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Episode 29: Monday, May 15, 2006

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 029

In this episode:

  • a skit about Rosie O’Donnell replacing Meredith Vieira on The View (featuring The Paunch Stevenson Show reporter),
  • Awful Plastic Surgery (www.awfulplasticsurgery.com),
  • The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) starring Leonardo DiCaprio and John Malkovich,
  • actors and actresses receiving praise for portraying mentally retarded people,
  • our crass high school English teacher,
  • Kaavya Viswanathan’s plagiarism,
  • and “Ring of Fire” and “Seven Nation Army” performed live by the Screaming Orphans.

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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!!

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Episode 11: Monday, January 9, 2006

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 011

In this episode:

  • Rob experiencing the Paunch bad luck on an airplane,
  • the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the Insight Bowl,
  • a listener get-rich-quick scheme from Eric in NJ,
  • New Year’s Eve in Times Square,
  • a Kevin Federline update (www.kevinfederline.com),
  • “PopoZao,”
  • local psychos (the towel-neck guy, the Jamaican bike riding guy, and the fake Amish guy),
  • the Amish chant,
  • Richard Simmons and his strange dolls (www.richardsimmons.com),
  • a substitute janitor,
  • and the annoying word of the episode.

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Episode 9: Monday, December 26, 2005

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 009

In this episode:

  • The Night Before Christmas Troll Read-Along Classics audio book featuring a psychotic Santa Claus,
  • Courtney Love,
  • Michael J. Fox,
  • George Takei and Christian Slater audio from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country,
  • listener comments (the NYC public transit strike),
  • a get-rich-quick scheme (MTA bus drivers),
  • our movie review of Peter Jackson’s King Kong (2005) starring Jack Black and Naomi Watts,
  • Ellis Island (www.ellisisland.org),
  • Creepshow (1982) starring Leslie Nielsen and Ted Danson,
  • and Kevin McCarthy.

Happy holidays!

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