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Blank Check with Griffin & David

Ishtar with Clint McElroy

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.7 • 6.6K Ratings

šŸ—“ļø 25 April 2021

ā±ļø 149 minutes

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Summary

Telling the truth is a dangerous business - but movies and podcasts can go hand-in-hand! We conclude our Elaine May series with one of the biggest bounces in Hollywood history - the unfairly maligned Ishtar. Clint McElroy (The Adventure Zone) joins us as we discuss blind camels and the ā€œliberal feministā€ Warren Beatty. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod onĀ Instagram,Ā Threads,Ā FacebookĀ andĀ X! Buy some real nerdy merch. Connect with other Blankies on ourĀ RedditĀ orĀ Discord For anything else, check outĀ BlankCheckPod.comĀ  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Music

0:20.0

Podcasting can be bad, podcasting can be bad, new podcast, podcasting can be good, news,

0:28.4

podcasting is a bad idea. Podcasting is a difficult podcast, podcasting is a scary,

0:37.4

is a scary, no, it's a podcasting is a bitter herb. Podcasting is a dangerous tunnel.

0:46.8

When tunnel, when you get out of that tunnel, you've got bitter herbs.

0:52.4

It's good. Forget a herb, David. I never heard a hit podcast that had the word herb in it.

1:01.4

herb. You know, I say, you know, I say herb sometimes because that's what the

1:07.4

Brits say. Yeah. And that I get raked over the colds anytime I accidentally say herb.

1:14.4

That one really amuses people. Anyway, that was great Griffin.

1:18.4

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I practice it with even more stammering and I got,

1:24.4

I got nervous. I didn't want to get too self-indulgent. But this is for me.

1:28.4

Get ready. I'm not going to argue this is a perfect film. It is hard to argue this is a perfect film.

1:34.4

But this is a movie I would be that that's your no one's no one needs to be saying that.

1:39.4

You can love the movie. Right. Yes. This is a movie I adore so deeply in so many ways.

1:44.4

And one thing I will say about a hyper-raulic statement right off the bat.

1:48.4

I think this is one of the funniest openings of any movie ever.

1:51.4

I don't think there is another movie that arguably gets this many laughs in the open

1:56.4

and credits. Here's my only problem with the opening. It's so good.

2:01.4

I agree. That you're like, what do you mean people don't like this thing?

2:05.4

And then like by the middle, you're like, okay, well, I can see how maybe this movie through people

2:09.4

a little bit. Yes. No, you know, I'm not, I like the movie. But you know what I mean?

2:12.4

Like the opening you're just like, oh, baby. It made me think of stripes.

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