Coraline 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

🗓️ 8 January 2023

⏱️ 198 minutes

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Summary

The ultimate connoisseur of context, the guru of camera gear - our friend JD Amato makes his triumphant return to the main feed to walk us through the magic and genius of Henry Selick’s masterpiece CORALINE. For listeners who never had the chance to catch this film in its original 3D release, we attempt to describe Selick’s absolute mastery of the form. We go long on the history of Laika studios, from Will Vinton’s California raisins, to the ultimate “nepo baby” Travis Knight’s (aka “Chilly T”) ascension to the throne. Plus - JD discovers a tiny door in our new recording studio…

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0:00.0	How can you walk away from something and then come towards it?
0:24.8	Walk around the podcast.
0:26.5	Small podcast.
0:28.7	See this is what I did is JD or guest who I haven't introduced yet.
0:33.7	False.
0:34.7	Suggested a cat quote for me to open with.
0:38.6	And I very quickly punted the responsibility of impersonating Keith David to you.
0:44.1	I can't do it.
0:45.5	It's impossible, but I just tried to do it.
0:47.7	If anyone else could do it, then he'd be out of a job or whatever.
0:50.7	He'd be down to homes.
0:52.0	Right.
0:53.0	Yeah.
0:54.0	How many homes Keith David has.
0:56.3	Number of homes.
0:57.3	Some good looking at.
0:58.3	Look it up.
0:59.3	Yep.
1:00.3	Not seeing an answer to that.
1:02.3	Weird that I can't just look it up.
1:03.3	Apparently he's been in more than 300 movies though.
1:05.8	Is there anyone who that works for who you can just Google number of homies?
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