Episode 264

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 264

Special Guest is once again author Caseen Gaines, writer of We Don’t Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy, available June 23, 2015!

In this episode:

  • the Back to the Future theme song created with SNES Mario Paint (video),
  • BTTF 30th anniversary reunions at London Film and Comic Con and We’re Going Back in Los Angeles,
  • screenwriter Bob Gale,
  • Crispin Glover’s empty house,
  • Marty McFly originally played by Eric Stoltz,
  • Soul Man swap of C. Thomas Howell and Melora Hardin,
  • director Robert Zemeckis,
  • hoverboard stunt crash,
  • NES video game version of “Power of Love” (video),
  • Elizabeth Shue’s weird look,
  • Jeffrey Weissman,
  • product placement,
  • infamous 2015 predictions,
  • the DeLorean DMC,
  • to be continued?,
  • BTTF personal nostalgia and memories,
  • and what’s happening next for Caseen.

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Greg in front of the Universal Studios Florida Back to the Future III train

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Stuart Little (Michael J. Fox) makes an appearance

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Back to the Future Animated Series McDonald’s figures

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Caseen checking out the Happy Meal toys

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Episode 216

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 216

In this episode:

  • Rob meant Cesar Chavez not Hugo Chavez,
  • guest list for the upcoming April Chiller Theatre Expo,
  • William Forsythe, Karen Allen, James Tolkan, Michael Dudikoff, Lorenzo Lamas, Billy Zapka, Denny Laine, and more,
  • what ended the band Wings?,
  • being forced to do a photo op with a celebrity,
  • celebrity death (Phil Ramone),
  • high mortality rate of The Temptations and The Ramones,
  • Mike Love firing Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys,
  • a Paunch Stevenson Show miracle: My Chemical Romance breaks up,
  • Louie Anderson competing on Splash,
  • update on the Celebrity Apprentice All-Stars,
  • Gary Buseyism F.A.R.T. (feeling a rectal transmission),
  • Upper Deck putting George Washington’s hair on a baseball card,
  • McDonald’s with Nintendo 64 or Gamecube kiosks,
  • Fuddruckers fast food chain with arcades inside,
  • rash of apocalyptic 2013 movies,
  • After Earth starring Will Smith, Obliviion starring Tom Cruise, and World War Z starring Brad Pitt,
  • Rob’s dream car- the DeLorean DMC,
  • Independence Day sequels coming,
  • Paunch luck: Greg misses PAX East convention with the flu,
  • Capcom revamping NES Duck Tales with original voice cast (including Alan Young!),
  • and George Lucas’s cameo in Beverly Hills Cop III.

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Episode 183

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 183

Sixth anniversary of the Paunch Stevenson Show (Part II)!

In this episode:

  • election lawn signs for Stallone and Hogan in Northern NJ,
  • Conrad Murray trial verdict in death of Michael Jackson,
  • more NJ pizzeria stereotypes,
  • get rich quick (the classy pizzeria),
  • celebrity death (Smokin’ Joe Frazier),
  • What Ever Happened To? (Judge Mills Lane and Fairuza Balk),
  • Adam Sandler cursing his female co-stars’ careers,
  • Greg meets the legendary William Shatner,
  • anecdotes from his new book Shatner Rules,
  • the movie Incubus (1966) spoken entirely in Esperanto,
  • In Living Color returning to Fox in 2012,
  • another celebrity death (Heavy D),
  • Johnny English Reborn (2011) starring Rowan Atkinson,
  • Rob’s fundamental categories of video games (fun, strategy, and wonder),
  • why can’t a one-person bathroom be unisex?,
  • the Paunch luck (we missed a chance to meet Stan Lee),
  • cheap 1980s Halloween costumes for children (Voltron, E.T., etc.),
  • super expensive price for Mark Hamill’s autograph or photo,
  • Greg meets the star of Hercules (Kevin Sorbo),
  • Greg meets Eliza Dushku at last!,
  • a motion ride using George Lucas’ Red Tails,
  • movie cars (1966 Batmobile, 1989 Batmobile, 1985 Back to the Future DeLorean),
  • Michael J. Fox impersonator,
  • Carroll Spinney, original voice and puppeteer of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch,
  • New York Comic Con chaos and costumes,
  • KRE-O Transformers,
  • R2D2Builder.com R2-D2 working models,
  • tracking down a Quiznos restaurant,
  • Michael Jackson’s stoned singing,
  • and the return of the Hobo!

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Flickr Album – New York Comic Con, NYC 10/16/11

The Great William Shatner, NYC, 10/6/11

Flickr Album – William Shatner book signing, NYC 10/6/11

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Episode 159

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 159

Our first-ever completely unedited episode!

In this episode:

  • Michael Caine skips out on his book signing!,
  • The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) starring Michael Caine,
  • the song “Michael Caine” (1984) by Madness,
  • celebrity deaths (Tom Bosley of Happy Days and David the Gnome, and the inventor of fractals Benoit Mandelbrot),
  • the new “emo” inspired Superman redesign,
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme denies having a heart attack while doing split,
  • the Back to the Future teaser trailer redone for the Spike Scream Awards (video),
  • Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd celebrate the BTTF 25th anniversary (video),
  • Bill Murray appears at the awards in his Ghostbusters costume! (video),
  • once again the upcoming movie Ghostbusters III (2012),
  • AMC Theaters re-release of Back to the Future (1985),
  • fan customized DeLorean DMC-12’s to look like the movie versions,
  • The Heartbreak Kid (2007) starring Ben Stiller,
  • the upcoming movie Gulliver’s Travels (2010) starring Jack Black,
  • Fleischer Studios’ Gulliver’s Travels (1939) animated feature film,
  • the HBO series Bored to Death starring Ted Danson and Jason Schwartzman,
  • the new Huey Lewis and the News album Soulsville (2010),
  • the perfect length of a pop or rock and roll song,
  • Taylor Swift and her obnoxiously long and bad songs,
  • past oldies-inspired Huey Lewis albums Plan B (2001) and Four Chords and Several Years Ago (1994),
  • Will Smith’s daughter Willow Smith and her new song “Whip My Hair,”
  • Kid Rock’s new song “Born Free” – inspired by Bob Seger or ripped off from Simon and Garfunkel?,
  • Randy Quaid and his wife arrested and afraid of the “Hollywood Star Whackers,”
  • the new American Idol judges,
  • our rapid fire movie review of The Social Network (2010) starring Jesse Eisenberg,
  • and Facebook’s controversial advertising scheme.

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