Raising Arizona with John Hodgman

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2025

⏱️ 166 minutes

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Summary

Jesus Cock, that’s a hot new episode! John Hodgman returns to Blank Check to chat about Raising Arizona, the Coen’s swerve of a follow-up to Blood Simple that trades in the hallmarks of noir for the hallmarks of Looney Tunes. We’re talking about Nic Cage’s sad eyes, Holly Hunter’s year of iconic crying performances, rest stop public pomade, and people we are glad are dead. It’s a fun time. And yes, there’s yodelling. 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
0:04.7	Blank Jack with Griffin and David
0:08.7	Don't know what to say or to expect
0:11.7	All you need to know is that the name of the show is blank check
0:17.7	You're not that bad.
0:23.3	If I'm as bad as you, what good are we?
0:25.5	What good are we to each other?
0:27.6	You and me is just a fool's podcast.
0:29.6	So you like that because paradise and podcasts are so little...
0:32.7	I do.
0:33.6	I was doing the exercise last night.
0:35.3	I was like, I don't even know if I've ever attempted it, despite the fact that we've covered her so much. And she is one of my favorite actors. You've definitely attempted a Holly Hunter, haven't we? Last night, I was like, I might have cracked it. And right as I started to speak, I was like, I think I've lost whatever, whatever Rubicon I created to get there. Whatever I had figured out my map, the map has been burned.
0:57.4	Yeah.
0:57.8	I don't know who that just became.
1:00.3	Look, there's only one Holly Hunter.
1:02.2	This is why, look, this is her ultimate value.
1:05.1	Yeah.
1:05.8	There is, I don't think there is a Holly Hunter sound alike alive.
1:09.8	And I've certainly seen, like seen like skilled if you could do
1:12.3	an incredible holly hunter i mean you know what i just said there's only one yeah but i would like
1:17.7	this to be a life path for you to get there to get there to get there like i want people going have
1:22.5	you heard griffin newman's holly hunter yeah they got more than they can handle. I even feel like I've seen good, like, sketch comedians.
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