Bloboween Special (Season 1, Episode 4)

## Episode Description

Get ready to be spooked - in this special Halloween episode of The Blobcast, hosts Sebastian and Aidan call on their personal physician Dr. Almanzo to "Frankenstein" the two of them together. This can only end well. This episode also features hair-raising sketches, including a true crime segment from Griffin Brammer, a sketch showing the difficulties of planning Halloween costumes written by Kayla Ross, and a Serial Killer Fashion show, written by Ben Thomson. Dr. Almanzo himself welcomes another guest desperately in need of his medical advice. And the episode also ACTUALLY features musical guest Edgecliff Affair, the best (and only) band on Xavier's campus. They perform an original song, Shadows on the Wall — all while rocking the best Scooby-Doo Gang costumes you'll see this year.

## Segments

### Yass Queen Slay, a true crime podcast by Griffin Brammer

Host of Xavier's only true crime podcast Griffin Brammer unveils the details of a grisly murder while only adding in a few minor deductions of his own to fill in the gaps. However, when a stranger comes knocking on the studio door, Griffin may find himself the next victim of a Xavier killer on the loose.

### Musical Guest: Edgecliffe Affair and Interview

Band Edgecliffe Affair performs original song "Shadows on the Wall" and have an interview with Aidan and Sebastian over their songwriting process, future geopolitical conflict, and their origin story.

### Dr. Almanzo

Special guest and potential soothsayer Jacob tells Dr. Almanzo about the strange dreams he's been having when the events in them begin to happen during the sketch. After he is possessed by a demon, Country Jacob may be the only one able to warn everyone of the coming doom, if he is able to escape with his life.

### A College Halloween Costume Crisis

A group of college students navigate the difficulties of planning costumes for Halloween.

### Serial Killer Fashion Show

Chet Loudermilk and Slash host a fashion show for America's top serial killers in the community center basement, where famous murderers put some new spins on some classic costumes as they take their turns on the catwalk.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode to feature a remixed version of "The Blobcast Theme Song" as well as a video to accompany it rather than a static image
* The episode description reveals that Dr. Almanzo is not only Sebastian's, but also Aidan's personal physician
* Country Jacob is heard off-camera while Dr. Almanzo is performing his procedure, proving definitively that they are not the same person, as they have been in the same room together
* Aidan is married and Sebastian is dating his wife
* Yass Queen Slay is a type of horror film known as "found footage", where the filming equipment is accounted for within the fiction of the work itself
* The studio Griffin films is is the same one in which *Newswire Live* began in
* Griffin's editing powers seem to be limited to the visual, as he needs to play music from his phone for his podcast
* This is the second show that Griffin creates to which no other episodes have been recovered
* Dr. Almanzo and Griffin share the same studio
* A photo of actor Jeremy Renner can be seen at timestamp 8:31. This appears to be an editing mistake
* Pirating *Dear Evan Hansen* is a sin worthy of being sent to Hell for
* It is unknown what Sebastian did to end up in Super Hell
* Aidan's climb from Hell through Purgatory to Heaven is a reference to Dante Alighieri's *Divine Comedy*
* The first work of the *Divine Comedy*, *Inferno* is responsible for many of the modern Christian imagery of Hell
* Improv is not permissible in Hell, but it is in Purgatory
* This episode proves Edgecliffe Affair exists
* The Dr. Almanzo sketch also qualifies as "found footage" horror
* Dr. Almanzo and Country Jacob appear to have a rivalry
* Kenai from *Brother Bear* caused Dr. Almanzo to contemplate his sexuality
* Dr. Almanzo is keeping himself from the dating pool in hopes of reuniting with his ex-wife
* From this point forward, it can be assumed that Dr. Almanzo is possessed by a demon and the original Dr. Almanzo is no more
* A red glare coming from Dr. Almanzo and Jacob's eyes just before the sketch ends confirms this
* Mt. Kilimanjaro is, in fact, 4,900 meters tall. This makes it the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain above sea level in the world
* The name Kilimanjaro is widely debated, with different origins of the word suggesting many different meanings
* Due to the fact that there is an exit from Purgatory to Heaven, Keyan the accountant is actively choosing to stay in Purgatory
* Sebastian met and partially slept with Margaret Thatcher in Super Hell
* Margaret Thatcher is in Super Hell
* It is likely that demon Dr. Almanzo helped Aidan and Sebastian return to life as part of some grater, unknown plan
* God enjoys the comedy sketches of *Blobcast* writer Ben Thompson
* Sebastian warns Aidan that his substance abuse problem is no laughing matter, possibly because of his problems with alcoholism