Hail, Caesar! with Shirley Li

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 163 minutes

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Summary

Would that it twere so simple to lasso that lazy ol’ moon! This week, we’re chatting about all the studio shenanigans in Hail, Caesar! with our pal Shirley Li. Speaking of Shirley, we all knew she was skilled at getting David “The Dog” Sims off the leash, but did you know that she also attended researcher JJ’s wedding?! Lore drop! Join us as we unpack the careers of Channing Tatum and Alden Ehrenreich, gush over the gorgeous near-Technicolor cinematography, and celebrate the love of da moviesh that comes through so clearly in this film. Read Shirley's work 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.
0:05.0	Blank 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 Jack.
0:18.0	You're going to do it because you're an actor, and that's what you do.
0:24.7	Just like the director does what he does and the writer and the script girl and the guy who claps the slate.
0:29.0	And you're going to do it because the podcast has worth.
0:31.5	And if you have worth and you have worth, if you serve the podcast, and you're never going to forget that again.
0:36.8	It's so good.
0:37.9	I'm going to cry.
0:39.2	Should we take it again?
0:41.2	Yeah.
0:41.9	I stumbled on the one line.
0:43.3	Do you have any, any, do you have any, what do you think?
0:47.1	More trippingly?
0:47.9	I think just like with more roof.
0:50.8	Roof.
0:51.5	Roof.
0:51.8	Okay.
0:52.1	And I'll do a mirthless chuckle at the beginning.
0:53.8	Oh, yeah, please. Ready? Yeah. It was a little too small. Let me try that again. Huh. Huh. You're going to do it because you're an actor and that's what you do. Just like the director does what he does and the writer and the script girl and the guy who claps the slate. You're going to do it because the podcast has worth and you have worth if you serve the podcast and you're never going to forget that again. Is that too rueful? No, that was great. And the cough was good. I think that was good that we captured. David has been sick for six months, it feels like. Since the live show. Since the live show.
1:27.6	Yeah.
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