Walken 101

First, Brandon and Kenny have a discussion about shortening the "Walken in Our Shoes" segment of the show in future episodes, agreeing that most of the time, their lives are uneventful and sad. Then, after introducing a new segment, "The Walkening," in which they talk about any life events they've had in recent days that involve Christopher Walken, Brandon and Kenny discuss the 1992 comedy "Mistress," which, at around 65 seconds, holds the record for Walken's shortest on-screen appearance in any project. Despite a severe lack of Walken, they enjoyed the film.

Kenny and Brandon watch and discuss Christopher Walken's performance as a homicide detective in the delightfully bad crime thriller "All-American Murder," a film that Walken admits that he's never seen. Afterwards, Brandon thanks a couple of patrons for sending in some DVD copies of obscure Walken films, and also mentions a couple older projects he found: the 1966 play "Barefoot in Athens" and the Xbox video game "True Crime: Streets of LA."

After Kenny talks about one of his biggest pet peeves and Brandon describes a recent idea he had for a YouTube video, they both discuss Christopher Walken's performance in the awful, B-action movie "McBain."

Brandon and Kenny double back and watch an earlier work of Walken's that they skipped over: a 1963 episode of the popular crime drama "Naked City," in which Walken, at just twenty years old, guest starred as "Ronnie Walken." They particularly enjoyed this change of pace, and were impressed by Christopher Walken's ability to come off as a normal, functional human being. Afterwards, Brandon and Kenny reminisce about all the projects they've watched thus far, as well as their experiences making the podcast and where they'd like to take it.

After discussing garden snakes, as well as current projects they're working on, Kenny and Brandon discuss Christopher Walken's understated, non-Walkeny performance in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie "Sarah, Plain and Tall." Brandon enjoyed most of it, while Kenny was bored out of his mind, calling it the "Hallmarkiest Hallmark movie that ever Hallmarked." They also debunk a claim made by Walken in an interview that the film was watched by 80 million people when it premiered it 1991.

Kenny and Brandon hop back on the depression express as they discuss Christopher Walken's uncomfortable performance in the depressing "The Comfort of Strangers," which can best be described as a serious, creepy version of Walken's popular SNL sketch "The Continental." Brandon then reads from three separate interviews in which Walken describes how much he did not enjoy playing this particular character.

After a brief discussion about Amazon Dash buttons and Kenny hanging out with fellow YouTuber Adam the Woo, Kenny and Brandon talk about Christopher Walken's subtle, yet complex performance as a crime boss in the well-made drama "King of New York."

After discussing a text that Brandon felt awkward about, Kenny and Brandon catch up and discuss Christopher Walken's fun first Saturday Live Appearance. Besides his opening song-and-dance monologue, his sketches included: a "Calvin Klein" parody game show, Christopher's first "The Continental" sketch, a women's talk show, a James Bond parody, and a sketch in which Walken is hired by a rich mogul to break up with his girlfriend. In between talking about the sketches, Brandon reads from various interviews in which Walken expresses both excitement for performing on SNL, and weariness with his "wacky" image that the appearances have since earned him. Brandon also finds an interview in which Walken confirms that he ignores punctuation in his scripts, and also, apparently, does not read other characters' dialogue so that his reactions seem genuine in scenes.

Kenny and Brandon start the show discussing Kenny's old public access show, the differences between American and British comedy, and then swap stories about participating in criminal activity. They then discuss Christopher Walken's bizarre, exploratory performance in the horribly-made but infinitely entertaining science-fiction film "Communion," based on the "non-fiction" bestselling novel by Whitley Streiber. Kenny declares it as one of the worst movies he's ever seen. Near the end of the episode, Brandon reads from a 1989 interview with Walken in which the author explores his strangeness.

Kenny and Brandon catch up after another week off. Brandon talks about getting a phone call from character actor James Hong, who expressed interest in participating in a documentary that Brandon and Kenny would help produce. Kenny goes on a rant about reserved seating in movie theaters. They then discuss Christopher Walken's wholly entertaining performance as a flamboyant, sleazy boxing promoter in the 1988 drama "Homeboy," written by and starring Mickey Rourke as a down-and-out boxer.