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Episode 99: Tuesday, March 25, 2008

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 099

Our trip to Houlihan’s in NJ with special guest Dennis in CA!

In this episode:

  • dealing with ridiculous customers at former jobs,
  • PSEG’s upcoming Global Green Expo 2008 featuring Ted Danson and Ed Begley Jr. (www.nj.com/globalgreen),
  • a truck accident in California releasing eight million bees onto the highway,
  • The Swarm (1978),
  • meeting Dennis at the Digital Press video game store in Clifton, NJ (www.digitpress.com),
  • Thai-style calamari at Houlihan’s in NJ,
  • the North Carolina Tar Heels,
  • Esteban in South Dakota (pleasesavemerobots.blogspot.com),
  • a guy in Texas who accidentally received Rob’s UPS package instead of the robot he ordered,
  • Bicentennial Man (1999) starring Robin Williams,
  • Will Ferrell,
  • Be Kind Rewind (2008) starring Jack Black,
  • Definitely, Maybe (2008) starring Ryan Reynolds,
  • Explorers (1985) starring Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix,
  • celebrity deaths (Arthur C. Clarke),
  • Patrick Swayze’s pancreatic cancer,
  • After Hours (1985) starring Griffin Dunne,
  • GameStop’s midnight release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii,
  • Guitar Hero: Aerosmith,
  • moronic families on Family Feud,
  • Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones,
  • Epic Movie (2007),
  • and Arnold Schwarzenegger prank phone calls.

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Episode 98: Monday, March 10, 2008

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 098

In this episode:

  • the 3rd Space Vest by TN Games,
  • Halo 3 replica weapons by Jasman Toys,
  • auto racing school,
  • voice chat in online multiplayer video games,
  • micropayments,
  • Nintendo Wii points,
  • a listener review on the iTunes Store by Brian in NJ,
  • getting Dennis in CA on the show,
  • Transformers (2007) vs. Masters of the Universe (1987),
  • the new Verizon FiOS commercial featuring Michael Bay,
  • and The Last Starfighter (1984) starring Lance Guest.

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Episode 97: Friday, February 29, 2008

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 097

In this episode:

  • World of Warcraft causing divorces,
  • the pointlessness of massively multiplayer online games,
  • an old guy displaying baseball cards and comic books at Dunkin’ Donuts,
  • the rise and fall of the sports card industry,
  • Beckett and Tuff Stuff price guides,
  • a box of blank Elvis cards,
  • non-sports cards (Valiant Comics, The Transformers, Nintendo, Donkey Kong, etc.),
  • a useless cable box,
  • and horrible Comcast customer service.

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Replacing the Infamously Blinking Nintendo 72 Pin Connector

If you’ve followed the classic gaming scene at all, or more likely, remember the Famous Nintendo Entertainment System……..Undoubtedly you remember the blinking screen when inserting a game and pressing the power button. Remember the solution back then? Blow onto the cartridge connector, maybe even spit in it! Well, the real solution was some type of cleaning solution and a Q-tip to clean the connectors. Even then, my 20 year old NES has gotten too annoying to use. I can’t play a game without cleaning it first, games which were originally mine and would not be dirty.

Modern Age Solution? The equally infamous 72-Pin Replacement “ZIF” connector. That’s right, just $4 bucks plus shipping, and I’ve got a new connector. To replace it?
Follow these directions: http://www.jandar.net/nes72pin/

Here’s my image via camera phone….

NES 72 Pin Connector change-out

Wasn’t too hard….result? Well, almost all games now work on the first shot, no more blinking. Catch? Of course there is! Paunch curse and all. Try to get the game out of the system! You need Hulk Hogan’s 52 inch pythons, it’s that stuck in there. I think it gets looser with time, I hope. My thumb is in pain.

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Episode 77: Monday, July 23, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 077

The Paunch Stevenson Show trip to the Digital Press video game store!

In this episode:

  • singing hobos in Newark, NJ,
  • graffiti,
  • memories of our horrible practice recordings in mid 2005,
  • auto racing and kart racing,
  • the Digital Press video game store in Clifton, NJ (www.digitpress.com),
  • terrible Super Nintendo Entertainment System games (Street Combat, Batman Forever, Pit-Fighter, etc.),
  • good Super Nintendo Entertainment System games (Super Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Kart, Joe & Mac, etc.),
  • Data East,
  • Bad Dudes inside a Rush ‘n Attack cartridge,
  • the trade-in value of Baseball for the Nintendo Entertainment System,
  • the Kiss video game Kiss: Psycho Circus- The Nightmare Child,
  • outlandish Transformers (2007) movie prop auctions on eBay,
  • new reality TV shows (Hey Paula, Scott Baio Is 45…and Single, etc.),
  • and Willie Aames.

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