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Blank Check with Griffin & David

WALL-E with David Ehrlich

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.76.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2026

⏱️ 208 minutes

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Summary

Put on your pod-day clothes, there's lots of world out there! We're joined by David Ehrlich to discuss WALL-E this week - a film many consider to be Stanton's (and Pixar's) crowning achievement, and a film David Ehrlich's son has watched upwards of a million times. Join us for a long-ranging conversation that includes context around Disney's 2006 acquisition of Pixar, discussion about the film's depiction of humans, and speculation about the mental health of robots. Read: Frankie Muniz Hasn’t Spoken to Hilary Duff in 22 Years, Says Her Mom Interfered in ‘Agent Cody Banks’ Casting and ‘It Pissed Me Off’: ‘I Regret Not Staying Friends With Her’ Check out Erlich’s Review of Lee Cornin’s The Mummy Listen to Griffin on Podcast Like It’s Talking About Monsters Inc. Read Ehrlich’s Interview with Stanton Read Ehrlich’s piece on Alamo Drafthouse Listen to Ben discuss his good friend Johnny5 on The Flop House Cool Dad Raising Daughter On Media That Will Put Her Entirely Out Of Touch With Her Generation 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

0:04.6

Blackjack with Griffin and David

0:08.6

Don't know what to say but you expect

0:12.3

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

0:18.3

Computer Defined Podcasting Podcasting by Jack.

0:23.8

Computer defined podcasting.

0:30.7

Podcasting, a series of tangents involving two friends where bits and contacts match harmoniously with bullshit.

0:36.1

What's being replaced there, especially with bullshit?

0:43.5

The actual line is a series of movements involving two partners where speed and rhythm match harmoniously with music.

0:44.2

Right.

0:44.8

Dancing.

0:45.4

Yes.

0:46.2

And we are dancing.

0:46.8

We are dancing.

0:48.2

A lot of creative liberties taken there. We're in an eternal dance.

0:49.9

It's rare that you get quite so much room to free jazz in these intros.

0:53.4

You didn't want to just do...

0:54.8

I thought about it. I mean, this series is called Potsie. And I was like, can I just do the dialogue where they're trying to explain each other's names to each other? You were able to sell him on Potsie? I was. There's not a lot of options. I mean, it's either in the pot of a cast or

1:12.0

as Griffin suggested potsy.

1:14.2

Beckalter last sell him on potsy. I was. There's not a lot of options. I mean, it's either in the pot of a cast or, as Griffin suggested, potsy. Becca Alter, last week's episode did throw out, would it be funny to just call it podcaster for John Carter? Yeah, but we can never blow that. We can never do this sort of like, you know what, that's it. It's just called like podcast. There's the meta joke there of being like, how did this end up with the title that makes no sense and has zero juice? You do like a meta joke. Yes, but PodC. I'm fine with it. If you perform it, it's going to look so good visual with the double D with those double Ds on that fucking artwork

1:44.2

there. Pod C

1:46.0

make sure Griff has a giant rack

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