Ep 319 03/30/2026

Ep 320 04/30/2026

We are joined for a very special interview with Fran Weinstein, author of the new book, Tortured Souls: High Heels, Low Expectations, and the Hollywood Gossip Mill! Fran details her 35 year run as producer and reporter for huge hit TV series Entertainment Tonight, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, and more! 62 minutes - http://www.paunchstevenson.com

Ep 319 03/30/2026

In this episode...aborted Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, rewatching 1960s The Avengers series, Death of Superman comic books, celebrity death Chuck Norris, Delta Force theme song, Val Kilmer A.I. movie, celebrity death Nicholas Brendon, WPLJ-FM Scott and Todd Show Blame it on Hussein parody, Topps trading cards based on movies and TV shows in the 1980s, Pee-Wee documentary, Conan O'Brien Walker, Texas Ranger lever, new Masters of the Universe movie trailers, celebrity death James Tolkan, and a get well soon to Ron Bennington 64 minutes - http://www.paunchstevenson.com

Ep 318 01/25/2026

In this episode...the blizzards of 1996 and 2026, Greg's trip to Los Angeles, review of Severance and Dark Matter AppleTV series, driving through the SoCal landscape, getting to meet Bruce Dern, G.W. Bailey, Julie Newmar, Jackie Joseph, Joan Collins, etc., visiting classic filming locations like the E.T. and Back to the Future houses, a high school from Buffy, the Rose Bowl, Twin Pines Mall from BTTF, checking out the Hollywood Sign and the Walk of Fame, Saved by the Bell on location, touring Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios, driverless cars and delivery coolers, Uncle Floyd Vivino, 1951-2026, another live action He-Man movie coming, and a reboot of The Rockford Files 110 minutes - http://www.paunchstevenson.com

Ep 317 11/02/2025

It's the 20th Anniversary Episode!!!...some early Paunch memories, sequels to Airheads (1994) and The Running Man (1987), whatever happened to butt fumbler Mark Sanchez?, Tom Cruise looking like Norm MacDonald, Al Pacino as Foghorn Leghorn in Scent of a Woman (1992), Martin Kove bites Cobra Kai co-star, meeting Weird Paul Petrovsky and Mr. T at conventions, Spaceballs 2 on the horizon, the return of the video game company Acclaim, 20th Anniversary of the Digital Press videogame store, finally found out what S.E.P.P.O. was (episode 164), Greg's first arcade Game Town in Pine Brook, NJ, fun gaming YouTube channels to check out, including The Retro Collective, Daniel Evensen's sports reviews, My Retro Life, Skote Outdoors channel where a couple remodels a remote cabin in Newfoundland, A.I. celebrity videos (MJ at Walmart), cerealgeekTV restored Sunbow Transformers recording sessions, the lost Transformers alternate pilot, and Dr. Phil goes bankrupt. 100 minutes - http://www.paunchstevenson.com

Ep 316 08/15/2025

In this Episode...co-founders and hosts of the Marked Out Podcast, Sean and Dana join on the road from Pittsburgh, Tastykake Krimpets, visiting the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood exhibit, Napoleon death mask, Oceangate Titanic sub implodes, Doom scrolling through crazy social media videos, Dalat, Vietnam, real life Mario Kart downhill racer ride, return of The Naked Gun and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, celebrity deaths of Malcolm Jamal-Warner, Bob Uecker, Jay North, Lynne Marie Stewart, Brian Wilson, Mark Snow, Connie Francis, Dennis the Menace show and movie, famous musicians posting about meeting Brian Wilson, the not so Immortal Hulk Hogan, Ozzy Osbourne farewell, the end of the Howard Stern Show? 106 minutes - http://www.paunchstevenson.com