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This page covers all episodes that do not fall into the typical Blank Check miniseries, which cover individual directors and/or movie franchises. These episodes are non-sequentially sprinkled throughout the show, often in between miniseries, and are arranged into thematic groupings established by the hosts.

Ben's Choice[]

Ben's Choice, also known as Family's Choice and Guest's Choice, originated as a way to break up the miniseries, acting as a "palate cleanser." Co-hosts Griffin and David will hand over the keys to Producer Ben or another guest for an episode in between the director-centric miniseries. In these episodes, he nominally assumes the role of host and features Griffin and David as his guests.

Ben also selects the movie to review and discuss, often picking a movie he saw a great many times on VHS while growing up. These movies typically differ greatly in tone, style, and ambition from the titles that tend to be covered in most of the regular Blank Check miniseries'.

The show has also brought on the hosts' family members and other distinguished persons to be guests for an episode, where they get to select a movie which they feel a burning desire to discuss on the show. These episodes have served the same function in the show's episode lineup as Ben's Choice—usually appearing in between miniseries to serve as a change of pace—and therefore all may be considered part of the "Ben's Choice" branding.

Ben's Choice episodes[]

# Title Audio Guest(s) Length Date
062 Fletch 🔊 Ben Hosley 1:41 6/17/2016
074 Under Siege 2: Dark Territory 🔊 Ben Hosley 1:51 9/7/2016
087 The Man Who Knew Too Little 🔊 Ben Hosley 1:34 12/9/2016
110 Clifford 🔊 Ben Hosley 1:22 5/28/2017
194 Ralph Breaks the Internet 🔊 Ben Hosley 2:26 12/2/2018
215 Assassin's Creed 🔊 Ben Hosley 2:00 5/5/2019
274 Stargate 🔊 Ben Hosley 2:06 5/31/2020
332 Joe Dirt 🔊 Ben Hosley 2:20 7/11/2021
454 I Love You to Death 🔊 Ben Hosley 2:11 12/3/2023
Special Features
SF149 Confess, Fletch 🔊 1:20 9/21/2022
SF163 Street Fighter 🔊 1:57 2/11/2023

Family's Choice episodes[]

# Title Audio Guest(s) Length Date
126 The Devil Wears Prada 🔊 Romilly Newman 2:14 9/10/2017
138 Lost in Space 🔊 Joey Sims 1:57 12/3/2017
185 Space Jam 🔊 James Newman 2:14 9/30/2018
334 Space Jam: A New Legacy 🔊 James Newman 2:50 7/25/2021
??? ??? Ben's Dad someday, we hope

Guest's Choice episodes[]

# Title Audio Guest(s) Length Date
151 Running Scared 🔊 Paul Scheer 1:39 3/11/2018
162 Josie and the Pussycats 🔊 Angela Ferraguto 2:21 5/6/2018
333 Clifford 2: Hyper-Clifford 🔊 Tom Scharpling 1:49 7/18/2021

Choice Episode Art[]

The Annual Blank Check Awards[]

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Main article: The Blankies

Griffin and David have an annual show with guest Joe Reid, film critic and fellow awards enthusiast, where they each announce and discuss their nominees and winners for several film categories in the past year. This yearly episode is usually posted in February or March shortly before the Academy Awards are given.

Blank Check Mailbag[]

Once in a while, #TheTwoFriends gather up questions from Blankies, mostly via email and Twitter, to answer within an episode. Topics range far and wide. Typically David and Griffin will announce when a mailbag episode is coming up, and invite you to tweet or email them at that time with any questions you might have about the hosts or the production or the show in general.

Listeners can tweet them via @blankcheckpod, or email via blankcheckpodcast AT gmail DOT com.

Mailbag episodes[]

Episodes with a check mark (✔️) have been released from behind the paywall.

# Title Audio Guest(s) Length Date
112 The First Blank Check Mailbag 🔊 2:01 6/11/2017
139 Avatarland/The Second Blank Check Mailbag 🔊 1:59 12/10/2017
Special Features
SF002 The Third Blank Check Mailbag/Hulk Live @ Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn 🔊✔️ James Schamus 1:32 1/11/2019
SF020 The Jericho Mailbag 🔊✔️ 2:05 6/11/2019
SF039 The Fourth Blank Check Mailbag 🔊✔️ 1:50 12/21/2019
SF082 The Fifth Blank Check Mailbag 🔊✔️ 2:02 1/11/2021
SF121 The Sixth Blank Check Mailbag 🔊 2:03 1/11/2022
SF160 The Seventh Blank Check Mailbag 🔊 1:48 1/11/2023
SF200 The Eighth Blank Check Mailbag 🔊 2:11 1/11/2024

Mailbag Episode Art[]

March Madness[]

Main article: March Madness

Since 2018 the Two Friends have hosted a March Madness tournament for Blankies to select a director to cover on the podcast. The tournament is posted daily on the podcast's twitter. In 2018 Blankies voted for Nancy Meyers resulting in the Something's Podda Cast miniseries. In 2019 Blankies voted for Jonathan Demme resulting in the Stop Making Podcasts miniseries. In 2020 the theme was Oscars vs. Razzies and Blankies voted for Robert Zemeckis, resulting in Podcast Away.

