Chris Gethard
Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.
Wikidata Q5106645: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.
Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Iron Man 3 (2013); Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 (2017).
Draws on
What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
Iron Man (2008): 2 lines
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lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in:
Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read).
The Iron Man trilogy is closed into a circle by the flashback to the party and Becca Hall and Pierce.
“as individualistic as this movie is, it actually like... It's bringing the 1st 2 complete.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:18:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
theme (theme) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in:
Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read).
Iron Man 3 later parodies the Osama-type Mandarin expectation that Iron Man originally planned (Ten Rings leader, no magic).
“And then Iron Man 3 wisely parodies that expectation.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:25:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
The Avengers (2012): 2 lines
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theme (theme) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in:
The Avengers ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read).
Stark's arc across three Iron Man films peaks in Iron Man 3, and Avengers lays the track for its PTSD.
“Iron Man 3 is all him being unable to cope with the psychological like trauma of this.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 2:07:49 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in:
The Avengers ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read).
Iron Man 3 works as a quasi-sequel to The Avengers because it deals with Tony's trauma of the portal and aliens.
“Except it's it is a sort of quasi sequel to the Avengers in that it's dealing with the fact that he got sucked into a portal into space for a 2nd there.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:15:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Fu Manchu (character): 1 line
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theme (theme) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in:
Fu Manchu (character) ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read).
The Mandarin is a Fu Manchu stereotype that Marvel could not play straight, so Kingsley's false-flag twist threads the needle.
“Because the Mandarin is Fu Manchu.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:06:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Iron Man 2 (2010): 1 line
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lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in:
Iron Man 2 ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read).
Iron Man 2's failure forced something new, giving Shane Black room to make a better third film.
“But also, that is why the 3rd one is good because the 2nd one was such a mistake that they were like, we don't know.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:20:47 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)
Twin Peaks (1990): 1 line
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theme (plot payoff) · through Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 (2017), which they acted in:
Twin Peaks ⇒ Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 (the host's read).
Part 8 finally ties up Jean Renault's season 2 claim that Cooper's arrival ruined Twin Peaks by showing the evil predates him.
“So like episode eight, finally, it's like we've tied up the genre now plotline from season two.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) with Connor Ratliff · 1:34:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Twin Peaks season 2 finale: 1 line
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unmapped (weirdest-ever) · through Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 (2017), which they acted in:
Twin Peaks season 2 finale ⇒ Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 (the host's read).
Part 8 is Lynch topping his own season 2 finale as the weirdest thing ever on prime time, building something weird in relation to the template of weirdness he already set.
“he's like, no, I need to make the thing that is weird and relation to the template of weirdness I have already set, much like the season 2 finale”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) with Connor Ratliff · 0:07:53 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992): 1 line
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lineage (location callback) · through Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 (2017), which they acted in:
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me ⇒ Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 (the host's read).
The convenience store was only seen inside, upstairs, in Fire Walk with Me; Part 8 shows its exterior and it is where nasty business happens.
“Wait, so we've been to the convenience store and in the past?”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) with Connor Ratliff · 1:21:40 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
Drawn on by
What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.
On the Air (1992): 1 line
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lineage (callback) · through Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 (2017), which they acted in:
Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 ⇒ On the Air (the host's read).
The woodsman wanting to be on the radio and finding the people find him boring is read as a callback to the Lynch-Frost sitcom On the Air.
“I'm like, oh, this is a callback to on the air, the Lynch Frost sitcom.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) with Connor Ratliff · 1:50:51 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
What the speakers said they did
Acting (2) everyone in acting
- actor (holding the shovel; joked as alt-take cut), Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) with Connor Ratliff)
- actor (cut scene), Iron Man 3 (Blank Check — Patreon, Iron Man 3)
What was said about them, by kind
contrast (1)
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contrast (contrast):
Chris Gethard → Shane Gillis.
Recurring joke: Gethard doesn't like Shane Gillis; the original Blankies host plan fell through when Gillis got in trouble.
“Chris Catcher does not like Shane Kilson.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:06:31 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
Fun items about them
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fun, about
Chris Gethard:
He still gets residual checks for three movies he was cut out of, including Iron Man 3.
“I get residuals from 3 movies I was cut out of, which is insane.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:16:34 · Chris Gethard (0.80 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Chris Gethard:
See the cut Iron Patriot boardroom pitch scene: Chris Gethard shot it as the slick marketer and was cut.
“I did know that. I shot that scene.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:29:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)