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 37: Monday, July 17, 2006

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 037

In this episode:

  • Italy’s 2006 FIFA World Cup victory,
  • Tony Meola,
  • constant downtime in American sports,
  • demolition soccer,
  • celebrity deaths (Syd Barrett and Red Buttons),
  • Frank Edward Nora and The Overnightscape’s 500th episode (www.theovernightscape.com),
  • more about Tom Green’s new show,
  • Shock the Man video podcast (www.shocktheman.com, currently offline),
  • another physics experiment with the fake Julius Sumner Miller,
  • the 2006 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest,
  • and a Sonya Thomas update.

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Episode 20: Monday, March 13, 2006

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 020

In this episode:

  • Paunch in Time (Thomas Edison),
  • the comic strip Conehenge: The Story of a Jersey Schlub by Richard Telofski (www.conehenge.com),
  • the Rocket Racing League (www.rocketracingleague.com),
  • Snazzy Nazz,
  • a worthless gym teacher,
  • demolition soccer,
  • and misbehaving in the elementary school library (knocking over bookcases, faking epileptic seizures, mocking filmstrips, etc.).

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