The Straight Story with Dana Stevens

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

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

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2024

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

Walt Disney Pictures Presents A Film By David Lynch. And what a beautiful, expectation-defying, G-rated, cold-glass-of-beer film it is. Dana Stevens joins us to talk about 1999’s The Straight Story, a film that showcases Lynch’s fascination with Americana and his deep empathy for characters on the margins. Join us on a journey through the Midwest (Griffin can’t drive, but he’s a great passenger), where we talk about braunschweiger, cheese castles, bundles of sticks, Chicago theater actors without photos on their IMDB pages, and the fascinating career of actor Richard Farnsworth. Dude was in Gone With the Wind! Read Dana’s writing at Slate Listen to the Slate Culture Gabfest Go back and listen Flashback 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	I'd like to know what brimpsych with griffin and david blackjack with griffin and david don't know what to say you're to expect
0:12.3	all you need to know is that the name of the shot with black check I'd give each one of them a tangent.
0:24.4	And for each one of them, I'd say, now, now you try to listen to that.
0:28.4	And, of course, they'd get real annoyed.
0:31.9	And then I'd say, tie them tangents in a bundle and try to listen to that.
0:36.2	And of course, they loved it.
0:38.9	And then I'd say that bundle, that's a podcast.
0:44.3	The only other, that's great, great job.
0:46.5	The only other thing, my favorite line in the movie,
0:49.1	I guess it would be like,
0:51.3	what do you need that microphone for?
0:54.8	God Gaston. Yeah. Grab or grabbing. It's hard to, like, what do you need that microphone for? Godgastin?
0:55.7	Yeah.
0:56.9	Grabber grabbing.
0:59.5	It's hard to, like, what do you have a podcast for, podcasting?
1:01.4	Wasn't that your entire letterbox a lot?
1:01.6	Yeah.
1:02.8	What's that grabber for?
1:03.0	Yeah. Grabbing.
1:03.6	Yeah.
1:04.3	It's what he needs the grabber for.
1:05.2	Yeah. my Farns Earth wasn't quite there, but also it feels foolhardy
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