The Normals Show

(5/5/26) In this episode Jeremiah is employed once again, we talk about the trailer for the new, reimagined Resident Evil movie, The Studio on Apple TV, we celebrate the Oklahoma City Thunder sweeping their way through the playoffs, we talk about the next to last episode of Daredevil: Born Again season 2, Jeremiah talks about a fun little Arizona State Sun Devils mascot tidbit, and we mourn the deaths of Jacapo Camagni (comic artist/illustrator), Gerry Conway (comic creator, The Punisher, Ben Reilly, original Ms. Marvel, death of Gwen Stacy).

(4/25/26) In this episode we talk about the latest Daredevil: Born Again episode, Together on Apple TV, Netflix adapting a tv show based on the Black Hole graphic novel, and we mourn the deaths of Egbert Sen (Willrow Hood in Star Wars), Robert Carradine (Revenger of the Nerds, The Big Red One), Eric Dane (Grey's Anatomy, X-Men: The Last Stand), Jane Baer (Animator, The Fox and the Hound, Mickey's Christmas Carol, The Black Cauldron, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Beauty and the Beast), Neil Sedaka (singer/songwriter), G.G. Santiago (creator of Rainbow Brite), Chuck Norris (martial artist/actor)

(4/18/26) In this episode Caleb went to Budapest, Vienna, and Prague, Jeremiah lost his job, we talk about Daredevil: Born Again season 2, Severance, The Studio, Good Fortune, Nobody 2, Rental Family, George Romero's Resident Evil, and we mourn the deaths of Sam Kieth (The Maxx), Valerie Perrine (Miss Teschmacher), and new MST3K episode with Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett (the best MST3K crew).

(2/28/26) In this episode Caleb unveils the devastating news that his cat Anubis has passed on after 19 years of service, we also mourn the deaths of Robert Duvall (To Kill A Mockingbird, Lonesome Dove, Network, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, THX 1138), Marcus Gilbert (Army of Darkness), Claudette Colvin (Civil Rights activist), Roger Allers (The Lion King), Dr. Gladys West (mathematician, her work led to the creation of GPS systems), Sal Buscema (comic book artist), Demond Wilson (Sanford & Son), Chuck Negron (lead singer of Three Dog Night), Brad Arnold (lead singer of 3 Doors Down), Greg Brown (guitarist of Cake), James Van Der Beek (Dawson's Creek), Bud Cort ((M*A*S*H*, Harold & Maude), Shelly Desai (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Hideki Sato (designer of most Sega consoles), Shutaro Iida (Castlevania, Metal Gear), Tom Noonan (Manhunter, The Monster Squad), Jesse Jackson (Civil Rights activist).

(2/13/26) In this episode we talk about the Disney+ show Wonder Man, Jeremiah got around to watching Banshee on HBO, and we mourn the deaths of T.K. Carter (Dr. Detroit/The Thing), Bob Burns (actor The Ghostbusters [not the one you're thinking of]), James Whitlock, Jr. (The Wire, Cocaine Bear), Bob Weir (co-founder of The Grateful Dead), Guy Moon (composer of The Fairly Oddparents, Cow and Chicken, Johnny Bravo, etc.).

(1/30/26) In this episode we talk about The Life of Chuck, The Running Man, The Long Walk, and we mourn the deaths of Catherine O'Hara (SCTV, Home Alone, Beetlejuice, Schitt's Creek), Peter Greene (actor), Joan Gregson (IT: Chapter II, IT: Welcome to Derry), Carl Carlton (musician Everlasting Love, She's a Bad Mama Jama), Anthony Geary (General Hospital, UHF), Rachael Carpani (actress), Gil Gerard (Buck Rogers).

(1/16/26) In this episode we talk about Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, and we mourn the deaths of Kazuki Motoyama (author and artist of Super Mario Bros. manga), Dan McGrath (writer The Simpsons, King of the Hill, SNL), Alice & Ellen Kessler (German sisters actors/singers/dancers), Udo Kier (character actor), Jimmy Cliff (Reggae musician), Burt Meyer (inventor, created Lite-Brite, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Mousetrap), Danny Seagren (1st live-action Spider-Man on The Electric Company), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (actor Mortal Kombat), Frank Gehry (architect), and Steve Cropper (guitarist Booker T & the M.G.'s, The Blues Brothers).

