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Dead Eyes

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Actor/comedian Connor Ratliff (The Chris Gethard Show, UCB, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) embarks upon a quest to solve a very stupid mystery that has haunted him for two decades: why Tom Hanks fired him from a small role in the 2001 HBO mini-series, Band Of Brothers.

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Episodes

The Making of Dead Eyes (Live in Belgium)

1h 24m · Published 17 Apr 07:00

Connor takes producers Mike and Harry to Ostend, Belgium for the first DS Podcast Festival to give a keynote presentation on the making of Dead Eyes. 

Recorded in Ostend, Belgium on April 2nd, 2022.

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31 - Tom

1h 21m · Published 10 Mar 08:00

Connor talks with Tom Hanks.

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30 - Buzz & Billis

56m · Published 03 Mar 06:48

Connor investigates two high school productions of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific: one that took place in 1990 during his freshman year at Jefferson City High in Missouri, and the other in 1974 at Skyline High in Oakland, California, where a high school senior named Thom Hanks played a coveted role.

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29 - The Blacklist List

49m · Published 17 Feb 08:00

Connor talks with six actors who were cast in roles on NBC's The Blacklist that he also auditioned for.

The Blacklist List

  • #410 - "Rafa" (Jimmie Saito)
  • #417 - "Bobby J" (Bruce Faulk)
  • #501 - "Hawkins" (Aida Turturro)
  • #513 - "Forensics Investigator Muncie" (Neal Lerner)
  • #521 - Julius Hannelore (Jeffrey Bean)
  • #603 - Reggie Deeks (Alex Breaux)

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28 - Illumination Day

47m · Published 03 Feb 10:39

When Connor learns of the existence of Tom Hanks' Electric City, he starts asking questions of anyone who will talk to him about it, including Paul Scheer (The League, How Did This Get Made), Tara Jayne Sands (Pokémon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh!), Jason Antoon (NCIS: Hawaii, Minority Report), supervising producer Samantha Scharff (SNL, The Colbert Report), and former Playtone creative exec Joshua Feldman.

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27 - Colin

42m · Published 20 Jan 09:40

Connor talks with actor Colin Hanks (Mad Men, Life In Pieces, American Crime Story: Impeachment) about his 2015 Tower Records documentary and also other topics.

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26 - Band of Others

46m · Published 06 Jan 08:20

Connor talks with Zach Braff (Scrubs, Garden State), Adam Scott (Parks & Recreation, Party Down) and David Krumholtz (Numb3rs, The Deuce) about how they all auditioned for Band of Brothers and were not cast.

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25 - The True Meaning of Dead Eyes

42m · Published 23 Dec 10:16

Connor talks with comedian Nikki Glaser (FBoy Island) along with an array of experts in hope of discovering "the true meaning of 'dead eyes.'"

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24 - The Colonel(s)

52m · Published 09 Dec 08:00

Connor talks with actors and executives about how he almost became “Colonel Sanders,” and the ups and downs of an ad campaign where re-casting the lead role is its defining feature.

Watch Connor's re-audition for Colonel Sanders on The Chris Gethard Show 

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23 - Brought To You By Turd Husband™️

45m · Published 25 Nov 08:00

Connor talks with Nicole Byer (Nailed It!), Johnathan Fernandez (Gossip Girl), Ann Carr (Red Oaks) and Molly Lloyd (Pinkalicious & Peterrific) about the strange and sometimes treacherous world of acting in commercials.

Connor doing car dealership ads as a kid.

Connor's New York Lottery Ad

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Dead Eyes has 36 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 24:20:11. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 21st 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 7th, 2024 00:42.

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