The Normals Show

(5/15/21) In this episode we mourn the deaths of two "well known" character actors Frank McRae (Batteries Not Included, 48 Hours) and Norman Lloyd (St. Elsewhere, Dead Poets Society, The Saboteur). We also talk a little bit about Jupiter's Legacy, the new Aqua Teen Hunger Force/Metalocalypse/Venture Bros. movies that Adult Swim and/or HBO Max are developing, we talk about our disappointment with t...

(5/9/21) Happy Mother's Day! In lieu of some gift you actually wanted, I made you this podcast. Enjoy! Not only is it Mother's Day, but it's also the day that we realized we forgot to mention and celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the Normals Show during the last episode. Jeremiah starts off the episode by announcing he is now fully vaccinated, we mourn the deaths of Jim Steinman (prolific song w...

(4/24/21) In this episode we mourn the deaths of Gregory Jacobs (better known as Shock G or Humpty Hump from The Digital Underground) and Walter Mondale (Jimmy Carter's Vice-President), Jeremiah finally watched The New Mutants, We talk briefly about the Shang-Chi trailer that came out recently, the new season of Love, Death & Robots on Netflix, we are gearing up for the debut of Jupiter's Lega...

(4/17/21) In this episode we mourn the passing of Helen McCRory (Harry Potter, Peaky Blinders) and Felix Silla (Space Balls, Star Wars), we give a hearty "about time" and good riddance to Bernie Madoff, Caleb talks about a documentary on Hulu called The Orange Years about the golden years of Nickelodeon from the time when it first came on to around the time that kids our age stopped watching it, J...

(4/10/21) In this episode Jeremiah finally got his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, we mention the deaths of Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) and rapper DMX (Earl Simmons), Sony is partnering with Netflix for a distribution deal for all of their movies and shows, ending their decades long partnership with Starz, we discuss episode 4 of Falcon & Winter Soldier, the first episode of the seco...

(4/3/21) In this episode we talk about the Snyder cut of Justice League and episode 3 of Falcon & Winter Soldier. Also, Jeremiah throws a potato into his oven.

(3/28/21) In this episode we welcome our 2nd special guest, Patrick Dearman, one of Caleb's best friends from grade school growing up in Quinton, OK. Caleb and Patrick reminisce about when they first met, how Patrick was responsible for getting Caleb obsessed with the X-Men and especially Gambit, video games they used to spend hours and hours playing at each others' houses, being fathers and tryin...

(3/14/21) The mystery of the phantom Lou Ferrigno Polaroid rages on, Caleb mourns the death of Norton Juster (author of The Phantom Tollbooth) and reminisces about one of his favorite movies as a kid, Unico In the Land of Magic, Jeremiah talks about the Marc Maron WTF interview with Jodi Foster and wonders if John Hinkley ever looks back and realizes his plan to impress Jodi Foster was never going...

(3/6/21) Jeremiah gets the show off to a terrible start. We finally manage to get back on track long enough to talk about Sacha Baron Cohen's acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, the latest episode of Resident Alien, we discuss our St. Patrick's Day plans, we talk about the Wandavision finale and how some people (who were really banking on the fan theories to come true) were a little disappoint...

(2/27/21) In this episode we welcome our very first guest, Chris Pico " The Old Ass Retro Gamer " on YouTube, co-host of the podcasts "The Super Enabler Bros. Show" and "Shh, The Movie Is Starting" and on Twitter as @OARetroGamer In this episode, since Chris is really into video games, we list our top 5 video games (or try to in Caleb's case), we dissect the trailer for the new Mortal Kombat movie...

(2/21/21) This is a happy week because there were no celebrity deaths to mention (that we are aware of) for the first time in a while. In this episode Caleb is essential and got his first Covid vaccine shot while Jeremiah remains gross and non-essential, Jeremiah talks about watching the new The Stand remake, the recent Jordan Peele produced Twilight Zone remake and the HBO Max documentary called...

(2/13/21) In this episode we discuss the death of magazine publisher Larry Flint, the multiple controversial and conspiracy theory laden social media posts of Gina Carano that lead to her being fired from her role on The Madalorian, the video game The Last of Us being adapted into a t show, we briefly discuss how good the show Ted Lasso is on Apple+, Jeremiah watched and enjoyed the John Delorean...

