Episode 185

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 185

Happy New Year!!

In this episode:

  • a sing off: Eliza Dushku’s “Freedom” vs. Paul McCartney’s “Freedom”,
  • Yoko Ono ruining the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus performances,
  • John Lennon in The Dirty Mac with Eric Clapton, Mitch Mitchell, and Keith Richards,
  • Rob’s genius idea #1 (bomb scare to cancel a sports game),
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme playing hockey in Sudden Death (1995),
  • Rob’s genius idea #2 (everybody gets a free crime to commit),
  • Tom Cruise hires people to be his fans in India,
  • Tom Hanks posting pictures of his injured thumb on Twitter,
  • our new Paunch Twitter account,
  • Alec Baldwin gets thrown off a plane and makes fun of it on Saturday Night Live,
  • the trailer for the upcoming movie The Three Stooges (2012),
  • a remake of Gilligan’s Island starring the cast of Curb Your Enthusiasm,
  • Unabomber Ted Kasinsky being tortured with CIA mind control,
  • more incompetent bus drivers,
  • What Ever Happened To? (comedian Bob Nelson),
  • the new Modern Warfare video game making $4 billion in its first few days of sales,
  • Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake suing Hogan’s ex-wife,
  • Miyamoto not retiring from Nintendo,
  • our Lame Idiot of the Year award goes to Charlie Sheen,
  • and the runner up is Kim Kardashian.

Here’s our take on the Curb Your Enthusiasm cast starring in a new Gilligan’s Island!
Curb Your Enthusiasm Cast in Gilligan's Island

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Episode 184

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 184

Happy holidays!!

In this episode:

  • our movie review of 12 Dates of Christmas (2011) starring Amy Smart and Mark-Paul Gosselaar,
  • the fact that it completely ripped off Groundhog Day (1993) starring Bill Murray,
  • Greg fist bumping Eliza Dushku’s giant ring,
  • Greg meeting Bill Maher at his book signing for The New New Rules,
  • people not sharing their photos and videos from book signings,
  • our movie review of D.C. Cab (1983) starring Bill Maher, Gary Busey, and Mr. T,
  • Hasbro’s KRE-O and Kreon Transformers,
  • Greg meeting Regis Philbin at Bookends for his book How I Got This Way,
  • the complete series of Jem on DVD for the first time (released by Shout! Factory),
  • fanboys pestering Shout! Factory DVD producer Brian Ward about film transfer quality,
  • Shout! Factory’s Sunbow animated DVDs vs. Rhino’s past DVD releases,
  • ruining old TV shows by creating fake Dolby 5.1 surround sound audio,
  • the upcoming movie G.I. Joe Retaliation (2012) starring Bruce Willis, The Rock, and Channing Tatum,
  • former WWOR channel 9 weatherman Lloyd Lindsay Young and his crazy antics,
  • and a celebrity death (comedian Patrice O’Neal).
“Poster” for 12 Dates of Christmas ripping off Groundhog Day Eliza Dushku’s massive ring…
Greg with Bill Maher in the background… Video of Bill Maher’s signing, can you spot Greg at about 2:35?
Greg’s video of Bill Maher

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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!

It's really

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 170

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 170

In this episode:

  • the number 70?,
  • Whatever Happened To? (swine flu and bird flu),
  • Weird Al Yankovic’s Lady Gaga song parody “I Perform This Way”,
  • Yvonne Strahovski in College Humor’s “Three Pop Stars, One Song” music video parody,
  • retail stores printing ridiculously long receipts,
  • the customer membership club card scam,
  • Facebook’s usage of personal information,
  • Eliza Dushku voicing Catwoman in the animated movie Batman Year One (2011),
  • Larry King’s stand-up comedy tour,
  • celebrities appearing at the 92nd St. YMCA in NYC,
  • Chris Elliott’s new Adult Swim show Eagleheart,
  • Rob’s “really smelly Electronics Boutique customer” story (the Mudman),
  • Greg’s “really smelly garbage barge on a river under a bridge” story,
  • Esteban’s musings on successful stupid people,
  • reality TV shows about rich people,
  • and Rob’s dream of becoming a philanthropist.

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Episode 165

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 165

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Jack LaLanne),
  • WWF wrestler Dino Bravo,
  • Rob’s new solo podcast The Goodrob13 Music Show,
  • walking around NYC talking into a sock,
  • Frank Nora’s podcast network The Overnightscape Underground,
  • the Overnightscape Central podcast,
  • Sean Connery refusing to participate in the 50th anniversary of James Bond,
  • Zardoz (1974) starring Sean Connery,
  • Will Smith’s daughter Willow Smith starring in an upcoming remake of Annie,
  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,
  • Ashton Kutcher’s new TV show,
  • the lack of talent in Hollywood today,
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012) starring Anne Hathaway as Catwoman,
  • more of Stan Lee’s Twitter tweets,
  • The Celebrity Apprentice season 4 starring Gary Busey and La Toya Jackson,
  • Regis Philbin retiring from Live with Regis and Kelly in November 2011,
  • IBM’s computer Watson competing against humans on Jeopardy!,
  • Eliza Dushku updates (The Big Bang Theory, her broken finger, and her car being towed),
  • the return of Bagels Plus in Belleville, NJ,
  • drawing posters about Belleville in seventh grade,
  • Chicken Galore,
  • our nasty psychotic seventh grade math teacher (and part-time clown),
  • the vice principal getting punched out,
  • our typing teacher playing The Howard Stern Show and selling watches in class,
  • his son’s collection of every G1 Transformer in the box,
  • and a different classmate’s collection.

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