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The Paunch Stevenson Show

Greg and Rob in NJwww.paunchstevenson.com
The world's longest running pop culture podcast. Topics include movies, celebrities, video games, current events, old cartoons, silly web sites, and idiotic personal experiences. We also feature interviews, improvised comedy bits, impersonations, and bands.
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Episodes

Ep 257 1/23/15

In this episode: early spring Chiller Theatre 2015 guest list, celebrity death (Taylor Negron), Three Dog Night, NASA probes Dawn (Ceres) and New Horizons (Pluto) will arrive at their destinations this year, dumb Mars "alien" conspiracies, discovery of two new icy "planettes" in the solar system?, the upcoming Pee-wee Herman movie is coming to Netlfix?, return of The X-Files, new Star Trek 3 (2016) movie director/writer fired - Simon Pegg hired, petition to destroy all copies of Transformers: Ag...

Jan 23, 201557 min

Ep 256 12/31/14

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, and Joe Cocker), Clifford (1994) starring Martin Short and Charles Grodin, "The Father of Video Games" Ralph H. Baer, Tom...

Dec 31, 20141 hr 46 min

Ep 255 12/17/14

In this episode: the Lake Street Dive concert at Terminal 5 NYC, Greg hounding them to get their album signed, Amy Helm (daughter of Levon Helm), Bob Dylan live in concert at NJPAC, his gravelly voice, playing in the dark, obscure song selection, NJPAC ushers constantly blinding the audience with their flashlights, Bob Dylan's proposed slapstick comedy HBO show, Greg's Bradley Cooper selfie, Chris Pratt overexposed, director John Waters on the subway, new Flashback video game consoles, and Evang...

Dec 17, 201453 min

Ep 254 11/30/14

In this episode: celebrity photo and autograph combo hunting, Greg's Rhode Island Comic Con 2014 review, world-famous Gary G. Watson, former Miss New Jersey Katrina Law, Stephen Williams from 21 Jump Street, Anthony Michael Hall, Brian Muir (sculptor and author of In the Shadow of Vader), John Rhys-Davies, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Alaina Huffman from Supernatural, Mick Foley, Eliza Dushku again, Mark Linn-Baker, Martin Short, Bill Pullman, Greg's Jimmy Page book stamping ke...

Nov 30, 20141 hr 58 min

Ep 253 11/22/14

Our Chiller Theatre Expo October 2014 retrospective! We spoke to, or about, these celebrities: Tatum O'Neal, James Remar, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Kristanna Loken, Henry Winkler, Yaphet Kotto, Louise Fletcher, Kelly LeBrock, Sally Kellerman, Tami Erin, Jodi Lyn-O'Keefe, Karyn Parsons, Angry Video Game Nerd James Rolfe, Peter Greene, Lita Ford, Cherie Currie, Marky Ramone, May Pang, The Cowsills, Joe Pantoliano, Hulk Hogan, Jimmy Hart, and Virgil. 90 minutes - http://www.paunchstevenson.com...

Nov 22, 20141 hr 30 min

Ep 252 10/31/14

In this episode: celebrity deaths (Jan Hooks and Gerard Parkes), thinned down celebrities who look weird now (Jason Segel, Zach Galifianakis, and Kevin Smith), the new Pee-wee Herman movie (2015), Greg's lousy/rushed Neil Patrick Harris book signing, Books and Greetings, Danny Aiello, star of DellaVentura (1998) and Moonstruck (1987), Nicolas Cage farting, Greg's review of the 2014 New York Comic Con, Giancarlo Esposito, Bob Camp, co-creator of Ren and Stimpy, Laura Vandervoort, The League, Flee...

Oct 31, 20141 hr 25 min

Ep 251 10/19/14

In this episode: the band Chicago, a cup of coffee in the big leagues, Mike Masse and the Denver Broncos, Fleetwood Mac's On With The Show tour, Monster Mania Convention 28 recap, a They Live reunion (Roddy Piper, Keith David, and Meg Foster), Liberty DeVitto, Burt Ward and Adam West (The Dynamic Duo), Peter Mayhew a.k.a. Chewbacca, Mario Lopez cancels so Greg met Ron Perlman instead, Danica Patrick, when Rob met Nick Kroll in 2006, Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo in a new Vaction movie and TV ...

