Premiere (Season 1, Episode 1)

## Episode Description

In our pilot episode, you'll get introduced to the Newswire's newest podcast hosts, the greasy gamer bois Aidan Callahan and Sebastian Aguilar. While the two riff about the quirky nature of their new show, wondering why Newswire is paying them to be there at all, you can catch a comedy sketch on the powers of video editing, written by staff contributor Griffin Brammer, an anti-piracy sketch by staff contributor Ben Thomson, an improv segment featuring Brammer and Leighton Gammage, a guest appearance from featured performer, graduate student Connor Impson, and last but not least, an important update on COVID-19 from Newswire's resident medical expert and advice columnist Dr. Almanzo.

## Segments

### "The Powers of Video Editing" with Griffin Brammer

Video Editor and Possible Magician Griffin Brammer gives viewers a crash course on the wonderful world of video editing by getting robbed, sending Sebastian into The Eternal Void (never to be seen again), and giving himself funny hats. All these and more merry hijinks show viewers the potential of video editing to change the future of entertainment forever.

### Improv with Griffin and Leighton

Not-Professional-Improv Actors Aidan, Sebastian, Griffin, and Leighton tell stories of Aidan's tendency to disappoint everyone, combination Scooby-Doo villains and bottoms, Shopkins kitchenware, and Dish Soap Anonymous meetings.

### "The Phone Call"

William Wendeys receives a strange phone call from an unknown individual who knows his address and is asking him to make a decision that could haunt William for the rest of his life.

### Musical Interlude

Musical guest Connor Impson plays his orginial song "It Hurts".

### Dr. Almanzo's University Policy Update

Dr. Almanzo addresses the Xavier community about mask updates and vaccinations requirements that are being implemented throughout campus. While advocating for the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Almanzo receives a call from his ex-wife Laura and attempts to keep his composure.

## Trivia

* Though it is called *The Blobcast*, the show describes itself as a "comedy variety show"
* This is the first appearance of "The Blobcast Theme Song"
* Despite making fun of the Newswire Live podcast, Sebastian is the audio editor for it and maintains a weekly world news segment called "What In the World?"
* *The Blobcast* is the Newswire Multimedia department's first online show with a video format
* Aidan jokes about being threatened by former Xavier basketball coach Travis Steele, who is notable for leading the team to several severe losses during his last season and losing his temper at several games
* According to Aidan, he is not getting paid for his work on *The Blobcast*, stating that his agent told him it would be "good for his brand"
* This brand is Aidan-Brand Paper Towels. "Perfect for big mistakes, like me"
* According to Aidan's contract, *The Blobcast* has been signed for a six-season run at launch
* The final scene of "The Powers of Video Editing" is a reference to the post-credits scene of 80's comedy *Ferris Bueller's Day Off*
* Griffin sends the audience into The Eternal Void at the end of "The Powers of Video Editing", possibly implying that the entire rest of *The Blobcast* as a series are the audience's visions of the past, present, future, beginning, end, and all things that have been, will be, or could possibly come to be that Sebastian claimed to see during his short period back in the prime Blobcast universe
* Connor is Aidan's former RA
* Connor is Sebastian's former lover
* Aidan's beginning lines in the outro are a reference to Dorothy's lines upon returning to Kansas in *The Wizard of Oz*
* There is a section during the section where the video skips ahead several seconds so that what is happening on screen does not match the audio that is being played. This is possibly the work of Griffin's editing magic. This reverts back during the credits when Griffin presumably loosens his grasp on the flow of time