In this episode: using Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit, celebrity death (Stan Winston), Interview with the Vampire (1994) starring Tom Cruise, Tom Cruise's lawyer calling Dr. Drew a Nazi, Dr. Phil's talk show, our movie review of Get Smart (2008) starring Steve Carell, our movie review of Hancock (2008) starring Will Smith, Nicholas Cage as Dr. Fu Manchu in Werewolf Women of the S.S., The Wicker Man (2006) starring Nicholas Cage, the upcoming movie Ace Ventura Jr. (2008) starring Josh Flitter, Pa...
Jul 16, 2008•39 min
In this episode: another trip to the Digital Press video game store in Clifton, NJ (www.digitpress.com), meeting James Rolfe (the Angry Video Game Nerd) and trying to get him on the show, the Nostalgia Critic, celebrity deaths (Mel Ferrer, Bo Diddley, Harvey Korman, Jim McKay, Tim Russert, and George Carlin, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com), What Ever Happened To? (Jim J. Bullock), a psycho in Union Square Park claiming NASA is going to blow up Jupiter on 7/7/08, Project Lucifer, a Hulk Hogan'...
Jun 30, 2008•1 hr 26 min
In this episode: Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling on CMT, potential celebrity wrestlers (Bill Cosby, Louie Anderson, Dr. Phil, etc.), Slim Goodbody, I'm with Busey starring Gary Busey, Branded in the 80s (www.brandedinthe80s.com), issues of TV Guide from the late 1970s and early 1980s, Vivarin caffeine tablets, Colorforms Lazer Blazers 3-D holographic stickers, The New Body Boutique's Second Skin space age slenderizer, Once Upon a Spy (1980) starring Ted Danson, an $800 Sears Beta V...
Jun 11, 2008•31 min
In this episode: our review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), its rewatchability, Harrison Ford's age, Karen Allen, ridiculously picky fans, the use of computer graphics and humor, the alien at the end, the 1950s setting, Shia LaBeouf swinging from vines, women waiting in line to see Sex and the City (2008), the Star Wars prequels, directors reediting their movies, Hayden Christensen's horrible acting, ideas for the next Indiana Jones movie, the upcoming movies Death ...
Jun 02, 2008•39 min
Our summer movie rundown! In this episode: comments by Manny the Mailman in NJ and Brian in NJ, a picture of the dueling Dr. Phils, The Incredible Hulk (2008) starring Edward Norton, Stan Lee, another stupid style (giant headphones in public), boom boxes, D batteries, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) starring Jason Segel, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) starring Harrison Ford, Iron Man (2008) starring Robert Downey Jr., Speed Racer (2008) starring Emile Hirsch, The Chro...
May 28, 2008•34 min
Our interview with the Screaming Orphans at Tir Na Nog in NYC! In this episode: getting Juliana Hatfield on the show, What Ever Happened To? (Natalie Imbruglia), friend and filmmaker Jonald Reyes, That Asian Thing on Independent Features (www.independentfeatures.com), The Net (1995) starring Sandra Bullock, a librarian at the Belleville Public Library trying to send a fax, our interview with Joan Diver of the Screaming Orphans at Tir Na Nog in NYC, Dennis Haskins, and the Screaming Orphans live....
May 21, 2008•30 min
We interview Ted Danson and Ed Begley, Jr. at the Global Green Expo 2008 in Jersey City, NJ! In this episode: TV newscasters (Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, and Peter Jennings), Pat O'Brien, the PSEG Global Green Expo 2008, a summary of Ted Danson's keynote speech, Oceana (www.oceana.org), ocean trolling, fish contaminated with mercury, fake Duracell batteries, the pointlessness of autographs, our interview with Ted Danson, the Paunch bad luck, Ed Begley Jr. (www.edbegley.com), a raw sewage backup in G...
May 04, 2008•59 min
As promised at the end of episode 101, here is Ed Begley, Jr.'s full keynote speech (4/27/08, great sound quality) and a portion of Ted Danson's (4/26/08, decent sound quality) from the PSEG Global Green Expo 2008 in Jersey City, NJ. 75 minutes - paunchstevenson.com
May 04, 2008•1 hr 15 min
Our episode 100 improvised comedy extravaganza! In this episode: Paunch in Time (Moses and the Ten Commandments), the dueling Dr. Phils' new album, a skit about the Paunch bad luck (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire part two), Louie Anderson's new hit single, another physics experiment with the fake Julius Sumner Miller (pressure), What Ever Happened To? (Gwyneth Paltrow), and The Paunch Stevenson Show Presidential debate on Larry King Live featuring Bill Maher, Sean Connery, Christopher Walken, Bil...
