Blank Check with Griffin & David

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1. Goodfellas

   18 oktober 2026 · 2 uur 35 min

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   As far back as we can remember, we always wanted to podcast about GOODFELLAS. Lees meer

   No guest this week, folks - just the two friends, Producer Ben, and a Griffin Shinemaster Shinebox. From the iconic needledrops to the thinly sliced garlic (actually a bad way of incorporating garlic into a sauce!), from the famous Copacabana oner to the two dogs looking in opposite directions - we have a LOT to discuss this episode. And, we would like to formally apologize to Lorraine Bracco for not covering a good performance of hers until right now. Karen Hill forever.

   Listen to Griffin on Podcast: The Ride discuss the new Fast & Furious Coaster

   Watch James Grey discuss his bachelor party

   Listen to David discuss Resident Evil (2026) on Critical Darlings

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2. The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie

   11 oktober 2026 · 2 uur 23 min

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   The controversy. The incredible Peter Gabriel score. The Last Temptation of Christ. This week, Jamelle Bouie returns to Blank Check to talk about Scorsese's long-gestating passion project, and David gets to geek out about the history of Christianity. None of us are particularly religious - yet we all find this movie profoundly moving. God bless Marty, man. Lees meer

   Get your tickets to the LIVESTREAM of Blank Check's sold out Bell House show on Fri, Oct 16 at 7:30pm ET! Watch our Scorsese-spectacular live with your fellow Blankies or on VOD (for a limited time).

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3. The Color of Money with Chris Ryan

   4 oktober 2026 · 3 uur 16 min

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   Famously, 1986's The Color of Money was a money gig for Scorsese after a bunch of big-budget bounces. But it sure as hell doesn't feel like one! Lees meer

   Chris Ryan joins us to talk about the original legacyquel, which passed the torch from Newman to Cruise. We're also chatting snooker, Atlantic City, and Warren Zevon this week, so grab your balabushka and chalk. It's in the way that you use it.

   Get your tickets to the LIVESTREAM of Blank Check's sold out Bell House show on Fri, Oct 16 at 7:30pm ET! Watch our Scorsese-spectacular live with your fellow Blankies or on VOD (for a limited time).

   Get Tickets to Blank Check Presents: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie on Sun, Oct 25, 7:30pm at the Refocus Film Festival in Iowa City

   Get your hands on Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend.

   Check out Amsterdam Billiards.

   Watch Sandler do Werewolves of London.

   Listen to David discuss the novelization of Species and Species 2 on the Authorized podcast.

   Listen to The Physical Media High Council episode.

   Listen to The Watch, The Big Picture and The Rewatchables

   Read Chris' Dad's Writing

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4. After Hours with Alison Sivitz

   27 september 2026 · 2 uur 26 min

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   1985's After Hours - It's the ultimate "one crazy night in New York City" movie. It's also the ultimate Griffin movie (both Dunne and Newman). But is it the ultimate cool person choice for the best Scorsese movie? Let's discuss. Lees meer

   The lovely Ali Sivitz (also known as Bald Ann Dowd) joins us to talk about this deliriously entertaining slice of prime SoHo history. Apologies to everyone who hates when we talk too much about New York. It's kind of difficult to avoid it with this one.

   Get your tickets to the LIVESTREAM of Blank Check's sold out Bell House show on Fri, Oct 16 at 7:30pm ET! Watch our Scorsese-spectacular live with your fellow Blankies or on VOD (for a limited time).

   Get Tickets to Blank Check Presents: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie on Sun, Oct 25, 7:30pm at the Refocus Film Festival in Iowa City

   Read When Real Ann Dowd Met Bald Ann Dowd

   Follow Bald Ann Dowd

   Follow Ali on IG

   Check out Joe Frank’s Monologue “Lies”

   Read Public Radio’s Bad Dream By Susan Emerling

   Keep your eyes peeled and hopefully there are more Plaster of Paris Bagel and Cream Cheese Paperweights

   Read Dwayne Johnson: A Little Golden Book Biography

   Check out Tickly Octopus Written and Illustrated by Ruth Galloway

   Read Pauline and Rogers’s thoughts on the film

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5. The King of Comedy with Stavros Halkias

   20 september 2026 · 3 uur 1 min

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   This week we're covering Scorsese's The King of Comedy and we've got the real King of Comedy on to talk about how Rupert Pupkin should have done some open mic nights. Lees meer

   The great Stavros Halkias returns to talk Marty, Bobby, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, the Klumps, and his billion-dollar pitch for a new action franchise character named Fuccio Pussighetti. Plus - we all apologize to Jason Mantzoukas.

   Blank Check's Merch Store is back! The first round of pre-orders on new items ends September 20.

   Watch Jerry Lewis at the 30th Anniversary Screening of King of Comedy.

