Blank Check LIVE! at Town Hall (2025)

👑👑 https://emojipedia.org/crown A LIVE SHOW OF MAJESTIC PROPORTIONS 👑👑 https://emojipedia.org/crown Podcasters, cinephiles, and freaks—rejoice! Blank Check will be returning to Town Hall this summer to commemorate our 10th anniversary with a long-promised tribute to one of the greatest films in cinema history. To honor our “Decade of Dreams,” we cordially invite you to a royal audience with King Ralph, the 1991 John Goodman/Peter O’Toole comedy that dared to ask, “What if there was a King Ralph?” It will be an evening of reflection, analysis, elaborately produced (and adequately executed) royalty-themed bits, and an entire court of special guests. God save our gracious podcast! Get your tickets HERE http://www.thetownhall.co/blankcheck10 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• 0:02Griffin Newman?

  David?

• 0:03David Sims?

  Yep.

• 0:03Griffin Newman?

  We did a live show.

• 0:04David Sims?

  Yeah, remember?

• 0:05Griffin Newman?

  Ranking Scorsese at the Bell House in Brooklyn. We did the definitive power ranking of Martin Scorsese things.

• 0:12David Sims?

  Uh, it was so fun. Uh, it was very silly.

• 0:15Griffin Newman?

  Ben and Marie were with us and they're with us right now.

• 0:18David Sims?

  Yeah, hey.

• 0:18Speaker 02

  Hey, everyone, or should I say, oh?

• 0:20David Sims?

  Oh.

• 0:22Griffin Newman?

  And thanks to our friends at Dynasty Typewriter. It was livestreamed for the first time ever. But also, the replay is still up there, but only until October 30th.

• 0:31Speaker 03

  So just a few more days.

• 0:33David Sims?

  Yes.

• 0:33Speaker 03

  You can get it at dynasty.tv.

• 0:36David Sims?

  Dynasty.tv.

• 0:37Speaker 03

  It's $20. We had a blast and the Spreadmaster really got to work.

• 0:43David Sims?

  Oh, yeah. I was moving things around.

• 0:45Griffin Newman?

  Laptop was on.

• 0:46Speaker 02

  I don't know if I'd have seen you that happy.

• 0:48Griffin Newman?

  You were thrilled. You were like a pick and share.

• 0:50David Sims?

  I was locked in.

• 0:51Griffin Newman?

  Yeah, very locked in and you were funny.

• 0:53David Sims?

  Thank you. You were funny. You were also funny.

• 0:56Griffin Newman?

  Oh, thank you.

• 0:57David Sims?

  And if you want to see like, you know, Griffin's shine box on camera, it's the only way to see it.

• 1:02Griffin Newman?

  You might see me shine Marie's shoes.

• 1:04David Sims?

  Exactly.

• 1:05Speaker 02

  Yeah, if you're into that sort of content.

• 1:07Griffin Newman?

  If that gets you off.

• 1:09Speaker 02

  Okay.

• 1:10Speaker 03

  So once again, that's at dynasty.tv.

• 1:17Griffin Newman?

  David?

• 1:18David Sims?

  Yes?

• 1:18Griffin Newman?

  We're excited to announce a live show.

• 1:20David Sims?

  What? Blank Check Live?

• 1:22Griffin Newman?

  A New York City live show.

• 1:23David Sims?

  It's not the kind of thing I approve of.

• 1:25Griffin Newman?

  Yeah, well.

• 1:27David Sims?

  Everyone's laughing.

• 1:28Griffin Newman?

  Folks, we got him.

• 1:29David Sims?

  Truth in comedy.

• 1:31Griffin Newman?

  We pushed him to accept one more live show.

• 1:33David Sims?

  Yeah, once in a while.

• 1:34Griffin Newman?

  Listen, people might be going, where's the March live show? They usually do a March live show. It took us years to realize that what a terrible time for us to do a live show. Too much on our plates.

• 1:42David Sims?

  Our busiest time of year.

• 1:43Griffin Newman?

  March Madness.

• 1:44David Sims?

  Very annoying to do a live show on top of it.

• 1:46Griffin Newman?

  Yeah.

• 1:46David Sims?

  Also, last year, we decided to do a live show with like 15 bits.

• 1:49Griffin Newman?

  It was very complicated.

• 1:51David Sims?

  Yeah, what was that?

• 1:52Griffin Newman?

  Uh, it was, it was an excellent night of entertainment.

• 1:55David Sims?

