Dead Eyes

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. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

Connor talks with Tom Hanks. Episode Transcript [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQgSZfYdB06RhBGPOPt8hknTjAnMrfMwgU3g9IXQMfDaWeilZMUMLneIADwTgkz-QYcvGyKeebS_T-d/pub] Follow the show @deadeyespodcast [https://twitter.com/DeadEyespodcast] Advertise on Dead Eyes [https://gumball.fm/shows/dead-eyes/5e2f156c00a51900276cbfa3] via Gumball.fm [http://gumball.fm/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

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. Episode Transcript [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQZEp3yfc0oIazkHJK7Jw1xEUlhvY2y87qJhTw5twAU6scip8hFf9fcTcuXsrvs69vmjPd-uA4-w8bV/pub] Follow the show @deadeyespodcast [https://twitter.com/DeadEyespodcast] Advertise on Dead Eyes [https://gumball.fm/shows/dead-eyes/5e2f156c00a51900276cbfa3] via Gumball.fm [http://gumball.fm/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

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) Episode Transcript [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTHlOcDftW5dYe0ZW-7bOjSe6HY9g54eaY9Bo2GSeXFIAw0E6qQhZcsAvHUGWTcuKxonQFeyvRKje-_/pub] Follow the show @deadeyespodcast [https://twitter.com/DeadEyespodcast] Advertise on Dead Eyes [https://gumball.fm/shows/dead-eyes/5e2f156c00a51900276cbfa3] via Gumball.fm [http://gumball.fm/]   See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

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. Episode Transcript [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR7csgSN90zs2Bi5cKP3wXha71eu14EGf9s3R8umXgW0YfNZO43R7YM9UEC1E1fqHwPo0xXiDF3iA3x/pub] Follow the show @deadeyespodcast [https://twitter.com/DeadEyespodcast] Advertise on Dead Eyes [https://gumball.fm/shows/dead-eyes/5e2f156c00a51900276cbfa3] via Gumball.fm [http://gumball.fm/]   See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].