Blank Check with Griffin & David - Blank Check LIVE! at Town Hall (2025)

Episode Date: March 7, 2025

👑👑 A LIVE SHOW OF MAJESTIC PROPORTIONS 👑👑 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David yes, we're excited to announce a live show what? Blank check live a New York City live show. It's not even kind of thing. I approve of yeah, well Everyone's laughing folks. We got him truth in comedy. We pushed him to accept one more live show 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 our busiest I'm very annoying to do a live show on top of it. Yeah, also last year We said decided to do a live show with like 15 bits. It was very complicated. Yeah, what was that? It was it was an excellent night of entertainment

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. It was a funny bit. Look, this is the big point. Yes. This summer. For our 10th year. We are returning to town hall.

That's right, on Broadway or near it. New York's historic town hall. Yes. And we are doing a show that is 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. Right, we keep being like, well maybe it goes there. Oh, and I thought of something else. Maybe it goes there, huh. It's just, you really have to roll out the red carpet for a guy like this.

Because he's royalty. He's royalty. You know what I mean? Folks, we're doing it. We're talking King Ralph. Ben! Hell yeah! Listen.

Finally, my boy! I just have one thing to say. A great tragedy has befallen the royal family, leaving only one heir to the throne. King Ralph. That's the tagline to King Ralph. Aren't there three taglines? The second tagline is a comedy of majestic proportions.

I'm laughing. And of course, we cannot forget that the poster promises you both John Goodman and Peter O'Toole above the title. And of course, that Mr. Ralph, he's got some sneaks on, some white high tops. Look, this is not. He's got some jeans on. He's got some sneaks on some white high tops. Look, this is not some jeans on he's got a black shirt that says Las Vegas This is not your grandpappy's King

He's also wearing the crown of England's monarch and I've heard a rumor he likes some old time rock and roll Oh boy. I also think he has Gonna guess a chicken. So no, it's a burger. It's a burger. It's a question. They're gonna be answered We're gonna watch King Ralph. What if none of these questions get answered? We're going to do a full show reckoning with King Ralph. With the 1991 comedy King Ralph

written and directed by David S. Ward who also made Major League and you know, Major League 2. 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. 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. King Ralph. God save a gracious King, et cetera. You've never seen this before, right? No. Neither have I. Now we won't be screening it, so let's just say this is a signed homework. Everyone needs to watch King Ralph before the show. We will be watching King Ralph before the show.

Bits, goofs, laughs. Cool. Insights? Hopefully. Yeah. Do you know it's based on a novel? We're gonna get into it. See you there.