Johnny Dangerously with Josh Gondelman

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2025

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Summary

He’s the nicest bad guy in town. His last name is an adverb. And he’s got some pretty wacky bits! Sweetie pie comedian Josh Gondelman joins us to talk about 1984’s Johnny Dangerously, Amy Heckerling’s loving homage to 1930’s gangster pictures. Things we attempt to understand in this episode: the cultural legacy of Joe Piscopo; the actual joke that’s being told in the “Your Testicles and You” animated reel / is there one?; Marilu Henner’s insane memory thing; if the Danny DeVito bull scene is a parody of anything; why does Richie Rich have cent signs in his name if he’s so rich?; and most crucially - why is this movie so damned hard to see in 2025?!?! Real fans know that Blank Check started off as an investigative podcast. Maybe it’s time to bring that element back! Subscribe to Josh's newsletter If you haven't been able to find the movie maybe watch the Internet Archive version. Buy Mattie Lubchansky's Book Simplicity Listen to Griffin on The Michael Keaton Movie Mount Rushmore episode of The Big Picture Read Coolio's Obituary Watch the end of Disaster Movie 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 black check 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.
0:13.0	All you need to know is that the name of the show is blank check. I'd like to direct this to the distinguished members of the panel.
0:24.6	You lousy corksokers, you have violated my fargian rights.
0:28.6	These summoner-batching country was founded so that the liberties of common patriotic citizens,
0:34.6	like me, could not be taken away by a bunch of fargan portcasters
0:39.7	like yourselves.
0:41.6	Pork carsters?
0:42.5	I'm a little proud of pork carsters.
0:44.5	There you go.
0:45.2	And treating podcasters like a curse word.
0:47.5	Great, Dmitri.
0:48.7	Thank you.
0:50.1	I mean, the other option, obviously, to do here was, my mother tried to podcast me once.
0:56.3	Once!
0:58.0	Joe Pescapos is astonishingly good in this film.
1:01.4	We're going to talk about it.
1:02.2	You're going to bounce on that?
1:03.7	I'm going to bounce on that a little bit, but he's good.
1:05.5	It is the one time where I'm like, I get it.
1:09.0	This is the only Joe Piscopo thing where I'm like, I get why people were buying the stuff.
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