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Podcasting icons Julie Klausner (Difficult People) and Tom Scharpling (The Best Show) team up for a fun show where they have fun and you have fun and everybody has fun. Each week, Tom and Julie careen through the best and worst of pop culture, giving the business to blockhead celebrities, rescuing shoddy podcasts, exploring obscure American subcultures, watching clips from the classics (The Munsters, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, etc), and hanging out with amazing guests, all in the name of keepi ...
 
Not just another bad movie podcast, Blank Check reviews directors' complete filmographies episode to episode. Specifically, the auteurs whose early successes afforded them the rare ‘blank check’ from Hollywood to produce passion projects. Each new miniseries, hosts Griffin Newman and David Sims delve into the works of film’s most outsized personalities in painstakingly hilarious detail. Produced by Ben Hosley.
 
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Hollywood Handbook

Sean Clements & Hayes Davenport

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Hollywood Handbook is an insider's guide to achieving your showbiz dreams from two A-List it-boys who are living theirs. Hayes and Sean provide an exclusive VIP backstage pass into Tinseltown politics, answer questions from unsuccessful listeners, and bring in famous guests to discuss their craft and how they became what they are (famous).
 
Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions, live on stage. It's a mix of conversation, comedy, and storytelling -- there's also music. David Plotz of Slate calls it "great" and the Observer says it's one of NYC's 10 Best Podcasts. The podcast features highlights from our live events at Housing Works Bookstore in New York, including appearances by special guests. Past guests have included Robert Krulwich of Radiolab, Kurt Braunohler, Julie Klausner, Bara ...
 
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Come on down to clip city with Tom and Julie as they watch Bruce Springsteen doing Three Stooges routines, the Iowa Husband Calling Competition, Columbo ASMR, Jack Nicholson impersonator Sunglass Jack, David Letterman obsessed with drums, and Monsterpiece Theater. Plus Gonger updates, checking in with Nick Adams, the continuing drama of the Toothso…
 
The time has come for us to board the Icarus II (awful name for a spaceship) and stare directly into the sun. First mentioned as a movie that rules way back when we were only a podcast about the Star Wars Prequels, Griffin and David finally get to cover Danny Boyle’s 2007 Science Fiction flop SUNSHINE. We’re getting into everything - the iconic sco…
 
Comedian and actress Gabrielle Dennis (A Black Lady Sketch Show, Luke Cage) chats with Nicole her philosophy as to why falling "in like" with your partner is more important than being in love, opens up about her experience dating a pedophile, and her love for writing Yelp reviews. Plus, the story of the murdering Disney dad. See a live recording of…
 
Tom and Julie are joined by the hosts of My Momma Told Me, Langston Kerman and David Gborie, for a deep dive into conspiracy theories. Was the TV show Frasier actually a psyop for Big Coffee??? Plus Terry Crews, MILF Manor, and a round of The Newlyhost Game! Also Scott Adams updates and the results of the Fast Food Fantasy Draft Fan Poll and the da…
 
How did Danny Boyle choose to follow up the ultraviolence of 28 Days Later? With a winsome kid’s movie about morality and currency conversion, of course! Filmspotting’s Adam Kempenaar joins us to revisit 2004’s Millions, which he originally covered in the second episode of Filmspotting back in 2005 (!) Why did Danny Boyle want to make a family-frie…
 
Writer Bridger Winegar (host of I Said No Gifts!) joins Nicole to discuss his experience being closeted to himself until the age of 26, being raised Mormon, and the thrill of setting people up on dates. Nicole reads some nasty messages she's received from the Bahamas. Write to Nicole! Submit your dirty pick-up lines, dating stories, or questions to…
 
To kick off Try Month 2023, The Boys work with MACKENZIE DAVIS and CLEA DUVALL on their St. Patrick’s Day movie Love & Santa. Watch the video recording of this episode at Patreon.com/TheFlagrantOnes. See Hollywood Handbook live in Los Angeles March 29th with guest Timothy Simons at the Dynasty Typewriter! Click for tickets…
 
Tom and Julie are joined by fast food king Mike Mitchell (Doughboys) for a fast food fantasy draft! Burger King Onion Rings, The Big Mac, Wendy's Frosty... who will put together the best team??? Plus, the author of Oscar Wars, Michael Schulman, stops by to talk Oscars, that Jeremy Strong interview, being backstage for the La La Land/Moonlight debac…
 
Once again we gather together to celebrate excellence in the motion picture industry - but rest assured, we have our own Blankies Crisis Team standing by to avoid any catastrophes after last year! Joe Reid of “This Had Oscar Buzz” joins us for our eighth ceremony, and we shine a spotlight on all the best performances, wettest films, and putteringes…
 