Oct 19, 20141 hr 52 min

Ep 250 9/15/14

In this episode: In celebration of our 250th episode, we decided to travel halfway across the world to Africa! There we caught up with our favorite actress Eliza Dushku and her family- sort of a Dushku family vacation. They began a charitable foundation Thrive Gulu which has set up in Uganda in order to help women recover from a brutal two-decade war. Women were left widowed and children orphaned as a result of the conflict. Uganda was a wonderful country full of so many friendly, optimistic, an...

Sep 15, 20141 hr 10 min

Ep 249 8/31/14

In this episode: our movie review of Transformers Age of Extinction (2014) starring Marky Mark, John Goodman, Kelsey Grammer, and Stanley Tucci, Richard Riehle and the "Jump to Conclusions" game from Office Space, Transformium, angry and murderous Optimus Prime, instant/confusing scene transitions, Frank Welker as Galvatron (briefly), massive plot holes and characters changing allegiances back and forth, overt product placement, what was the purpose of the Dinobots?, lazy coughing Transformers, ...

Aug 31, 20141 hr 7 min

Ep 248 8/17/14

In this episode: celebrity death (James Garner), The Rockford Files (1974-80), My Fellow Americans (1996), Maverick (1994), another Ghostbusters 3 update, Burt Reynolds almost played Norm's dad, prankpack.com prank gift boxes, "Weird Al" Yankovic's new album Mandatory Fun (2014),a Sonic The Hedgehog fan film by Blue Core Studios featuring Jaleel White, the trailer for Birdman (2014) starring Michael Keaton, a documentary about the failed Nicolas Cage Superman movie written by Kevin Smith and dir...

Aug 17, 20141 hr 8 min

Ep 247 7/30/14

In this episode: the upcoming Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story (2014) on Lifetime, Dennis Haskins, upcoming Blu-ray releases for Pee-Wee's Playhouse and the 1960s Batman series (info via Caseen Gaines), a Rob-view of To Have and To Hold (2006) starring Justine Bateman, our review of Only the Lonely (1991) starring John Candy and Ally Sheedy, our review of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) starring Steve Carell and Jim Carrey, another stinker: Dealin' with Idiots (2014) starring Jeff Gar...

Jul 30, 20141 hr 2 min

Ep 246 7/19/14

In this episode: celebrity deaths (Casey Kasem, Tony Gwynn, Paul Mazursky, and Mesach Taylor), fat baseball players and chewing tobacco, singing competition show Sing Your Face Off featuring Jon Lovitz, Harrison Ford breaks a leg on the Star Wars VII set, that actor who played Wedge turned down a cameo, bad news regarding the Loew's Jersey Theatre in Jersey City, NJ, Greg's Jerry O'Connell encounter, Jerry O'Connell starring in the off-broadway play American Hero, Peter Cullen doesn't like Jack ...

Jul 19, 20141 hr 9 min

Ep 245 6/30/14

In this episode: celebrity deaths (Ann B. Davis and H.R. Giger), The Brady Bunch TV show starring Robert Reed and Florence Henderson, Gilbert Gottfried voices your favorite video games, Norm MacDonald Live season 2, Norm's Billy Madison stories, Tom Arnold vs. Max Wright, Al Franken vs. George Harrison during a Saturday Night Live rehearsal, a Rob-view of Neighbors (2014) starring Seth Rogen and Zac Effron, The Other Woman (2014) starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Upton, A Million Ways to Die in the...

Jun 30, 20141 hr 3 min

Ep 244 6/19/14

In this episode: finally seeing Rodriguez live in Concert, Jose Delbo, did we meet Stan Lee 20 years ago?, selfies vs. autographs, the death of Searching for Sugerman director Malik Bendjelloul, celebrity deaths (Jerry Vale, Bob Hoskins, and Maya Angelou), Mrs. Ellis, Canterbury Tales, Barnes and Noble, Advanced Placement exams, junior high school antics, reading adult-oriented novels as teenagers in high school, Sean Patrick Flanery's tweet, and Road to Hell (sequel to Streets of Fire) starring...

Jun 19, 20141 hr 17 min

Ep 243 5/31/14

Our Breaking Bad TV series retrospective with our friend Frankie V. In this episode: ratings improved as the show went on, the show's premise, the main cast (including Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris, Aaron Paul), guest cast (including Giancarlo Esposito, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Robert Forster), the Better Call Saul spin-off, episode title easter egg, examing the Walter White character, Mark Margolis and that bell, the graphic HBO show Oz, Richard Belzer appearing on multi...

