Ella McCay with Richard Lawson

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.7 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Summary

It’s pretty hard being the governor of an unnamed state when you’re a 34-year-old woman with a husband who’s the heir to a local pizza empire and you’ve got a brother who has agoraphobia and your sleazy dad keeps leaving you weird voicemails and Julie Kavner is narrating your entire life story! Wooo, that was a lot. James L. Brooks’ Ella McCay is A LOT. Richard Lawson joins us to chat about this very strange movie that feels like a real outlier at contemporary multiplexes. If anything, Ella McCay is a refreshing throwback. Kind of. Minus a few glaring, mind-boggling missteps. Anyway, join us for a fun conversation about this latest Brooksian offering, and stick around for a very exciting announcement about the expansion of Blank Check Productions! Subscribe to Richard’s newsletter Premier Party 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	I'm
0:02.0	Blackjack with Griffin and David
0:05.0	Black Jack with Griffin and David
0:09.0	Don't know what to say or to expect
0:12.0	All you need to know is that the name of the show is blank check
0:18.0	I'm not going to talk yet. I'm not comfortable Blank Check.
0:23.6	I'm not going to talk yet.
0:28.7	I'm not comfortable with podcasting, so I guess you could call me a reluctant narrator.
0:31.7	But I just wanted to show up for Blank Check.
0:33.4	I owe her a lot.
0:35.9	So let's just thank you, start.
0:37.6	At first I was like, That's a horrible Albert Brooks
0:39.1	And then I read and then I was like oh it's actually a good Kaftner
0:41.6	Thank you late late period
0:43.8	Kavner yeah
0:44.7	There is no quotes page for this movie
0:47.2	I mean it hasn't come out yet in its defense
0:49.4	I'm sure it'll be funny
0:50.7	People usually are adding things from the trailer
0:53.8	Where you can find other websites that have it.
0:56.2	And instead, what I just had to do was go back to the script for Ella McKay.
1:01.2	Hey.
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