Walken 101

Kenny and Brandon discuss Christopher Walken's over-the-top performance as a cigar-smoking 1940s-esque homicide detective in the 1996 point-and-click puzzle game "Ripper" for the PC.

Brandon and Kenny attempt to recover from a throughly depressing morning of watching the Yojimbo remake "Last Man Standing" starring Bruce Willis's face, as well as an underutilized Christopher Walken as a villain.

In their first podcast recorded from opposite sides of the country, Kenny starts the podcast by recounting an experience earlier in the morning when he found an injured crow on the side of the road and took it to an animal sancutary. Brandon and Kenny then discuss Christopher Walken's performance as a conflicted gangster in the thought-provoking, yet ultimately depressing Abel Ferarra drama "The Funeral."

Brandon and Kenny discuss Christopher Walken's short but memorable performance as a exploitative journalist in the enjoyable biopic "Basquiat." They then discuss future episodes including the obscure, point-and-click video game "Ripper."

(note: Brandon left for Los Angeles for roughly three-and-a-half months after this recording. With Brandon in Los Angeles and Kenny in Baltimore, the next 12-16 episodes will be recorded over Skype).

Kenny and Brandon catch up after the holidays and discuss Christopher Walken's performance as the main villain in the Johnny Depp thriller "Nick of Time." As they close the show, they discuss their plans to take a road trip to Yale to watch the super-rare short film "The Boy Who Saw Through," starring Christopher Walken as a child.

(note: unfortunately, we later found out that the film study center at Yale is closed when we wanted to go, so it will have to wait)

Brandon and Kenny catch up after a week off discussing egg nog and Spider-Man/Elsa videos. They then discuss Walken's performance as yet another eccentric bad guy in the crime-drama "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead," the only difference being that he's a paraplegic.

Brandon and Kenny endure the quirky indie film "Search and Destroy" in which Walken plays an eccentric, shady businessman who gets involved in financing a film. Brandon was offended by the stereotypical portrayal of a Christopher Walken. Afterwards, Brandon reads a "Second-Hand Walken" story about a journalist who was brushed off by Walken at an event during the promotion of "Search and Destroy" in 1995, and Kenny reads user-submitted IMDb reviews of the film.

Brandon and Kenny discuss Walken in possibly the most unhinged, ridiculous performance of his career: an eccentric money launderer in the 1995 indie drama "Wild Side." Later, they listen to an interview with him in which he talks about how he really just wants to play normal people.

Brandon and Kenny discuss Christopher Walken's shining performance as Gabriel, the Angel of Death, in the 1995 fantasy-drama "The Prophecy." They both agree that Walken was the best part of the movie. Afterwards, Brandon reads from an interview with "Prophecy" co-star Virginia Madsen in which she shares anecdotes about working with Walken on the film. She goes to great length to talk about how amazing he is, almost to the point of infatuation.

Kenny and Brandon discuss Christopher Walken's incredibly fun and entertaining performance as a ruthless, eccentric book publisher in the 1994 romantic comedy (and lost gem) "A Business Affair."