Our New York Comic-Con 2013 retrospective! In this episode: we met Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Stan Lee, Hulk Hogan, SyFy's Defiance cast members (Jaime Murray, Grant Bowler, Stephanie Leonidas), and Ernie Hudson. We made these observations: impossible to get into a panel (The League), waiting in lines for 7 hours, rude Con volunteers, long lines for the Power Ranger, Torchwood stars, and R.L. Stine, trouble finding our photo op print outs, and our annoyan...
Oct 16, 2013•55 min
In this episode: Bill Nye the Science Guy on Dancing with the Stars, blind people given guns in Iowa, Richard Simmons now, combat juggling, Dr. Phil's $65,000 reverse-aging CVAC egg pod, Rob almost struck by lightning, the Seaside Heights, NJ, boardwalk fire, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, and Eric Clapton were racists?, Sketchy "It doesn't get better" bully parody starring Scut Farkus, Donkey Lips, and John Kreese, Rob's new TV show idea: Bait House, Tami Erin makes a sex tape, our review of Goog...
Sep 30, 2013•1 hr 10 min
In this episode: Nintendo sends a cease and desist letter to AtariAge for Princess Rescue, methods for physically producing homebrew video games, is Nintendo in dire straights?, the Nintendo 2DS, our review of the Ouya game console, using Ouya to play arcade games via MAME, the good and bad of Netflix streaming, lousy indie films, our review Your Sister's Sister (2012) starring Mark Duplass and Emily Blunt, our review of Price Check (2012) starring indie queen Parker Posey, our review of The Vic...
Sep 16, 2013•1 hr 7 min
Special guest Frank Nora from The Overnightscape! In this episode: newest mammal is the olinguito, podfading, The Overnightscape, The Rampler, The Frank Nora Show, the Talkboy voice recorder from Home Alone 2, cassette-based telephone answering machines, our useless first computer systems, early world wide web and email stunk, Napster, mp3.com, the Schwarzenegger prank calls, Fuzzy Daupner, Guitari, Cowboy Krueger, overbearing elementary school principal and her prison-like rules, demolition soc...
Sep 02, 2013•3 hr 36 min
In this episode: the death of the Big Man- the Kid from Brooklyn Mike Caracciolo, Big Man interviewed by the IBEW, the 1982 book Video Invaders! by Stephen Bloom, looking at old high school yearbook scans at the Belleville Public Library in NJ, descreening when using a scanner, Harrison Ford to appear in The Expendables 3 (2014), Bruce Willis fired by Sylvester Stallone, our short movie review of 42 (2013) starring Harrison Ford and Chadwick Boseman, our review of Taken 2 (2012) starring Liam Ne...
Aug 24, 2013•42 min
In this episode: The laundry list of movie sequels and remakes coming in 2015, the ridiculous 2005 Jurassic Park IV concept featuring human-dinosaur hybrids, Greg wishing Julianne Moore had been eaten by dinosaurs, Douglas Engelbart- inventor of the computer mouse, She's All That (1999) was actually written by M. Night Shyamalan, What Ever Happened To? (Rachael Leigh Cook), our review of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained (2013) starring Jamie Foxx, new digital comics of popular 1980s/90s TV s...
Aug 07, 2013•1 hr 5 min
In this episode: Josh Blake playing Jake Ochmonek (a Ralph Macchio imitation on ALF), actress Randee Heller played the mother on ALF's "Macchio" and The Karate Kid's real Macchio, an IFOCE update (Joey Chestnut defeats Sonya Thomas again in the Nathan's 2013 Hot Dog Eating Contest), Larry David and J.B. Smoove in upcoming HBO film Clear History (2013), our review of This is the End (2013) starring the cast of Pineapple Express, why are cameo's featured in movie trailers?, our review of Man of St...
Jul 26, 2013•1 hr 2 min
In this episode: AMC/Sony Loews theater in Wayne, NJ, Rob attending the Paul McCartney concert at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, NY, old people doing drugs, pointless camera policy, Mike Masse playing with former members of Boston, 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, Jeff Garlin's podcast, our review of Star Trek In...
Jun 25, 2013•1 hr 3 min
In this episode: Rob calling everyone a living Legend at Chiller Theatre, How I Met Your Mother episode guest starring William Zabka and Ralph Macchio, Celebrity Apprentice finale (Trace Adkins defeats Penn Jillette), Gary Busey's mechanical dog, The Office finally coming to an end, a Liberace movie starring Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Paul Reiser, and Dan Aykroyd, another post-apocalypse movie Elysium (2013) starring Matt Damon, Steven Seagal is the new ambassador to Russia?, The Purge (2013) ...
Jun 06, 2013•1 hr 28 min
In this episode: Our visit to the April Chiller Theatre Expo in Parsippany, NJ, Michael Dudikoff (former star of American Ninja and Cobra), ZombieBreakroom.com, "Mr. Strickland" James Tolkan (Back to the Future) calls Greg a slacker, Larry Wilcox aka Jon Baker on Chips, Burt Young aka Paulie, William Zabka from The Karate Kid, Tia Carrere of Celebrity Apprentice and Wayne's World, Brande Roderick also of Celebrity Apprentice and Baywatch, comedy legend Pat Cooper, Lorenzo Lamas aka the "Renegade...
