Bob Saget,
  • Dirty Work (1998) directed by Bob Saget,
  • Lake Street Dive concert at the Bowery Ballroom NYC,
  • portable digital audio recorders,
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme’s silly red Predator suit,
  • Action Park returning to northern NJ,
  • classic movies redone as 8-bit “video games” (Youtube 8-bit Cinema),
  • He-Man one-on-one fighting game online,
  • Transformers The Movie stop motion re-creation (Youtube alphatrikma2),
  • Cosmos starring Neil DeGrasse Tyson,
  • lead poisoning,
  • and Pat Robertson says we’ll be killed by asteroids soon.

Meeting Bob Saget at his Dirty Daddy book signing at Bookends, Ridgewood, NJ on April 7, 2014:

Saget-Bookends-4-7-14

Pictures and video from the Lake Street Dive performance at The Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY on March 31, 2014:
Lake Street Dive performance at The Bowery Ballroom, NYC 3/31/14

LSD_Bowery_3-31-14

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Episode 240

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 240

In this episode:

  • intro song – “Take It Away” cover by Danny McEvoy,
  • Overnightscape 11th Anniversary Special hosted by PQRibber,
  • music listening on the potty,
  • Food Should Taste Good,
  • celebrity deaths (Mickey Rooney, Ultimate Warrior),
  • Paul Walker stand ins,
  • Danny McEvoy,
  • Steven Seagal is a Russia-loving traitor,
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nirvana induction ceremony with Joan Jett, Lorde, and Kim Gordon,
  • Cat Stevens,
  • Eddie Money,
  • when lead singers get replaced,
  • the horrendously disappointing How I Met Your Mother series finale,
  • the Seinfeld finale,
  • our Veronica Mars (2014) movie review,
  • a Rob-view of Clear History (2013) starring Larry David,
  • David Letterman retiring,
  • Stephen Colbert to host Late Show,
  • and a “Rhiannon” cover by Danny and Jazzy McEvoy.

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Episode 239

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 239

In this episode:

  • Scott and Todd show canceled,
  • “Blame it on Hussein” Milli Vanilli song parody,
  • celebrity death (Hal Douglas),
  • the upcoming movie Console Wars from Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg,
  • the grotesque Steve Jobs memorial statue,
  • the future Indiana Jones,
  • Ed Begley Jr. returns to the Paunch Stevenson Show,
  • 2014 Garden State GreenFest,
  • home energy audits,
  • the mainstream availability of “green” products,
  • our toilet seat preferences,
  • Rob getting too much fiber,
  • Lady Gaga vomited on,
  • Mike Masse’s cover song tournament,
  • the band Lake Street Dive,
  • Bad Self Portraits album,
  • a Rob-view of The Polar Express (2004),
  • Rob’s better mousetrap,
  • Leonard Nimoy,
  • Freddie Mercury sound-alike Marc Martel,
  • and our review of the fourth season of Arrested Development on Netflix.

Pictures and Video from the Garden State GreenFest on March 15, 2014 in Union, NJ:
Garden State GreenFest, Union, NJ 3/15/14

Greg, Rob, Ed Begley, Jr.
Ed Begley, Jr.

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Episode 238

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 238

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Harold Ramis, Russell Johnson, David Brenner),
  • Bill Murray’s grudge with Ramis,
  • converting television shows from film to HD vs. video to HD,
  • observational humor,
  • disheveled Russell Crowe,
  • gifts from Space Man David,
  • RGB SCART cable,
  • 1979 book So You Want To Be A Dancer by William E. Thomas,
  • Paul McCartney does a podcast interview,
  • Mike Carbo’s New York Comic Book Marketplace,
  • Roddy Piper canceled,
  • our interview with voice actor Larry Kenney,
  • our meeting with Larry Storch and Johnny Brennan from the Jerky Boys,
  • One Sheet Studios (stylized, 3D art prints),
  • Star Wars cosplayers,
  • Nintendo World Store,
  • eating at Lenny’s The Ultimate Sandwich,
  • Adam Driver to play an upcoming Star Wars villain,
  • HBO series Girls, starring Lena Dunham,
  • Rocky the Musical,
  • and will How I Met Your Mother ever be resolved?

Pictures from the New York Comic Book Marketplace March 1, 2014 in New York, NY:
Mike Carbo’s NY Comic Book Marketplace, NYC 3/1/14

Larry Kenney
John Brennan
Larry Storch

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