Apr 15, 2008•45 min
Our trip to Houlihan's in NJ with special guest Dennis in CA! In this episode: dealing with ridiculous customers at former jobs, PSEG's upcoming Global Green Expo 2008 featuring Ted Danson and Ed Begley Jr. (www.nj.com/globalgreen), a truck accident in California releasing eight million bees onto the highway, The Swarm (1978), meeting Dennis at the Digital Press video game store in Clifton, NJ (www.digitpress.com), Thai-style calamari at Houlihan's in NJ, the North Carolina Tar Heels, Esteban in...
Mar 25, 2008•1 hr
In this episode: the 3rd Space Vest by TN Games, Halo 3 replica weapons by Jasman Toys, auto racing school, voice chat in online multiplayer video games, micropayments, Nintendo Wii points, a listener review on the iTunes Store by Brian in NJ, getting Dennis in CA on the show, Transformers (2007) vs. Masters of the Universe (1987), the new Verizon FiOS commercial featuring Michael Bay, and The Last Starfighter (1984) starring Lance Guest. 33 minutes - paunchstevenson.com
Mar 10, 2008•33 min
In this episode: World of Warcraft causing divorces, the pointlessness of massively multiplayer online games, an old guy displaying baseball cards and comic books at Dunkin' Donuts, the rise and fall of the sports card industry, Beckett and Tuff Stuff price guides, a box of blank Elvis cards, non-sports cards (Valiant Comics, The Transformers, Nintendo, Donkey Kong, etc.), a useless cable box, and horrible Comcast customer service. 29 minutes - paunchstevenson.com
Feb 29, 2008•29 min
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 ...
Feb 18, 2008•44 min
In this episode: a friend trying to cash in comic books, the Close Encounters of the Third Kind 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition DVD boxed set, XM Satellite Radio, the upcoming movie Iron Man (2008) starring Robert Downey Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson, the speeds of various animals, Hot to Trot (1988) starring Bobcat Goldthwait and John Candy, old cartoons and TV shows on In2TV AOL Television for free (www.in2tv.com), Ed O'Neill as the 1-800-COLLECT Phone Patrol, Louie Anderson, and the boring seco...
Feb 01, 2008•32 min
In this episode: celebrity deaths (The Fabulous Moolah and Evel Knievel, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com), Deck the Halls (2008) starring Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick, Holiday in Handcuffs (2007) starring Melissa Joan Hart and Mario Lopez, bad new reality shows (Clash of the Choirs and American Gladiators), Pros vs. Joes, Greg's recent DVD purchases at Costco (The X-Files: The Ultimate Collection, The Karate Kid Collection, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3-Pak, etc.), Platoon (1986) incorr...
Jan 22, 2008•32 min
We're back! In this episode: bidding on old video games on eBay.com, the San Francisco Rush series, Sega in the 1990s (the Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, etc.), the pronunciation of Uranus, giant camcorders in the 1980s, tiny new digital camcorders, longer episodes of The Paunch Stevenson Show, the unreliability of 5.25" floppy disks, old video game controllers with telephone keypads on them, the Coleco Telstar Arcade from 1977, light guns (the NES Zapper, Wii Zapper, SNES Super Scope, and Genesis Menac...
Jan 14, 2008•1 hr 50 min
We talk with special guest Jonald Reyes, director of the documentary film That Asian Thing (www.thatasianthing.com)! In this episode: the documentary film That Asian Thing by Jonald Reyes (www.thatasianthing.com), Asian-American celebrities (George Takei, Tiger Woods, Lucy Liu, Bobby Lee, Dat Phan, Rex Navarrete, James Iha, etc.), Margaret Cho's TV show All-American Girl, Celebrity Boxing, Pat Smear, the Nirvana: Unplugged In New York DVD, Super Bowl XLI, William Hung, Fisher Stevens playing an ...
Dec 10, 2007•1 hr
The Paunch Stevenson Show trip to the Fun N Games arcade! In this episode: driving through Newark, NJ, while listening to William Shatner's music, a Larry David moment on the PATH, old handicapped drivers on the highway, the Curb Your Enthusiasm season finale, our Larry David and Jeff Greene impersonations, our visit to the Fun N Games arcade at Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ, before it shut down, the upcoming video game Ghostbusters III, Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre, children's birthday ...
Nov 19, 2007•45 min
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...
Nov 12, 2007•1 hr 4 min
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), celebr...
Nov 05, 2007•1 hr 4 min
The Paunch Stevenson Show two-year anniversary special, part one! In this episode: the current top ten movies at the box office, Jack Palance and Ripley's Believe It or Not!, David Hasselhoff starring in an upcoming Anaconda sequel, the upcoming movie I Am Legend (2007) starring Will Smith, The Omega Man (1971) starring Charlton Heston, the upcoming movie Fred Claus (2007) starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti, the onslaught of Bee Movie commercials, microfiche and microfilm, the Belleville Pu...