Other Standalones[]

There are a few other standalone episodes that fit into no particular category. This grab bag of titles of course kinda runs the gamut.

Whether it's a newly released movie they wanted to cover because of a cultural emergency, or something to celebrate a milestone or event in the show, or if #TheTwoFriends just had something to cover after someone throws a 'tanty,' these are standalone episodes of the show.

When the rules get bent, sometimes things get crazy at the edges... I mean, check the sponsors during March Madness, or the Judging The Judge theme song. There are some all-timer moments in these outliers.

Standalone Episodes[]

# Title Audio Guest(s) Length Date
012 Judging The Judge 🔊 1:27 6/8/2015
023 The Podtastic Two
(The Fantastic Four)
🔊 1:20 9/14/2015
080 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 🔊 1:32 10/23/2016
100 Blank Check 🔊 1:35 3/17/2017
113 The Book of Henry 🔊 1:32 6/18/2017
174 Hotel Transylvania Trilogy 🔊 2:11 7/22/2018
186 A Star Is Born 🔊 2:16 10/7/2018
216 Pokémon Detective Pikachu 🔊 Benji Samit
Dan Hernandez
2:14 5/12/2019
226 The Lion King 🔊 2:05 7/21/2019
263 5th Anniversary Special 🔊 2:27 3/22/2020
322 Don Jon 🔊 Hayes Davenport
Sean Clements
1:55 5/2/2021

Standalone Episode Art[]

Patreon Standalones[]

In addition to episodes that correspond to existing miniseries, the Blank Check: Special Features Patreon has focused on different franchises. Even so there are episodes that exist outside those series.

Patreon Standalone Episodes[]

Episodes with a check mark (✔️) have been released from behind the paywall.

# Title Audio Guest(s) Length Date
--- Kiss from a Rose 🔊 Emily Yoshida 0:05 1/27/2019
--- Serenity (2019) A Summary 📺 0:02 3/7/2019
--- The U.K. Bit 🔊 Michael Cerveris 0:02 3/24/2019
--- Assassin's Creed Outtakes 🔊 0:05 5/5/2019
SF017 Live at the Barclays Center 🔊✔️ 1:59 5/11/2019
SF026 Blank Check: Great Adventure 🔊✔️ 1:18 8/11/2019
SF029 BC takes AC 🔊✔️ 1:44 9/10/2019
SF035 Walking The Talk 2019: A Funeral For Frames 🔊✔️ J.D. Amato 2:05 11/11/2019
SF043 F9 Trailer - An Emergency Minisode 🔊 Joe Reid 0:07 1/31/2020
SF049 THX 1138/American Graffiti 🔊✔️ 1:32 3/11/2020
SF055 Trolls: The Experience 🔊✔️ Richard Lawson 1:48 4/11/2020
SF070 The Way of the Gun 🔊✔️ 1:42 9/11/2020
SF073 Talking Fanfare 🔊✔️ 2:00 10/11/2020
SF079 Drive-In Special 🔊✔️ 1:33 12/11/2020
SF085 Fanfare: The Return 🔊✔️ 1:59 2/11/2021
SF097 Oops! All Box Office 🔊 2:38 5/11/2021
SF100 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood 🔊 2:01 6/11/2021
SF103 The Host 🔊 1:13 7/11/2021
SF106 F9: Our Return to Theaters 🔊 The Blank Check Family 1:18 8/11/2021
SF118 Talking the Walk 2021: Ranking the Walks 🔊 J.D. Amato 3:01 12/11/2021
SF136 Oops! All Burger Reports 🍔 1:31 5/11/2022
SF139 OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House 🔊 2:00 6/11/2022
SF145 SULLY - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House 🔊 2:00 8/11/2022
SF174 Fanfare 3: LIVE 🔊 1:57 6/11/2023
SF182 Spreadmaster’s Delight (Uncut Version) 🔊 1:41 7/11/2023
SF182.5 Spreadmaster’s Delight (Bite Free Version) 🔊 1:27
SF198 Talking the Walk 2023: Pitching the Walk 🔊 J.D. Amato 1:42 12/21/2023

Announcements[]

Periodically, on both the main feed and Blank Check: Special Features, #TheTwoFriends release announcements about upcoming miniseries, live shows, or other events. The audio usually gets deleted, but sometimes they do weird bits during them and they still existed at some point so they get documented.

Announcement Standalone Episodes[]

# Title Audio Guest(s) Length Date
-- SPECIAL BLANK CHECK MARCH MADNESS ANNOUNCEMENT! 🔇 0:03 2/26/2022
-- Live Show at The Bell House on May 12th! 🔇 0:01 4/7/2022
-- Blank Check on Broadway 🔊 0:02 1/25/2024
Special Features
-- Welcome to Blank Check: Special Features! 🔊 0:01 12/18/2018
-- 🚨Special Announcement🚨 🔇 0:03 4/6/2022
-- ⚠️Another Special Announcement⚠️ 🔇 0:01 4/13/2022
-- Blank Check presents...Congratulations 🔊 0:01 8/5/2023
-- 🚨Special Announcement🚨: Broadway Edition🎭 🔊 0:01 1/23/2024
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