   Watch Don Rickles Tribute, from De Niro & Scorsese.

   Listen to our perfect ep on Is This Thing On?

   Check out Uncle Stav.

   Go see Tony

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6. Raging Bull with David Krumholtz

   13 september 2026 · 2 uur 16 min

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   Did you pod my cast? DID YOU POD MY CAST? Lees meer

   Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull is often cited as one of the greatest films of all time - one of the greatest boxing films, one of the greatest biopics, one of the greatest screen transformations and lead performances of all time. It's also one of the greatest uses of repetitive dialogue.

   The great David Krumholtz joins us to talk about Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, the luminous Cathy Moriarty, and the tonal tightrope this film walks.

   Again - DID YOU POD MY CAST??

   Check out Krumholtz's De Niro story

   De Niro FUCK TRUMP

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7. New York, New Yorkwith Lin-Manuel Miranda

   6 september 2026 · 1 uur 59 min

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   Start spreadin' the news, we're podding today... Lees meer

   Broadway icon (and newly minted Disney Legend!) Lin-Manuel Miranda joins us to talk about what is possibly Scorsese's biggest bounce - 1977's New York, New York.

   Cocaine, unchecked ambition, and a misguided attempt to try and get Liza Minnelli to do improv led Marty to some dark places. But hey - at least Robert De Niro learned how to play the saxophone! Expect lots of Broadway talk on this episode - with, of course, much props to the "Homie John Kander."

   Check out the Disney Legends alongside Lin

   Read Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You

   Watch Mick respond to Mulaney

   Watch The Songwriters: An Evening with The Homie John Kander & Fred Ebb

   Read Colored Lights

   Check out The Drama Bookshop

   Theme from Blank Check, Blank Check Produced and mixed by “Synth Horn Savant" Kyle Joseph

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8. Taxi Driver with Tracy Letts

   30 augustus 2026 · 3 uur 50 min

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   You poddin' to me? Well, listener, actually - we are podding to you. For nearly FOUR HOURS. Lees meer

   The great Tracy Letts joins us to talk about Scorsese's monumental Taxi Driver, a film that is both fully ingrained in the American psyche and completely surprising and effective on every rewatch. Of course we're gonna spend our longest episode ever talking about it! This week, we discuss Paul Schrader's "God's Lonely Man" fixation, Ben's uncle's experiences as a New York City cab driver, the 1976 Oscars, Taxi Driver's themes of male loneliness and white supremacy, the incredible performances of Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster, and how totally normal it is to go to a porno theater on your second date. Oh, and there's plenty of physical media talk.

   Taxi Driver discussion begins at 46:52

   Listen to the 1976 Draft ep of the Big Picture

   Check out MVD Marquee / Radiant / Vinegar Syndrom

   Buy The Haunting to listen to Tracy and Sean do a commentary

   Watch Bette Davis and Robert Wise, Oscars 1987

   Watch "The King of Horror"

   Read Transcendental Style in Film

   Read You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again

   Read Drama: An Actor's Education

   Read Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet “By Mark Jacobson

   Listen to Marty go Hogg wild

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9. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore with Katey Rich

   23 augustus 2026 · 2 uur 28 min

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   "Martin Scorsese doesn't make movies about women" - WRONG. "Martin Scorsese doesn't make movies that would work as a long-running workplace sitcom" - ALSO WRONG. Lees meer

   Katey Rich joins us to chat about Scorsese's unexpected follow-up to Mean Streets, 1974's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. We're talking diners, Ellen Burstyn, parenting strategies, "women's pictures," and far more Hootie & The Blowfish than you'd expect from this episode. We're also not "trying silence," okay?

   Buy the Hootie and the Blowfish shirt Katey (and David) have.

   Listen to the Screen Draft eps with Griffin and Katey.

   Read about how Katherine LaNasa says Ghost of Ex-Husband Dennis Hopper Haunted Her: 'It Was Super Upsetting.'

   Read Vincent Canby’s review.

   Subscribe to Prestige Junkie at the Ankler and Fighting in the War Room.

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10. Mean Streets with Miriam Bale

    16 augustus 2026 · 2 uur 32 min

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    We're heading to Little Italy's San Gennaro festival this week with Griffy Parm, David Bags, and the great Miriam Bale as we chat about 1973's Mean Streets - a major breakthrough for both Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro. Join us as we chat about the seismic impact this film had on American cinema, DeNiro's screen persona, those iconic needledrops, and the ways racism and misogyny permeate the film's atmosphere. Also - did you know this movie was mostly filmed in Los Angeles!?! Lees meer

    Listen to Bobby on Off Menu

    Follow @judis.annie on Instagram

    Read the Next Scorsese series in Esquire

    Listen to SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE

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