Oct 29, 2007•58 min
In this episode: Crocs plastic beach clogs getting stuck in escalators, O.J. Simpson's arrest for robbery on September 16, 2007, sports card store customers vs. video game store customers vs. comic book store customers, the upcoming Led Zeppelin reunion in London on November 26, 2007, Van Halen, the season premiere of Heroes, NBC's upcoming remake of the Knight Rider TV series, Turbo Teen, Cavemen on ABC, celebrity deaths (Luciano Pavarotti, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com), Saved by the Bell:...
Oct 22, 2007•24 min
In this episode: Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980, 2006) on DVD, Highlander: The Source (2007) starring Adrian Paul, director Brett Leonard and his horrible movies, The Lawnmower Man (1992) starring Pierce Brosnan, bad computer graphics, Virtuosity (1995) starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (1998), Bloodfist VII: Manhunt (1995) starring Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Cobra (1986) starring Sylvester Stallone, Steven Seagal breaking Sean Connery's wrist, ...
Oct 15, 2007•24 min
In this episode: custom ring-back tones, Arbor Day, the JumpSnap ropeless jump rope, the U-Force by Broderbund, legal action against the Chi Iota Colony fraternity for refusing to let a woman join, the upcoming Charles in Charge season 2 DVD boxed set, the upcoming movie Transformers 2 (2009), Transformers (2007) released in IMAX with two bonus minutes of footage, the cartoon series Voltron: Defender of the Universe, the Voltron: Revelations DVD, a get-rich-quick scheme, William Shatner narratin...
Oct 01, 2007•24 min
In this episode: the upcoming The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones DVD boxed sets, Halloween (2007) starring Malcolm McDowell, The Invasion (2007) starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, Cindy Crawford, movie commercials, Michael Jackson, Louie Anderson's DVD commentary, SpaghettiOs, Campbell's microwavable soups, director Andrew Davis, a white Sammy Davis, Jr., Alan Alda, and Michael Douglas. 24 minutes - paunchstevenson.com
Sep 24, 2007•24 min
In this episode: Michael Vick's suspension from the NFL due to dog fighting, chewed up Michael Vick football cards being auctioned off on eBay for $7,400, a get-rich-quick scheme, Owen Wilson's suicide attempt, Nicole Richie spending 82 minutes in jail for drunk driving, young celebrities behaving badly, Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, celebrity deaths (Richard Jewell, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com), insane media coverage (the O.J. Simpson murder trial, Baby Jessica, and the Centennial Oly...
Sep 10, 2007•24 min
In this episode: Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade (2007) starring Billy Mitchell and Walter Day, season two of Who Wants to Be a Superhero? starring Stan Lee, celebrity deaths (Merv Griffin, Phil Rizzuto, and wrestler Brian "Crush" Adams, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com), Dave Chappelle vs. David LaChapelle, the upcoming sitcom Cavemen, The Two Coreys starring Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, George Lucas and the upcoming Indiana Jones movie, The Singing Bee and Don't Forget the Lyrics!, the upc...
Aug 27, 2007•24 min
In this episode: Above the Law (1988) starring Steven Seagal and Pam Grier, Steven Seagal's claims that false FBI allegations ruined his career, another stupid style (suits with shorts), the Angry Video Game Nerd on The Opie and Anthony Show, the animal hunting computer game fad (Deer Hunter, Cabela's Big Game Hunter, Cow Hunter, etc.), Microsoft spending $1 billion on Xbox 360 repairs, broken Sony PlayStation consoles, listener comments from Dennis in NC, and our movie review of The King of Kon...
Aug 20, 2007•24 min
In this episode: an Eliza Dushku update (Tru Calling and Nurses), Side Order of Life starring Jason Priestley, Beavis and Butt-Head, Vanilla Ice destroying an MTV studio in 1999, the constant barrage of lists on TV and in magazines, That's My Bush! on Comedy Central, South Park, The Sopranos series finale, celebrity deaths (Tammy Faye Bakker, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com), What Ever Happened To? (Larry Wilcox), the upcoming movie CHiPs (2009) starring Wilmer Valderrama, the upcoming movie T...
Aug 13, 2007•24 min
In this episode: our review of The Simpsons Movie (2007), bad animation in early episodes of The Simpsons, getting in trouble for wearing Simpsons T-shirts to school in 1989 and 1990, the shift in main character from Bart to Homer, TV shows Rob wants on DVD (Family Matters, Charles in Charge season 2, and Get a Life), the Paunch luck (Frank Welker and Harry Shearer), British humor, the upcoming movie Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) starring Rowan Atkinson, Jason Lee as the voice of Underdog, The Old J...
Aug 06, 2007•30 min