May 07, 2013•1 hr 23 min
In this episode: Jurassic Park 3D (2013) re-release, memories of our small local movie theater the Franklin in Nutley, NJ, special effects still very convincing 20 years later, running UNIX on an early 1990s Apple Macintosh Quadra?, updated dinosaur science, how do birds fly?, Jeff Goldblum's odd mannerisms and resemblance to Howard Stern, did the sequels ruin the franchise?, legacy and impact of Jurassic Park, our surprise that Ask.com still exists, review of Total Recall (2012) starring Colin ...
Apr 16, 2013•59 min
In this episode: Rob meant Cesar Chavez not Hugo Chavez, guest list for the upcoming April Chiller Theatre Expo (William Forsythe, Karen Allen, James Tolkan, Michael Dudikoff, Lorenzo Lamas, Billy Zapka, Denny Laine, and more), what ended the band Wings?, being forced to do a photo op with a celebrity, celebrity death (Phil Ramone), high mortality rate of The Temptations and The Ramones, Mike Love firing Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys, a Paunch Stevenson Show miracle: My Chemical Romance break...
Apr 03, 2013•1 hr 7 min
In this episode: guest starring on the Digital Press Podcast, happy 10th anniversary to the Overnightscape starring Frank Nora, celebrity deaths (Hugo Chavez and Bonnie Franklin), petition for Day of Rememberance for "Macho Man" Randy Savage, used DVDs bought from an FYE store, The Rise and Fall of WCW, Beach Boys Good Timin', The Best of Uncle Floyd, UHF Uncle Floyd 1970s popularity, television programs that no longer exist due to not being recorded, 1995 Letterman Show segment featuring Canadi...
Mar 18, 2013•1 hr 12 min
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 Ca...
Feb 28, 2013•35 min
In this episode: vociferous comments for our old customer service call bit on YouTube, Rob's terrible Angry Video Game Bear parody video of the Angry Video Game Nerd, celebrity deaths (Patty Andrews, Stan Musial, and Ed Koch), crazy Oreo Cookie Whisper Fight Super Bowl commercial, Volkswagon Game Day Video (Get in. Get Happy), Oreo cookie sculptures, defunct chain Computer City lives on in Denmark, Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986) anime, lousy English fan dub video vs....
Feb 17, 2013•1 hr 30 min
Eliza Dushku in person! In this episode: Dear Albania (2012) documentary, Albania song on Cheers, Kickstarter effort to fund the film, Dushku rap video "My Console", Paunch luck: Skype and recording problems, driving through the Lincoln Tunnel, our Skype interview with Eliza Dushku, Senna (2010) documentary film, racing go-karts, baseball card stores our fathers owned, Zach Galifianakis, Doll House thoughts, Eliza's career path, Russian Tea Room, Wilson Cleveland from Leap Year TV, Albania photo...
Jan 31, 2013•1 hr 59 min
In this episode: meeting Jeff Bridges again, The Dude and the Zen Master by Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman, more Paunch Luck and people who don't post their videos of events, Starman (1984) starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen, our review of the 2nd season of Comic Book Men on AMC (birthday party, Kevin Smith signing, Ming in drag, and Stan Lee), Run For Your Lives Zombie 5K obstacle course run, stuck between a rock and a hard place, fellow NAVA member Stephanie McKeon's appearance on Comic B...
Jan 20, 2013•1 hr 7 min
In this episode: Bond on Bond by Roger Moore, meeting Sir Moore at his book signing at Barnes and Noble on Fifth Ave. in NYC, what does Paunch fan spacemandavid sound like?, various British accents, more Paunch Luck video/photo fails, our movie review of Skyfall (2012) starring Daniel Craig, English homes having nick names, homages to old Bond films, Joey Buttafuoco on Judge Alex, Eliza Dushku shooting a new pilot for The Saint, Sean Connery at the US Open with Andy Murray and Sir Alex Ferguson,...
Dec 31, 2012•55 min
In this episode: we're once again "live" from the Burger King parking lot in Nutley, NJ, our movie review of Wreck-It Ralph (2012), expecting a bigger classic video game homage, cast including John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Sarah Silverman, Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk, and Adam Carolla, video game character cameos, Pac-Man kill screen, the Disney animated short Paperman, Billy Connolly to appear (at some point) in The Hobbit movie trilogy, our updated review of Creepshow (1982) starring Leslie Nielse...
Dec 15, 2012•55 min
Welcoming back NJ author Caseen Gaines, writer of Inside Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Untold, Unauthorized, and Unpredictable Story of a Pop Phenomenon! and soon to be new book A Christmas Story: The Making of a Holiday Classic! Please support Caseen's new Kickstarter Project before December 26th to help him fund upcoming promotional events! In this episode: the success of Caseen's book Inside Pee-Wee's Playhouse, working with publisher ECW Press, book promotion, scary Tim Burton movies, when and wh...
