Three Ages / Our Hospitality with Dana Stevens

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2023

⏱️ 159 minutes

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Summary

The Great Stone Face…The Little Boy Who Couldn’t Be Damaged…whatever you call him, Buster Keaton is one of the most important figures in film history, and we couldn’t be happier to be spotlight him in our latest series PODCAST JR. Our beloved Dana Stevens - writer of the fantastic Keaton tome “Camera Man” - joins us to set the table as we dive into the filmography of one of Griffin’s favorite artists. We’re going into Buster’s start as a vaudeville child star (sometimes in “Irish face”), the qualities of his work that distinguish him from peers Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, and we’re dissecting the gags and stunts featured in his first two feature films. Plus - Griffin gives one of his worst Box Office Game performances, and we all learn a bit about early child labor laws.

Guest Links:
Get Dana’s book "Camera Man" now in paperback
Read Dana’s film criticism
Listen to Dana on Slate Culture Gabfest

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0:00.0	Climb Jack with Britain and David Climb Jack with Britain and David
0:09.3	Don't know what to say or to express
0:13.3	All you need to know is that the aim of the shot is by Jack
0:18.6	Preface, if you let your mind wander back through history
0:26.0	you will find that the only thing that has not changed since the world began
0:30.1	is podcasts.
0:31.6	It says that we're going to have to do.
0:33.2	Podcast is the unchanging axis on which the world resolves.
0:37.5	Don't say it like that. Don't say it like that.
0:39.5	Is that the thing you're going to have to do?
0:41.2	I might mix it up every fucking episode.
0:43.0	I was just wondering. This is a question people have.
0:45.3	What will you do? A dialogue-free, many series.
0:48.6	And I think there are multiple ways around it.
0:50.6	Ben is pantomiming right now.
0:52.3	In certain episodes I might describe his pantomim and put the word podcast into my description.
0:59.0	Other episodes I might use an establishing card like this.
1:02.4	Other times I have to do a tagline.
1:03.6	I don't want you to know where I'm going.
1:05.4	Oh, you want to be totally unpredictable?
1:07.5	Yes.
1:08.0	Absolutely.
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