2023 March Madness Preview

**2023 MARCH MADNESS PREVIEW** is episode 165 of Blank Check: Special Features and a preview of the upcoming March Madness 2023 tournament. Posted February 28, 2023.

## Summary

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> Join us and the newly-instated president of FIFA Chip Smith as we preview this year’s MARCH MADNESS Tournament!
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> Who will be this year’s Kubrick? How would we handle some of the longer filmographies? Are we finally pronouncing “Baz” correctly? All your burning questions answered - plus some special sound effects.
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### Milestones and Ephemera

* Ben's going by 'The Commish' for this year's March Madness, Marie is using 'Zebra Stripes' for her role as tournament referee.
* Ben's miniseries nicknames will be updated - stay tuned!
* New Chip lore:
	+ He is the new president of FIFA.
	+ He is currently in Doha, Qatar celebrating a successful, controversy-free World Cup. He *didn't* help Messi win. \*Wink\*
	+ He's the Smith of Smith Construction, currently drilling a hole to hell outside the BC offices.
	+ *Not* the principal financier of The Whale. That's a different Chip Smith.
	+ Trying to trade the 20th Century to Elon for Twitter.
	+ Designed the game Cyberpunk 2077.
	+ You know ChatGPT? That's all him.
* They adjust their entire schedule based on who wins MM.
* Ben wants a flame-thrower to deal with the construction outside their offices.
* Timothy Simons is the voice of Drew Pickles?! Whoa!
* **Main Feed Match-Ups!**
	+ People have been wanting them to do LOTR for years. Jackson has some wild swings! The Hobbit movies could bring some early podcast energy. Jackson is truly inevitable.
	+ Marie and David are both jazzed about a director Park series.
	+ Small Axe would each be their own episode. His new movie would tie in!
	+ Leone: lots of dang horses
	+ GDT is also inevitable, and there's a little behind-the-paywall tidbit about David's dinner with him!
	+ LvT: fun, but also would give them aneurisms.
	+ Lean is a juggernaut, but can be beat Yang??
	+ David wants Yang to win maybe?
	+ Fav Baz films: David - Romeo + Juliet, Marie - Moulin Rouge.
	+ Griffin's Col. Tom Parker voice sounds... familiar?
	+ Martel rules, so does Wong! Martel was prez of the Venice joker that gave the Golden Lion to Richard T.
	+ Truffaut got thrown out a window last year by Melvin Van Peebles, but he still has a lot of goodies.
	+ Chow is cool!!! Makes live action cartoons that would be a dope miniseries.
	+ #LangGang here's your shot! But David's rooting for Ramsay.
	+ Milos gets such a bad shake given that he has two best pictures! Cone on y'all.
	+ Ben's looking forward to drinking up some sloppy Cronenberg goo. Cronenberg's a fleshy freak! They would combine some of the early movies.
	+ Verhoeven v. Denis -- a 🍆 heavy match-up.
	+ Varda - They'd cover all of the fiction films, and figure out how to cover the docs.
* **Patreon Match-Ups**
	+ Truly a speed round.
	+ The Ring would include *all* the Ring films.
	+ JELLY!! Analyze This/That and Mickey Blue Eyes.
	+ If you don't vote for Jelly trilogy, David will beat you up!
	+ If you don't vote for Arthur, picture Ben's fist.

## Predictions

 LvT gets body slammed into the next dimension by Kon
 Baz goes far!
 Wong Kar Wai wins

## References

1. ↑ Blank Check Podcast. 2023 MARCH MADNESS PREVIEW. Patreon. Retrieved on February 28, 2023.