Dec 04, 2012•1 hr 6 min
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" revi...
Nov 23, 2012•1 hr 32 min
Part 1 of our 7th Anniversary Hoopla! In this episode: Hurricane Sandy, George Lucas selling LucasFilm to Disney, what does the future hold for Star Wars?, Esteban's theory about the Otaking Star Wars anime short, Episode VII - return of Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Billy Dee Williams?, Star Wars Dark Empire, the recent Thundercats Cartoon Network show canceled, a celebrity death (Pascual Gross Perez), colorizing antique black and white photos, Lance Amstrong caught cheating, G...
Nov 14, 2012•1 hr 6 min
Special guest Matt Lambros, photographer of abandoned classic movie theaters! Follow Matt's work on his blog afterthefinalcurtain.net. In this episode: Howard Phillips the Game Master, Howard's Know-It-All Kickstarter, David Crane's $900,000 jungle game Kickstarter, David Blane's electrocution stunt, introducing NYC-based photographer Matt Lambros, how did he start photographing abandoned theaters?, his camera setup, Loews Wonder Theaters, what some theaters have been converted to today, photogr...
Oct 28, 2012•1 hr 10 min
World champion safe cracker Jeff Sitar opens Rob's 111-year-old safe! In this episode: Rob's bars of silver, not keeping the boxes to our old toys growing up, Dave Coulier farting on the Full House set, the Full House cast reunion, the faux cast replacement for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, opening Rob's antique safe, the defunct Victor Safe and Lock Company, introducing World Champion Safe Cracker Jeff Sitar (http://www.jeffsitarsafecracker.net), Jeff's background in safe cracking, working...
Oct 14, 2012•57 min
Special guest Bob Budiansky- acclaimed comic book writer, editor, and artist! In this episode: confusion about Peter Cullen's age on Wikipedia, the Star Wars Detours animated show from the Robot Chicken team, our interview with Bob Budiansky, his experience working with Hasbro, early expectations for the Transformers toy line, how Bob got involved with the comic book, rushing to develop the original 26 Transformers characters in 1983, limited coloring techniques in 1980s comics, "knocking out" b...
Sep 30, 2012•59 min
In this episode: our review of The Expendables 2 (2012) starring Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, lots of guns and people getting shot, even more blood and gore, Dolph Lundgren's chemical engineering degree coming in handy, Chuck Norris facts, Van Damme's accent, the high number of Indiana Jones references, "classic" combat, our ideas for the next sequel, the trailer for Seven Psychopaths (2012) ripping off David Spa...
Sep 16, 2012•51 min
Special guests Joe Santulli (co-founder of Digital Press, Classic Gaming Expo, and the Video Game History Museum) and Frankie V. (co-host of the Digital Press video game podcast)! In this episode: celebrity deaths (Sally Ride, Leroy Neiman, Rodney King, Ernest Borgnine, Nora Ephron, Sherman Hemsley, and Sage Stallone), Steve Martin and Steven Seagal doing bad Italian accents, the lights turned out on Bruce Springsteen's concert with Paul McCartney in London, the High Score (2006) documentary, Mi...
Aug 23, 2012•1 hr 37 min
Special guest Esteban from Please Save Me Robots! In this episode: long time listener Esteban in Florida returns!, difficulties keeping track of listeners, nicknames for Paunch listeners, where do our show topics come from?, Rob's pop culture deficiencies, our Stan Lee impersonation, a 1977 Stan Lee interview, our old recording secrets, Paunch in Time (Cuban Missile Crisis), the genesis of Esteban's Roboplastic Apocalypse podcast, Esteban meeting legendary cartoon voice actors at conventions, Gr...
Aug 09, 2012•2 hr 36 min
In this episode: a celebrity death (Andy Griffith), the questionable courtroom antics of Ben Matlock, What Ever Happened To? (Hal Sparks), Love Connection hosted by Chuck Woolery, What Ever Happened To? (Barret Oliver, star of The NeverEnding Story and D.A.R.Y.L.), Tom Cruise getting another divorce (Katie Holmes), middle-aged former action stars going mental, more remakes coming (Robocop, Total Recall, and Mad Max), former soccer player and current commentator Steve "Maca" McManaman talkng like...
Jul 16, 2012•1 hr 29 min
In this episode: celebrity deaths (Ray Bradbury, Richard Dawson), Paunch Stevenson Family Feud starring Richard Dawson, Old has been celebrities featuring Lou Ferrigno, Stan Lee, Sean Connery, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Louie Anderson, Old cartoon characters featuring Megatron, Starscream, Peter Griffin, ALF, and Lion-O, the Dueling Dr. Phils return to sing "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga, "California Gurls" by Katy Perry, "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele, and "Starships" by Nicki Minaj, TV commericals ...
Jul 04, 2012•55 min
