Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2025

⏱️ 216 minutes

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Summary

You’re a young movie fan. It’s 1981. STEVEN SPIELBERG is teaming up with FREAKING GEORGE LUCAS (!?!?!) to make a movie with HAN SOLO…can you imagine how hyped you’d be?? Marvel Comics legend Brian Michael Bendis joins us to recount the colossal impact of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK in this rollicking adventure of an episode. Jewish mysticism and weird Nazi stuff! Alfred Molina getting covered with a bunch of live spiders! Karen Allen coming up with an incredibly detailed backstory for Marion and Spielberg being like, “sure, whatever”! Danny DeVito almost being cast as Saleh?!?! You bet we’re getting into it, snakes and all. Check out JinxWorld Check out Brian’s Comics Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won’t want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook! Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Plank Jack with Griffin and David
0:04.7	Black Jack with Griffin and David
0:08.7	Don't know what to say or to expect
0:11.7	All you need to know is that the name of the show is Black Check
0:17.7	Podcasts.
0:25.1	Why did it have to be podcasts?
0:25.6	Great.
0:26.8	I don't think I nailed it.
0:31.4	Sometimes I'm able to pull a surprising Harrison out of my pocket.
0:34.1	Needs to be growlier, even at that age.
0:34.5	Snakes.
0:35.1	Snakes.
0:36.1	Podcast.
0:37.2	Fuck. It is tough now. I think I'm better at doing older. Snakes. Snakes. Podcast. Fuck.
0:38.9	It is tough now.
0:41.4	I think I'm better at doing older Harrison.
0:41.9	Yeah.
0:42.4	Go ahead.
0:43.8	It's tough when he's young. Do Thunderbolt Ross seeing a snake.
0:46.7	Snakes.
0:47.4	Why did it have to be snakes?
0:49.9	You know, my joke is that he's going to turn into Red Hulk when they're like, we have to
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