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Episode 257

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 257

In this episode:

  • early spring Chiller Theatre 2015 guest list,
  • celebrity death (Taylor Negron),
  • Three Dog Night,
  • NASA probes Dawn (Ceres) and New Horizons (Pluto) will arrive at their destinations this year,
  • dumb Mars “alien” conspiracies,
  • discovery of two new icy “planettes” in the solar system?,
  • the upcoming Pee-wee Herman movie is coming to Netlfix?,
  • return of The X-Files,
  • new Star Trek 3 (2016) movie director/writer fired – Simon Pegg hired,
  • petition to destroy all copies of Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014),
  • the disastrous Galavant miniseries on ABC,
  • The Goldbergs re-enact The Transformers: The Movie,
  • a Rob-view of Movie 43 (2013) starring half of Hollywood,
  • and Rob’s Lost-a-thon midpoint update.

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Episode 201

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 201

Talking video games with our NJ friends….
Joe Santulli, co-founder of Digital Press, Classic Gaming Expo, and the Video Game History Museum.
Frankie V, member of the Digital Press Podcast.

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Sally Ride, Leroy Neiman, Rodney King, Ernest Borgnine, Nora Ephron, Sherman Hemsley, and Sage Stallone),
  • Steve Martin and Steven Seagal doing bad Italian accents,
  • the lights turned out on Bruce Springsteen’s concert with Paul McCartney in London,
  • High Score (2006) documentary (watch on Hulu),
  • Missile Command,
  • was The King of Kong (starring Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe) a fraud?,
  • a YouTube video featuring accusations by video game record holder Dwayne Richard,
  • former and current Donkey Kong champs Tim Sczerby and Hank Chien,
  • the Twin Galaxies video game record board,
  • would a dog raise a human baby?,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Teri Hatcher, Lauren Graham, and Carlos Mencia),
  • Gallagher does a GEICO commercial (video),
  • Sugar Daddy and other bad hard candy,
  • annoying door-to-door cable television salespeople,
  • knowledgeable forum dslreports.com,
  • Dolph Lundgren is actually a chemical engineer,
  • Fred Willard may or may not have pulled a Pee-wee Herman,
  • Rob invented dine-in movie theaters,
  • poor presentation of a film at an AMC theater,
  • interview with founder of Digital Press Videogames Joe Santulli,
  • his decision to go from game collector to retailer,
  • what does his wife think of his collecting?,
  • Atari Airborne Avenger pinball wall art (photo),
  • what you’ll find in the Digital Press store in Clifton, NJ,
  • rare and unique items “in the wild” traded into the store,
  • video game grading services,
  • monthly NAVA (North Atlantic Videogame Aficionados) gatherings,
  • the concept behind the Video Game History Museum,
  • is the future of gaming fully downloadable content?,
  • promoting the community aspect of gaming,
  • our interview with Frankie V. of the Digital Press Video Game Podcast,
  • gory horror arcade game Chiller by Exidy,
  • Atari Lynx,
  • great Lynx games like Electrocop,
  • is Sony’s PlayStation Vita this generation’s Lynx?,
  • the open platform game system Ouya,
  • a return to hobby-developed gaming like in the 1980s,
  • Android and iOS gaming vs. traditional portable consoles,
  • and “crowdsourcing” via Kickstarter.

Visit dpvideogames.com for more information on the Digital Press store and the audio/video podcasts!

Pictures taken during the July 28, 2012, NAVA gathering at Digital Press in Clifton, NJ:
Flickr – Digital Press in Clifton, NJ 7/28/2012

Enjoying 3D Gaming

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Episode 178

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 178

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pee-wee’s Playhouse, we present our interview with NJ author Caseen Gaines, writer of the first book about Pee-wee Herman, Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon!

In this episode:

  • why Caseen wrote this book,
  • thoughts about Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) and Big Top Pee-wee (1988),
  • the appeal of the TV show to college students,
  • the longevity of Pee-wee’s Playhouse,
  • obtaining interviews for the book using the internet,
  • tons of unique never-before-seen pictures,
  • the Christmas special,
  • the life-size Chairry toy and 40 inch Pee-wee doll,
  • Lynne Stewart “Miss Yvonne” appearing on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,
  • the 2010-2011 Pee-wee Herman live stage show,
  • a future Pee-wee movie with Judd Apatow and Paul Rust,
  • what if there had been a Pee-wee video game back in the 1980s?,
  • the infamous theater incident in Florida,
  • and the legacy of Pee-wee Herman.

Pre-order the book from Amazon or Barnes & Noble
Follow Caseen on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/caseengaines
Check out www.insidetheplayhouse.com for info on the book, and for in-person appearances like these:

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Episode 153

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 153

In this episode:

  • movies in the 1980s in which boys switched bodies with their fathers,
  • The Kid from Brooklyn Mike Caracciolo (The Joker video, Superman video),
  • “Macho Man” Randy Savage wrestling “Weird Al” Yankovic (video),
  • Pee-wee Herman’s upcoming Broadway show,
  • the Angry Video Game Nerd’s review of obscure video storage media,
  • RCA’s Capacitance Electronic Disc (CED),
  • John Logie Baird’s phonovision from 1927,
  • Michael Bay firing Megan Fox from the upcoming movie Transformers 3 (2011),
  • the upcoming Jaws movie starring Tracy Morgan,
  • Three Men and a Bride (2012) starring Steve Guttenberg and Tom Selleck,
  • director Guillermo del Toro quitting The Hobbit,
  • the Lost exhibit in NYC (Our Pictures),
  • our book report shortcuts in school,
  • and Optimus Prime dying after one shot.

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Episode 148

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 148

In this episode:

  • a roll call of our listeners,
  • the New York Jets vs. the Indianapolis Colts,
  • Jimmy the Greek,
  • weird comments on our Steven Seagal Hall of Lame post,
  • Steven Seagal vs. Jean-Claude Van Damme,
  • Van Damme’s return to professional kickboxing,
  • celebrity boxing (Dustin Diamond vs. Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Rodman vs. Dennis Haskins),
  • the Japanese believing Sony products break on purpose,
  • pieces of the white Apple Macbook cracking off,
  • Rob’s switch from the iPhone 3G to a free Pantech Reveal,
  • a video of Pee-wee Herman using the Apple iPad,
  • a fan dub of the G1 Transformers episode Scramble City,
  • Alan Alda as the voice of Bumblebee,
  • a Frank Welker fan site,
  • Michael Bay’s belief that superheroes don’t wear masks,
  • Dr. Phil as the voice of Optimus Prime,
  • and George Lucas re-releasing the Star Wars movies in 3D.

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