Blob & Order (Season 1, Episode 3)

## Episode Description

In the longest episode of The Blobcast yet, hosts Aidan and Sebastian wake up the morning after the premiere of Episode 2 only to discover the views on the last episode had been stolen. The two work to uncover just who is behind this vicious felony in a campus-spanning mystery that will test not only their detective skills but also their friendship and faith. This episode features sketches including Xavier Dumpster Dives, written by Joseph Cotton, and Griffin’s Kitchen, written by Griffin Brammer. There’s also a segment of improv games, this time featuring Xavier's improv troupe Toolbox, and a special musical guest: some band called Edgecliff Affair.

## Segments

### Episode Plot

The views from Episode 2 have been stolen by some criminal and now it's up to Aidan and Sebastian to track down the culprit before all of their hard work from the previous episode vanished into thin air.

### Xavier Dumpster Dives

Joseph and Matthew search through the dumpsters and trash cans of Xavier Universities campus, along the way finding vintage wine, sports memorabilia, and a piece of rock history.

### Short-Form Improv with Toolbox

Jo, Ally, and Carter from campus improv group Toolbox join Aidan and Sebastian for short form improv games including innuendo, half-life, texts from last night, and world's worst.

### Musical Guest: Edgecliff Affair? ...or Khris the Kung-Fu Guru

When the musical guest does not show up, Aidan scrambles to find someone else to fill the time slot, causing Khris the Kung Fu Guru to return

### Mail Time with Dr. Almanzo

Dr. Almanzo looks through his email and answers questions from Xavier students while talking about how to make personal connections and recounting how he met his first college friend Lil' Paulie.

### Griffin's Kitchen

Host Griffin Brammer walks viewers through how to make a lemon merengue pie on a budget while he makes on for his good friend Sebastian

## Trivia

* This is the first episode to not feature "The Blobcast Theme Song" as its intro
* It instead parodies the introduction of television show *Law & Order*, with the Aidan and Sebastian portions of the episode parodying crime procedural dramas
* In the first few lines of the episode, there is a callback to Sebastian breaking his 20 years of sobriety in the previous episode
* At 0:58 the Wilhelm Scream can be heard through the police siren sound effects. Several seconds later, a clown horn can also be heard
* The Blob & Order Theme music is the theme of *Law & Order* with the melody distorted
* Among the pictures of suspects that Aidan and Sebastian are looking at are Barry B. Benson from *The Bee Movie,* Doug Dimmadome from *The Fairly OddParents,* and actor Jim Carrey
* Aidan switches from saying "androgynous king" to "androgynous queen" in the intro. An androgynous monarch theoretically being able to go by either title due to the aforementioned androgyny
* There are six episodes of Xavier Dumpster Dives before the one shown in this segment. They have yet to be found
* According to Joseph, the average Xavier sophomore has brain power equivalent to a first-year marketing major at the University of Cincinnati, Xavier University's main rival
* According to Brookings, the turnover rate of the Trump administration was 92% as of January 20th, 2021, not including cabinet positions and only counting the initial replacement of a given position
* The narration Matthew does during the eviction segment of Xavier Dumpster Dives is a parody of survivalist shows
* According to Matthew, venomous snakes live in the grass behind the Xavier Commons, having killed several team members of Xavier DUmpster Dives
* It is revealed that Aidan and Sebastian use a prompter ~~(like the frauds they are)~~ The previous comments by Shadow Editor David have been redacted to preserve the sanctity of *The Blobcast*
* Aidan can identify pig's blood by taste
* Toolbox is the other improv group on campus that Don't Tell Anna denied existed. There has been no comment on whether or not Toolbox denies the existence of Don't Tell Anna
* This episode includes the first time Country Jacob is seen on camera
* Country Jacob has a *Jurassic Park* shirt on, which Dr. Almanzo would likely have something to say about if he were to ever see it. However, Dr. Almanzo and Country Jacob have never been seen in the same room together as of yet
* Aidan and Sebastian are married to the same woman, though Aidan does not seem to be aware of this fact
* The band Edgecliff Affair are named after Xavier's music building
* Melissa Navarra is, in fact, a real employee of the Xavier Newswire. However, she is not the business manager of *The Blobcast*
* Sebastian says "it's not like we go to a theatre school, Aidan". While Xavier University is not a conservatory, it does have a theatre program with a musical theatre major. Additionally, all members of Toolbox are theatre majors
* Sebastian has slept with Country Jacob's sister Mary, causing the two to not speak for a brief period
* Aidan keeps Sebastian away from Khris due to Sebastian beating up Khris in the previous episode
* The song the Khris performs is "Sandstorm" by Darude
* Sebastian does not believe Edgecliff Affair is real
* Dr. Almanzo's mailman is named Hunter
* Dr. Almanzo has all of his emails printed off and delivered to him because he doesn't like looking at computer screens
* Aidan and Dr. Almanzo are close friends
* Dr. Almanzo is smart to ignore the emails from the IRS, as the IRS sends communication through traditional mail and emails claiming to be the IRS are likely scams
* Dr. Almanzo prefers *Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again* to the original *Mamma Mia!*
* Dr. Almanzo met both Aidan in the Xavier cafeteria
* Lil' Paulie was likely killed at his performance review with his boss
* Dr. Almanzo was aware of the fact that Lil' Paulie was in the mafia and seems to have joined himself for a brief period
* The Student Government Association has a dungeon behind the sushi restaurant Fujisan, in the basement of Gallagher Student Center
* Sebastian says it reeks of overcooked fish, which is likely a mistake as sushi is not cooked
* Sebastian's legal name is Sea Bass
* Country Jacob's grandmother is the one who taught him "fly on the ass of a cow", an alternative to "fly on the wall"
* Aidan says "dead on the grave" instead of "dead in the grave"
* Country Jacob takes his duty as a filmmaker very seriously, with Aidan and Sebastian having to convince him to breach his integrity as an impartial viewer to save their lives
* Country Jacob can use a bottle opener as a lockpick
* Griffin works on Griffin's Kitchen for minimum wage
* The Blue Blob is not only a species, but is likely classified as a mammal due to it having body hair and nursing its young with milk
* There are three seasons of Griffin's Kitchen but, much as with Xavier Dumpster Dives, not other episodes have been recovered
* Griffin's Kitchen has not only driven Griffin to financial ruin, but it seems that he finances the show out of his own funds, having to buy all of the ingredients himself
* Griffin forages through the same grass that Matthew claims has venomous snakes
* The technical difficulties screen in Griffin's Kitchen is the same one used in The Powers of Video Editing from episode 1
* Sebastian has crabs which Griffin gave to him, causing Sebastian to file a lawsuit against him
* Griffin's Kitchen won a Newsie, one of Xavier Newswire's annual awards, for Best Multimedia Sketch
* The unmasking of the villain is a reference to Scooby-Doo
* It is unclear how Joseph got access to the SGA dungeon
* Aidan and Sebastian have their own dungeon
* It is likely that any further work that Joseph has done for *The Blobcast* was under coercion from Aidan and Sebastian
* There is a shoutout to Dick Wolf, the creator and executive producer of *Law & Order*, in the credits