Blank Check - ep 59

Old Millennials Remember Movies celebrates the debut of Disney+ by watching the most popular and talked about movie on the entire platform: 1994’s “Blank Check.”

Fun fact: This Blank Check podcast was always intended to be one of our first shows. It’s a movie fondly remembered from both Tyler and Angela’s childhood, and it’s totally insane to watch as an adult. Why did we wait until episode 59? Because the DVD was always too expensive. “Blank Check” is the quintessential $5 Wal-mart bin movie. Never pay a penny more!

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Blank Check follows Preston Waters, a money-obsessed 11-year-old with a cheap jerk for a dad ($7 for an entire day at an amusement park? OK, boomer), and a sweet Macintosh Performa 600 computer. A bad guy (Miguel Ferrer) trusts the absolute worst banker in the world to run a convoluted money laundering scheme, and, long story short, the banker confuses Preston with a criminal named JUICE and the kid ends up with a million dollars in cash money. The real JUICE is played by Tone Loc, which of course makes this movie essential viewing. BROTHERS DON’T SURF!

Preston buys a local castle, a water slide, and the dignity of a bumbling limo driver before setting his sights on another banker/undercover FBI agent, played by Karen Duffy. That’s when “Blank Check” gets WEIRD. Yes, this is the movie where an ADULT woman dates a child, frolicks through a water fountain with him then later kisses him on the GD lips. People talk about old Disney movies being a bit outdated, but usually they’re talking about “Peter Pan” from 1953. “Blank Check” was made in the 90s! Even as kids, we thought this turn of events was pretty weird.

Angela and Tyler discuss this and many other crazy elements in the Blank Check podcast episode of Old Millennials Remember Movies.

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