(2/7/21) I'm sorry, the episode begins with me whistling in Jeremiah's ear. In this episode we discuss our disappointment with the results of the "Big Game." Also, super bowl commercials today and for most of the past decade are not like super bowl commercials from the '90s, but people still try to act like they are still up to the same level. We also talk about the Falcon & Winter Soldier tra...

(2/6/21) We mourn the deaths of Dustin Diamond (44), Hal Holbrook (95), and Christopher Plummer (91), we discuss the latest episodes of Resident Alien and Wandavision, and we finish up the episode with a new segment called Movies That Were Good and Enjoyable, But We Don't Ever Really Want or Need To See Again.

(1/30/21) In this episode we mourn the deaths of Hank Aaron, Cloris Leachman, and Cicily Tyson. We talk about some of the shows we've been watching lately (Derry Girls, Titans, Doom Patrol), then we discuss the latest episode of Wandavision, the new show Resident Alien, the Netflix documentary Nightstalker, and Clarice on CBS which is about the events in Agent Starling's life after Silence of the...

(1/23/21) The Inauguration happened! It actually happened!! In this episode we mourn the deaths of Larry King and character actor Gregory Sierra, the possibility of HBO Max reviving Batman: The Animated Series, MeTv trying to bring back the tradition of Saturday morning cartoons, we go on a slight Tom & Jerry and Scooby-Doo tangent, Caleb brings up his fascination with the Black Dahlia murder,...

(1/18/2021) Let's get this out of the way up front: If you have made your political career by disenfranchising Black voters, don't expect anyone to take you seriously when you invoke Martin Luther King, Jr. on one day out of the year. We admittedly don't honor King enough in this episode other than to state that simple fact. In this episode we give our way too late review of JoJo Rabbit, we discus...

(1/10/2021) In this episode we start out discussing the insurrection/coup attempt that happened this week, we talk about the Netflix documentary The History of Swear Words, Jeremiah seemingly gets Thanos-snapped out of existence for a minute, and when he gets back he cracks himself up a little too much trying to decide which Muppets characters should replace different actors in Die Hard.

(1/3/2021) Happy New Year! We start off by talking about our "exciting" stay-at-home New Years events. We talk about how the Twilight Zone was a pretty progressive show for its time and dealt with a lot of issues like race and xenophobia, but looking back that progressivism was problematic because of how Hollywood chose to cast movies and tv shows at the time. We talk about the Wonder Woman sequel...

(12/20/2020) We're stuck at home for Christmas and the Holidays just like everyone else this year. We talk about The Mandalorian and the Boba Fett spin-off show. We come up with a new game called "Celebrities Whose Names Sound Like Star Wars Characters." We talk about the tv shows or movies that we have to watch every Christmas for tradition. We dip our toes briefly into the "Is Die Hard a Christm...

(12/13/2020) In this episode it's been awhile since we last recorded an episode, about a month. We talk about how we had to revise our Thanksgiving plans due to Covid-19 and we discuss our upcoming revised Christmas plans. Jeremiah shares with us where the word eggnog comes from. After that we talk about some news coming from AT&T/Time Warner that angered some directors, actors, and other Holl...

(11/15/2020) Please listen to this entire episode in the form of a question. In this episode of The Normals Show: Caleb is jazzed, Jeremiah is logy and neither of them are going anywhere for Thanksgiving. Jeremiah and Caleb recall a "Mission: Impossible" style caper from their days in the OSU theatre department, after trying to get their old brains to remember things they discuss the death of Ken...

(11/07/2020) In this episode we talk a little bit about the results of election night and we mourn the passing of one of the greatest film icons of all time, Sean Connery. 

(10/18/2020) In this episode we talk about more Marvel MCU rescheduling, Halloween costumes we wore as kids and as adults, Jeremiah talks about Lovecraft Country...again, and the new Marvel show on Hulu, Hellstrom.

(9/29/2020) Caleb has haunted this world for 39 years, the boys describe Marvel's Hellstrom trailer, the not so woke LGBTQ representation in many comic book tv shows and movies, CW has cancelled Supergirl, Henry Cavill is possibly returning as Superman, comic book writer Gerry Conway has some thoughts about the current state of the comic book industry, and Jeremiah gives a late review of a movie h...