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Episode 281

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 281

Rob returns to go through a box of old junk!

In this episode:

  • the Silver Beatles,
  • Abbott and Costello,
  • Wonderwall (1968) featuring the music of George Harrison,
  • Weird Paul Petroskey,
  • Rhino’s VHS releases of Get a Life,
  • George Carlin’s CDs,
  • Ladystein- the band that Rob scuttled our Angry Video Game Nerd interview for way back in episode 106,
  • recording NES and SNES video game soundtracks and selling them on eBay in 2000,
  • who the hell is Corn Mo?,
  • more VHS tapes (Richard Lewis, Pink Panther, Betty Boop, and Droopy),
  • BCI’s Filmation He-Man and the Masters of the Universe DVDs,
  • Voltron: Legendary Defender (2016) on Netflix,
  • Rhys Darby,
  • The National Videogame Museum in Frisco, TX,
  • meeting Mean Gene Okerlund, Damon Wayans, Dee and Mac from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Larry King, Jon Lovitz, Jeff Goldblum, Paul Schaffer, and the real Adam Goldberg,
  • Norm MacDonald, too,
  • and the indie instant messenger video game Emily is Away.

Old stuff 7/10/16

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Episode 248

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 248

In this episode:

  • celebrity death (James Garner),
  • The Rockford Files (1974-80), My Fellow Americans (1996), Maverick (1994),
  • another Ghostbusters 3 update,
  • Burt Reynolds almost played Norm’s dad,
  • Prankpack.com prank gift boxes,
  • “Weird Al” Yankovic’s new album Mandatory Fun (2014),
  • Sonic The Hedgehog Fan Film by Blue Core Studios featuring Jaleel White,
  • trailer for Birdman (2014), starring Michael Keaton,
  • documentary on the failed Nicolas Cage Superman movie written by Kevin Smith and directed by Tim Burton,
  • crowd funding for The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?,
  • Arrested Development to return for fifth season,
  • FXX Simpsons marathon,
  • the return of the Roboplastic Podcastalypse,
  • first woman to conquer Ninja Warrior, Kacy Catanzaro,
  • the one-way trip to Mars reality show,
  • screening of the Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014) starring James Rolfe,
  • Kyle Justin AVGN movie song,
  • what if there were a Paunch Stevenson: The Movie?,
  • MSU Gamer Symphony plays the Dr. Mario Chill Theme,
  • and Hip Tanaka.

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Episode 217

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 217

In this episode:

  • Jurassic Park 3D (2013) re-release,
  • memories of our small local movie theater, the Franklin in Nutley, NJ,
  • special effects still very convincing 20 years later,
  • running UNIX on an early 1990s Apple Macintosh Quadra?,
  • updated dinosaur science,
  • how do birds fly?,
  • Jeff Goldblum’s odd mannerisms and resemblance to Howard Stern,
  • did the sequels ruin the franchise?,
  • legacy and impact of Jurassic Park,
  • our surprise that Ask.com still exists,
  • review of Total Recall (2012) starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Biel, and Kate Beckinsale,
  • dumb backstory, lots of CGI, Blade Runner-esque, lens flares,
  • cool technology and CGI stunts,
  • celebrity deaths (Roger Ebert, Margaret Thatcher, Annette Funicello, and Jonathan Winters),
  • cicada bugs invade NJ again for the first time in 17 years,
  • Tami Erin runs afoul of the law,
  • Norm Macdonald is back with another interview show, Norm MacDonald Live on You Tube,
  • FunnyOrDie.com KickstarterOrDie April Fools videos,
  • Dinosaurs, Darkwing Duck, Family Matters Movie, and Sliders The Movie,
  • Reginald VelJohnson, Jerry O’Connell,
  • and American Psycho with Huey Lewis and Weird Al video.

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Episode 195

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 195

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Vidal Sassoon and Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys),
  • the Jackson family’s Pepsi deal,
  • Bill Pullman talking like “Macho Man” Randy Savage,
  • the crying wrestling fan (video),
  • Norm MacDonald’s boring golf tweets,
  • What Ever Happened To? (the Saturday Supercast podcast),
  • celebrity podcasts,
  • the upcoming Expendables 2 movie,
  • our review of God Bless America (2011) directed by Bobcat Goldthwait,
  • What Ever Happened To? (clock radios),
  • long sleeve T-shirts are contradictory,
  • sour cream doughnuts at Dunkin’ Donuts,
  • pointing out the flaw in the father’s line at the end of Dirty Dancing (1987),
  • What Ever Happened To? (Andy Milonakis),
  • having to be told to say “thank you” as a kid,
  • the Virtual Skipper series of yacht racing computer games,
  • the Tire Claw car security device (from the makers of The Club),
  • the infamous Nutley NJ tanning mom,
  • are all IHOP restaurants dumpy?,
  • things to do with your body when you’re dead,
  • politicians always getting caught cheating on spouses,
  • Dennis Haskins on and episode of Mad Men,
  • the whereabouts of Max Weinberg,
  • the strange Dating Brad Garrett failed reality/dating show,
  • Donald Trump suing Scotland,
  • space shuttle Enterprise flying over NYC,
  • Ringo Starr losing all his Beatles photographs,
  • Rob meeting Britta Phillips in 2003,
  • the Perfect Strangers video game (link),
  • J.J. Abrams turning Star Trek 13 (2013) into a comic book movie,
  • the quest for the maximum movie frame rate (Peter Jackson, James Cameron),
  • and Douglas Trumbull’s TORUS theater technology.

Rob meeting Britta Phillips of Satisfaction and Jem in 2003…

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Episode 176

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 176

In this episode:

  • Our ideas for re-dubbing the latest Michael Bay Transformers movie,
  • the Rupert Murdoch UK phone hacking scandal,
  • undercover sleuth work by Hugh Grant,
  • Norm MacDonald announcing the O.J. Simpson verdict on Saturday Night Live,
  • cracking passwords using social engineering,
  • the “Ralphige” real Michael Jackson prank call (link),
  • a fifth child on the way for Kevin ‘K-Fed’ Federline,
  • the arrest of former informercial star Don Lapre,
  • Tony Little HoMedics Micropedic Sleep Pillows,
  • Ted Danson to star on the next season of CSI,
  • Barney Miller,
  • return of Curb Your Enthusiasm,
  • why the Golden Girls is still funny (video),
  • US Marines asking Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake on dates,
  • Rob’s failure to book Tami Erin, star of The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) on the show,
  • emulating classic PC games using DOSBOX,
  • downfall of modern gaming franchises and developers (Hitman, Max Payne, Project Gotham, LucasArts),
  • Copyright Alert System,
  • and a celebrity death (Roberts Blossom).

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