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Dead Eyes

24 - The Colonel(s)

Dead Eyes

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Dead Eyes, Band Of Brothers, Fired, Personal Journals, Connor Ratliff, Casting, Auditioning, Tv & Film, Tom Hanks, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

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 lead role is its defining feature.

Watch Connor's re-audition for Colonel Sanders on The Chris Gethard Show

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0:00.0

This is a headgum original.

0:05.0

I would say you're someone who has become one of my closest friends.

0:12.0

Likewise? We talk on the phone two or has become one of my closest friends.

0:12.6

Likewise?

0:13.2

We talk on the phone two or three times a week maybe?

0:16.5

I feel like it's been different under the pandemic just because time feels different.

0:20.4

Right.

0:21.4

But we usually do a podcast.

0:23.0

J.D. a motto is a director, writer, producer, and occasionally a performer.

0:27.8

We became friends just over a decade ago when we were both taking improv classes in New York City.

0:33.4

He and I have done a number of strange projects together over the years, including a

0:37.2

podcast called 12-hour day with J.D. and Connor, where every episode is a single

0:42.4

unedited 12-hour conversation between the two of us.

0:45.9

The sort of thing I always say is there's an episode where Connor and I start in New York and

0:50.6

fly to Colorado and continue doing the episode throughout the entire process.

0:55.0

We go through the airport, we're on the plane, we go to Colorado,

0:58.0

and while we're on the plane, both Connor and I fell asleep for about two to three hours and so in that

1:04.4

episode of the podcast there's about two to three hours of ambient airplane

1:07.7

noise where Connor and I are just asleep.

1:10.3

I'm gonna take a nap right now.

1:12.3

Okay, Connor's taking a nap. All right, I'm going to take a nap right now. Okay, kind of taking a nap.

1:14.0

All right, I'm calling it.

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