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

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

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

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

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

In this Episode...Paunch boys return to the Chiller Theatre Expo in Parsippany, NJ, Hollywood Squares, Threes Company, Dial of Destiny (2023), Priscilla (2023) and Elvis (2022) biopics, Marlon Brando vs Frank Oz during The Score (2001), Frasier reboot with Kelsey Grammer, rewatching Batman, X-Men, and Spider-Man 1990s animated series, bad videos games you got stuck on (NES Dick Tracy, Genesis X-Men), should the Angry Video Game Nerd stop being angry?, retro game channels (Retro Man Cave, Lazy Game Reviews), copy protection codes from the 80s and 90s, and cracking C64 games, AI-generated classic rock music, the Beatles Get Back (2021) documentary, celebrity deaths (Richard Lewis, Carl Weathers, O.J. Simpson), and the demise of Vince McMahon. 86 minutes - http://www.paunchstevenson.com

In this Episode with guest co-host Lanza...Super Bowl Commercials (Larry David, The Sopranos), Curb Your Enthusiasm season 11, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 15, Jeff Garlin quits The Goldbergs, No Time to Die (2021) starring Daniel Craig, the fifth Indiana Jones film wraps, Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) starring Paul Rudd, Matrix: Resurrections (2021) starring Keanu Reeves, 8-bit Christmas (2021) starring Neil Patrick Harris, Cobra Kai season 4, celebrity deaths (Bob Saget, Bob Dole, Michael Nesmith, Betty White, Ronnie Spector, John Madden, William Hurt, Emilio Delgado, Sally Kellerman), rewatch of The Muppet Show, The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972), HBO childrens show Encyclopedia, and the early cable television networks. 72 minutes - http://www.paunchstevenson.com

In this Episode with Mr. Lanza: William Shatner commands a space ship for real this time, more Dark Side of the Ring episodes including Dynamite Kid, The Plane Ride From Hell, and Chris Kanyon, Ric Flair is in hot water, congratulations to Eliza Dushku and her husband on the birth of two sons, Tracy Torme IS working on a Sliders reboot, Marvel is being sued by the families of their deceased comic book creators, and a Norm MacDonald (1959-2021) tribute. 63 minutes - http://www.paunchstevenson.com

In this Episode: Caddyshack II (1989) starring Jackie Mason, celebrity deaths (Richard Donner, Ed Asner, Charlie Watts, Fez Whatley), how AI is used to create video game dialogue, Rob didn't tell Greg he was also at the Rolling Stones concert, was Chad Channing truly Nirvana's drummer?, recent TV series that portray the 1990s (People vs. O.J. Simpson, Cruel Summer), To Funny To Fail: Life and Death of The Dana Carvey Show, Batman and Bill, documentary about the true creator of Batman, Bill Finger, and whether pop culture has now passed us by? 95 minutes - http://www.paunchstevenson.com

In this Episode: taking horse pills to cure coronavirus, celebrity deaths (Charles Grodin, John Paragon, George Segal, Samuel E. Wright), Clifford (1994) starring Martin Short, Lon Adams, inventor of the Slim Jim, failed Dukes of Hazzard spinoff Enos, Neil Innes of The Rutles, anticipating the return of Terry Silver to Cobra Kai, Hollywood can now bring every dead actor back to the screen with AI de-aging technology, terrible de-aging vs. deep fake for Mark Hamill in The Mandalorian, Samuel L. Jackson's UNIX computer interface in Jurassic Park, and the Coz is on the Loose. 65 minutes - http://www.paunchstevenson.com