The Fourth Blank Check Mailbag

**The Fourth Blank Check Mailbag** is episode 39 of Blank Check: Special Features and a mailbag episode. Posted December 21, 2019. Released from the paywall on December 21, 2022.

## Summary

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### Milestones and Ephemera

* This episode was recorded the day before release because Geth was not available for the Marvel Performance Review Special due to his role on *Space Force*.
* Live reactions to Tenet, Wonder Woman 1984 and *Top Gun: Maverick* trailers
* Ben pitches sending bits to the stable, which is somewhere less than full retirement
* Griffin was invited to a party with Chris Pine but didn't go due to a panic attack
* Ben's rezzies (New Year's resolutions):
	+ gonna get a GuggFell grant
	+ get a custom neon Congratulations sign
	+ trick a business into allowing him to paint a mural
	+ learn transcendental meditation
	+ get into sumo wrestling
	+ ride a dang horse
	+ (maybe) go to space

## Questions

### Physical Mail

In the last episode with JD the friends gave out a mailing address and Blankies have been sending things. While David and Ben hate having things, Griffin will take any bullshit movie promotional item he can get.

* Jake - sent a grab bag of bullshit: Buzz Cola cans from the Simpsons Movie, a miniposter for Miami Vice, an Incredible Hulk promo hat, a 35mm trailer for Elizabethtown, a can of Vapoorize from *Envy*, and handmade magnets of Griffin and David
* Caleb - chance cubes from Star Wars Galaxy's Edge which prompts a promise from Griffin to visit Galaxy's Edge in 2020 (uhhhh....)
* Nick and Allen - Brokeback Mountain postcard

### Digital Mail

* Will we get another Ben's choice episode?
* What is Ben's favorite of all his nicknames?
* Has Ben seen *Uncut Gems* yet?
* Who would you get to write and direct a film centered around the Bambino?
* Griffin's take on *The Playmobil Movie*
* What is your favorite comedy sketch of the decade?
* Any thoughts on Sandler's shameless attempt to steal the title of close, personal friend of Dan Lewis?
* Is Doug Liman underrated?
* Favorite Hitchcock?
* Top 5 theme park rides?
* What are the chances we get a video game podcast from the Dawg in 2020?
* How would either of you rank the Pixar directors?
* Why is David watching lots of James Bond movies?
* Talk about Denis Villeneuve.
* What directors could have cashed a blank check but didn't? JJ
* Which is weirder: BJ Novak being in *The Office* credits the whole time or *House, MD* not including the new team?
* Who is dumb and who is dumber in *Dumb & Dumber*?
* What do you think of calling Mark Ruffalo fans Ruffriders?
* If 10 movies could be nominated in 2008 for Best Picture what would they be?
* Can you please reveal more about your Spreadsheet?
* When you talk about action scenes in movies being flat what do you mean and what's the opposite?
* David: why did you dislike one of the best movies of the year, *Motherless Brooklyn*?
* F/M/K: Jar Jar, Jabba, Snoke.
* These days do you try to get a guest for every episode?
* Is there a film or director that best represents the 2010s as a decade?
* How do you feel about the streaming future, should releases be simultaneous?
* What are your favorite movies where the female and male leads are just friends?

## References

1. ↑ Blank Check Podcast. The Fourth Blank Check Mailbag. Patreon. Retrieved on April 17, 2022.