(1/9/26) In this episode, we talk about the series finale of Stranger Things, the leaked Avengers: Doomsday trailer featuring Cyclops, the Apple+ show The Shrink Next Door, Fallout on Prime Video, and we mourn the deaths of Duane Roberts (inventor of the frozen burrito), Adam Greenberg (cinematographer Terminator, T2: Judgement Day), Diane Ladd (Rambling Rose, Wild At Heart, Christmas Vacation, mother of Laura Dern), Ralph Senensky (television director/screenwriter Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, etc), Tatsuya Nakadai (Japanese actor Yojimbo, High and Low), Sally Kirkland Jr. (The Sting, JFK), and Cleto Escobedo III (played sax for Paula Abdul, band leader Cleto & the Cletones for Jimmy Kimmel Live).

(1/2/26) In this episode, Caleb and Jeremiah recount their Christmas vacations, Caleb talks about the death of his mother-in-law (Cathy French) just before Christmas, and we mourn the tragic murder of Rob and Michelle Reiner and we celebrate his acting and directing career.

(12/12/25) In this episode we talk about our Thanksgiving events, we talk about the Supergirl trailer, the Marvel Cosmic Invasion video game, and we mourn the deaths of James Mitchum (actor, son of Robert Mitchum), George Hardy (last of the Tuskegee Airmen), David Ball (composer, member of band Soft Cell ), June Lockhart (Lassie, Lost in Space), Prunella Scales (Fawlty Towers), and Tcheky Karyo (Bad Boys, La Femme Nikita).

(11/14/25) In this episode our recording didn't record the video, but gave no indication it wasn't recording video so we ended up with just audio. Shout out to Megan, Jason, and Desiree. We talk about Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein on Netflix and because we haven't recorded in a while we have many celebrity deaths to mourn including Claudia Cardenale (Once Upon A Time in the West), Polly Holliday (Gremlins), Ron Silverman (movie producer), Jane Goodall (primatologist/anthropologist), Patricia Routledge (Keeping Up Appearances), Ron Dean (Chicago character actor), Diane Keaton (The Godfather, Annie Hall), Drew Struzan (movie poster artist), Ace Frehley (KISS guitarist), Samantha Eggar (Dr. Doolittle), Sam Rivers (Limp Bizkit bassist), Klaus Doldinger (composer), Ed Williams (Naked Gun), John Lodge (The Moody Blues).

(10/27/25) Caleb and Jeremiah are joined by very special guests Jon, Kelly, and Chris. Everyone has come up with their top 4 horror movies released post 2020 Covid era.

(9/20/25) In this episode we talk about Peacemaker, Only Murders in the Building, Alien: Earth, and we mourn the deaths of Sonny Curtis (The Crickets, wrote the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song), Brad Everett Young (actor), Bobby Hart (musician, co-wrote all of The Monkees songs), Robert Redford (big time Hollywood actor).

(9/9/25) In this episode of The Normals Show, we talk about Alien: Earth, Peacemaker, the Mandalorian & Grogu trailer, The Thursday Murder Club on Netflix, and we mourn the deaths of Chuck Mangione (Jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player), Joe Caroff (graphic designer known for the West Side Story poster and the James Bond pistol logo), Ronnie Rondell Jr. (stuntman), Brent Hinds (Mastodon), Giorgio Armani (fashion designer), Mark Volman (The Turtles), Joseph McNeil (USAF major general and member of the Greensboro 4 Woolworths Civil Rights sit-in movement), Graham Green (Canadian First Nations character actor), Terence Stamp (English actor known for his villain roles).

