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Episode 199

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 199

In this episode:

  • a celebrity death (Andy Griffith),
  • the questionable courtroom antics of Ben Matlock,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Hal Sparks),
  • Love Connection hosted by Chuck Woolery,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Barret Oliver, star of The NeverEnding Story and D.A.R.Y.L.),
  • Tom Cruise getting another divorce (Katie Holmes),
  • middle-aged former action stars going mental,
  • more movie remakes coming (Robocop, Total Recall, and Mad Max),
  • former soccer player and current commentator Steve “Maca” McManaman talkng like Paul McCartney,
  • Stan Lee’s cameo on the Muppet Babies cartoon,
  • The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) starring Lou Ferrigno,
  • Get A Life the complete series finally coming to DVD!,
  • sitcoms without laugh tracks,
  • mattress companies all starting with the letter “S”,
  • a Brett Butler update,
  • SyFy TV movie Bigfoot (2012) starring Barry Williams and Danny Bonaduce,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Kel Mitchell from Keenan and Kel),
  • dumb 1990s rumors involving side effects of drinking too much Arizona iced tea,
  • local NJ competitive eater Maria Edible,
  • a Kickstarter project for an updated version of the classic 1983 video game M.U.L.E.,
  • creator of the game Dan Bunton a.k.a Danielle Bunton Berry,
  • Stan Lee is Cameo Man,
  • What Ever Happened To? (competitive eater Kate Stelnick),
  • the current Canadian lousy pop song invasion,
  • the “Call Me Maybe” craze by Carly Rae Jepsen,
  • the new Beach Boys album That’s Why God Made the Radio (2012),
  • the upcoming Disney animated video-game-themed movie Wreck-It Ralph (2012),
  • the various voice acting styles of Super Mario,
  • our review of Prometheus (2012) directed by Ridley Scott,
  • the Greek god Prometheus being a trickster,
  • early development involving James Cameron,
  • fan reaction, comparison to the previous Alien films, source of backstory,
  • ancient alien concept, fuzzy math, scary moment, a race of angry Mr. Cleans,
  • and the quality of the IMAX 3D presentation.

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Episode 195

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 195

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Vidal Sassoon and Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys),
  • the Jackson family’s Pepsi deal,
  • Bill Pullman talking like “Macho Man” Randy Savage,
  • the crying wrestling fan (video),
  • Norm MacDonald’s boring golf tweets,
  • What Ever Happened To? (the Saturday Supercast podcast),
  • celebrity podcasts,
  • the upcoming Expendables 2 movie,
  • our review of God Bless America (2011) directed by Bobcat Goldthwait,
  • What Ever Happened To? (clock radios),
  • long sleeve T-shirts are contradictory,
  • sour cream doughnuts at Dunkin’ Donuts,
  • pointing out the flaw in the father’s line at the end of Dirty Dancing (1987),
  • What Ever Happened To? (Andy Milonakis),
  • having to be told to say “thank you” as a kid,
  • the Virtual Skipper series of yacht racing computer games,
  • the Tire Claw car security device (from the makers of The Club),
  • the infamous Nutley NJ tanning mom,
  • are all IHOP restaurants dumpy?,
  • things to do with your body when you’re dead,
  • politicians always getting caught cheating on spouses,
  • Dennis Haskins on and episode of Mad Men,
  • the whereabouts of Max Weinberg,
  • the strange Dating Brad Garrett failed reality/dating show,
  • Donald Trump suing Scotland,
  • space shuttle Enterprise flying over NYC,
  • Ringo Starr losing all his Beatles photographs,
  • Rob meeting Britta Phillips in 2003,
  • the Perfect Strangers video game (link),
  • J.J. Abrams turning Star Trek 13 (2013) into a comic book movie,
  • the quest for the maximum movie frame rate (Peter Jackson, James Cameron),
  • and Douglas Trumbull’s TORUS theater technology.

