Season 7 (The College Tapes) Bloopers

5 min

•Sep 29, 20258 months ago

Summary

This episode is a blooper reel from The Bright Sessions Season 7 (The College Tapes), featuring outtakes and mistakes from recording sessions. The episode opens with a recommendation for the podcast 'Redacted,' a horror-comedy about a failing actor who assumes his twin brother's identity while working for a covert paranormal agency, then transitions into unscripted blooper content with cast members.

Insights

Audio drama podcasts are increasingly featuring guest writers from established entertainment franchises to boost credibility and attract crossover audiences
Blooper reels serve as valuable supplementary content that builds audience connection through behind-the-scenes authenticity and humor
Monster-of-the-week format remains a viable narrative structure for podcast dramas, drawing comparisons to successful TV precedents like The X-Files

Trends

Audio drama podcasts leveraging established screenwriters and horror IP creators for guest writing creditsCross-genre blending of horror and comedy in podcast drama to broaden audience appealBehind-the-scenes blooper content as engagement strategy for audio drama fan communitiesMonster-of-the-week procedural format adaptation from television to podcast medium

Topics

Audio Drama ProductionPodcast Sponsorship and PromotionHorror-Comedy Genre BlendingGuest Writer CollaborationsBehind-the-Scenes Content StrategyMonster-of-the-Week Narrative FormatParanormal Fiction StorytellingPodcast Distribution Platforms

Companies

Redacted Unit

Subject of podcast recommendation; horror-comedy audio drama about covert paranormal agency featuring guest writers f...

People

Jeffrey Reddick

Guest writer on Redacted podcast; known for Final Destination franchise work

Trevor Henderson

Guest writer featured on Redacted podcast

Quotes

"Following the death of his twin, failing actor Jacob Kane assumes his late brother's life in hopes of a fresh start. Instead of finding stability, Jacob finds himself working within the Redacted unit, a covert agency tasked with containing impossible creatures and phenomena."

Lauren Schiffen•Opening

"If you're a fan of classic Monster of the Week shows like The X-Files or procedural comedies like Psych, you are going to love this show."

Lauren Schiffen•Early segment

Full Transcript

Hey folks, Lauren Schiffen here with another audio drama recommendation. I am so excited to tell you about Redacted, a brand new Monster of the Week horror comedy podcast. Following the death of his twin, failing actor Jacob Kane assumes his late brother's life in hopes of a fresh start. Instead of finding stability, Jacob finds himself working within the Redacted unit, a covert agency tasked with containing impossible creatures and phenomena. As he becomes entangled with paranormal forces and secret agendas, Jacob struggles to keep his deception intact. This show was equal parts horror and surreal comedy featuring incredible guest writers such as Jeffrey Reddick of Final Destination, Trevor Henderson, and many more. If you're a fan of classic Monster of the Week shows like The X-Files or procedural comedies like Psych, you are going to love this show. Redacted is out now on all platforms. Visit theredactedunit.com to listen and learn more. He wanted to jump me or I wanted to jump him and knowing that isn't smart and I didn't want to complicate things more. and I might be going on a date with this guy named Cole, but do I tell him I was just like fucking Scooby-Dooing with my ex or leave that alone or leave him alone altogether because I'm still into my ex and I have a superpower that's totally fucking up recently? Dr. Bright? What did I do? well Cole should definitely not be dating caleb if he into weird yeah okay um i have it it's gonna be fine let me just take a sip No fucking famous dogs. Okay. Check. Oh my god, I'm so sweaty. I'm going cross-eyed. Alright, here we go. I've seen impressive art attacks. Art attacks? Art attacks. Well, it's weird. Staying in one place. And you don't get the... And you don't get the urge to... You're not tempted to... Eat a cell phone? I don't know what that... No, drink. That was... I was trying to... I'm hitting... Hold up, I gotta go back. I'm like hitting my microphone and my stand and everything. Trying to get my stupid phone in the shot. Because it's, you know, this is on film, right? It's important. This is big film. So stupid. Okay, I'm going back. Let's go back to me texting. How about that? Let's unpack what happened there. We just went through a bunch of time loops and swoops and all kinds of little holes. Hey, a lot has changed since high school. you keep saying that but what does that even mean you us your powers you you don like typhoon anymore what you don even fuck ah fuck this is sad But then why did you get tangled Why did blackmail ugh blackmail gargamel from the okay, nobody knows that reference, it's too old. Curious how. Curious little monkey. Okay. Curious how. Curious how. I was right there with you, Alex. I was like, those sound curious. Yes. Potato. Potato, potato. Yeah. Kapow, kapooey. Kablammy! I can control this! Yeah, let me do it all again. I think I can, like, yeah. Now I'm looking at that line, and all I can think of is Kylo Ren. When he does the whole, I know what I have to do, but I don't know if I have the strength to do it. Like, literally, I'm just picturing that now. That depends. Are you up for a little trip to the AM? Fuck yeah. sounds like you thought your life was going to be some way sorry I keep doing the friends theme in my head oliver oliver oliver oliver oliver hey oliver i didn't i was like i didn't know this was my kink but Mark saying Oliver. But you have the power to change the system. Rather, to control the system. Together, Mr. Ritz, we can change the world. Okay, can you keep your eyes on the road, please? You looked at me that whole time and it's really freaking me out, sir. You want to join? Kamehamaha. Kamehamaha. Okay. You want to join my power to make a Super Saiyan instead of a Kamehame blast. Damn it. You want to join with my power to make a Super Saiyan. Only instead of a Kamehame blast. Fuck, here we go. Mega! God damn it. It almost would have to go Kamehame! Like how he does it. But okay. Kamehame. Kamehame. Kamehame. Kamehama Ha Blast. Kamehama Ha Blast. Kamehama. Kamehama Ha Blast. Oh, I am going to kill her. Okay. Okay. Okay.