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So the Liam Nisification of comedy legend Bob Odenkirk. Have you been keeping up on it? Because it is proceeding

apace. He's already pivoted from sketch comedy to dramatic acting and most recently to

late middle-aged action star in the film's nobody and its sequel. Now he's starring in normal,

playing a small town sheriff who finds out his small town isn't so normal after all which will of course

require some sexagenarian butt kicking i'm glen wellden joining me today to talk about normal

on n npr's pop culture happy hour is ronald young junior he's the host of the film and television

review podcast leaving the theater hey ronald hello glen Also with us is writer Chris Klemick, hey Chris?

Hello, Glenn. Hello, Ronald. Briefly, before we begin, I want to buoy the spirits of anyone who shares my

disappointment upon learning that normal Minnesota is a fictional town by telling them that I have, in fact,

been to liberal Kansas, and when I was there, I took a photo of a liberal police car.

All right.

There we go.

In normal the film, Bob Odenkirk plays.

Let me check my note here.

Let's see, I've got it right here.

Sheriff Ulysses, who's recently accepted a gig as temporary sheriff in a small Minnesota town to get away from a troubled marriage and some mysterious unpleasantness in his past.

That doesn't remain mysterious for long because flashbacks.

Turns out the town is friendly enough.

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