The Normals Show

(7/24/24) In this episode we use Riverside for the first time to make our podcast, we talk a little bit about Nicholas Cage in his BRAT era (did I use that right Gen Z-ers?), talk about the Marvel Comics "ashy" era, as well as some other probably important stuff, and we mourn the deaths of Mike Heslin, Robert Towne, Jon Landau, Evan Wright, Michael Zulli, Taylor Wily, Shannen Doherty and Donald Su...

(6/11/24) In this episode we talk about the latest Paramount+ South Park special The End of Obesity, Mayor of Kingstown, Bodkin, The Acolyte, and we mourn the deaths of Don Perlin (co-creator of Moon Knight and Bloodshot), Tom Bower (Did Hard 2), Alan Scarfe, Johnny Wactor, Albert Ruddy (The Godfather), John Basil (acting coach/Shakespeare expert), and especially Carol Sippel.

(5/18/24) In this episode we discuss the X-Men '97 finale and the set-up for season 2, the seeming set-up for other '90s based Marvel cartoons such as Spider-Man, Black Panther, and the Avengers, Mayor of Kingstown, and we mourn the death of Dabney Coleman (War Games, 9 to 5, Cloak & Dagger).

(5/14/24) In this episode, Jeremiah is still job hunting, we talk about Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar, Iron Claw (the movie about the Von Erich wrestling family), X-Men '97, and we mourn the deaths of Susan Buckner (Grease), Bernard Hill (Titanic, Lord of the Rings), and Roger Corman (director).

(4/30/24) In this episode Jeremiah had his job taken from him, Jeremiah talks about his time at C2E2 this year, we discuss the upcoming part 1 episode of a 3-part trilogy finale for X-Men '97, we talk about The Walking Dead spin-off series The Ones Who Live, and we talk a bit about the Oklahoma City Thunder being in the play-offs.

(4/16/24) In this episode we talk about the death of OJ Simpson, Eleanor Coppola, the latest episode of X-Men '97, and Fallout on Amazon.

(4/9/24) In this episode Caleb recounts his trip to Scotland, we talk about X-Men '97, the Nickelodeon documentary Quiet on Set, Roy Thomas controversially being officially credited as a co-creator of Wolverine, and we mourn the deaths of Tim McGovern (video FX artist), M. Emmet Walsh (character actor), Louis Gossett, Jr. (actor), and Joe Flaherty (comedian, SCTV).

(3/5/24) In this episode, two old men have allergies, Jeremiah saw Dune 2, and we mourn the deaths of Ole Anderson, Virgil, Eddie Driscoll, Dan Wilcox, and Richard Lewis.

(2/20/24) In this episode Caleb and Jeremiah talk about Masters of the Universe: Revolution, Fantastic Four casting news, new Homestar Runner, X-Men '97, Hulu/Disney+ cracking down on password sharing, and the Deadpool 3 trailer.

(2/6/24) In this episode Caleb and Jeremiah talk about Blue Eye Samurai, Masters of the Universe: Revolution, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and mourn the deaths of Frances Sternhagen, Marty Kroft (again), Glynis Johns, Cindy Morgan, David Soul, Norman Jewison, Toby Keith, Gary Graham, Chita Rivera, and Carl Weathers.

(1/23/24) Jeremiah and Caleb finish listing their Top 10 movies or TV shows from 2023 (yeah, we're really late getting these episodes out. So what?).

(1/9/24) In this episode Caleb and Jeremiah recount their Christmas doings, watching Zindy The Swamp Boy for the first time with the necessary aid of Rifftrax, Jeremiah begins (but does not finish) his Top 10 list of movies or tv shows that were significant to him in 2023, and we mourn the deaths of Matthew Perry, Joss Acklund, Ryan O'Neal, Tom Wilkinson, Norman Lear, Andre Braugher, and Tom S...

(12/12/23) In this episode Jeremiah and Caleb briefly talk about their favorite Christmas TV specials before going off on a tangent and then mourn the deaths of Jimmy Buffet, David McCallum, Michael Gambon, Diane Feinstein, Dick Butkus, Suzanne Somers, Rosalynn Carter, Suzanne Shepherd, Marty Kroft, Shane MacGowan, and Denny Laine.

