# [Dead Eyes](/content/dead-eyes/index.html)

with [Connor Ratliff](/content/search?q=%22Connor%20Ratliff%22/index.html)

## 24 - The Colonel(s)

12/9/2021

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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACuK_70f5Jw)

[Episode Transcript](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSoIHsfZVC0ZXvRFLktJzmqpc7BA29AAuy14c5ZqG69wTFfEebD7Wy3GRO_BczeDFXmP5Gz49VCJw6i/pub)

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