Please help Mike Masse’s son Noah

Mike Masse and Noah

We interviewed our favorite YouTube musician and cover song artist, Mike Masse, in episode 163 of The Paunch Stevenson Show. He was a great guest and we enjoyed discussing music, movies, and video games with him.

Yesterday, Mike posted his version of The Beatles song “Let It Be” on YouTube with this message:

“Dear Friends and Supporters,
On July 5th, 2012, my 11-month-old son Noah was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Please consider making a donation of support as well as helping spread this link. The proceeds from your donation will go towards getting Noah the best care possible, as well as helping keep our family afloat while we focus on little Noah’s treatment and comfort. Anyone who donates will receive a downloadable MP3 version of this rendition. Here is the link:
http://covercows.com/let-it-be-a-fundraiser/
A special thanks to Jesse, and everyone else at Cover Cows, for suggesting I record a charity song for Noah, as well as offering to waive any of their proceeds from the donations received. And thanks to Jeff Hall for letting me borrow his video camera (identical to mine), so I could shoot the performance from two angles at once.
And thanks to all of you so much for your friendship, generosity, and support.
Love,
-Mike
P.S. If you prefer, you can also buy this song from iTunes (with Apple taking 30% of the purchase price, as is their policy). Here’s the iTunes link:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/let-it-be-single/id546401724

So if you can, please help Mike out. We’re sure he and his family appreciate even the smallest donation. Thanks!

Greg and Rob

Episode 167

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 167

In this episode:

  • Rob’s favorite adjective “weird,”
  • Frank Nora’s doppelganger/clone theory,
  • George Lucas and Lionel Richie look-alikes at NAVA,
  • John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998),
  • classic 1990s science fiction series SLIDERS,
  • The Beatles’ lousy movie Magical Mystery Tour (1967),
  • Paul McCartney teaching Steven Spielberg how to make movies,
  • Yoko Ono’s solo career,
  • wannabe Beatle Jeff Lynne,
  • musicians embarrassing themselves past their primes,
  • the Rolling Stones,
  • Phil Collins’s rumored retirement,
  • “Land of Confusion” music video by Genesis,
  • Jon Bon Jovi blaming Steve Jobs for ruining music sales,
  • Jersey Shore Snooki wrestling in the WWE,
  • dummies getting famous (Does the cream really rise to the top?),
  • Dr. Phil being sued yet again,
  • Aflac firing Gilbert Gottfried for his jokes about Japan,
  • Norm MacDonald’s Twitter,
  • and Charlie Sheen going nuts.

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Episode 164

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 164

In this episode:

  • the iPhone 4 on Verizon,
  • a stupid style (sweater parties),
  • a Five Guys correction,
  • The Ron and Fez Show stealing our “This Man Is not Dead” bit,
  • Australian comedian James Smith talking about seppos,
  • making posters in elementary school for S.E.P.P.O. disabled competitive sporting events,
  • Robopocalypse vs. the Roboplastic Podcastalypse,
  • counterfeit versions of The Paunch Stevenson Show,
  • old toy robots we’ve never heard of (Lords of Light, Micronauts, Interchangeables, Starriors, and Robo Force),
  • Greg and Rob randomly seeing each other on the bus to NYC,
  • the Paunch luck (Greg getting ripped off at a Chinese buffet in Manhattan),
  • celebrity deaths (Gerry Rafferty, Captain Beefheart, Blake Edwards, and Bob Feller),
  • our movie review of The Other Guys (2010) staring Will Ferrell,
  • Michael J. Fox’s outtakes from The Frighteners (1996),
  • AVGN James Rolfe’s interview with Marty McFly voice actor AJ LoCascio,
  • Michael Gambon on British TV show Top Gear telling a crazy story about Christian Slater,
  • Michael Caine on British TV show Parkinson doing an impersonation of himself and Sean Connery,
  • and George Martin’s horrible 1998 album In My Life featuring Robin Williams, Bobby McFerrin, Jim Carrey, Sean Connery, and Billy Connolly.

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Episode 149

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 149

In this episode:

  • George Harrison impersonator Glen Knowler’s version of “Something”,
  • Paul McCartney impersonator Neil Tudor singing “Jet”,
  • Beatles impersonators together on You Tube,
  • Mike Masse singing U2,
  • the death of rock and roll music,
  • country music vs. rap,
  • Jack Nicholson taking donations for Haiti,
  • Nicolas Cage,
  • From Paris with Love (2010) starring John Travolta,
  • rock band OAR cover of Led Zeppelin’s Fool in the Rain,
  • the upcoming movie Jurassic Park IV,
  • the death of toy cartoon shows,
  • Lego Arcade by Michael Hickox,
  • our review of Sherlock Holmes (2009) starring Robert Downey Jr.,
  • the upcoming movie The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010) starring Nicolas Cage,
  • a Rip Torn update and Rip Taylor on The Monkees,
  • Tom Green,
  • a celebrity death (J. D. Salinger),
  • Gallagher,
  • the 2009 Golden Raspberry Awards (the Razzies),
  • Al Pacino,
  • Jeff Bridges nominated for an Oscar,
  • and Beverly Hills Cop (1984) vs. 48 Hours (1982).

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Episode 146

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 146

In this episode:

  • our movie review of Avatar (2009) in IMAX 3D,
  • our movie review of It’s Complicated (2009) starring Alec Baldwin,
  • the upcoming Mad Max movie Fury Road (2011) not starring Mel Gibson,
  • the upcoming movie The Kung Fu Kid (2010) starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan,
  • Barcade in Brooklyn,
  • downloading and converting Flash videos with RealPlayer,
  • creating an anaglyph (red and blue) 3D image in Photoshop,
  • Steven Seagal’s TV show Lawman,
  • the new TV show Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura,
  • the Montel Williams HealthMaster blender,
  • our review of Shout! Factory’s The Transformers: 25th Anniversary Matrix of Leadership Edition DVD boxed set,
  • 1980s Transformers G1 voice actors (Michael Bell, Frank Welker, Jack Angel, etc.),
  • azrael723’s gigantic Transformers costumes,
  • our review of Ghostbusters (1984) on Blu-ray,
  • repurchasing music and movies,
  • YouTube videos loading too slowly,
  • the Lame Idiot of 2009,
  • The Hangover (2009) starring Zach Galifianakis,
  • an email from the fake George Harrison,
  • and celebrity deaths (Brittany Murphy and George Michael).

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