Comedian Adam Pally (101 Places to Party Before You Die, Who Invited Charlie?) chats with Nicole about why an easy relationship is a often sign of a good one, marrying his high school sweetheart, and how the both of them broke Steve Harvey on the set of Celebrity Family Feud. Plus, what's it like filming with Sonic the Hedgehog? Nicole is dying to …
 
The one and only RICKI LAKE joins Tom and Julie to talk about John Waters, Divine, her daytime talk show, and the joy of dog adoption. Plus we watch that video where all the celebrities sing Let It Be on a beach and Julie reveals her least two favorite Muppets. Tom thanks Tom Cruise for saving cinema. CLIPS FROM THIS EPISODE *Darkman "Julie!!!" htt…
 
Fast zombies, a deserted London, and potato-quality digital cinematography - 28 DAYS LATER proved to be a genre-defining hit for Danny Boyle after the disappointment of THE BEACH. Humorist and Blankie favorite David Rees returns to the podcast to take us back to the immediate post-9/11 period, a mood and time which this film conjures instantly. Joi…
 
Comedian Michael Cruz Kayne's dating strategy involves being the only guy left available. He joins Nicole to explain the approach and the success that's come with it. They also discuss how race affects relationships, moving on from them, and his experience getting hit on by the rich kids and moms he was private tutoring. Nicole wishes she was a ~wo…
 
Tom and Julie play MAKE ME INTERJECT! the fun new game where they have to listen to 60 second diatribes designed to annoy them without interjecting. Plus they watch Warren Beatty's latest ploy to retain the rights to Dick Tracy and Brett debuts his long rumored Double Threat soundboard. JOIN FOREVER DOG PLUS FOR VIDEO EPISODES, AD-FREE EPISODES, & …
 
Mother is back, and she’s taking us all to THE BEACH! Emily Yoshida makes her long-awaited return to the pod to speak about her experience in the writer’s room of the still-unproduced TV version of Alex Garland’s titular novel. We’re asking all the big questions - when did Leonardo DiCaprio stop being “baby” and become a big boy on screen? Why is n…
 
Comedian Steph Tolev joins Nicole to discuss what it's like to date a groupie, getting matching tattoos with her partners, her experience dating a 60 year old, and shares SOOO many crazy awful dating stories. Plus, is it weird if your parent keeps in touch with your ex? The answer is YES. Write to Nicole! Submit your dirty pick-up lines, dating sto…
 
Tom and Julie try to beat center left song parodist Randy Rainbow at his own game by making up impromptu Broadway song parodies about Marjorie Taylor Greene at the State of the Union, George Santos, Ted Cruz getting a beer can thrown at him, and more! With help from our friend, comedian Max Beasley! JOIN FOREVER DOG PLUS FOR VIDEO EPISODES, AD-FREE…
 
Knock knock! Who’s there? M. Night Shyamalan, of course! We’re answering the door and ushering in the apocalypse with a look at Night’s latest offering. This episode is sponsored by: HelloFresh (hellofresh.com/check65 CODE: CHECK65) Indeed (indeed.com/check) Join our Patreon at patreon.com/blankcheck Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter and Instagra…
 
Comedian Jordan Firstman (Big Mouth, Ms. Marvel) joins Nicole to talk about his experience being involved in a threesome where everyone had COVID, having real sex on-camera for a movie, and finding love in Berlin after a drug-fueled bender. Plus, Nicole shares why sucking dick is so joyful. Disclaimer: This episode contains discussion of homophobia…
 
MARK RENNIE and JOHN FLYNN from the Two Old Queens podcast help The Boys with their big audition. We looked at: Their merch Our merch This commercial See Hollywood Handbook LIVE at Dynasty Typewriter in LA Feb 15th and March 29th at 7:30 pm PT! Can't make it to the show? Livestream tickets are available too! Feb 15 - Tickets Available Here March 29…
 
Tom and Julie audition Jersey Sparky (a bed bug sniffing dog) and Chicago Donnie (a wise and confident cat) to replace Punxsutawney Phil as America's most famous animal prognosticator. Plus Tom and Julie give Randy Rainbow a run for his money, Julie experiences the highs and lows of sports fandom, Ken Turner FINALLY hits the Low C, and steampunk re…
 
After the smashing success of TRAINSPOTTING, Danny Boyle reteamed with star Ewan McGregor and writer John Hodge to…make a movie where Dan Hedaya plays the Archangel Gabriel, Stanley Tucci plays a cuck dentist, and Ewan has one of the worst haircuts in the history of cinema? Shockingly, 1997’s A LIFE LESS ORDINARY was not a hit. Actress and comedian…
 
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