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Blank Check with Griffin & David

True Grit with Stavros Halkias

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.66.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2025

⏱️ 187 minutes

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Summary

We love to pull the cork. Comedian (and probably the biggest Greek-American entertainer of our time) Stavros Halkias joins us to chat about 2010’s True Grit, the Coens’ true attempt to cash their post-Oscar blank check. We’re talking about Hailee Steinfeld’s incredible performance. We’re talking about Jeff Bridges’ distinctive mumbly delivery. We’re talking about how this film is a considerable upgrade over the John Wayne original in possibly every way. We’re also talking about how everyone probably smells awful in this movie. And we’re talking a lot about the Morris Chestnut network TV show “Watson” for some reason. Join us by the campfire, it’s a fun time! Check out Bugonia Read David’s Interview with Yorgos Check out the profile of the owner of Panathinaikos B.C. Check out Charles Portis’ other books Watch Booboo Kills Yogi" ending See Stavvy Live 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

0:05.0

Black Jack with Griffin and David

0:09.0

Don't know what to say but you expect

0:12.0

All you need to know is that the name of the show is blank check

0:18.0

You must pay for everything in this world, one way or another. There's nothing free,

0:26.5

except the grace of pod. You didn't let me finish. Oh, sorry. You're doing a sincere, kind of,

0:34.1

like, thoughtful kind of like, you know, sticks with you with you a moment yeah you know why i chose

0:38.6

that strategically because i feel like we're going to spend most of the next three hours going

0:42.0

right right a saucy line will not get you far with me is is something i say to people all the time

0:48.7

well you say it that way no how do you say it well i, I can't, can you do LaBeef?

1:10.2

Do LaBeef. Well, this is what I finally cracked watching it this time. Yeah. It's, it's Damon doing half a McConaughey. Okay. Damon has a perfect McConaughey. He'll break out McConaughey on talk shows as like his party trick. Okay. And his McConaughey is the best I've ever heard. sure.

1:11.4

And this is him being like,

1:12.5

I can't go full Mac.

1:12.5

I can only do McConaughey is the best I've ever heard. Sure. And this is him being like, I can't go full Mac.

1:26.0

I can only do McConaughey saying MRI in, uh, in interstell. MRI. MRI. MRI. MRI. MRI. MRI. It's that one moment. Uh, yeah. Okay. So go ahead. Go go. Be La Beef. Let me see. I'm looking for a line here.

1:28.2

Maybe hold your tongue.

1:30.2

Yeah. Do you know how he did that?

2:21.0

This is another, I watch, I watch a lot of Damon interviews. Not for this, just generally. He talks. That guy run his mouth. Yeah. What is he, a podcaster? He couldn't figure out how to do it and they couldn't figure out how to like build a prosthetic or anything to help him with it because it's the fucking tongue. Like nothing's going to stick. And he was like helping his little daughters get ready for school and they had like elastic hair bands. Oh, wow. And he was like, oh, let me try this. And he was like, I just put three around my tongue. Wow. That's so weird. Isn't that weird? Yeah, but he was like, it was the only thing that stuck that wasn't, like, toxic. Interesting. Yeah. I'm looking for a good LeBeef line here. I mean, what's the one about the lashings? Well, he says that he was fixing for a kiss. You give out very little sugar with your pronouncements. Yeah. I can't do it. You had it better. While I sat there watching,

2:18.8

I gave something, you know. I can't do it.

2:19.6

You had it better.

2:19.9

Yeah.

2:38.0

While I sat there watching, I gave some thought to stealing a kiss, though you are very young and sick and unattractive to boo. I'm just loving. The way they talk, man. It's awesome. Can we just talk like this again? I have this thought. The dumbest character in this movie speaks better than the current poet laureate of the United States,

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