Close Encounters of the Third Kind with J.D. Amato

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2025

⏱️ 175 minutes

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Summary

Five curious tones. A mountain of mashed potatoes. Bob Balaban with a beard speaking french. After the industry-changing success of JAWS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND feels like a classic “blank check.” But it’s a little more nuanced than that! JD Amato returns for his 10th mainfeed appearance this week, and we’re getting into all of the production drama, real nerdy practical effects shit (cloud boxing!), and the complicated feelings we have towards the behavior of the adults in this movie. Seems like young Stevie Spielberg has some divorce trauma he’s working through! Has anyone ever made that observation before? Decade of Dreams Theme and sound design composed by Alex Mitchell Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won’t want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook! Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Blank Jack with Griffin and David
0:04.7	Black Jack with Griffin and David
0:08.7	Don't know what to say or to expect
0:11.7	All you need to know is that the name of the show is blank check
0:18.3	Doop Ha ha ha ha I have to get.
0:22.5	Do.
0:27.2	I have to get the right note.
0:28.5	Yep, yep, yep, yep.
0:32.1	Do do, do, do podcast.
0:34.3	All right, so here's my pitch.
0:36.4	Do, do, do, podcast.
0:38.1	Obviously, that's great.
0:40.5	But, you know, you sound really enthusiastic.
0:41.5	The poster, right? That's not the voice of someone who's listening.
0:43.6	No, no, I think that's good.
0:44.2	I think that's good.
0:44.8	The poster, right.
0:45.6	It is an iconic poster in its own right.
0:47.8	I'm going to do the tagline.
0:49.6	And so here's my, here's my pitch. Do you do the postcast. Close encounter of the first kind, sighting of a UFO.
0:57.2	Close encounter of the second kind, physical evidence.
1:01.0	Close encounter of the third kind, podcast.
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