  It was an excellent night of entertainment based on me as I walked out of the door one time going like, I don't know, ninth anniversary, what if we did like nine movies? Let's think about it.

• 2:03Griffin Newman?

  It was a funny bit. Look, this is the big point.

• 2:06David Sims?

  Yes.

• 2:07Griffin Newman?

  This summer.

• 2:08David Sims?

  10th year.

• 2:09Griffin Newman?

  We are returning to Town Hall.

• 2:11David Sims?

  That's right, on Broadway or near it.

• 2:13Griffin Newman?

  New York's historic Town Hall.

• 2:14David Sims?

  Yes.

• 2:15Griffin Newman?

  And we are doing a show that is in, in the spirit of Decade of Dreams, looking back, looking forward, taking stock of the history of this show. There's an episode we promised for a long time. He's kind of the, an episode that's, dare I say, it's sort of the sorry to Matt Damon, we bumped you for time of Blank Check.

• 2:34David Sims?

  Right. We keep being like, well, maybe it goes there. Oh, and I thought of something else. Maybe it goes there. Huh. It's, it's just, you really have to roll out the red carpet for a guy like this.

• 2:45Griffin Newman?

  Yep.

• 2:46David Sims?

  Because he's royalty.

• 2:47Griffin Newman?

  He's royalty.

• 2:48David Sims?

  You know what I mean?

• 2:49Griffin Newman?

  Folks, we're doing it. We're talking King Ralph. Ben?

• 2:51David Sims?

  Hell, yeah. Listen. Finally, my boy. I just have one thing to say. A great tragedy has befallen the royal family, leaving one, only one heir to the throne. King Ralph. That's the tagline to King Ralph.

• 3:01Griffin Newman?

  Aren't there three taglines?

• 3:02David Sims?

  See, the second tagline is a comedy of majestic.

• 3:05Griffin Newman?

  I'm laughing.

• 3:08David Sims?

  And of course, we cannot forget that the poster promises you both John Goodman and Peter O'Toole.

• 3:14Griffin Newman?

  Yep.

• 3:14David Sims?

  Above the title. And of course, that Mr. Ralph. He's got some sneaks on, some white high tops.

• 3:21Griffin Newman?

  Look, this is not.

• 3:22David Sims?

  He's got some jeans on. He's got a black shirt that says Las Vegas.

• 3:26Griffin Newman?

  This is not your grandpappy's king.

• 3:27David Sims?

  He's also wearing the, the crown of England's monarch?

• 3:31Griffin Newman?

  And I've heard a rumor he likes some old time rock and roll.

• 3:33David Sims?

  Oh, boy. I also think he has, can I guess, a chicken? No, it's a burger. It's a burger.

• 3:39Griffin Newman?

  All of these questions are gonna be answered. We're gonna watch King Ralph.

• 3:41David Sims?

  What if none of these questions get answered?

• 3:43Griffin Newman?

  We're gonna do a full show reckoning with King Ralph.

• 3:47David Sims?

  With the 1991.

• 3:49Griffin Newman?

  Yes.

• 3:50David Sims?

  Comedy King Ralph, written and directed by David S. Ward, who also made Major League and, you know, Major League Two.

• 3:57Griffin Newman?

  Yeah. So here's what you need to know. Blank Check Live Tackles King Ralph, bends the knee to King Ralph, will be happening Friday, June 6th at 8 p.m.

• 4:08David Sims?

  So anyone out there who may be interested, Public Sale will go live Friday, March 7th at 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Just go to the link in the episode description. And like last year, we will have some VIP tickets available. That will include a pre-show meet and greet, as well as a complimentary poster. Ah, King Ralph.

• 4:36David Sims?

  God save our gracious king, etc.

• 4:40Griffin Newman?

  You've never seen this before, right?

• 4:41David Sims?

  Nope.

• 4:41Griffin Newman?

  Neither have I.

• 4:42David Sims?

  What?

• 4:43Griffin Newman?

  We won't be screening it, so let's just say this is assigned homework. Everyone needs to watch King Ralph before the show. We will be watching King Ralph before the show. Bits, goofs, laughs.

• 4:53David Sims?

  Cool.

• 4:53Griffin Newman?

  Insights.

• 4:54David Sims?

  Hopefully.

• 4:55Griffin Newman?

  Yeah.

• 4:56David Sims?

  You know it's based on a novel?

• 4:57Griffin Newman?

  We're gonna get into it.

• 4:59David Sims?

  See you there.