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Episode 96: Monday, February 18, 2008

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 096

In this episode:

  • the end of the Writers Guild of America strike,
  • technical difficulties while recording last week,
  • an old VCR with instructions on a VHS tape,
  • our video tour of the Fun N Games arcade a week before it shut down,
  • new listeners (Manny the Mailman and Neal from www.intoyourhead.com),
  • new comments by Esteban (Iron Man, War Machine, and stupid sizes of Star Wars toys),
  • the upcoming movie G.I. Joe (2009) starring Dennis Quaid and Marlon Wayans,
  • The 7th Portal and Stan Lee’s bankruptcy in 2001,
  • Ringo Starr starring in Stan Lee’s new superhero show,
  • the most useless object a Transformer could change into,
  • celebrity deaths (Roy Scheider),
  • celebrities’ real names,
  • and Dirty Work (1998) starring Norm MacDonald, Artie Lange, and Jack Warden.

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Jerry O’Connell parodies Tom Cruise’s Scientology Video

Jerry O’Connell, or JOC as we Sliders TV show fans call him, did a viral video by SNL alum Jerry Minor. Jerry is spoofing the ridiculously absurd Tom Cruise Scientology video, where Tom babbles the whole time about nonsense, rather than convincing anyone to follow Scientology. Jerry is actually talking about the WGA writer’s strike and goofing on that. Great stuff.

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Episode 90: Monday, November 12, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 090

We talk with special guest Frank Edward Nora from The Overnightscape podcast (www.theovernightscape.com)!

In this episode:

  • the end of analog broadcast TV on February 17, 2009,
  • 2008 U.S. Presidential candidate Ron Paul,
  • the Republican Party’s obsession with terrorism,
  • $100 per barrel of oil,
  • 24 minute podcast episodes,
  • old 74 minute CD-R discs,
  • transferring old VHS video tapes to DVDs,
  • the ridiculous Beanie Babies fad in the late 1990s,
  • storing photos,
  • history in the future,
  • albums being released on USB flash drives in England,
  • iTunes digital release cards at Starbucks,
  • the loudness war and horrible audio CD mastering,
  • a get-rich-quick scheme for record companies,
  • the Fun N Games arcade in Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ, shutting down,
  • Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) computer software,
  • the video game Red Earth (known as Warzard in Japan) by Capcom,
  • reading bad novels in high school (The Good Earth, The Chocolate War, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, etc.),
  • David Copperfield’s current FBI investigation,
  • Frank’s review of Bee Movie (2007) starring Jerry Seinfeld,
  • the Writers Guild of America strike,
  • Late Show with David Letterman,
  • TV interviews via satellite,
  • Heroes season 2,
  • the online video revolution,
  • podcasting and online audio,
  • Frank’s attempt at a premium podcast (Anything But Monday),
  • and Frank’s upcoming secret project.

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Episode 89: Monday, November 5, 2007

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 089

The Paunch Stevenson Show two-year anniversary special, part two!

In this episode:

  • placing radiators next to windows,
  • traffic cops vs. traffic lights,
  • terrible movie remakes (The Dukes of Hazzard and Bad News Bears),
  • the new Fred Claus (2007) commercial,
  • a Led Zeppelin update,
  • insane Hannah Montana concert ticket prices,
  • Marked for Death (1990) starring Steven Seagal and Keith David,
  • an embarrassing Van Halen performance in Greensboro, NC,
  • celebrity sightings (Patton Oswalt and Ron Wood),
  • celebrity deaths (Joey Bishop and Robert Goulet, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com),
  • the current top ten movies at the box office,
  • baseball (the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tommy Lasorda, Joe Torre, Don Mattingly, the Boston Red Sox, Mike Piazza, etc.),
  • an Eliza Dushku update (Dollhouse),
  • Dark City (1998) starring Rufus Sewell and William Hurt,
  • Alien Nation,
  • the Writers Guild of America strike,
  • Jack Palance audio clips,
  • the Fun N Games arcade in Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ, shutting down,
  • old video game console prices vs. old computer prices,
  • various horror movies,
  • women’s Halloween costumes,
  • a Britney Spears and Kevin Federline update,
  • Duane “Dog” Chapman’s racial slur,
  • commercials on the Game Show Network,
  • restless legs syndrome,
  • and Mirapex side effects.

Happy birthday to Adam in SC!

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