The Paunch Stevenson Show

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 T...

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...

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 Triple...

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 E...

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...

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...

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...

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 p...

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 unk...

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...

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 Hous...

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...

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 sho...

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 so...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 C...

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 origin...

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" c...

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...

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...

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 R...

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 G...