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Blank Check with Griffin & David

Dark Star with Emily Yoshida

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.66.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2021

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Our long-awaited John Carpenter series kicks off with his ultra-low budget oddity debut DARK STAR. Ben goes Hollywood (actually, “Hosleywood”) to record with Emily Yoshida - the Mother of Blankies herself - *in person* in Los Angeles, and the gang debates possible names for the series. We landed on “They Podcast” - which is a departure from Griffin’s far sweatier suggestions. Join us as we set the table for Carpenter’s filmography, and go deep on this film, which could also just be called “Space Dirtbags,” per Emily.

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0:00.0

I do not like the men on this spaceship. They are uncouth and failed to appreciate my better qualities.

0:27.3

I have something of value to contribute to this mission if they would only recognize it.

0:31.7

Today over lunch I tried to improve morale and build a sense of camaraderie among the men by

0:35.9

holding a humorous, round robin discussion of the early days of the mission. My overtures were

0:41.7

brutally rejected. These men do not want a happy ship. They are deeply sick and try to compensate by

0:48.9

making me feel miserable. Last week was my birthday. Nobody even said happy birthday to me.

0:54.2

Some day this podcast will be played and then they'll feel sorry.

0:58.8

It was too good an option not to do because of how I'm asked for tape.

1:07.4

Right. Right. Perfect. But I just want to share the other one I wanted to do,

1:12.9

which David, a fuck where was it? You would have had to give me the alternate lines here.

1:19.3

But the other one I wanted to do was what are you going to name it? What? The new star?

1:24.7

What are you going to name it? Who cares? Don't bother, right?

1:27.1

I was bothered me. Right. The new podcast. Yes.

1:31.1

Because that is the first question right off the bat. I want to get into this right off the bat

1:36.1

because David are texting about it. But Ben and our guests have not been part of this conversation.

1:40.7

I'm a little bit curious to hear their opinion. This is a podcast called Blankcheck with Griffin.

1:44.8

David, I'm Griffin. I'm David.

1:47.0

And it's a podcast about the geographies, directors who have massive success early on in their careers

1:51.2

and are giving a series of Blank checks to make whatever crazy passion projects they want.

1:54.4

Sometimes those checks clear and sometimes they bounce baby.

1:59.7

And this is a new mini series on the films of John Carpenter.

2:05.1

And David texted me about two hours ago and said, what are we going to call it?

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