(8/10/25) In this episode we recorded the best episode ever while discussing FF: First Steps, but forgot to actually hit record so you'll never hear it and Jeremiah and Caleb will always cherish what could've been, we also talk about FF: First Steps while actually recording, we talk a little about South Park, and we mourn the deaths of Alan Barnes Netherton (fellow OSU Theatre alum), Kenneth Washington (actor), Lonnie Anderson (WKRP in Cincinnati), Ryne Sandberg (MLB player), and Jim Lovell (Apollo 13 astronaut). https://www.instagram.com/normalsshowpodcast

(7/22/25) In this episode we talk about CBS cowardly capitulating to supreme leader Cheeto Benito by ending The Late Show, we talk about James Gunn's Superman, Jeremiah turned a year older, and we mourn the deaths of Kenneth Colley (Star Wars, Admiral Piett), Connie Francis (singer), and Malcolm Jamal Warner (Theo, The Cosby Show). https://www.instagram.com/normalsshowpodcast/

(7/10/25) In this episode Jeremiah was recently in Oklahoma, Caleb is currently in Oklahoma. We talk about that. Also, we talk about the trailer for the Running Man remake, we talk about Ironheart, and we mourn the deaths of Rebekah Del Rio (singer), Lalo Schifrin (composer, Mission Impossible theme), Mark Snow (composer, X-Files theme), Julian McMahon (actor, Fantastic Four, Runaways, Nip/Tuck), Michael Madsen (actor, Quantum Leap, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Reservoir Dogs), and Jim Shooter (comic book writer/editor/editor-in-chief at Marvel 1978-1987).

(6/24/25) The Oklahoma City Thunder are the 2025 NBA champions and are the greatest NBA team of all time! We talk a bit about that, the Spaceballs 2 currently in development, Resident Alien, Revival, and we mourn the deaths of Harris Yulin (character actor, Ghostbusters 2), Ananda Lewis (MTV VJ), Bobby Sherman (teen pop idol), Brian Wilson (Beach Boys), Gailard Sartain (Mazeppa Pompazoidi, the Earnest movies, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Outsiders), check out our instagram: https://www.instagram.com/normalsshowpodcast

(6/10/25) In this episode we talk a little about the OKC Thunder in the playoffs, The Green Mill (and the entire building it's in) is up for sale in Chicago, the new (and possibly final?) season of Resident Alien starting, Predator: Killer of Killers, and we mourn the deaths of Devin Harjes (FBI, Blue Bloods), Rick Derringer (musician/producer), Valerie Mahaffey (character actress), Loretta Swit (M*A*S*H*), Sylvester Stewart (Sly & the Family Stone), Peter David (comic book writer), Jonathan Joss (John Redcorn on King of the Hill).

(5/20/25) In this episode we talk a little bit about the Oklahoma City Thunder in the playoffs, the next to last episode of the current season of The Last of Us, and we mourn the deaths of Joe Don Baker (Walking Tall, Mitchell) and George Wendt (Cheers).

(5/13/25) We recorded this a month ago, but since summer hit I just haven't been in an editing kind of mood. In this episode we talk about the Thunderbolts movie, The Last of Us, and we mourn the death of Terry Brunk (professional wrestler Sabu).

(4/29/25) In this episode we talk about The Last of Us season 2 episode 3, season 2 of Andor, Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse, and we mourn the death of Steve "Mongo" McMichael (NFL player and pro-wrestler).

(4/22/25) That's right! In the tradition of long running shows like M*A*S*H, The Simpsons, and Law & Order, The Normals Show is now a 5 year long juggernaut in the sphere of Podcasting excellence! If you don't believe me...shut up. In this episode we talk about the season finale of Daredevil: Born Again, episode 2 of The Last of Us season 2, and we mourn the deaths of Ted Kotcheff (First Blood [Rambo], North Dallas Forty, Weekend At Bernie's), Robert Trebor (character actor/Hercules and Xena Shows, The Devil's Rejects, Hail, Caesar!), game show host Wink Martindale, Jean Marsh (Willow/Return to Oz/Upstairs, Downstairs [star and co-creator]), Nicky Katt (Boston Public, Dazed and Confused), and Pope Francis.

(4/15/25) In this episode, Jeremiah finally got to do all of his C2E2 stuff and now he's going to tell us about it, then we talk about the premiere of The Last of Us season 2, Daredevil: Born Again, and we mourn the deaths of Clem Burked (Blondie drummer), and Les Binks (Judas Priest drummer).

