Walken 101

After discussing "The Crown" and giving shoutouts to some especially dirty Ronnies, Kenny and Brandon discuss Christopher Walken's genuinely fun performance in an otherwise mediocre comedy as Frank Featherbed, a rival funeral home director who specializes in making extravagant memorial services. Afterwards, they revel in their excitement to watch "Catch Me If You Can" in the next episode, then get way off track as Kenny brings up an upcoming movie that he hates entitled "Where'd You Go, Bernadette?" They then close it out with a brief disagreement about the Oscar-nominated film "Roma" and flaccid penises.

Brandon and Kenny discuss several projects that have been skipped over in the past for a number of reasons and review Walken's performance in them as best they can. Projects include:

- roughly two minutes of footage from a 1975 TV movie called 'Valley Forge', in which Walken played a German mercenary

- three sketches from Walken's fifth appearance on Saturday Night Live

- Spike Jonze's "Weapon of Choice" music video

- roughly one minute of footage from a short film entitled 'Engine Trouble' in which Walken voiced a toy firetruck

Near the end of the podcast, Brandon and Kenny look forward to watching 'Catch Me If You Can' while simultaneously dreading a four-hour TV movie adaptation of Julius Caesar.

It's official: Brandon and Kenny had the most fun in any Walken 101 episode so far as they broke down Walken's performance as an eccentric Disney villain bent on vengeance against anthropomorphic bears in 'The Country Bears,' a 2002 family-comedy based on the kitschy Disneyworld attraction. The movie was definitely in the "so-bad-it's-good" category.

Kenny and Brandon endure the indie-crime-drama-comedy 'Poolhall Junkies,' in which Walken plays a supporting role as an eccentric millionaire involved in high-stakes pool hustling.

Kenny and Brandon struggle to sit through 'The Affair of the Necklace,' a period piece starring Hilary Swank. The movie features a vastly underused Walken as somewhat of a charlatan psychic and prominent member of the Illuminati.

They mention that during the movie, they got into a much more interesting discussion about whether or not it was acceptable for an actor to play a character that is a different race or gender from themselves. During the second half of the podcast, they get sidetracked and discuss some of their feelings about this.

After a hectic three-week hiatus, Kenny arrived at Brandon's house early one Sunday morning to record and, seemingly in an irritable mood and not wanting to watch the next movie on the docket "The Affair of the Necklace," instead suggested that they both take a look back at all the Walken projects they've watched so far, as well as all the useless knowledge they've acquired that is starting to come in handy for their video series adaptation of the podcast on their YouTube channel "The Back Focus." What followed was a near two-hour discussion between two dorks who have dedicated nearly two years to watching and dissecting Christopher Walken movies, proving once and for all that they have no concept of how valuable their time might be.

After talking through Brandon's uncomfortable feelings with silence, Kenny and Brandon discuss Christopher Walken's brief, underused performance in the romantic comedy 'America's Sweethearts.'

Brandon and Kenny discuss Christopher Walken's memorable cameo as a mobster-turned-janitor under witness protection in the otherwise terrible comedy "Joe Dirt." They theorize on why his performance is funny and begin to brace themselves, as this role is the beginning stages of the "Wacky Walken" phase which would last for nearly a decade. After listening to David Spade tell an anecdote about a conversation with Walken about acting with animals, they pontificate on what one question they would like to ask Walken when he finally makes a guest appearance on the podcast one day. Brandon says that he would ask him about the infamous "I'm an alligator" urban legend, and Kenny would ask him about why he took such low-budget projects over the years. They then look at future Walken movies they're excited to watch, and the conversation devolves into the merit of live-action Disney remakes of their classic movies.

Overworked and weary, and Kenny and Brandon struggle to get through this podcast about Christopher Walken's performance in the modern day retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth set in a fast food restaurant in the 1970s. Before trying to talk about the movie in a confused state, they give a very special honorary Ronnie shoutout to someone who wishes only to be known as "Lt. Galloway," who sent a mold of Christopher Walken's face that was made during the filming of 'The Prophecy.'

After shoutouts to the dirty Ronnies and discussing their work on their new YouTube channel, Kenny and Brandon talk about Christopher Walken's subdued performance as a deadbeat mechanic and former safecracker in the enjoyable indie-drama "The Opportunists."