The Ladykillers with Connor Ratliff

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2025

⏱️ 169 minutes

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We must have waffles forthwith! We must also have Connor Ratliff on the pod to talk about Tom Hanks for the first time since the completion of his Dead Eyes series! Join us for a spirited discussion about 2004’s The Ladykillers, a film that is universally regarded as the Coens’ worst, and is also the film that ended Hanks’ legendary decade-long boffo box office streak. We’re getting into defining the parameters of the world of “Weird Hanks.” We’re getting into the…uh…uncomfortable racial depictions that mar this movie. We’re getting to the “Root of the Matter,” and we’re getting Connor to softlaunch an incredible new term - “Mooseporting.” Listen to Dead Eyes Listen to the Audiobook for The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece Watch the second David S. Pumpkins Listen to Connor talk to Bobby Moynihan about David S. Pumpkins Read the David S. Pumpkins Oral History Check out Does the Dog Die 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	have you.
0:02.0	Blank Jack with Griffin and David.
0:05.7	Black Jack with Griffin and David.
0:09.3	Don't know what to say or to expect.
0:12.9	All you need to know is that the name of the show is Blackjack.
0:22.1	Have you all decided?
0:24.1	Madam, we must have podcasts.
0:25.6	We must have podcasts forthwith.
0:28.0	We must all think and we must all have podcasts.
0:30.7	And think each and every one of us to the best of our ability.
0:31.8	I don't know why it went British.
0:32.7	It did go British.
0:34.7	Madam, we must have what.
0:35.7	Fuck.
0:39.4	I remember that being like a key part of the trailer.
0:48.0	It's one of two big touchstone comedies based on breakfast starches in their ad campaign.
0:49.0	That was the main push.
0:49.7	What was the other? Dan in real life.
0:51.1	God, that guy.
0:52.7	Lady Killers was going Waffle forward.
0:54.6	Dan was going pancake forward. This is maybe the worst opening of an episode we've ever done. Absolutely not. It's a good opening, but I want to, I just, I remember. We must have, can our guest, do you feel like you can do a professor? No, right now I don't think I can. Madam, I was watching last night. Madam, we must have podcasts. We must have podcasts.
1:10.2	Madam, we must have podcasts.
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