(4/8/25) In this episode Jeremiah is gearing up for C2E2 (which will have already ended by the time you hear this), we talk briefly about our air travel habits on planes due to guys discovering the "Putty" method from Seinfeld, we talk about the season finale for Common Side Effects and what direction the plot might go in for season 2, we talk about the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again, 1923, the extended Superman trailer, and we mourn the deaths of Clive Revill (the original voice of Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars), Patty Maloney (Earnest Saves Christmas, Birdie from the old McDonald's commercials, Lumpy from the Star Wars Holiday Special), Jay North (Dennis the Menace) and Val Kilmer (Top Gun, Batman, Top Secret, Willow).

(4/1/25) In this episode we talk about what Caleb and his family did for their last day in Chicago, we talk about the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again, the announcement of the 4th Spider-Man movie being called Brand New Day which is a name familiar to comics fans, Jeremiah wants you to know that he has a table at C2E2 in row W15, we talk briefly about the Cory Booker filibuster, and we mourn the deaths of Bruce Glover (dad to Crispin Glover, character actor, Chinatown, Diamonds Are Forever) and Richard Chamberlain (Dr. Kildare, The Thornbirds, Jason Bourne, Quartermain, etc).

(3/25/25) In this episode Caleb is visiting Chicago for the first time in roughly 12 years since moving away 15 years ago, Jeremiah and Caleb catch up about stuff and things, discuss Common Side Effects, a little Daredevil stuff, and mourn the deaths of Wings Hauser (character actor) and George Foreman (boxer, actor, countertop grill salesman).

(3/18/25) In this episode we have allergies, we talk about Daredevil: Born Again, the upcoming Stan Lee documentary about the alleged elder abuse he was subjected to in his later years of life, the Spinal Tap II teaser trailer, and we mourn the deaths of Emilie Dequenne (Brotherhood of the Wolf, Rosetta) and David Steven Cohen (Courage the Cowardly Dog, Balto, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Pee Wee's Playhouse).

(3/11/25) Always remember, time is a man-made construct and it should not rule your life. What should rule your life is the next man-made hour and a half or so of our podcast wherein we talk about the first two episodes of Daredevil: Born Again, the Broccoli family absolutely losing their minds and selling control of the James Bond franchise to Amazon so Jeff Bezos can have his 7th yacht, and we mourn the deaths of Michelle Trachtenberg (The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Harriet the Spy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), David Johansen (The New York Dolls, Buster Poindexter, Scrooged), Betsy Arakawa and Gene Hackman (Superman, Hoosiers, Young Frankenstein, Bonnie & Clyde, The French Connection, Unforgiven, The Quick and the Dead, Enemy of the State, The Royal Tenenbaums, and on and on and on), and George Lowe (Space Ghost: Coast to Coast).

(2/25/25) In this episode, we talk about Captain America: Brave New World, briefly discuss other upcoming Marvel projects, and we mourn the deaths of Peter Jason (character actor), Lynne Marie Stewart (Miss Yvonne from Pee Wee's Playhouse/Charlie's Mom on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), and Roberta Flack (recording artist).

(2/11/25) In this episode we discuss current events, Common Side Effects on Adult Swim/Max, Neil Gaiman's sexual assault allegations and the fallout from it, and we mourn the deaths of Tony Roberts (character actor), NFL Coach Dick Jauron (Chicago Bears among others), Peter "Navy" Tuiasosopo (actor Necessary Roughness, Street Fighter, etc.), and Brent Douglas (DJ for KMOD in Tulsa, voice of Roy D. Mercer prank calls).

(2/4/25) In this episode, Jeremiah's parked car was hit by someone who actually left a note, we discuss The Penguin after Caleb finally finished the show, Diamond Comics Distributors (the only name in the game for a long time) is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy, the Fantastic Four trailer, and we mourn the death of John Erwin (voice of He-Man).

(1/21/25) In this episode we talk about the documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, the Daredevil: Reborn trailer, and we mourn the deaths of Jules Feiffer (cartoonist), Bob Uecker (MLB player, commentator, actor/Major League), Joan Plowright (actress), and David Lynch (director, Dune, Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, Elephant Man)

(1/7/25) Jeremiah recaps his Christmas break, we talk about shows we've been watching (or trying to watch), Caleb talks about a depressing poll that says the majority of Americans (who answered the poll) prefer suburban sprawl where everything you need must be driven to versus walkable cities where everything you need is all within your local neighborhood, and we mourn the deaths of Ricky Henderson (MLB Hall of Famer, stolen base record holder), Linda Lavin (Alice), Olivia Hussey (Romeo and Juliet, Black Christmas), Angus MacInnes (Strange Brew, Star Wars), Morgan Lofting (The Baroness in G.I. Joe cartoons), Jeff Baena (director/writer/husband to Aubrey Plaza, Life After Beth, Horse Girl, The Little Hours), Greg Gumbel (news/sports journalist), and especially former President Jimmy Carter.