(11/28/23) In this episode Caleb and Jeremiah recount their Thanksgiving travels, talk about Marvel movies versus pretentious Oscar bait, the trailer for Marvel's Echo, the ongoing problems with The Punisher as a character and in modern culture, and mourn the loss of Johnny Hardwick (voice artist, Dale Gribble from King of the Hill), Ron Cephas Jones (This is Us, Luke Cage), Tony Bennett (sing...

(11/14/23) In this episode, we mourn the death of my dog Red who was a very good boy, we talk about our plans for Thanksgiving, the season (series?) finale of Loki season 2, the results of the writers and actors guild strikes, and we mourn the deaths of Sinead O'Connor (musician), Paul Reubens (comedian, Pee-Wee Herman), William Friedkin (director), Terry Funk (wrestler, actor), Arleen Sorkin...

(10/24/23) In this, the 100th episode of The Normals Show, we welcome very special guest and our friend, Josh Bearry. We reminisce about how The Normals Show (which was originally imagined as a tv show script) got it's name, how some of the characters in the show came to be and some ideas for how the tv show could evolve from a tv script to a comic book. Josh will be starting his own podcast c...

(7/05/23) We have a plan for episode 100, but have not been able to schedule a time to record that we're all available, but we wanted to get an episode out anyway. In this episode we actually meet up in the student union at Oklahoma State University for the first time since graduating from there too many years ago, we review The Flash, and mourn the very long list of deaths (that we can rememb...

(5/2/23) In this episode Caleb introduces Jeremiah to Callin' Oates (created in 2011, but reintroduced in 2020) and his life will never be the same, we talk about the Writer's strike currently going on, tucker carlson was finally fired, we talk way too long about the James Bond movie franchise, and we mourn the deaths of Jerry Springer (tv personality), Harry Belafonte (musician and activi...

(4/20/23) Happy 4/20 Day! In this episode that's only a month late, we talk about the new (and final) season of Titans/Doom Patrol/other DC stuff, the Blue Beetle trailer, Star Wars stuff, The Marvels trailer, John Wick 4, and we mourn the deaths of Bill Butler (cinematographer/director of photography, Grease, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Jaws, Deliverance, Stripes, the Rocky movies, C...

(4/4/23) In this episode Jeremiah talks about his time at C2E2 this year, he talks about the show Agent Elvis on Netflix, we talk about Ike Perlmutter being ousted from Marvel, and we talk a little about comic books all while Caleb tries to stay awake.

(3/20/23) In this episode Jeremiah talks about a show he "discovered" called Waco on Showtime, we talk about The finale of The Last of Us (yes, I know, it's been months now, but it was relevant at the time), and we mourn the deaths of Bert I. Gordon (director, The Amazing Colossal Man, Empire of the Ants, The Food of the Gods, etc.), Topol (Fiddler on the Roof, Flash Gordon, For Your...

(3/12/23) In this episode we welcome very special guests Jon Shultz and Kelly Kiorpes to the podcast. We have gathered together to cast a movie fantasy project that we would love to make into reality. This being, of course, a Thanksgiving horror/suspense thriller starring Nicolas Cage called Hobo's Last Feast.

(3/4/23) In this episode we talk about Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania, Cocaine Bear, The Last of Us, and we mourn the death of Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk Down, Pearl Harbor, Big Trouble).

(2/24/23) In this episode Jeremiah is tabling at C2E2 again, we talk about the new movie The Machine coming soon based on Bert Kreischer's most famous stand-up routine, we talk about the general state of the MCU movies, the latest The Last of Us episode (as of this recording), and we mourn the deaths of Lisa Loring (original Wednesday from The Addams Family), Cindy Williams (Laverne & Shir...

(2/14/23) In this episode we talk about The Last of Us episode 3, trailers featured during the Super Bowl, the new direction of DC movies, Young Rock, Doom Patrol and Jeremiah memorializes his good friend Nick Sumpter who sadly took his own life recently. If you or someone you know are struggling with thoughts of suicide please call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing 988 or visit 988lifeli...