Drivers start your engines, I get Paunched again!

As many may have picked up, or not, I Greg am quite the motorsports aficionado. One of my favorite days of the year is Sunday, Memorial Day Weekend. This year, while recovering from my 70 mile bicycle ride, I’ll be glued to the set for the 92nd Indianapolis 500. Well, while the action has been going on in Indiana for the last 2 plus weeks, you’d think to see it you’d have to fly out to Indy, right? No! On Monday, May 19, they flew the full field of 33 drivers (30 guys and 3 ladies) to New York City, right over the river from me. They all took part in a group photo op. next to the Charging Bull sculpture downtown on Broadway at the Canyon of Heroes.

The only problem was A) I didn’t find out until afterwards, and B) I was too busy at work to go anyway. But argggggghhhhh how annoying! Paunch Luck again. The next closest Indycar race is 4 hours away in Watkins Glen, NY. What other chance would I have to see the entire field of drivers though for the Indy 500 without being there? Rats! NASCAR does the same thing, having their actual cars ride through Manhattan in December. I’ve yet to see it, because I always forget when it is, so I can take off from work.

http://www.indycar.com/news/?story_id=11417

Indy 500 drivers in NYC

PS: The Dush (Eliza Dushku) has been in NY a lot lately promoting her new show Dollhouse I assume, but I never know where beforehand. Paunched!

Episode 98: Monday, March 10, 2008

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 098

In this episode:

  • the 3rd Space Vest by TN Games,
  • Halo 3 replica weapons by Jasman Toys,
  • auto racing school,
  • voice chat in online multiplayer video games,
  • micropayments,
  • Nintendo Wii points,
  • a listener review on the iTunes Store by Brian in NJ,
  • getting Dennis in CA on the show,
  • Transformers (2007) vs. Masters of the Universe (1987),
  • the new Verizon FiOS commercial featuring Michael Bay,
  • and The Last Starfighter (1984) starring Lance Guest.

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Episode 77: Monday, July 23, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 077

The Paunch Stevenson Show trip to the Digital Press video game store!

In this episode:

  • singing hobos in Newark, NJ,
  • graffiti,
  • memories of our horrible practice recordings in mid 2005,
  • auto racing and kart racing,
  • the Digital Press video game store in Clifton, NJ (www.digitpress.com),
  • terrible Super Nintendo Entertainment System games (Street Combat, Batman Forever, Pit-Fighter, etc.),
  • good Super Nintendo Entertainment System games (Super Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Kart, Joe & Mac, etc.),
  • Data East,
  • Bad Dudes inside a Rush ‘n Attack cartridge,
  • the trade-in value of Baseball for the Nintendo Entertainment System,
  • the Kiss video game Kiss: Psycho Circus- The Nightmare Child,
  • outlandish Transformers (2007) movie prop auctions on eBay,
  • new reality TV shows (Hey Paula, Scott Baio Is 45…and Single, etc.),
  • and Willie Aames.

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Episode 55: Monday, December 11, 2006

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 055

In this episode:

  • professional video gamers and Major League Gaming (www.mlgpro.com),
  • Burger King video games for Microsoft Xbox,
  • Sony PlayStation 3 launch day scams,
  • Nintendo Wii bundles,
  • bleem!,
  • the hypocrisy of Apple fanatics installing Microsoft Windows on their new Macintosh computers,
  • elevator common sense,
  • the Power Glove by Mattel and other useless gimmick toys,
  • Tyco slot cars,
  • and Tom Cruise’s auto racing career.

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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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