(12/10/24) This episode, He-Man movie casting news, Voltron casting, Superman Legacy trailer, Creature Commandos, some other stuff, and The Amazing Kreskin Died.

(12/3/24) In this episode, Thanksgiving, The Penguin, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Carry-On, Jake McNiece and the Filthy 13, and we mourn the deaths of Chuck Woolery (game show host/actor) and Jim Abrahams (Airplane).

(11/12/24) In this episode we talk about recent events that will have dire repercussions for the foreseeable future, we talk about the new trailer for Captain America: Brave New World, the finale of Agatha All Along, Jeremiah talks about Treadstone, and we mourn the deaths of Teri Garr (Young Frankenstein), Quincy Jones (Music producer, composer), Elwood Edwards (voice of AOL), and Tony Todd (Candyman).

(10/22/24) In this episode Jeremiah went to a "haunted" forest in Wisconsin, we talk about Maxxxine, the '80s horror flick 555, new take on the horror genre In a Violent Nature, Fresh, and we also talk about casting news for the Running Man remake and the new DC tv series Lanterns.

(10/8/24) We believe A24 is making the best horror movies right now. Join us as we discuss that as well as Uzumaki on Adult Swim, Jeremiah finally finished Sweet Tooth, Will & Harper about Will Ferrell travelling around the country with his friend who was a writer on SNL who transitioned as they talk about life and meet people along the way. and we mourn the deaths of Drake Hogestyn (Days of Our Lives), John Ashton (Beverly Hills Cop movies, Midnight Run), Ken Page (Oogie Boogie from Nightmare Before Christmas), Frank Fritz (American Pickers), Dikembe Mutombo (NBA player), Pete Rose (MLB player and chronic non-hall of famer), Robert Watts (producer for all of the Star Wars movies, the original Indiana Jones movies. Who Framed Roger Rabbit, etc), Maggie Smith (Hook, Sister Act, Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, etc.), John Amos (Coming to America, Roots, Good Times), and Kris Kristofferson (musician/writer/actor A Star Is Born, Millennium, Blade).

(9/24/24) In this episode Jeremiah plugs an upcoming Kickstarter project he's involved in called Pots & Panels, Diddy did a bad thing, we talk about Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Agatha All Along, Thunderbolts, and we mourn the deaths of Peter Renaday (character actor/voice of Splinter in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon), Chad McQueen (son of Steve McQueen/Dutch on Karate Kid), James Earl Jones (Star Wars, The Lion King, Field of Dreams, The Sandlot, Coming to America), and John Cassaday (comic book artist).

(9/3/24) Jeremiah lists some shows he's binged on Amazon Prime recently, we try to re-review Deadpool & Wolverine since most of our original review was negated by Riverside during our last recording, and we mourn the deaths of Peter Marshall (longtime host of Hollywood Squares), and Sid Eudy (professional wrestler Sid Vicious).

(8/13/24) We had 45 minutes of audio that seemed like it was working fine while recording, but when it came time to edit, it turned out that only one side of the conversation could be heard. This was probably the best episode we'd ever done. The best episode anyone ever has ever done. Now no one will ever hear it. Riverside had a major glitch and we don't appreciate that. Anyway, here's the 26 minutes of usable audio that we were left with. At least it's something.

(8/5/24) In this episode Jeremiah saw Deadpool & Wolverine, but can't fully talk about it until Caleb has seen it, there's a little bit of DC news, and we mourn the deaths of Dr. Ruth (famous sex therapist), Richard Simmons (health and exercise guru), Martin Mull (actor/comedian), Bill Cobbs, Gavan O'Herlihy (actor), Shelley Duvall (actor), and Bob Newhart (comedian/actor).

(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 Sutherland. Also, since Riverside allows you to record video we're also going to post this on youtube so I guess be prepared for that nonsense.

(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).