Episode 224

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 224

Special guest Frank Nora from The Overnightscape on a record-breaking marathon episode!

In this episode:

  • newest mammal is the Olinguito,
  • podfading,
  • The Overnightscape, The Rampler, The Frank Nora Show,
  • the Talkboy voice recorder from Home Alone 2,
  • cassette-based telephone answering machines,
  • our useless first computer systems,
  • early world wide web and email stunk,
  • Napster, mp3.com, and the Schwarzenegger prank calls,
  • Fuzzy Daupner, Guitari, and Cowboy Krueger,
  • overbearing elementary school principal and her prison-like rules,
  • demolition soccer and the fake stock market brawl,
  • freezing a car’s windshield and doors as a prank,
  • PAPA TV pinball tournament Kickstarter,
  • crazy podcaster parties from years ago,
  • future of podcasting is Google Glass?,
  • Oculus Rift conspiracy?,
  • return of Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy cereals (news),
  • corporate raiders and Hostess Twinkies,
  • Drake’s Cakes, Entenmann’s, Krispy Kreme,
  • doughnuts made with human hair,
  • bread company chain cafes (Panera, Corner, Atlanta Bread),
  • parking problems,
  • Rowe-Manse Emporium in Clifton, NJ,
  • Bankrupt by Beanies movie,
  • the Atari landfill, E.T., and Pac-Man debates,
  • the magic of early video games,
  • collecting hobbies and the craziness involved,
  • celebrity deaths (Karen Black, Eileen Brennan),
  • review of Clear History (2013) with Larry David and Kate Hudson,
  • Woody Allen,
  • how come musical geniuses are so dumb?,
  • was classic rock killed off by technology, bean counters, aliens, or Moby?,
  • Later… with Jools Holland on Palladia HD,
  • how we discover good new music now,
  • Frank’s music for night driving in VR,
  • freemusicarchive.org,
  • and Cowboy Krueger songs by Guitari.

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Episode 223

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 223

In this episode:

  • the death of the Big Man, the Kid from Brooklyn, Mike Caracciolo,
  • Big Man interviewed by the IBEW (video),
  • the 1982 book Video Invaders! by Stephen Bloom,
  • looking at old high school yearbook scans at the Belleville Public Library in NJ,
  • descreening when using a scanner,
  • Harrison Ford to appear in The Expendables 3 (2014),
  • Bruce Willis fired by Sylvester Stallone,
  • short review of 42 (2013), starring Harrison Ford and Chadwick Boseman,
  • review of Taken 2 (2012), starring Liam Neeson,
  • a Rob-view of It’s a Disaster (2012), starring David Cross and Erinn Hayes,
  • another Rob-view of Nature Calls (2012), starring Patton Oswalt and Johnny Knoxville,
  • review of View From the Top (2003), starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Christina Applegate,
  • Bankrupt by Beanies (2013) documentary,
  • and Princess Rescue– a new homebrew Super Mario Bros. clone for the Atari 2600.

Rob’s infamous appearance in the 1993-94 High School Yearbook!

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