May 31, 201451 min

Ep 242 5/18/14

Our April 2014 Chiller Theatre Expo retrospective. Shout Out to MarkedOut.com forum members Mark "16times", Jeremiah "Joresky", Dana "WOODMO", Joe "lanza218", and "Asian Dave." In this episode: another Katey Sagal no-show, thousands of people waiting for Norman Reedus, Shirley Jones, Dean Cain, Howard Hesseman, Lonnie Anderson, Jaime Kennedy, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Nicole Eggert, Dominic Chianese and David Proval, Sesame Street's Bob McGrath, former American Gladiator "Zap" Raye Hollitt, Sarah...

May 18, 20142 hr 24 min

Ep 241 4/27/14

In this episode: giant rats invading England (thanks to our UK correspondent Spacemandavid), cosmic thoughts about meeting celebrities, listener reaction from Danny McEvoy, demolition/bubbleboy soccer, Beanitos, The Goonies 2, Greg meeting Bob Saget, Dirty Work (1998) directed by Bob Saget, Lake Street Dive concert at the Bowery Ballroom NYC, portable digital audio recorders, Jean-Claude Van Damme's silly red Predator suit, Action Park returning to northern NJ, classic movies redone as 8-bit "vi...

Apr 27, 20141 hr 41 min

Ep 240 4/18/14

In this episode: Danny McEvoy's cover version of "Take It Away", the Overnightscape 11th Anniversary Special hosted by PQRibber (onsug.com), music listening on the potty, Food Should Taste Good, celebrity deaths (Mickey Rooney, the Ultimate Warrior), Paul Walker stand-ins, Danny McEvoy on YouTube, Steven Seagal is a Russia-loving traitor, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nirvana induction ceremony with Joan Jett, Lorde, and Kim Gordon, Cat Stevens, Eddie Money, lead singers who've been replaced, the h...

Apr 18, 20141 hr 37 min

Ep 239 3/31/14

In this episode: Scott and Todd show canceled, "Blame it on Hussein" Milli Vanilli song parody, celebrity death (Hal Douglas), the upcoming movie Console Wars from Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg, the grotesque Steve Jobs memorial statue, the future Indiana Jones, Ed Begley Jr. returns to the Paunch Stevenson Show, 2014 Garden State GreenFest, home energy audits, the mainstream availability of "green" products, our toilet seat preferences, Rob eating too much fiber, Lady Gaga vomited on, Mike Masse...

Mar 31, 20141 hr 22 min

Ep 238 3/22/14

In this episode: celebrity deaths (Harold Ramis, Russell Johnson, David Brenner), Bill Murray's grudge with Ramis, converting film to HD vs. video to HD, observational humor, disheveled Russell Crowe, gifts from Space Man David, RGB SCART cable, 1979 book So You Want To Be A Dancer by William E. Thomas, Paul McCartney does a podcast interview, Mike Carbo's New York Comic Book Marketplace, Roddy Piper canceled, our interview with voice actor Larry Kenney, our meeting with Larry Storch and Johnny ...

Mar 22, 20141 hr 20 min

Ep 237 3/4/14

In this episode: 50th anniversary of the Beatles coming to America, Ringo Starr's hair and sunglasses, "Queenie Eye" by Paul McCartney, old rockers making new bad music, our review of The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles, not having the Beatle kids play together with Paul and Ringo, Adam Levine's backstory, twee music, Katy Perry's muumuu, too much Dave Grohl is annoying, Annie Lennox scares us, today's fake country music accent, Beatles tribute impersonation band The F...

Feb 28, 20141 hr 29 min

Ep 236 2/17/14

In this episode: what do Eskimos sound like?, Nien Nunb, nonstop terrible winter weather in NJ, dodging potholes, celebrity deaths (Pete Seeger, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Shirley Temple, Sid Caesar, Ralph Waite), drug addictions, double talk, Chris Kattan is out of control, What Ever Happened To? (Frank Caliendo), ESPN, 2014 Superbowl commercials, Shia LaBeouf's art exhibit of himself, the first gay NFL football player, discrimination, the Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) movie cast, the uni...

