Make Some Noise is an American improvisational comedy television show hosted by Sam Reich and released fortnightly on SVOD service Dropout.[1][2] The show is a spin-off of the Dropout game show Game Changer, which featured the same format in the episode of the same name and multiple sequel episodes, each starring Brennan Lee Mulligan, Zac Oyama, and Josh Ruben.[3]
| Make Some Noise | |
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| Created by | Sam Reich |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Sam Geer |
| Presented by | Sam Reich |
| Theme music composer | Radio Night |
| Opening theme | "Follow Every Move" |
| Composer | TJ Dumser |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
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| Cinematography | Kevin Stiller |
| Editor | Eve Hinz |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Dropout |
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| Network | Dropout |
| Release | June 13, 2022 – present |
Make Some Noise premiered on June 13, 2022 with a 10-episode season; season two, with 15 episodes, aired in 2023, and a third season consisting of 20 episodes is scheduled for release starting in June 2024.[4]
Format
editEach episode features three comedians competing as players, who must improvise scenes based on prompts from Reich. The players are then awarded "points", though the amounts given are jokes and no numbers are actually tracked. The game is split into three rounds: in the first round, the players each respond to individual prompts; in the second round, the players do the prompts in groups of two; in the third and final round, all three players improvise each scene together. A minigame takes place between each round, with the players competing in a specific challenge, such as imitating a specific sound using a prop or coming up with a name for something presented on screen.
Some episodes feature alternate formats, such as all prompts being based around impressions. One of these formats is the musically themed "Karaoke Night", which was introduced in the second season, based on the Game Changer episode of the same name. In "Karaoke Night" episodes, players choose a song title and musical artist from a large binder and must improvise a song in the style of the artist provided, accompanied by keyboardist Aaron Wilson. The rounds work the same way as the main game: the first round being solos, the second round being duets, and all three players singing together in the final round. The final episode of each season is a "Cut for Time" special, consisting of scenes and prompts that were omitted from previous episodes for reasons such as quality, good taste, or episode length.
At the end of each episode, Reich decides who the "winner" is, awarding them a "golden ear" trophy.
Episodes
edit| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| 1 | 11 | June 13, 2022 | October 31, 2022 | |
| 2 | 16 | June 5, 2023 | January 15, 2024 | |
| 3 | 20 | June 24, 2024 | TBA | |
Season 1 (2022)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Contestants | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "HBO's A Game of Rock Paper Scissors" | Josh Ruben, Zac Oyama, Brennan Lee Mulligan | June 13, 2022 | |
| 2 | 2 | "Shakespeare's 'Dude, Where's My Car?'" | Ross Bryant, Jacquis Neal, Anna Garcia | June 27, 2022 | |
| 3 | 3 | "A Monster Truck Voiceover for a Peaceful Sunday" | Zac Oyama, Jacob Wysocki, Kimia Behpoornia | July 11, 2022 | |
| 4 | 4 | "The Cut 'Plunger's Song' from Beauty and the Beast" | Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jess McKenna, Andy Bustillos | July 25, 2022 | |
| 5 | 5 | "Jennifer Coolidge the Air Traffic Controller" | Lisa Gilroy, Mary Elizabeth Kelly, Frank Garcia-Hejl | August 8, 2022 | |
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An impressions themed episode. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Hostage Negotiator Knows the Hostage Taker from Way Back" | Zac Oyama, Jacob Wysocki, Vic Michaelis | August 22, 2022 | |
| 7 | 7 | "A Villain and Their Real Estate Agent Tour Volcano Lairs" | SungWon Cho, Caitlin Reilly, Brian David Gilbert | September 5, 2022 | |
