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Episode 296

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 296

In this episode:

  • NYC restaurants vanishing overnight,
  • lunch busking,
  • MeToo movement,
  • Scott Baio vs Nicole Eggert,
  • Stan Lee is now broke,
  • Steven Seagal has his own bitcoin,
  • Nolan Bushnell Atari GDC award fiasco,
  • interview from 2006 where OJ Simpson sorta confesses to Brentwood murders released,
  • Nic Cage will finally play (voice) Superman!,
  • celebrity death (Stephen Hawking),
  • Toys R Us goes out of business,
  • modern Viewmaster stinks,
  • Chiller preview,
  • John Erwin and Alan Oppenheimer “message to sick boy” from 1980s,
  • NYC subway doo doo,
  • having to drive to Ohio with Lanza after flights cancelled,
  • meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger,
  • discussing Sacha Baron Cohen movies,
  • Anna Chlumsky’s many moods,
  • and the deep voiced Stacy Keach.

Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Arnold Sports Festival, Columbus, OH

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Space Tourism in 2009

Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo

Yesterday, January 23, 2008, entrepreneur Richard Branson unveiled a model of the “spaceship” he hopes will take paying passengers on space flights beginning in 2009. His company, Virgin Galactic, is charging $200,000 per two-and-a-half hour flight.

That’s pretty expensive considering the flights won’t actually be going into outer space. Technically, passengers will be taken on a sub-orbital flight 62 miles above sea level. By comparison, the Moon is 240,000 miles above sea level. Passengers will be weightless for about five minutes though. Isn’t five minutes of nausea worth $200,000?

Over 200 people have signed up so far, including actress Victoria Principal and physicist Stephen Hawking. Imagine him in his wheelchair spinning around weightless puking all over everyone.

Also entering the business is Bigelow Aerospace, a company aimed at creating space hotels. Seriously.

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Episode 66: Monday, April 2, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 066

In this episode:

  • Ninja Warrior on G4,
  • the Double Dare obstacle course,
  • Video Power hosted by Johnny Arcade,
  • the Nickelodeon Super Toy Run,
  • a get-rich-quick scheme (sue Toys “R” Us),
  • Franklyn Pigott Jr. setting his house on fire trying to kill a bee,
  • hunting of toxic squirrels,
  • a Michael Jackson update ($100,000 pharmacy debt),
  • Donald Trump’s redevelopment of Atlantic City’s Steel Pier,
  • the Doomsday Clock,
  • Stephen Hawking in outer space,
  • the “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” contest on KDND and Jennifer Strange’s death,
  • and our Nintendo Wii review.

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Episode 62: Monday, March 5, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 062

In this episode:

  • our Ghost Rider (2007) movie review with live guest Adam in SC,
  • Stan Lee’s cameo on Heroes,
  • the upcoming movie Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) starring Laurence Fishburne and Jessica Alba,
  • Stephen Hawking’s comments regarding the future of humanity,
  • Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd,
  • Spaced Out: The Very Best of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner,
  • William Shatner’s performance of “Rocket Man” at the 1978 Science Fiction Film Awards,
  • The Blanks performing the Charles in Charge theme song (www.theblankswebsite.com),
  • and The Top Ten Things I’m not Looking Forward to about Winter.

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