Dead Eyes
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Making of Dead Eyes (Live in Belgium)
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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.&...
31 - Tom
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor talks with Tom Hanks. Episode Transcript Follow the show @deadeyespodcast Advertise on Dead Eyes via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener...
30 - Buzz & Billis
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor investigates two high school productions of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific: one that took place in 1990 during his freshman year at...
29 - The Blacklist List
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 Sait...
28 - Illumination Day
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 Sc...
27 - Colin
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor talks with actor Colin Hanks (Mad Men, Life In Pieces, American Crime Story: Impeachment) about his 2015 Tower Records documentary and also oth...
26 - Band of Others
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connor talks with Zach Braff (Scrubs, Garden State), Adam Scott (Parks & Recreation, Party Down) and David Krumholtz (Numb3rs, The Deuce) about ho...
25 - The True Meaning of Dead Eyes
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor talks with comedian Nikki Glaser (FBoy Island) along with an array of experts in hope of discovering "the true meaning of 'dead eyes.'" Episode...
24 - The Colonel(s)
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor talks with actors and executives about how he almost became “Colonel Sanders,” and the ups and downs of an ad campaign where re-casting the...
23 - Brought To You By Turd Husband™️
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor talks with Nicole Byer (Nailed It!), Johnathan Fernandez (Gossip Girl), Ann Carr (Red Oaks) and Molly Lloyd (Pinkalicious & Peterrific) abo...
22 - You've Got Tweet
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor talks with comedian Aparna Nancherla (Bojack Horseman, Corporate) about the time when Tom Hanks tweeted about how funny she is. The original tw...
21 - Let the Mystery Be
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dead Eyes returns for Season Three! Connor talks with Damon Lindelof (LOST, The Leftovers, Watchmen) and Starlee Kine (Mystery Show, Search Party) abo...
Dead Eyes Season 3 Trailer
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Season 3 of Dead Eyes premieres October 28th, with new episodes dropping every other Thursday. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.c...
20 - The Big Zielinski
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the Season 2 finale, Connor talks to Band of Brothers Lead Writer and Supervising Producer Erik Jendresen, and learns the truth about Episode 5 "Cr...
19 - Young Tom Hankses
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor talks to three actors who shared roles with Tom Hanks when they were kids: Elijah Wood (Radio Flyer), David Moscow (Big), and Michael Conner Hu...
18 - Saturday Tonight Live
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After failing to book Jimmy Fallon on the podcast, Connor instead talks to his good friend, comedian Alex Song-Xia, whose brief time as a writer on Th...
17 - Lacking Warmth
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Connor talks to the creators/writers/directors/producers of Freaks and Geeks Judd Apatow and Paul Feig about failure, success and uncomfortable encoun...
16 - Castaways
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As 2020 comes to a close, Connor finds himself inexplicably stranded on a desert island with a cassette player and tapes containing deleted scenes fro...
15 - Marvel's Agents of C.A.S.T.I.N.G.
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In an attempt to understand why neither he nor Tom Hanks has yet to book a role in a superhero project, Connor assembles an Avengers-style team of act...
14 - Thinking About Don't Think Twice Again
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor tries to understand what made him right for a small role in writer-director Mike Birbiglia’s 2016 critically-acclaimed feature film Don’t T...
13 - Hilary & Robert & Punch & Judy
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor tracks down his former agent, Hilary Gagan, as well as her former assistant, Robert Styles, who both reveal conflicting memories about his Band...
12 - Pathetic Man
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor accepts a non-speaking role with a memorable name, then experiences a series of minor humiliations. Featuring Lauren Lapkus (The Wrong Mis...
11 - Piss Siblings
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor books an unusual role on HBO's VEEP after over a decade in the show biz wilderness, with some help from his friend Shannon O'Neill (How To Fix ...
Season 2 Prologue (w/ Ira Glass)
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Season 2 fast approaches. Connor seeks sage wisdom and advice from This American Life creator Ira Glass.Dead Eyes Season 2 premieres on Oct 22.Episode...
10 - Moose/Nixon
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the Season 1 finale, Connor connects with two of the actors he almost worked with on Band of Brothers: Ron Livingston (Office Space, Search Party) ...
09 - Neighbors & Pals
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Seth Rogen clears up a misunderstanding and reveals his surprising connection to Connor, sharing multiple stories of show business disappointment &...
08 - Show-Me State
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When a global pandemic hits, Connor loses another show business job and moves back in with his parents.Featuring Ryan Miller from the band Guster, plu...
07 - GTM
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor chases another phantom, one that went missing from the 2019 romantic comedy Isn't It Romantic between its filming and its release. It's a self-...
06 - Ryan Johnson's Star Wars Prequel Rumors
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE VIRYAN JOHNSON'S STAR WARS PREQUEL RUMORSIt is a period of hope: the late 1990s!A student at the Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts,...
05 - The Last Remains of the Dodo
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann learns how she unwittingly provided the soundtrack to Connor's entire Band of Brothers experience.Listen to Bachelor No. ...
04 - Any Questions?
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor imagines an alternate timeline with the help of Saturday Night Live alumn Bobby Moynihan, who played a major role in one of Tom Hanks's late-ca...
03 - The Replacement
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connor doesn't trust his memory.Actor, comedian, and showrunner of Adam Ruins Everything Adam Conover explains that, without a doubt, Connor is misrem...
02 - Tristesse
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A 10-year-old Connor acts onstage in a 1985 production of Oliver! and has a seemingly disastrous first television interview. Years later, a 17-year-ol...
01 - He's Having Second Thoughts
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the year 2000, actor Connor Ratliff is fired by Tom Hanks from the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers for supposedly having "dead eyes". Two decades l...
Coming Soon: Dead Eyes
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A quest to solve a very stupid mystery that has haunted comedian Connor Ratliff for two decades: Why Tom Hanks fired him from a small role in the 2001...