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Episode 256

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 256

In this episode:

  • NBC’s live performance of Peter Pan starring Christopher Walken,
  • Bill Cosby allegations,
  • Dustin Diamond stabs a guy in a bar,
  • Van Damme remaking Kickboxer (2015),
  • Paul McCartney’s music in the new video game Destiny,
  • Zooey Deschanel and Dennis Haskins,
  • the Dark Escape 4D arcade video game experience by Namco,
  • celebrity deaths (Normal Bridwell, Elizabeth Pena, Joe Cocker),
  • Clifford (1994) starring Martin Short and Charles Grodin,
  • “The Father of Video Games” Ralph H. Baer,
  • Tom Wopat and John Schneider performing Christmas songs from their new album Home for Christmas,
  • the Christmas Ice Caverns in Fairfield, NJ,
  • Sony Playstation 4 anniversary edition fiasco,
  • Sony Pictures hacked by North Korea?,
  • review of Interstellar (2014) starring Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine,
  • Randy Quaid somehow appearing in ID4 Part II (2015),
  • What Ever Happened To? (Skeet Ulrich),
  • Xmas Rob-view of Prancer (1989) starring Sam Elliott and Abe Vigoda,
  • Xmas Rob-view of Finding Mrs. Claus (2012) starring Mira Sorvino and Will Sasso,
  • Xmas Rob-view of Merry In-Laws (2012) starring Shelly Long and George Wendt,
  • Jimmy Kimmel vs. John Krasinski Christmas pranks (video),
  • and the Lame Idiot of 2014 (including a nomination by listener Spaceman David).

Home for Christmas (Tom Wopat & John Schneider) – NYC – 12/3/14
Duke Boys

Christmas Ice Caverns, Fairfield, NJ
Ice Caverns

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Episode 207

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 207

Part 2 of our 7th Anniversary Hoopla! Thanks to all the celebrities who appeared!

In this episode:

  • we meet Weird Al Yankovic,
  • Weird Al: The Book,
  • finding a Weird Al LP in a messy used record store,
  • Al’s least favorite album Polka Party!,
  • Scotti Brothers Records,
  • Crazy Eddie (his prices were insane!),
  • bantering around with Weird Al,
  • meeting friend and fellow NJ podcaster Brian Jude at the signing,
  • Weird Al recording “Smells like Nirvana” instead of “Snack All Night”,
  • how “I Lost on Jeopardy” revived the real Jeopardy! game show,
  • The Weird Al Show (1997) on CBS,
  • our trip to Chiller Theatre Expo 2012 in Parsippany, NJ,
  • getting a picture with Tom Wopat a.k.a. Luke Duke,
  • “Screech” Dustin Diamond teaching us a bar bet,
  • Ian Ziering of Beverly Hills, 90210 seated in the horror room,
  • John Wayne Bobbitt trying to talk to us,
  • meeting nice guy Andrew McCarthy, star of Weekend at Bernie’s II (1993),
  • meeting pop singer Samantha Fox,
  • meeting a grumpy Frank Vincent,
  • meeting Bronson Pinchot from Perfect Strangers,
  • old ABC TGIF trading cards Laffs,
  • Penny Marshall hiding from our camera,
  • talking with Robert Duncan McNeill from Star Trek: Voyager,
  • meeting a disinterested Shannon Elizabeth from American Pie (1999),
  • meeting Lethal Weapon‘s Danny Glover,
  • talking with the original voice of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney,
  • the upcoming Caroll Spinney documentary I Am Big Bird (2013),
  • our interview with Samantha Fox,
  • TigerTime campaign to save wild tigers,
  • and our new interview techniques.

Our pictures and videos from the Weird Al signing in Paramus, NJ:
Weird Al Yankovic book signing, Paramus, NJ 10/22/12

Weird Al Yankovic

Our pictures from the Chiller Theatre Expo 2012 in Parsippany, NJ:
Chiller Theatre Expo, Parsippany, NJ 10/27/12

Dustin Diamond

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Episode 177

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 177

In this episode:

  • our trip to Barcade in Jersey City, NJ (microbrew beers and 1970s-1980s classic video arcade games),
  • Barcade running on 100% wind power,
  • Rob’s dream about “Macho Man” Randy Savage,
  • the 2011 ThunderCats cartoon show,
  • Larry Kenney vs. Will Friedle as the voice of Lion-O,
  • John Erwin as the voice of Prince Adam and He-Man,
  • Greg’s movie review of The A-Team (2010),
  • Paunch Stevenson Show celebrity encounters,
  • Greg meeting Tom Wopat (Luke Duke from The Dukes of Hazzard),
  • John Schneider and Tom Wopat on Smallville,
  • Greg meeting Jeff Bridges (Barney Cousins from The Vanishing),
  • celebrity deaths (Christopher Mayer from The Dukes of Hazzard and Bubba Smith),
  • the 2011 season of Curb Your Enthusiasm finally taking place in NYC,
  • our future children missing out on pop culture from the past,
  • important pop culture getting lost in time (CHiPs, the Marx Brothers, The Little Rascals, Droopy, The Ant and the Aardvark, etc.),
  • the upcoming Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood spin-off Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,
  • Jonah Hill’s weight loss,
  • Mike Masse’s music video for “Long Time” (acoustic Boston cover),
  • the decline of music videos,
  • Rob constantly hearing people whistle Bobby McFerrin’s “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” in England,
  • Rob’s 4D movie experience,
  • and Tom Wopat’s music vs. Jeff Bridges’s music.

We also snapped some photos of Barcade Jersey City:
Flickr – Barcade, Jersey City, NJ 8/20/11
Barcade Jersey City

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