Episode 28: Monday, May 8, 2006

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 028

In this episode:

  • a defect that causes self-heating Wolfgang Puck gourmet latte cans to explode,
  • a get-rich-quick scheme (Doc Brown’s plutonium-heated coffee),
  • the upcoming Nintendo Wii,
  • old British street vendor in NYC Joe Ades selling peelers,
  • stupid styles (small women’s shoes and men wearing flip-flops without cutting their toenails),
  • bags of vomit being dumped throughout Mount Pleasant, IA,
  • The Old Jingle of the Episode (Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes commercial),
  • and local psychos from Dennis in NC (Willowbrook Mall customers).

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Joe Ades, British street vendor in NYC

old British street vendor Joe Ades selling peelers in NYC
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This old British street vendor sells peelers in NYC. He swears they are the sharpest peelers in existence and makes a mess all over the sidewalk trying to prove it.

Update 2/16/11: The old British street vendor’s name was Joe Ades. He died February 3, 2009, at the age of 75. Links:

Gothamist.com – Union Square Peeler Peddler Joe Ades Dead at 75

Gothamist.com – Memorial for Joe Ades, Peeler Peddler, Planned for Saturday

Flickr Blog – RIP Joe Ades

Flickr Blog – Carrots! (Joe Ades)


YouTube – Joe Ades , The King of New York Hacks and a potato peeler!!