You remind me of someone a man I remembered in the half-forgotten podcast.

A man possessed of some radical notion.

What is the most resilient parasite?

A bacteria, a virus, and a testinal worm?

No. A podcast.

Resilient, highly contagious.

Once a podcast has taken hold of the brain, it's almost impossible to eradicate.

A podcast that is fully formed, fully understood that sticks right in there somewhere.

Hi, everybody. I'm Griffin Newman.

And David Sims.

Welcome to Blankcheck with Griffin and David.

Yeah, welcome. Hi, that was great.

That was great. I was thrilled with that.

Thank you. This is a podcast about filmographies of directors.

Who experienced massive success early on in their careers when we're given a series of Blank checks to make whatever they wanted.

Whatever they dream.

Oh, don't bomb.

All right, all right. Here I am. I'm into it. I'm into it.

What are you doing?

Producer Bannikey, the banduiser, the poet laureate, the extrovert, the producer Bannikey, Mr. Hosevek, Mr. Pazivek, the fuck master, the tiebreaker, not Professor Chris B.

No, he is the meat lover. I did say that one already.

He's the keeper. He's a fine film critic. He's not a temperature queen.

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