Bobby Finger

3 sketches, 4 claims, and 8 fun items attributed to them. What was said about them.

Personality, episode by episode

Showing 1–3 of 3 sketches.

Blank Check with Griffin & David: Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (guest)

Co-host of Who? Weekly; loves Diablo Cody and campaigned for the Ricki pick, but admits the film fell short. Likes the Audra McDonald scene and the conservatism angle, dislikes Mamie Gummer's wig and the cover-band conceit. Adores Meryl Streep and Hollywood gossip.

Stances

  • Ricki fails to deliver on a great concept
  • Streep's presence is distracting
  • Wild Rose is the better version

Humor: Warm, observational and gossipy with a deadpan streak.

In their words

  • “I will never top the moment when I complimented Florence Foster Jenkins too, Meryl Streep in an elevator and she said, sometimes you need little tonic.” (0:22:09)
  • “Ricky and the Flash, Lindsay and I used to go to this dive bar.” (0:23:04)

Blank Check — Patreon: You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) (guest)

Calls You've Got Mail his favorite movie and watches it a few times a year. Loves the elevator scene and the hospitality and New Yorkiness of Ephron's writing. Misses Ephron-style rom-coms, not rom-coms in general; Enough Said is his favorite since.

Stances

  • You've Got Mail is his favorite movie
  • He misses Nora Ephron rom-coms specifically
  • New York specificity is what makes the film work

Humor: Warm and sincere, with sly asides about his own life.

In their words

  • “I miss Nora Efron rom-coms.” (1:34:01)
  • “Because it's the day I met my husband?” (0:07:57)
  • “Um, I just love the elevator scene.” (1:08:55)

Blank Check — Patreon: Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) (guest)

Self-described huge Nancy Meyers fan whose taste was shaped by cable reruns: Baby Boom, Parent Trap, Father of the Bride Part 2, Jumping Jack Flash. Prefers the Parent Trap in his heart and Something's Gotta Give as her best. Defends guilty pleasures.

Stances

  • Something's Gotta Give is Meyers's best movie
  • Nancy Meyers is a good filmmaker, not a guilty pleasure
  • The Intern's press framing let people revisit her work

Humor: Warm self-deprecation about his own enthusiasm and auditions, as in worrying he was not funny.

In their words

  • “I wouldn't call myself like a fanatic, but I am a huge fan of Nancy Myers.” (0:26:09)
  • “I auditioned for the intern like 17 times.” (0:09:52)
  • “I just love this movie so much that I feel like maybe I wasn't, I feel like I wasn't funny.” (2:03:08)

Their shows' recurring bits

Running bits, not opinions; a critic read aloud is cited, not present.

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Their claims

Showing 1–4 of 4 claims.

  1. unmapped (same ideas): Ricki and the Flash → Wild Rose. Wild Rose tackles a woman abandoning family for a music career and does it better, with a lead who is both charismatic and annoying.
    “And is not the exact same movie, but is exploring a lot of the same ideas.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:45:44 · Bobby Finger (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Enough Said → You've Got Mail. Enough Said is Bobby's favorite rom-com since You've Got Mail, with the same messy, deceitful lovers.
    “the brom-com that I think is my favorite, since you've got mail, is probably enough said, which I think captures this dynamic pretty closely”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:34:19 · Bobby Finger (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Something's Gotta Give → The Intern. Saying it is Meyers's best movie.
    “it's her best movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:09:48 · Bobby Finger (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): The Intern → Something's Gotta Give. The Intern's press story gave people permission to revisit all of Meyers's movies.
    “it gave them permission to revisit all of her movies with that eye”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:40:48 · Bobby Finger (0.55 sure it was them)

Their fun items

Showing 1–8 of 8 fun items.

  1. fun, about Meryl Streep: Bobby complimented Florence Foster Jenkins to Streep in an elevator and she replied 'sometimes you need little tonic', raising his opinion of the film from C-plus to A-minus.
    “I will never top the moment when I complimented Florence Foster Jenkins too, Meryl Streep in an elevator and she said, sometimes you need little tonic.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:22:09 · Bobby Finger (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Ricki and the Flash: The bar-band casting problem: Bobby and Lindsey's old dive-bar KJ felt like a real regular; Streep as a bar-band singer never reads as a plausible mediocre singer.
    “And I couldn't tell if I was supposed to think Ricky was a good singer, a so-so singer, a great singer.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:23:29 · Bobby Finger (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about You've Got Mail: Lindsey and Bobby ran an annotated, pop-up-video style screening at Housing Works with a raffle of items Ephron donated; Bobby met his husband there.
    “Because it's the day I met my husband?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:07:57 · Bobby Finger (0.85 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Nora Ephron: Ephron's assistant left the donated items with the doorman, in an orthopedic shoe store bag, before anyone knew she was sick.
    “bag that the that the assistant gave it to me in was for was from an orthopedic shoe store.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:10:52 · Bobby Finger (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about The Intern: Bobby auditioned for The Intern about 17 times and emailed the script to Griffin.
    “I intern I auditioned for the intern like 17 times.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:09:52 · Bobby Finger (0.90 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Jumping Jack Flash: Bobby watched it because the paper gave it one star; he ended up liking it.
    “I was like, I got to watch this bad movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:29:55 · Bobby Finger (0.75 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Nancy Meyers: In a press cycle she was annoyed by questions about her houses and said she keeps a Pinterest board.
    “I keep a Pinterest board.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 1:44:39 · Bobby Finger (0.55 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Nancy Meyers: Meyers on why she cares about costume details.
    “which sweater a character wears can say as much if you choose it correctly as any other element of a film?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 1:45:12 · Bobby Finger (0.55 sure it was them)