Raging Bull with David Krumholtz
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What is discussed at the very start of the episode?
Blank Check with Griffin and David Blank Check with Griffin and David Don't know what to say or to expect All you need to know is that the name of the show is Blank Check Go get them, champ. On the podcast. On the podcast. On the podcast. On the podcast. On the podcast. On the podcast. On the podcast. On the podcast.
You unhappy with this?
I love that. Okay.
No, no, no. I'm very happy. The other one I was thinking about doing is if
you podcast, you podcast. If you lose, you still podcast. There's no way you can lose. What's the word there?
Win.
If you win, you
win. If you lose, you win. You still win. There's no way you can lose. Right. No, I liked what you did. Thank you. I thought that was great. Thank you. And for the listener at home, my handwork was perfect. Oh, yeah? My form was immaculate. You're not an amateur boxer? Thank you. Thank you for asking.
How do the hosts transition into personal boxing stories and family background?
Have you ever boxed? I trained with a boxer, yeah. Like sort of a workout thing, right? And then I pinched both nerves, one nerve in each shoulder and went to a chiropractor and he fixed me. But part of him fixing me meant I wound up with a... An elbow that locks up for the rest of my life. What age was this? 30, 31. Okay. Yeah. So he fixed one thing by breaking another thing.
Yes. Yeah. My father made me train in boxing to toughen me up. when I was upper single digits, and I hated it. And your weight was also upper single digits at that time, right? My weight was lower single digits. I could not crack 100 pounds.
Well, single digits would be one pound lower single digits.
I'm going to ask, you trained, and did the person hit back?
No, it was all kind of sparring, but it was at like a real boxing gym. Your father made you do it? Yes. My father used to, my father was, this
has been
talked about before, a degenerate gambling addict whose favorite bar was Jimmy's Corner. Are you familiar with Jimmy's Corner?
Yeah, Jimmy's Corner over on, no, I'm not. It's on 44th Street.
It was owned. He's sadly passed away. But Jimmy Glenn, who was a former boxing corner man. And so he had Jimmy Glenn, the owner of this bar, who was an old former boxer. And that's just
when you're trying to get your kid a little bit of, you know, TLC.
What
you want to do is ask your favorite bartender for help.
Right. This is like me at nine. Oh, my God. And my brother was so jealous. And my brother was a very physically rambunctious child who would sometimes attack other kids just kind of like randomly. He had so much excess energy. He'd start wailing on them. And he wanted to box. And my parents were like, this is a terrible idea. And it was like a year and a half, two years maybe of me begging my parents to let me stop. And my brother begging to let him start. Wow. And finally the switchover happened. And the second my brother boxed, he completely balanced out. It like solved him. And he had a golden gloves. He was a licensed fighter. He almost went pro as like a featherweight.
But the two years that you boxed, you came away feeling like an inferior physical specimen.
Crummy, you get me.
I do.
You get it hard. Yeah. Yes. I hated it.
It was an extra gym class. If you didn't have a Napoleon complex prior to. Which I did. It
only made it infinitely worse. Especially because my brother's also a little guy. I don't got no giant brother. It's why
when I shake your hand, you really squeeze the
shit out of my hand. I squeeze really hard, and I locked in on your
eyes. By the way, I do the same thing, but your
squeeze is
squeezier than
mine.
Yes,
and we did a hug. I did a full body squeeze. I pinched those nerves.
I don't want to insult you, but I didn't feel
that happen. I think this is a good
energy for this episode, though, because, you know, we're talking about, you
know.
Confrontational.
And brotherly love. Brotherly love.
Brotherly love. Sort of the thin line here between insecurity and,
you
know, manhood and all
that stuff. I became his manager. I kissed my brother's wife on the mouth. This is what happened. Yeah. What you kiss on the mouth for? What you kiss on the mouth? Yeah, with your mother, sure. Is this the greatest repetition movie? Yes. I picked a quote that was obviously saying the same thing 87 times.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the very start of the episode?
0:01–1:08
2
How do the hosts transition into personal boxing stories and family background?
1:08–4:58
3
What insights are shared about the making of *Raging Bull* – casting, De Niro, Scorsese and the film’s tone?
4:58–5:19
4
How is the film’s technical craftsmanship – sound design, black‑and‑white cinematography and editing – analyzed?
5:19–1:12:16
5
What does the champagne‑glass balancing scene reveal about Scorsese’s intent?
1:12:16–1:15:06
6
How do the hosts explore the moral ambiguity and violence in La Motta’s victories?
1:15:06–1:17:39
7
What happened when the hosts met Robert De Niro at the SAG Awards?
1:17:39–1:20:02
8
How do the hosts break down Scorsese’s comedic style and its impact on Raging Bull?
1:20:02–2:15:50