Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2025

⏱️ 146 minutes

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Summary

In perhaps the spermiest film we’ve ever covered, John Travolta and Kirstie Alley hang out with a baby voiced by Bruce Willis and Amy Heckerling gets revenge on Harold Ramis. As David Sims says early in this episode - Look Who’s Talking is a VERY RICH text. Vanity Fair’s Hillary Busis joins us to talk about this 1989 “forgotbuster,” a film that made a bozo amount of money and dared to ask the question, “What if baby talked??” We’re going deep on Travolta lore, grappling with Kirstie Alley’s later career, and following numerous tangents on everything from the rules of the Rugrats universe to advancements in crib safety. Look who’s podcasting! 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	He's
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 Black Jack
0:18.0	He's hip, he's slick, and he's only three months old.
0:26.0	He's got David Sims' smile, Ben Hosley's eyes, and the voice of Griffin Newman.
0:32.8	And now all he has to do is find himself the perfect podcast.
0:37.2	So a bunch of notes. Not for what you did. You did a good thing. That is find himself the perfect podcast. So a bunch of notes.
0:38.8	Not for what you did.
0:40.1	You do a good thing.
0:40.9	That is one of the more insane taglines we have ever covered on the movie.
0:44.3	In no part of this movie is he three months old.
0:46.8	That's true.
0:47.5	They pretty much leap from newborn to like bigger kids.
0:49.8	Oh my God. Incredible point right off the back.
0:51.1	No, no.
0:51.4	Even bigger point. I have a lot of child development issues with this movie.
0:54.8	Many points.
0:56.6	We're going to, I mean, as your ear replacing.
0:59.2	You launched it on Letterbox last night.
1:00.2	This is truly one of the richest texts we have ever discussed.
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