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Blank Check with Griffin & David

Big Trouble in Little China with Jason Mantzoukas & Paul Scheer

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Comedy, Film Reviews

4.66.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2021

⏱️ 177 minutes

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Summary

You know what ol’ Jack Burton would do on an episode like this? Bring back Jason Mantzoukas and Paul Scheer, of course! The HOW DID THIS GET MADE? guys make their triumphant return to Blank Check to discuss yet another Kurt Russell masterpiece, and lament the lack of Russell-esque stars in today’s Hollywood landscape. There’s some John Landis slander and a shout-out to Kit Fisto - this episode TRULY has everything!

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0:00.0

Just remember what old Jack Burton does when the earthquakes and the poison arrows fall

0:27.1

from the sky and the pillars of heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big old

0:32.4

storm right square in the eye and he says, give me your best podcast pal. I can take

0:38.4

it.

0:39.4

Pretty good.

0:40.4

You know what I realized finally crack once watching this movie rewatching this movie

0:46.1

for for today's episode.

0:49.1

You cracked your court.

0:51.1

Well, I think I cracked Kurt a little bit and he's obviously got a couple different modes,

0:56.2

but this mode which becomes almost a default for him.

0:59.3

Well, this is he's doing John Wayne.

1:01.7

Thank you. I thought you were doing John Wayne.

1:03.7

I finally figured it out.

1:05.7

Well, you know this was written as this was the original script was a Western.

1:10.6

It was about the formation of Chinatown in San Francisco, set in the 1800s.

1:15.0

Yes.

1:16.0

And Kurt Russell comes in and is actively doing a John Wayne impression who he worked with

1:21.8

I believe as a child.

1:23.3

Yes, and this feels like the genesis of that being one of the three main Kurt Russell

1:27.8

modes.

1:29.1

Like anytime he has to be mildly funny guy, I feel like he's doing the John Wayne rhythms.

1:34.3

I want to throw something into the mix here because I also felt this was a little bit

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