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Episode 92: Monday, December 10, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 092

We talk with special guest Jonald Reyes, director of the documentary film That Asian Thing (www.thatasianthing.com)!

In this episode:

  • the documentary film That Asian Thing by Jonald Reyes (www.thatasianthing.com),
  • Asian-American celebrities (George Takei, Tiger Woods, Lucy Liu, Bobby Lee, Dat Phan, Rex Navarrete, James Iha, etc.),
  • Margaret Cho’s TV show All-American Girl,
  • Celebrity Boxing,
  • Pat Smear,
  • the Nirvana: Unplugged In New York DVD,
  • Super Bowl XLI,
  • William Hung,
  • Fisher Stevens playing an Indian character in Short Circuit (1986),
  • the upcoming movie Rambo (2008) starring Sylvester Stallone,
  • Timecode (2000) starring Salma Hayek,
  • the Independent Film Channel’s version of Pulp Fiction (1994) starring John Travolta,
  • Second City and Keegan Michael Key,
  • Jonald’s parents,
  • the Filipino delicacy balut,
  • professional boxing,
  • Belleville, NJ,
  • My Chemical Romance,
  • Belleville High School,
  • Ronald McDonald,
  • old typewriters,
  • the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China,
  • celebrity sightings (John Cusack and Amy Poehler),
  • the New Monkees,
  • and the purpose of joining the Boy Scouts of America.

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Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone: 1985 vs. 2007
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.

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Episode 91: Monday, November 19, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 091

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 Garlin 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.

Our Trip to the Fun N Games Arcade

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Episode 90: Monday, November 12, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 090

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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