diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/normalboots.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/normalboots.py
index 1dce5430fe..25e71a56e1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/normalboots.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/normalboots.py
@@ -1,61 +1,51 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import re
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 
 from ..utils import (
-    ExtractorError,
     unified_strdate,
 )
 
+
 class NormalbootsIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?normalboots\.com/video/(?P<videoid>[0-9a-z-]*)/?$'
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://(?:www\.)?normalboots\.com/video/(?P<videoid>[0-9a-z-]*)/?$'
     _TEST = {
-        u'url': u'http://normalboots.com/video/home-alone-games-jontron/',
-        u'file': u'home-alone-games-jontron.mp4',
-        u'md5': u'8bf6de238915dd501105b44ef5f1e0f6',
-        u'info_dict': {
-            u'title': u'Home Alone Games - JonTron - NormalBoots',
-            u'description': u'Jon is late for Christmas. Typical. Thanks to: Paul Ritchey for Co-Writing/Filming: http://www.youtube.com/user/ContinueShow Michael Azzi for Christmas Intro Animation: http://michafrar.tumblr.com/ Jerrod Waters for Christmas Intro Music: http://www.youtube.com/user/xXJerryTerryXx Casey Ormond for \u2018Tense Battle Theme\u2019:\xa0http://www.youtube.com/Kiamet/',
-            u'uploader': u'JonTron',
-            u'upload_date': u'20140125',
+        'url': 'http://normalboots.com/video/home-alone-games-jontron/',
+        'md5': '8bf6de238915dd501105b44ef5f1e0f6',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'home-alone-games-jontron',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Home Alone Games - JonTron - NormalBoots',
+            'description': 'Jon is late for Christmas. Typical. Thanks to: Paul Ritchey for Co-Writing/Filming: http://www.youtube.com/user/ContinueShow Michael Azzi for Christmas Intro Animation: http://michafrar.tumblr.com/ Jerrod Waters for Christmas Intro Music: http://www.youtube.com/user/xXJerryTerryXx Casey Ormond for ‘Tense Battle Theme’:\xa0http://www.youtube.com/Kiamet/',
+            'uploader': 'JonTron',
+            'upload_date': '20140125',
         }
     }
-    
+
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
         video_id = mobj.group('videoid')
-        
-        info = {
-            'id': video_id,
-            'uploader': None,
-            'upload_date': None,
-        }
-        
-        if url[:4] != 'http':
-            url = 'http://' + url
-        
+
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-        video_title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
-        video_description = self._og_search_description(webpage)
-        video_thumbnail = self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
         video_uploader = self._html_search_regex(r'Posted\sby\s<a\shref="[A-Za-z0-9/]*">(?P<uploader>[A-Za-z]*)\s</a>',
             webpage, 'uploader')
-        raw_upload_date = self._html_search_regex('<span style="text-transform:uppercase; font-size:inherit;">[A-Za-z]+, (?P<date>.*)</span>', 
+        raw_upload_date = self._html_search_regex('<span style="text-transform:uppercase; font-size:inherit;">[A-Za-z]+, (?P<date>.*)</span>',
             webpage, 'date')
         video_upload_date = unified_strdate(raw_upload_date)
-        video_upload_date = unified_strdate(raw_upload_date)
-            
+
         player_url = self._html_search_regex(r'<iframe\swidth="[0-9]+"\sheight="[0-9]+"\ssrc="(?P<url>[\S]+)"', webpage, 'url')
         player_page = self._download_webpage(player_url, video_id)
         video_url = self._html_search_regex(r"file:\s'(?P<file>[^']+\.mp4)'", player_page, 'file')
-        
-        info['url'] = video_url
-        info['title'] = video_title
-        info['description'] = video_description
-        info['thumbnail'] = video_thumbnail
-        info['uploader'] = video_uploader
-        info['upload_date'] = video_upload_date
-        
-        return info
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'url': video_url,
+            'title': self._og_search_title(webpage),
+            'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),
+            'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
+            'uploader': video_uploader,
+            'upload_date': video_upload_date,
+        }