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Blank Check with Griffin & David

We Bought a Zoo

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.66.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2016

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Griffin and David this week discuss 2011’s zoo dramedy, We Bought a Zoo. But does the film live up to it’s title? Does someone actually buy a zoo? Together #thetwofriends examine the performances of Elle Fanning, ScarJo and John Michael Higgins as ‘Bad Zoo Boy’, propose better titles, the most embarrassing movie you’ve cried during and ghost Moms.

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0:00.0

You know, sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane podcasting.

0:26.8

Just literally 20 seconds of just embarrassing podcasting and I promise you something podcast will come out of it. Oh my god.

0:36.2

Hey everybody. My name is Gryven Newman. David Sims. Welcome to blank check.

0:43.4

This is a podcast in which David and I. Yes.

0:46.7

A film critic and cultural writer. That's me.

0:50.8

And an actor, comedian, respectively. I was going to say respectively so that the positions were clear.

0:55.7

Analyze the filmographies of important directors who make big creative projects.

1:05.0

Yeah, sometimes work or don't. Yeah.

1:07.0

Sometimes I got a big success early on. They get a so called blank check to cash in on crazy passion projects.

1:14.1

Premise established.

1:15.2

Premise established. We do mini series. We tackle different directors and we're complete as we go through the whole filmography.

1:20.8

And right now we are talking about one Cameron Crow.

1:25.5

This mini series is titled We Potta Cast. Yes.

1:28.9

And we have come to the more the teacher or episode of We Potta Cast.

1:35.0

We're going to talk about the 2000 and 11 comedy drama.

1:41.2

Talkie. We bought a zoo. Yes.

1:46.0

And to join us in talking about that film is no guest.

1:50.0

But the third member of our triangle.

1:54.5

Now David, of course, you and I are hashtag the two friends.

1:57.2

That is correct. Thank you for mentioning that up at the top because we're good friends.

2:02.2

And we host a podcast together. And that is our hook.

2:05.0

And there's two of us. There are two of us. Yes.

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