Feb 17, 20141 hr 14 min

Ep 235 1/26/14

In this episode: the 30th anniversary of the Apple Macintosh computer, Esteban's MacBook Pro graphics card failed, Shia LaBeouf's plagarism and fake retirement, Justin Bieber's fake retirement and drunk drag racing, Michael Bay storms off Samsung's stage at CES, TV companies going back to curved screens?, Rob finally gets a copy of Video Invaders by Steve Bloom, upcoming film The Lego Movie (2014), comparing the original RoboCop (1987) to the new version (2014), comparing Monument Men (2014) to ...

Jan 26, 20141 hr 20 min

Ep 234 1/10/14

Special Guest Tami Erin joins us for a long-awaited interview!!! In this episode: getting started in show business, The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988), auditions and screentests, singing "Tomorrow" to win the part, method acting, crying on cue (emotional recall), Saturday Night Live memories, working on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Tami's favorite actors, musicians, and TV shows, living at the Jersey Shore during high school, the reason there wasn't a Pippi in the South Se...

Jan 10, 201456 min

Ep 233 12/29/13

In this episode: rush hour traffic, accidents, and stupid crazy drivers in northern NJ, black ice and rubbernecking, Grudge Match (2013) starring old men Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro, getting a defective set top box from Verizon FiOS, will we ever get an "a la carte" cable service?, Tim Meadows gets mad at Saturday Night Live for leaving him off a new "Bill Brasky" skit, really bad unsuccessful SNL skit-based movies, Richard Dean Anderson returns as MacGyver in European car commercial "...

Dec 29, 20131 hr 34 min

Ep 232 12/16/13

In this episode: no longer needing to upgrade PCs these days, Greg attends a taping of Ron Bennington's Unmasked interview with Chris Elliott for SiriusXM, a John Stamos sighting, the Razor Crazy Cart, our friends' failed attempts at constructing home made go-karts and pedal cars, what would long-dead rockers look like if they were still alive today?, who's your doppelganger?, New Zealand comedian/singer Matt Mulholland, HBO's new series Hello Ladies starring Stephen Merchant, and winning Eliza ...

Dec 16, 201358 min

Ep 231 12/2/13

In this episode: listener reaction to Searching for Sugar Man, shout out to Smidge Kurdlebaum of the GunkCast podcast, should police officers wear suits of armor?, Stan's Rants on YouTube by Stan Lee, our recap of season 9 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and season 5 of The League, Nick Kroll's Funny or Die "The Thanksgivukkah Movie Trailer", the upcoming Need for Speed (2014) movie, our review of The Last Stand (2013) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, new Baywatch-esque show SAF3 starring Do...

Dec 02, 20131 hr 18 min

Ep 230 11/12/13

In this episode, after 8 years on the air: Static Radio Podcast with Miles Tidal and Bob LeMent, Corey Feldman, celebrity deaths (Lou Reed, David Frost, Tom Clancy, and Hal Needham), Cannonball Run, another celebrity death (Lou Scheimer, founder of Filmation animation studio), Jaleel White appearing at the June 2014 Philadelphia Wizard World convention, Rob and Greg had the same pair of Fayva black Olympian sneakers in the 3rd grade, using 'a' or 'an' before h-words, review of World War Z (2013)...

Nov 12, 20131 hr 24 min

Ep 229 11/3/13

Our Chiller Theatre Expo October 2013 experience! In this episode we spoke to these celebrities: Marina Sirtis, Terry Farrell, Weird Al Yankovic, Larry Storch, Robert Hayes, Zach Galligan, Milo Ventimiglia, Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood from 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Angry Video Game Nerd (James Rolfe, Mike Matei, Kyle Justin), Joey Lauren Adams, Gilbert Gottfried, Samantha Fox, Ralph Macchio, Lou Ferrigno, Catherine Bach, Scott Wilson, Steve Guttenberg, Zack Ward, Chuck McCann, and Corey Feldm...

Nov 03, 20131 hr 37 min

Ep 228 10/20/13

Special guests author Caseen Gaines, writer of A Christmas Story: Behind the Scenes of a Holiday Classic, and Ian Petrella, who played Randy in A Christmas Story! Both Caseen and Ian are appearing at Chiller Theatre Expo in Parsippany, NJ, October 25-27, 2013. In this episode: Wil Wheaton writing the forward to the book, how did Ian become an actor?, thoughts on a childhood in acting, working with Darren McGavin, the belated cult status of the film, A Christmas Story reunion photo op at Chiller ...

Oct 20, 20131 hr 2 min
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