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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Episode 274

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 274

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Yogi Berra, Fred Dalton Thompson),
  • Steven Seagal posting click bait videos on Warrior Zen website,
  • the Steve Jobs (2015) movie flops,
  • Back to the Future Day,
  • meeting director of BTTF and Polar Express, Robert Zemeckis,
  • Supernatural NJ Con experience,
  • New York Comic Con 2015 coverage,
  • meeting the cast of The Walking Dead,
  • the Eliza Dushku/Lanza photo struggle,
  • Greg missing out on meeting Clint Eastwood, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Josh Holloway due to a cold,
  • Chiller Theatre Fall 2015 coverage,
  • meeting the Lost in Space cast,
  • meeting M.C. Gainey from LOST,
  • legendary actor Paul Sorvino, star of That’s Life,
  • Linda Henning, who played Quinn’s mom on Sliders,
  • Matt Dillon freaking out,
  • C. Thomas Howell of The Outsiders,
  • Veronica Cartwright, star of Alien, Flight of the Navigator, and The Right Stuff,
  • catching up with Ian Ziering,
  • a crazy free Alice Cooper signing,
  • the great Bob Newhart,
  • a preposterous ransom to meet Ringo Starr,
  • Rhode Island Comic Con 2015 and meeting Transformers voice acting gods Peter Cullen and Frank Welker,
  • also meeting Michael Keaton, Keanu Reeves, and Wendi McLendon-Covey,
  • Ricky Steamboat and the infamous Randy Savage cup of coffee promo,
  • video of vignette when Steamboat “lost his voice”
  • and David Spade joking about the Sandler CDs and PCU.

David Spade book signing in NYC, October 26, 2015

Supernatural NJ Con in Secaucus, NJ, September 27, 2015

New York Comic Con Weekend in NYC, October 7-11, 2015

Chiller Theatre Weekend in Parsippany, NJ, October 23-24, 2015

Alice Cooper in East Hanover, NJ, October 23, 2015

Rhode Island Comic Con in Provience, RI, November 7, 2015

The Big Event IX Wrestling Con in East Flushing, NY, November 14, 2015

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Episode 235

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 235

In this episode:

  • 30th anniversary of the Macintosh computer,
  • Esteban’s MacBook Pro graphics card failed,
  • Shia LaBeouf’s plagarism and fake retirement,
  • Justin Bieber’s fake retirement and drunk drag racing,
  • Michael Bay storms off Samsung’s stage at CES,
  • TV companies going back to curved screens?,
  • Rob finally gets a copy of Video Invaders by Steve Bloom,
  • upcoming film The Lego Movie (2014),
  • comparing the original RoboCop (1987) to the new version (2014),
  • comparing Monument Men (2014) to Kelly’s Heroes (1970),
  • Apple vs. Samsung and appealing court decisions,
  • Microsoft paying for positive XBox One reviews on YouTube,
  • a Rob-view of Blindsided a.k.a. Penthouse North (2013) starring Michelle Monaghan and Michael Keaton,
  • a good article about the history of the Nintendo GameCube,
  • Steven Seagal running for governor of Arizona?,
  • confusing Elisha Cuthbert with Eliza Dushku,
  • NSA spying,
  • Duck Dynasty phonies,
  • Rob’s box of sound effects,
  • celebrity deaths (James Avery, Danny Wells, Phil Everly, Bob Grant),
  • the pointlessness of 4K Ultra HDTVs,
  • Christmas car commercials (who really buys his wife a car for Christmas?),
  • who has more guns- people or the military?,
  • video game emulators vs. collecting/hoarding,
  • modern modifications to classic game systems,
  • and different classes of SD cards.

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Episode 220

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 220

In this episode:

  • AMC/Sony Loews theater in Wayne, NJ,
  • Rob attending the Paul McCartney concert at Barclay’s Center, Brooklyn, NY,
  • old people doing drugs,
  • pointless camera policy,
  • Mike Masse playing with former members of Boston (video),
  • Ian Ziering is now a male exotic dancer,
  • Steven Seagal is a Russian traitor,
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger appearing in upcoming sequels Terminator 5, King Conan, and Triples,
  • the Italian Ramones,
  • Jeff Garlin gets arrested,
  • By The Way, In Conversation with Jeff Garlin, Jeff’s podcast,
  • our review of Star Trek Into Darkness (2013),
  • multiple explicit similarities to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,
  • Benedict Cumberbach is a sober Alan Rickman,
  • ripping off Demolition Man,
  • Khan backstory and the Genesis device,
  • references to Star Wars,
  • J.J. Abrams wanting all original Trek merchandising to be ceased,
  • Star Trek/X-Men crossover comics,
  • Microsoft back tracks on their DRM requirements for Xbox One,
  • Microsoft execs calling customers cry babies,
  • and the Bally Astrocade.

Pictures from the Paul McCartney’s Out There concert June 8, 2013 in Brooklyn, NY:
Paul McCartney Out There tour, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY, 6/8/13

The New, New Monkees

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Episode 214

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 214

In this episode:

  • Stan Lee’s Rants on You Tube,
  • Lou Ferrigno and Steven Seagal training a posse of criminals to guard schools,
  • thoughts on Once Upon Atari,
  • wacky Tod Frye and Atari’s lucrative game compensation package,
  • Howard Scott Warshaw acting like Indiana Jones,
  • Rick Maurer fitting 100+ variations of Space Invaders on one 2600 cartridge,
  • Playstation 4 unveiling,
  • MC Hammer gets arrested for unknown reasons,
  • laptop computer sweater sock,
  • Umberto of Naples, ventriloquist on 1990s NJ Suburban Cable public access (video),
  • our video game ideas from 25 years ago,
  • lousy and obscure Atari computer games,
  • was there really a Birdman’s Alley?,
  • repairman purposely breaking a Sylvania console television in the 1980s,
  • and Alec Baldwin vs. Shia LeBeouf.

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