Dead Eyes

<p>A brief hello from Connor including an audiobook recommendation and a preview of his new podcast, Tiny Dinos...</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to Tiny Dinos here:</p><p><a href="https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/tinydinos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/tinydinos</a></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.c

<p>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.&nbsp;</p><p>Recorded in Ostend, Belgium on April 2nd, 2022.</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/pr

<p>Connor talks with Tom Hanks.</p> <p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQgSZfYdB06RhBGPOPt8hknTjAnMrfMwgU3g9IXQMfDaWeilZMUMLneIADwTgkz-QYcvGyKeebS_T-d/pub" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a></p> <p>Follow the show <a href="https://twitter.com/DeadEyespodcast" target="_blank">@deadeyespodcast</a></p> <p>Advertise on <a href="https://gumball.fm/shows/dead-eyes/5e2f156c00a51900276cbfa3" target="_blank">Dead Eyes</a> via <a href="http://gumball.fm/" target="_blank">Gumball.

<p>Connor investigates two high school productions of Rodgers & Hammerstein's <em>South Pacific</em>:<em> </em>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.</p> <p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQZEp3yfc0oIazkHJK7Jw1xEUlhvY2y87qJhTw5twAU6scip8hFf9fcTcuXsrvs69vmjPd-uA4-w8bV/pub" target="_blank">Episode Tr

<p>Connor talks with six actors who were cast in roles on NBC's <em>The Blacklist</em> that he also auditioned for.</p> <p><strong>The Blacklist List</strong></p> <ul> <li>#410 - "Rafa" (Jimmie Saito)</li> <li>#417 - "Bobby J" (Bruce Faulk)</li> <li>#501 - "Hawkins" (Aida Turturro)</li> <li>#513 - "Forensics Investigator Muncie" (Neal Lerner)</li> <li>#521 - Julius Hannelore (Jeffrey Bean)</li> <li>#603 - Reggie Deeks (Alex Breaux)</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PAC

<p>When Connor learns of the existence of <em>Tom Hanks' Electric City,</em> he starts asking questions of anyone who will talk to him about it, including Paul Scheer (<em>The League, How Did This Get Made</em>), Tara Jayne Sands (<em>Pokémon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh!</em>), Jason Antoon (<em>NCIS: Hawaii, Minority Report</em>), supervising producer Samantha Scharff (<em>SNL, The Colbert</em> Report), and former Playtone creative exec Joshua Feldman.</p> <p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/

<p>Connor talks with actor Colin Hanks (<em>Mad Men</em>, <em>Life In Pieces</em>, <em>American Crime Story: Impeachment</em>) about his 2015 Tower Records documentary and also other topics.</p> <p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR4ikdYmesFzR7j7K7P3BceMFrJm8lmV1BpKd5pVQqZAbHnBVWIFqPOVQM-i2zhL-jjMheNYwPmc8wv/pub" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a></p> <p>Follow the show <a href="https://twitter.com/DeadEyespodcast" target="_blank">@deadeyespodcast</a></p> <p>Advertise o

<p>Connor talks with Zach Braff (<em>Scrubs, Garden State</em>), Adam Scott (<em>Parks & Recreation, Party Down</em>) and David Krumholtz (<em>Numb3rs, The Deuce</em>) about how they all auditioned for <em>Band of Brothers</em> and were not cast.</p> <p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS1qxy0TZUeBv-GH-Q0q9mgJsYbdup6-W2uelTT_sbQItmpmP5xJA0rWLBnjmblp-KHnk51zU8Lr1vq/pub" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a></p> <p>Follow the show <a href="https://twitter.com/DeadEyespodcast"