Episode 302

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Kirk Douglas, Roy Horn, Kobe Bryant, Little Richard, Brian Dennehy, Howard Finkel, Lee Fierro, Honor Blackman, Max Von Sydow),
  • old Nickelodeon cartoon Spartakus,
  • crappy sci-fi movie Saturn 3 (1980) starring Harvey Kietel, Kirk Douglas and Farah Fawcett,
  • badly dubbed Netflix series Dark,
  • Wheel of Fortune episode with Weird Al, Little Richard, and James Brown (YouTube video),
  • how Bond film Thunderball (1965) got remade as Never Say Never Again (1983),
  • the non-Stan Lee created The Avengers British spy show,
  • Tom Cruise wants to go to space (for real this time),
  • politics schmolitics,
  • Corey Feldman’s disastrous documentary My Truth,
  • Scott Schwartz calls out Feldman’s lies (article link),
  • old TV and movie casts reuniting on video chats,
  • War Stories series on Ars Technica – Prince of Persia rotoscoping (YouTube video),
  • old school video game engines,
  • From Bedroom to Billions (2014) – a UK computer gaming documentary,
  • homebrew games lacking proper physics,
  • ONSUG’s The Exit Ramp (podcast link),
  • Rob’s guitar tutorials return! (YouTube link),
  • keeping somewhat busy during quarantine,
  • and Nintendo data leak featuring console design secrets.

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Episode 230

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 230

In this episode, after 8 years on the air…

  • Static Radio Podcast with Miles Tidal and Bob LeMent,
  • Corey Feldman,
  • celebrity deaths (Lou Reed, David Frost, Tom Clancy, Hal Needham),
  • Cannonball Run,
  • Lou Scheimer, founder of Filmation animation studio,
  • Jaleel White will appear at the June 2014 Philadelphia Wizard World convention,
  • Rob and Greg had the same pair of Fayva Olympian sneakers in the 3rd grade,
  • using ‘a’ or ‘an’ before h-words,
  • review of World War Z (2013), starring Brad Pitt,
  • review of After Earth (2013), starring Will and Jaden Smith,
  • Karate Kid (2010) remake thoughts,
  • draconian Blu-ray disc DRM security means more piracy,
  • The Goldbergs, new ABC sitcom about the 1980s, starring Jeff Garlin,
  • Facebook jumping the shark,
  • Rob’s invention idea for home security against burglars,
  • our review of Searching for Sugar Man (2012),
  • and Detroit folk singer Sixto Rodriguez.

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Episode 229

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 229

It’s our October Chiller Theatre Expo 2013 retrospective.

In this episode we spoke to the following celebrities:

  • Marina Sirtis,
  • Terry Farrell,
  • Weird Al Yankovic,
  • Larry Storch,
  • Robert Hayes,
  • Zach Galligan,
  • Milo Ventimiglia,
  • Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
  • Angry Video Game Nerd (James Rolfe, Mike Matei, Kyle Justin),
  • Joey Lauren Adams,
  • Gilbert Gottfried,
  • Samantha Fox,
  • Ralph Macchio,
  • Lou Ferrigno,
  • Catherine Bach,
  • Scott Wilson,
  • Steve Guttenberg,
  • Zack Ward,
  • Chuck McCann,
  • and Corey Feldman.

And saw these folks too:

  • Josh Mostel,
  • a Weird Al impersonator “Bob”,
  • Fake Eddie Money,
  • Peter Fonda’s middle finger,
  • C. Thomas Howell,
  • and Caseen Gaines and Ian Petrella in person.

Pictures from the Chiller Theatre Expo October 26, 2013 in Parsippany, NJ:
Chiller Theatre Expo, Sheraton Hotel, Parsippany, NJ, 10/26/13

A Christmas Story
Samantha Fox
Corey Feldman

Chiller Theatre Autographs, 10/26/13
Gremlins

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Episode 228

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 228

Special Guests author Caseen Gaines, writer of A Christmas Story: Behind the Scenes of a Holiday Classic, and Ian Petrella, “Randy” in A Christmas Story!

Don’t forget both Caseen and Ian will appear at Chiller Theatre Expo, Parsippany, NJ, October 25-27, 2013.

In this episode:

  • Wil Wheaton writing the forward to the book,
  • how did Ian become an actor?,
  • thoughts on a childhood in acting,
  • working with Darren McGavin,
  • the “belated” cult status of the film,
  • A Christmas Story reunion photo op at Chiller Theatre October 25-27, 2013,
  • Corey Feldman,
  • Pink Floyd,
  • Idiocracy,
  • enduring legacy of A Christmas Story (1983),
  • National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989),
  • old Christmas movie dramatic classics vs. newer comedic classics,
  • getting “pink bunny suit type” lousy Christmas gifts,
  • daring kids to get their tongue frozen to a pole,
  • practical uses of urine,
  • a unique photo opportunity with A Christmas Story cast,
  • and the Wonka kids.

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Episode 222

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 222

In this episode:

  • The laundry list of movie sequels and remakes coming in 2015,
  • ridiculous 2005 Jurassic Park IV concept featuring human-dinosaur hybrids,
  • Greg wishing Julianne Moore had been eaten by dinosaurs,
  • Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse,
  • She’s All That (1999) was actually written by M. Night Shyamalan,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Rachael Leigh Cook),
  • our review of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained (2013), starring Jamie Foxx,
  • new digital comics of popular 1980s/90s TV shows (Saved by the Bell, Airwolf, Knight Rider, Punky Brewster, Miami Vice),
  • Lion Forge Comics,
  • Ascension Millennium, a terrible new song/music video from Corey Feldman,
  • Leah Remini vs. Kirstie Alley over Scientology,
  • upcoming Rocky spin-off Creed (2015), co-starring Sylvester Stallone,
  • Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares,
  • the crazy Amy’s Baking Company episode,
  • difference between bollocks and bullocks,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Paris Hilton),
  • Shia LaBeouf staring at a motorcyclist at a red light (video),
  • Rob’s gross foot injury,
  • Celebrity Wife Swap with Ric Flair and Rowdy Roddy Piper,
  • Jamestown settlers ate teenager’s brains in the 1600s,
  • celebrity death (wrestling’s Paul Bearer),
  • “Please Don’t Break My Atari” music video by Lo-Fi legend Weird Paul Petroskey,
  • Rob crying when his Atari 2600 got thrown out,
  • Rob dressing up as Pete Rose in 6th grade for a book report,
  • and Greg’s 6th grade home made Read Along Classic of “War of the Worlds” featuring the “Rooster Delight” commercial.

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