Walken 101

Kenny and Brandon briefly discuss the action movie "Man on Fire" with Christopher Walken playing a rare "good guy" role as an old friend of Denzel Washington's character who helps him exact revenge on a notorious kidnapping ring. That covers about 20% of the podcast. Kenny and Brandon, again, stress that they feel no desire to hold back on getting off-topic as they discuss a myriad of other issues, including female heroes in Marvel movies, climate change, and Walken's suspected involvement in the Marvel series.

In what was meant to be a quick update on the lack on episodes recently, Brandon and Kenny dive deep and discuss the mountain of work they're tackling with IMDb, Brandon's baby worries, Kenny's FaceApp worries, and Walken's two brothers: Kenneth and Glenn, both who have apparently acted in various projects through the 50s, 60s, and 70s.

NOTE: No shoutouts on this one. This is just meant as an update episode. We'll get you Ronnies next time.

Kenny and Brandon spend a Monday morning watching 55 minutes of cutscenes from the subpar open-world Xbox game "True Crime: Streets of LA", in which Walken plays a cop named George that looks like Dick Cheney. As a result of mental deterioration, they spend 20% of the podcast actually discussing Christopher Walken and the other 80% talking about recycling, aliens, and various other topics. Brandon takes the brunt of embarrassment for this episode as he admits he hasn't "figured out recycling yet", admits for a second time (thanks to a dirty Ronnie) that he used to pee in Gatorade bottles when he drove for Uber, mixes up the names of several dirty Ronnies, and gets Walken's character's name wrong. All in all, a failure of an episode that we hope you enjoy.

Get lost on the road with the ramblings of Brandon and Kenny as they drive from Baltimore to Orlando, Florida with Kenny's friend Erik to interview subjects for a documentary about Disney vloggers. On the way, they take questions from Walken 101 fans about Christopher Walken and about their life in general. Topics include meetups with fans, Walken making chicken, Kenny's Five Tips for Life, appropriate bathroom etiquette on the road, Brandon's "favorite" show "To Catch a Predator", wrestling movies, and what it's like driving a Tesla. They also introduce a new segment "Walken on the News", in which Brandon reads from news articles that pop up as a result of "Christopher Walken" in his Google alerts.

After discussing 'Avengers: Endgame' and giving shoutouts to the Ronnies, Brandon and Kenny discuss the 2003 action film 'The Rundown,' in which Walken wore a cabana hat. Kenny berates Brandon for his inability to follow key plot points in the film, and they close the show out with a new segment, "Walken on a Name," a game show nobody asked for in which Brandon reads various Walken character names and asks Kenny to identify the movie associated with each character.

Brandon and Kenny take it easy and watch some SNL sketches from Christopher Walken's sixth SNL appearance. Sketches include "Hardball with Chris Matthews," "Pranksters," "Life Raft Election," "Colonel Angus," "The Luvahs," and "The Continental," although NBC's website wouldn't load the sketch for some reason. The episode featured The Foo Fighters as the musical guest, and Brandon and Kenny discuss a popular interview with frontman Dave Grohl in which he recounts how he purposely told Christopher Walken to put the emphasis on "Fighters" when he announced the band.

After Brandon and Kenny give a heartfelt goodbye to longtime Ronnie Greg Eckberg and discuss their methods of dealing with encounters with homeless people, they dive into describing Walken's role in the TNT three-hour two-part miniseries "Julius Caesar". Despite dreading the miniseries, it was actually well-made and somewhat educational, although Kenny found more value in reading a biography of Julius Caesar meant for children that he found on the Internet. Walken's character was Kato, a real historical figure and politician who is portrayed as a voice of reason in the Senate of Ancient Rome. Although it was a fun departure from the usual "eccentric bad guy" fare, there was not much to address besides his inability to shed his New York accent. Kenny and Brandon eventually divert down a rabbit hole of tangential discussions about Elizabeth Taylor's marriages, acting in plays, they struggle to remember the name of famed mobster Al Capone, and they again revisit the usefulness, if any, of their extensive knowledge about Christopher Walken.

Brandon and Kenny endure the infamously bad (and not "fun" bad) romantic-crime-comedy-caper-buddy-drama "Gigli," in which Christopher Walken appears for roughly five minutes as a hard-nosed detective. Brandon reads from some behind-the-scenes interviews with Walken about the film, as well as a Second-Hand Walken story told by Justin Bartha about Walken not recognizing him at a dinner party, despite the fact that they had the same agent at the time and had just worked on "Gigli" together.

Kenny and Brandon sit through approximately 50 minutes of the crime-comedy-family-caper-bazinga-fartjoke film 'Kangaroo Jack' before they disrespect the movie completely and start the podcast. Walken played a mob boss. That's pretty much it. They spend roughly 10 collective minutes talking about Walken's performance, and another hour picking apart the film and just talking about movies in general.

After a long wait, Kenny and Brandon finally got to enjoy one of Walken's best performances as the charming, down-on-his-luck Frank Abagnale Sr., father to a notorious check forger in Steven Spielberg's 2002 film 'Catch Me If You Can.' Brandon had never seen it, and remarks how it felt like a normal day, inviting a friend over to watch a good movie. After discussing Walken's performance as well as some interesting behind-the-scenes footage of Walken's methods, Brandon and Kenny look ahead, once more, with weariness, at future films they'll be subjected to. In particular, they are dreading their next episode in which Walken stars in a four-hour TV movie about Julius Caesar.