Fanfare 3: LIVE
Added 2023-06-11 04:01:00 +0000 UTC🎵 Let’s all go to the…. Brooklyn Opera House 🎵 for Blank Check Live! Recorded on Thursday March 23, 2023 to mark the 8th Anniversary of Blank Check; Griffin, David, Ben and Marie are joined by special guests (J.D. Amato and Fran Hoepfner) and phantoms?!?! (John Hodgman) to share and discuss their favorite movie theater promos and pre-roll.
Reference this companion playlist and listen along.
Let's All go to the Lobby! (8:40)
Our Feature Presentation (9:58)
Following Film is RESTRICTED - Kitty Cats (1970s) (10:47)
This Film Is Restricted Movie Bumper (12:03)
Buttercup Popcorn with special info in the description (1950s) (13:52)
Coca-Cola It's What's Real intermission snipe (1972) (15:21)
Dr. Pepper Swing On Down to The Snack Bar snipe (16:54)
No Masturbating Snipe (20:19)
United Artists Bladerunner (2001 version) (21:34)
Feature Presentation - Cineplex Odeon Theatres (23:11)
John Hodgman (24:16)
General Cinemas Intro - 1970's era (33:07)
Loews Theatres - Sesame Street Muppets Policy Trailer (37:13)
No Talking (2005) Pink Panther (Steve Martin) Cell Phone Trailer (40:30)
UA Richard Lewis and Don Rickles Policy Trailer (1993) (43:36)
AMC Policy Trailer - Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (47:53)
Mr. Bean Cinema Policy Trailer (1997) (50:14)
J.D. Amato (52:24)
Coca-Cola Winners Cup - Refreshing Filmmaker Award - Jeff Yorkes (1998) (57:06)
Coca-Cola "The Library" (1:01:43)
Loews Cineplex Gift Certificates "First Date" (1:09:27)
Angelika Film Center Logo (2000s) (1:12:51)
IFC Theater welcome film by Jeff Scher (1:13:57)
Cinemark Front Row Joe #1 policy trailer (1:15:55)
Cinemark Front Row Joe 20th Anniversary (2004) (1:18:09)
Kerasotes Theatres: ShowPlace ICON Covid-19 re-opening message (1:18:57)
GCC Candy Band 2 - Feature Presentation Snipe (1996) (1:23:11)
Frankie and Frogs - vintage theater policy (1:24:47)
Grand - Policy Trailer (1:26:09)
Japanese Anti Piracy Ad 1 (1:27:42)
ODEON: Fanatical About Film Ident (1997) (1:29:03)
Fran Hoepfner (1:30:25)
Regal Cinemas, Pepsi & Regal Unlimited Feature Presentation (1:32:57)
Every Regal Cinemas Rollercoaster Ever (1993-Present) (1:38:53)
AMC Feature Presentation - There Is A Difference snipe (1990s) (1:43:30)
AMC Theatres Feature Presentation (1996 - 2002) (1:43:51)
AMC Midnight Movie Express (1985) [4K] AKA: Frank's Garage (1:44:28)
Porches World Premier (1:46:48)
Ray Tintori and Jordan Fish (1:51:53)
Porches Again (1:52:30)
Blank Check Pictures Logo History (1:54:43)
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Logos for Blank Check Pictures throughout history designed by: Teddy Blanks of Chips NY
Website: teddyblanks.com / https://chips.nyc
Twitter: @teddyblanks / @chipsny
Music by: Noah Chenfeld
Instagram: @noah_chenfeld
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Produced by AJ McKeon
Special Thanks to Paul Sabourin
Comments
That dr pepper commercial was so ahead of its time. How cleaver
Storm chaser Jay
2025-02-04 15:02:11 +0000 UTCThe Regal Bumper is better than the AMC Bumper sorry I don't make the rules
Vegan Police
2023-06-20 23:17:49 +0000 UTCI can’t believe they didn’t talk about AMC popcorn guy https://v.redd.it/adivivx0vzx01
chicken of the land
2023-06-19 17:40:08 +0000 UTCI just came to the comments to say that! Which David really should know, as many TIFF venues are Cineplex joints.
Carol
2023-06-19 00:52:14 +0000 UTC*Main feed comment A Blank Check History of Cinema episode would be amazing!!! I could listen to History professors Sims & Newman Talk about history for a few hours easily.
Harrison Stanley
2023-06-18 12:03:55 +0000 UTCI'm a bit ashamed but...Somehow the Europa Cinemas one makes me happy every time! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAvSkJ8u5k4 The banging tune, the looking out for your city's name and feeling excited when it shows up. Any other EuroBlankies feeling this?
