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Joe Ades, British street vendor in NYC

old British street vendor Joe Ades selling peelers in NYC
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This old British street vendor sells peelers in NYC. He swears they are the sharpest peelers in existence and makes a mess all over the sidewalk trying to prove it.

Update 2/16/11: The old British street vendor’s name was Joe Ades. He died February 3, 2009, at the age of 75. Links:

Gothamist.com – Union Square Peeler Peddler Joe Ades Dead at 75

Gothamist.com – Memorial for Joe Ades, Peeler Peddler, Planned for Saturday

Flickr Blog – RIP Joe Ades

Flickr Blog – Carrots! (Joe Ades)


YouTube – Joe Ades , The King of New York Hacks and a potato peeler!!

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Episode 27: Monday, May 1, 2006

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 027

In this episode:

  • What Ever Happened To? (Tom Green and Ralph Macchio),
  • another physics experiment with the fake Julius Sumner Miller,
  • Stoogemania (1986) starring Josh Mostel and Sid Caesar,
  • My Million Dollar Year (www.mymilliondollaryear.net),
  • Alan Thicke,
  • Rob finding the same take-out menus on his front steps every day,
  • Freddy Krueger vs. Jason Voorhees vs. Michael Myers,
  • and The Old Jingle of the Episode (Wrigley’s Big Red commercial).

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Episode 26: Monday, April 24, 2006

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 026

In this episode:

  • Silent Hill (2006) starring Radha Mitchell,
  • Midway’s 1994 Aerosmith video game Revolution X,
  • Fever Pitch (2005) starring Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore,
  • Rosie O’Donnell’s fake crush on Tom Cruise,
  • celebrity deaths (Richard Fleischer and Buck Owens),
  • Charlton Heston,
  • Rocky Balboa Blog (www.rockybalboablog.com),
  • a get-rich-quick scheme (.ocm URL’s),
  • a listener get-rich-quick scheme from Dennis in NC (NASCAR chicken),
  • Born To Run (1993) starring Richard Grieco,
  • What About Bob? the video game,
  • and The Old Jingle of the Episode (Alvin and the Chipmunks theme song).

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Episode 25: Monday, April 17, 2006

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 025

In this episode:

  • Greg’s cursed computer,
  • a Mexican couple throwing homemade bombs at each other during an argument,
  • Tekle Zigetta’s arrest for counterfeiting billion dollar bills,
  • a Michael Jackson update,
  • Macaulay Culkin’s drug bust,
  • John Oates: black or white?,
  • the upcoming Bob Ross video game for Nintendo consoles,
  • making posters in elementary school for S.E.P.P.O. disabled competitive sporting events,
  • winning a fifteen minute phone call from director Peter Jackson,
  • the debut of Dinosaurs and The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! on DVD,
  • and The Old Jingle of the Episode (Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit commercial).

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