Walken 101

Kenny and Brandon struggle to muster some amount of life and energy after gritting their teeth through an obscure Abel Ferarra film 'New Rose Hotel,' in which Walken is again let loose from his leash in his unhinged, wacky performance as an eccentric blah blah businessman blah blah. After discussing how obnoxious Abel Ferarra is in interviews, Afterwards, they read the plot of their next film 'Eternal' and fantasize about it being a fun, fish-out-of-water comedy, when it, in fact, seems like the complete opposite. In the "Walken in Our Shoes" segment, Kenny describes a documentary series he's working on about gay athletes, and Brandon talks about a No Small Parts video he'll be working on with Kenny about an Indian actor.

After shoutouts to the Ronnies, Kenny and Brandon take a moment to discuss their Meyers-Briggs personality types, Kenny recounts a tale of confronting a Dunkin Donuts customer over some loose cheese, and they eventually talk about Walken's fun, eccentric performance as a gay theater critic in John Turturro's 'Illuminata.' Afterwards, they listen to clips from an interview with Walken on Charlie Rose in which he admits the character is based on the same source material as his SNL "Continental" character.

After talking for six minutes without the microphones on, Kenny and Brandon discuss Christopher Walken's threatening, funny, whispering performance as Gabriel in "The Prophecy II."

Brandon and Kenny discuss Walken's performance as a dedicated, no-nonsense rodent exterminator in Gore Verbinski's 1997 comedy 'Mousehunt.' Afterwards, they explore a couple deleted scenes from the film with Walken, and also talk about how, because of his tendency to whisper most of his lines, Walken's scenes in the film have been embraced by a small part of the ASMR community.

Reunited in Brandon's basement in Baltimore, Brandon and Kenny watch a super-rare performance of Walken as an American soldier and film lover in the 1996 Italian drama 'Celluloide,' which tells the story of the making of an iconic Itallian film 'Rome, Open City.' Despite the entire movie being in Italian with no subtitles (with the exception of Christopher Walken's four-minute scene), Brandon and Kenny enjoyed it, as it was a refreshing reprieve from the usual "eccentric bad guy" fare, and it wasn't depressing.

After discussing the secondary benefits of their experience making Walken 101, Brandon and Kenny discuss Walken's performance as a feared mob boss in the crime-drama-comedy-caper-kerfuffel 'Suicide Kings.' Afterwards, Brandon reads from an article in which Jay Mohr describes how annoyed Walken was with him impersonating his voice on set.

Kenny and Brandon discuss Christopher Walken's performance as another blah blah bad guy blah blah in another crime thing blah blah. Struggling to find new things to talk about, they create a spreadsheet to document several physical and verbal traits that Walken exhibits in a lot of his characters. They include, but are not limited to: touching the tips of fingers together, pointing with his entire body, "prayer hands," isolated grunting, and either widening and or squinting his eyes in lieu of dialogue.

Brandon and Kenny discuss Christopher Walken's performance as a generic conman in the 1997 comedy-drama "Touch," which Kenny aptly describes as "one of those movies that's just on in the background." Brandon remarks how he thinks they've hit Walken bedrock, meaning that, at this point in the chronology of Walken's career, there's nothing new and exciting about any of his characters.

Kenny and Brandon discuss Christopher Walken's performance as a warden on a "planet prison" in the 1996 PC game "Privateer 2: The Darkening." Included is a short on-set interview with Walken describing his character.

Brandon and Kenny discuss Christopher Walken's spotty third appearance on Saturday Night Live. The Walken wackiness continues to ramp up as they delve further into his work in the late 1990s.