Daniel Kilander
2023-06-16 13:45:54 +0000 UTCWas really hoping "Don't be a...sally seatkicker" or "Colonel Kernel" made an appearance, but maybe Talking Fanfare International one day...
Theo Gibb
2023-06-15 19:05:01 +0000 UTCCineplex is alive and well in Canada!
Marty TC (child-sized Cardassian)
2023-06-15 00:07:28 +0000 UTCI was so frustrated while listening that no one recognized Leighton Meester playing the girl in the Loews "First Date" video and then SO happy that Esther represented for Gossip Girl fans!
Caroline O'Shea
2023-06-14 20:21:25 +0000 UTCAs someone who worked at a cinemark for YEARS the Front Row Joe disrespect hurts.
Morgan Linson
2023-06-14 17:04:13 +0000 UTCGreat episode, despite the glaring omission of the Wehrenberg Theater intro. Whispering that word is the surefire way to test if your friend is from either St Louis or Rochester, MN.
Nathan Hall
2023-06-14 15:44:25 +0000 UTCIs it possible that the reason both restricted cards feature cats because Fritz the Cat was the first X Rated Animated feature? Seems like I'm grasping at straws.
Sean C.
2023-06-14 01:17:38 +0000 UTCthe biggest (non-political) bummer of living in Iowa since the pandemic has been the lack of AMCs in the state and therefore my never having seen "heartbreak feels good in a place like this" live
fartinscorcese
2023-06-13 23:00:59 +0000 UTCNow that the London Bit is over, is this a safe place to talk about the inexplicably stilted Johnny Flynn Cineworld Unlimited ad where he looks he's forced to do this ad at gunpoint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fehxnXHi-YM
YiningS
2023-06-13 17:01:29 +0000 UTCThis pod made me go to my building's lobby and buy a coke so mission accomplished?
GrrNoise
2023-06-13 01:08:33 +0000 UTCY’all missed one of the actors from the “first date” ad, the concessions stand guy is Mr. Reese from The Dark Knight. Also that horrible Regal quotes piece was filmed at the theatre up the street from me. It’s surreal every time I watch it in the location it takes place.
Zach
2023-06-12 20:59:00 +0000 UTCWow Arclight erasure (I know they’re New York boys I just worked at the only east coast one and miss it)
Colleen Gaw
2023-06-12 16:27:23 +0000 UTC5 million comedy points for David remembering the exact name and referencing Worker and Parasite.
Michael Kolodziej
2023-06-12 02:49:18 +0000 UTCI was totally unprepared for how emotional the original Regal Cinemas roller coaster sting would make me. After college, living in Atlanta, the Regal Hollywood on the I-85 access road was like a second home and that leader is a sense memory as strong as some from really early childhood... that weird animation is in my bones, down to the specific intense sound of the flashing NO SMOKING sign and the exact millisecond that big kernel goes pop.
Kerry Benton
2023-06-12 02:17:41 +0000 UTCI'm Canadian so I've still never seen it! XD
Marty TC (child-sized Cardassian)
2023-06-11 23:41:39 +0000 UTCmovie starts at......????
Jack o Diamonds
2023-06-11 23:25:55 +0000 UTCI trust everyone saw the secret smuggled into the 1972 logo: the C and P of Check Pictures, the H of the crossed latitude and longitude lines in the globe, and the I afterward. Chip Smith has been manipulating the fates of Hashtag the Two Friends for some time...
Benjamin Russell
2023-06-11 22:25:49 +0000 UTCIt’s in the playlist
AJ McKeon
2023-06-11 21:20:14 +0000 UTCNeed to see the Ben ad
Antho
2023-06-11 20:31:19 +0000 UTCWill there be a video version of this one as well, like Fanfare part 1& 2?
Jaclyn McKewan
2023-06-11 16:36:02 +0000 UTCThere was a minute when I thought this episode would end without featuring the AMC/Nicole Kidman ad and I was gonna riot. I should have never doubted, the payoff was exquisite, even only in audio form.
Chuck Nipper
2023-06-11 11:54:11 +0000 UTCPSA: Two of the clips (Kerasotes covid message and Frankie & the Frogs) are missing from the YT playlist, but links to them are on the episode notes. (They're marked "YouTube for kids" and can't be places on a playlist.)
Mikko Viinikka
2023-06-11 11:12:20 +0000 UTCi'm so excited i can barely fan my fare
Jordan B. Anderson
2023-06-11 09:31:51 +0000 UTCSuch a great show. I'm so glad Ben gave us a better war cry and so interested to see how that translates on the episode. Definitely worth the less than 48 hour trip to New York hahaha
Jordan Gibson
2023-06-11 08:50:09 +0000 UTC
