The Normals Show

(9/20/2020) We mourn the loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I wonder if an old 1962 B-movie called Hand of Death was inspired by The Thing who debuted in Fantastic Four #1 in 1961, a documentary on Amazon Prime called In Search of the Last Action Heroes, we extremely briefly mention the return of one of our favorite shows: Archer, a new-ish show that debuted in 2018, but hardly anyone heard about until...

(9/13/2020) Episodes aren't always this hard (or ridiculous) to sync up, but this one was for some reason. Also, I was watching NFL highlights in the background and didn't care to turn them off while recording. Sorry. In this episode we talk about the recent deaths of actress Diana Rigg (Game of Thrones, The Avengers [the original, not Marvel] On Her Majesty's Secret Service) and "Toots" Hibbert (...

(09/7/2020) In this episode we lament the cancellation of one of the greatest shows of all time, Venture Bros., we recap some DC Fandome news we forgot last episode such as the Flash movie (will it be the Flashpoint storyline? There seems to be evidence of several actors reprising their roles as Batman for it, we also discuss Cobra Kai (previously exclusively available on YoutubeTV) now avail...

(8/30/2020) In this episode we discuss yet another tragic death claimed by the cruelty of 2020, Chadwick Boseman, we talk about some news from DC Fandome such as The Batman trailer, the Snyder Cut trailer for Justice League, Shazam 2, The Suicide Squad video game, plus Caleb gives his review for The New Mutants, Jeremiah talks about Lovecraft Country...AGAIN! and the new Jordan Peele produced Cand...

(8/21/2020) DC Comics and Entertainment is being gutted by AT&T while the USPS is being gutted by (Washington) D.C. and D.T. We mention the Beirut explosion, Jeremiah finally watched the Harley Quinn cartoon and didn't believe me when I told him it was really good, We discuss Lovecraft Country and Caleb can't wait for the return of the Jeep Grand Wagoneer (watch the live reveal of the Grand Wa...

(8/1/2020) An alternate title for this episode could have been "Podcasts for Algernon." Caleb and Jeremiah are fairly intelligent people, but several months of faithful quarantining have left the memory sections of our brains in a mushy, ineffective state. We spend far too much time trying to remember the last time we recorded an episode. In this episode we talk about a theatre class in college th...

(7/12? uhhh...no, 14? Wait! Maybe 16?/2020) We can't really remember when we recorded this episode exactly. It was sometime between the 12th and 16th of July. In this episode we discuss the tragic and sudden deaths of Naya Rivera, Grant Imahara and Kelly Preston; Caleb helps Jeremiah remember and pronounce hard to say actor names, and Katy Perry makes a surprise appearance (in some form or another...

(7/4/2020) Jeremiah has been living in a simulated war zone for the last couple of weeks as people have been setting off fireworks non-stop leading up to the 4th of July. Despite this, we discuss the death and career of Carl Reiner, we try to pinpoint why the murder of George Floyd had such a significant impact and managed to lead to such sweeping changes in society including the seemingly heretof...

(6/29/2020) Sorry. This one ran a little long. Jeremiah takes a break from doing his home exercises to join the podcast. We discuss voice acting and the issue of whether it's wrong or acceptable for people of a certain race to play people of other races. This leads us to the topic of movies sometimes casting traditionally white characters as ethnic to be more diverse when they should really just c...

(6/21/2020) In this episode we mourn the loss of Ian Holm famous for his roles in Lord of the Rings, From Hell, etc., we briefly discuss Jay & Silent Bob Reboot, how you can make a period piece set in most eras and manage to capture the prevailing feeling of the times but not the 90's. There's something unique about the Gen X angst of that era that's hard to authentically recreate. We also tal...

(6/12/2020) In this episode we discuss the passing of iconic comic book writer Denny O'Neil, the retirement of artist Al Jaffee (99 yrs old) who contributed to Mad Magazine for 65 of its 67 years in print and holds the distinction of being the longest working artist, we also talk a little about the movie A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood featuring Tom Hanks and how much this world needs the infl...

(6/5/2020) We talk about the news of DC severing ties with Diamond Comic distributors, we briefly catch up on Covid-19/George Floyd murder protest updates, and we talk a bit about the Back to the Future trilogy regarding how we viewed it as kids versus viewing it as an adult. 

(6/2/2020) The killing of unarmed black men by the police has to stop. Something needs to change. Better police training, better background checks when hiring, whatever will help end this. George Floyd was killed for something as trivial as an alleged counterfeit $20 bill. His story is just one of so many thousands in the history of this country. We did not discuss this in depth because we are not...

(5/23/2020) In this episode we have to once again eulogize a celebrity, Lynn Shelton. We also discuss how comic book artist Rob Liefeld is often a real jerk, stores already hit hard by Amazon and the fading popularity of malls are now closing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, global emissions have dropped significantly in many big cities (but not in Chicago), Netflix is purging inactive subscribers an...

(5/16/2020) In this episode we memorialize Fred Willard who just passed away, we talk about how we each got into reading comics, the first comic and entertainment convention we went to, and an ongoing debate about the existence of a Polaroid of Lou Ferrigno and Caleb that Jeremiah has definitely made up in his mind. If you know anything about the whereabouts of such a Polaroid contact Robert Stack...

(5/12/2020) In this episode we briefly discuss the career of Jerry Stiller and mourn his passing, Jeremiah found a soundboard, my wife and kids can be heard screaming and playing as they chase each other around upstairs, we discuss how television was ruined by "reality" shows in the early 2000s and later saved by networks like AMC, IFC, USA, Netflix, Hulu, etc., we talk about shows we're currently...

(5/5/2020) In this episode Jeremiah makes himself a drink, Caleb and Jeremiah discuss some of the sports and businesses that are planning to reopen (too early in our opinions), how some established actors and directors get lazy while some stay hungry and playful, and how there aren't really any character actors under 40 who really stand out anymore like they used to. 

(4/25/2020) Originally this was supposed to be a shorter bonus episode or mini-episode, but what usually happens with us is we just can't stop talking, so it turned into a full episode. In this episode we discuss the Covid-19 outbreak and how it's affecting us, Caleb briefly forgets the word "politicians," Jeremiah counters  by forgetting the word "status," and a weird audio issue (due to hav...

(4/18/2020) In this episode, Caleb and Jeremiah continue their discussion from the previous episode about the differences between Marvel and DC movies, Jeremiah stammers and yammers, and the audio drops out toward the end causing us to have to restart that particular topic (you'll notice it).

(4/18/2020) In this first episode of The Normals Show, Caleb and Jeremiah introduce themselves with a trip down memory lane to when they first met, discuss the passing of Brian Dennehy, and have a year-too-late conversation about Avengers: Endgame. If you enjoy what you hear, please rate, share and subscribe!

(3/29/2020) It only gets better from here, right?