| 8 | 8 | "Brennan's Wario, Wennan Wee Wulligan" | Brennan Lee Mulligan, Ruha Taslimi, Oscar Montoya | September 19, 2022 | |
| 9 | 9 | "Things Jimmy Stewart Would Give to Mary in Addition to the Moon" | Allie Jennings, Izzy Roland, Erin Dellorso | October 3, 2022 | |
| 10 | 10 | "The Long Awaited Meeting Between Times New Roman and Comic Sans" | Josh Ruben, Zac Oyama, Brennan Lee Mulligan | October 17, 2022 | |
| 11 | 11 | "Cut For Time" | N/A | October 31, 2022 | |
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A collection of prompts from the entire season that were cut from the episodes for time. | |||||
Season 2 (2023)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Contestants | Original air date | |
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| 12 | 1 | "100,000 Batmans" | Josh Ruben, Zac Oyama, Brennan Lee Mulligan | June 5, 2023 | |
| 13 | 2 | "Two Two-Kids-in-a-Trenchcoat on a Date" | Jess McKenna, Geoff Ross, Jeremy Culhane | June 19, 2023 | |
| 14 | 3 | "Shakespeare's 'Two Gentlemen of Coronavirus'" | Brennan Lee Mulligan, Ross Bryant, Matt Apodaca | July 3, 2023 | |
| 15 | 4 | "Thinking Every Restaurant Has a Secret Menu" | Nick Mandernach, Vic Michaelis, Jiavani | July 17, 2023 | |
| 16 | 5 | "A Track Announcer Who's Clearly Attracted to One of the Horses" | Josh Ruben, Anna Garcia, Izzy Roland | July 31, 2023 | |
| 17 | 6 | "'Not Really My Thing' by Harry Styles" | Rashawn Nadine Scott, Ross Bryant, Wayne Brady[5] | August 14, 2023 | |
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The first episode to use the Karaoke Night format | |||||
| 18 | 7 | "Adam and Eve Broach an Open Relationship" | Zac Oyama, Jacob Wysocki, Vic Michaelis | August 28, 2023 | |
| 19 | 8 | "The Speech MLK Really Wanted to Give Instead of 'I Have a Dream'" | Jacquis Neal, Matt Apodaca, Carl Tart | September 11, 2023 | |
| 20 | 9 | "The Wicked Switch of the West" | Izzy Roland, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Erika Ishii | September 25, 2023 | |
| 21 | 10 | "Both Sides of a Dolphin Argument" | Kurt Maloney, Jacob Wysocki, Lauren Pritchard | October 9, 2023 | |
| 22 | 11 | "What is Robin Williams Even Talking About?" | Josh Ruben, Katia Kvinge, Cameron Logsdon | October 23, 2023 | |
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An impressions themed episode | |||||
| 23 | 12 | "How Not to Survive a Bear Encounter" | Kimia Behpoornia, Jacob Wysocki, Lou Wilson | November 6, 2023 | |
| 24 | 13 | "A Love Is Blind Contestant Is Secretly a Horse" | Zac Oyama, Lisa Gilroy, Jacquis Neal | November 20, 2023 | |
| 25 | 14 | "'Yes And' by Ed Sheeren and Kelly Clarkson" | Jess McKenna, Zeke Nicholson, Zach Reino | December 4, 2023 | |
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A Karaoke Night episode | |||||
| 26 | 15 | "Two Grizzled Fishermen Compare Scar Stories" | Josh Ruben, Zac Oyama, Brennan Lee Mulligan | December 18, 2023 | |
| 27 | 16 | "Cut For Time" | N/A | January 15, 2024 | |
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A collection of prompts from the entire season that were cut from the episodes for time. | |||||
Reception
editDescribing the show's popularity, Dropout CEO and show host Sam Reich said, "Make Some Noise has brought more folks into Dropout than just about any other show on the platform."[3]
References
edit- ^ Wilson, Tilda (August 12, 2023). "Amid streaming chaos, Dropout carves out its own niche". NPR.
- ^ Maas, Jennifer (December 11, 2023). "Dropout CEO Talks Doubling CollegeHumor Successor's Streaming Subs and Content Output, Price Increase Plans and First Profit Sharing". Variety.
- ^ a b Edwards, Belen (December 9, 2023). "Inside 'Game Changer,' the internet's favorite game show". Mashable.
- ^ Polo, Susana (May 20, 2024). "Ben Schwartz and other comedy greats join Make Some Noise season 3". Polygon.
- ^ Riedel, Samantha (August 24, 2023). "Wayne Brady Improvised a Really Catchy Harry Styles Song About Anal". Them.
External links
edit- Make Some Noise at IMDb
- Make Some Noise at TheTVDB
- Make Some Noise on Dropout