Rob meeting Britta Phillips of Satisfaction and Jem in 2003…

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Episode 194

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 194

In this episode:

  • a Paunch Stevenson Show update: Mel Blanc’s voice was definitely used in Daffy’s Rhapsody,
  • thoughts on New Girl and college cuisine from new Paunch fan Steve Rugel,
  • calling the Diarrhea Doctor,
  • the Beatles kids band, with James McCartney, Sean Lennon, Dhani Harrison, and Jason Starr,
  • new Paunch fans Adam and his son Nate impersonating Stan Lee,
  • spacemandavid’s “comment” marathon,
  • Penn Jillette fired on The Celebrity Apprentice,
  • Arrested Development returning in 2013 with new episodes on Netflix,
  • our review of Horrible Bosses (2011), starring Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, and Charlie Day,
  • Chris Diamantopoulos, the new Moe Howard,
  • “I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining,” a live action episode of South Park,
  • Steven Seagal brings cheaply produced former Soviet bloc action movies to Reelz Channel in True Justice,
  • animated interpretation of The Kid From Brooklyn (link),
  • Tupac Shakur hologram,
  • Pepper’s ghost illusion,
  • Rob’s dorky Looney Tunes t-shirt collection in the 1990s,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Calista Flockhart),
  • Liverpool, England obsessed with Donny Osmond,
  • Axl Rose too out of shape to sing,
  • wild turkeys running loose in New Jersey,
  • What Ever Happened To? (our interest in the International Federation of Competitive Eating),
  • blame for high gasoline prices,
  • the other MTV Julie Brown on YouTube,
  • the Paunch luck: 92Y Tribeca screening, Q&A with Chris Elliott sold out,
  • Bobcat Goldthwait,
  • the fantastic website Pica-pic.com that lets you play 1980s hand-held LCD games,
  • the free application Joy2Key that maps keyboard keys to a computer joystick,
  • celebrity deaths (Dick Clark, Jonathan Frid, and Levon Helm),
  • Howard Stern as the newest judge on the TV competition show America’s Got Talent,
  • and one of Greg’s favorite musical groups The Band.

Rob wearing one of his infamous Looney Tunes t-shirts in 1994…

Marvin the Martian

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Episode 191

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 191

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Gary Carter, Jan Berenstain, and Davy Jones),
  • the Berenstain Bears, Paddington the Bear, and the Lollipop Dragon,
  • Jason Malachi (the fake Michael Jackson) singing on Jackson’s 2010 album Michael,
  • Jaleel White competing on Dancing With The Stars season 14,
  • the fantastic chemistry between Jaleel White and Reginald VelJohnson on the TV show Family Matters,
  • @spacemandavid‘s Paunch marathons,
  • friend of the show Jack Silbert (@JackSilbert),
  • Mr. Bruno’s Pizzeria in Lyndhurst, NJ,
  • the original Star Wars trilogy in 3D not coming until 2015,
  • Michael Bay now re-imagining/ruining the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
  • and the next generation Xbox: no optical drive?

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Episode 190

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 190

In this episode:

  • our review of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (2012) starring The Rock and Michael Caine,
  • the Looney Tunes 3D animated short Daffy’s Rhapsody starring Billy West and Mel Blanc,
  • Greg’s wacky vivid dream featuring Eliza Dushku, Eliza’s older non-existent sister, VCRs, a concert hall, an airport, and Ed Begley, Jr.,
  • a local Red Robin waiter entering a hamburger eating competition,
  • is Nicolas Cage an immortal vampire?,
  • dueling Nick Cages on Saturday Night Live,
  • Macauley Culkin’s dreadful appearance,
  • George Lucas trying to settle the “Han or Greedo shot first” controversy,
  • Bill Murray being replaced in Ghostbusters 3?,
  • Paul Shaffer originally being offered the role of George Costanza on Seinfeld,
  • a celebrity death (Whitney Houston),
  • Michael Bay on board to direct Transformers 4 (2014),
  • Paunch Stevenson Show listener @spacemandavid commenting on every episode,
  • another stupid remake (21 Jump Street),
  • Kevin Smith’s Comic Book Men TV show on AMC,
  • Ouija boards: real or hoax?,
  • and Super Bowl XLVI.

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