Season 44

The first "G" in "Gigli" is pronounced like the "J" in "Jacques," the second "G" is silent. Rhymes with "really".

He's hot. He's got frosted tips. He loves peanut butter. His lil swimmers may or may not look like skulls. He's death, baby. And we're meeting him this week.

Warning - this episode contains an ungodly amount of Pacino impressions. Listener discretion is advised. "Actor's actor" and local boy from Queens David Krumholtz becomes the second cast member of Oppenheimer and first person immortalized in Griffin's beloved Disney Emoji Blitz to guest on our Martin Brest series as we talk about 1992's dire SCENT OF A WOMAN. Would this movie be less terrible if it were at least 40 minutes shorter? What if the original first choice for Lt. Col. Frank Slade - Jack Nicholson - had done this film instead of Pacino? What if we swapped Philip Seymour Hoffman for the charisma vacuum that is Chris O'Donnell? Sadly, we can only imagine these scenarios. Join us for lots of candid Krumholtz anecdotes, a scorching hot take regarding the diner scene in Heat, and more.

In a first for Blank Check, Ben Hosley produces an entire episode while handcuffed and under threat of legal action.

An indelible synth theme by Harold Faltermeyer. A scene-stealing turn from Bronson Pinchot. A banana in a tailpipe. EDDIE FREAKING MURPHY.

After years of citing him as a potential series, we're finally Brest men. In this inaugural episode of our "Podverly Hills Cast" series, we're taking a look at Martin Brest's debut feature, 1979's "Going in Style."