Happy Valentine's Day from the BIT!

The Grand Cosmic Hotel is BIT's Tribute and Valentine's Day "Card" to Wes Anderson.

The GCH is inspired by The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson's signature visuals, audio choices, and tropes, along with many curated suggestions from Billy's followers. Our cast and editor have never worked harder.

We watched many Wes Anderson films and shorts, carried on seemingly endless discussions, and wrangled our inner angels and demons to deliver BIT's first two-part audio cinema masterpiece.

Part One:
Chapter 1 - The Bucharest Envoy
Chapter 2 - The Brass & Woodwind Retreat
Part Two:
Chapter 3 - The Aviary Life of Tilda Garrafalo
Chapter 4 - The Sport of Taxidermy

The characters are as quirky as they come, and the score is moving and entertaining!!

As always, MOVIE! MOVIE! is 100% unscripted. Music and sound effects were added in post.

If you enjoy MOVIE! MOVIE! follow, rate, and share it with your friends! Tell them Billy $*@#ing Merritt recommends it.

DIRECTOR/CREATOR: Billy Merritt
EDITOR/PRODUCER: Hill Kane
MUSIC SUPERVISOR: Thea Marie Thorkildsen

CAST:

• Dean Aisles: The Duke (Part 2)
• Terry Armstrong: Thierry Dupree - Asst. Concierge
• Amber Bellsdale: Lavender Lottingham - Femme Tragique
• Peg Davis: Spy No. 3 and Big Slim - Trumpet Player (Part 1)
• Hill Kane: Gertrude Simone - The Grand Concierge and Mrs. Ylva
• Brent Kohler - Chef Chef, Jimmy Sax -Tuba Player, Spy No. 1, and Delivery Peasant
• Yuehan Liu: Olivia Finch - GCH Florist, Flautist, and a literal finch
• Jason Luna: Gary Woodwind - Non-Fiction Author and Clarinet Player
• Don Slovin: Ralph Picolin - Asst. Head Waiter and Bassoon Player
• Jason Spiro: Fritz Frankenwiel - Maitre D'Hotel, Taxidermy Emcee
• Thea Marie Thorkildsen: Spy No. 2 and Ylva The Norwegian Taxidermist
• Michael Watzka: Quiet Guy Obsessed with Riddles, English Horn Player, and Tilda Garrafalo
• Flannery Wilson: Windy Wilkinson - Great American Novelist

Musical compositions and sound effects were licensed from Pixabay.com and include:

Jazz and Drum Jam - AKTASOK
Electro Cabaret - Diana Production Music
Waltz With My Fat Cat - Fresh Merry
Tex Mex Delight - Mexican Mariachi - Free Groove
See You At Six Master track - Billy Zoigas
Heroes - Serge Quadrado
A Walk In Paris - Royalty-Free Music
Paris Montmatre - Jean Paul V
Mediterranean Village Dance - Purple Planet Music
French Positive Romantic Happy Music - Tomasz Redman
Russian Morning - Serge Quadrado
Boismortier Joseph Boden de French Opus #35 - Nesrality
Java Musette - Abydos Music
Italian Trip - Wildsound 159
Victory Gold Star Award - Cyreiljay Villaro
Background Horror and Tension - Universfield
French Music (Paris Accordion France...) - Background Music for Video
Cello Suite (Bach) - Loren Zobuczek

"Movie! Movie!" Improv is part of The BIT Comedy Network.

Production Assistance, Audio Production & Graphics/Art by Hill Kane of Raising Kane Media + Marketing.

Hosting Platform: Libsyn.com

"The BIT" and "The BIT Comedy Network" are Trademarks owned by Billy Merritt
© 2024 Billy Merritt - All Rights Reserved

Inquiries + Notices + Requests: TheBitComedyNetwork@gmail.com

Happy Valentine's Day from the BIT!

The Grand Cosmic Hotel is BIT's Tribute and Valentine's Day "Card" to Wes Anderson.

The GCH is inspired by The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson's signature visuals, audio choices, and tropes, along with many curated suggestions from Billy's followers. Our cast and editor have never worked harder.

We watched many Wes Anderson films and shorts, carried on seemingly endless discussions, and wrangled our inner angels and demons to deliver BIT's first two-part audio cinema masterpiece.

Part One:
Chapter 1 - The Bucharest Envoy
Chapter 2 - The Brass & Woodwind Retreat
Part Two:
Chapter 3 - The Aviary Life of Tilda Garrafalo
Chapter 4 - The Sport of Taxidermy

The characters are as quirky as they come, and the score is moving and entertaining!!

As always, MOVIE! MOVIE! is 100% unscripted. Music and sound effects were added in post.

If you enjoy MOVIE! MOVIE! follow, rate, and share it with your friends! Tell them Billy $*@#ing Merritt recommends it.

DIRECTOR/CREATOR: Billy Merritt
EDITOR/PRODUCER: Hill Kane
MUSIC SUPERVISOR: Thea Marie Thorkildsen

CAST:

• Dean Aisles: The Duke (Part 2)
• Terry Armstrong: Thierry Dupree - Asst. Concierge
• Amber Bellsdale: Lavender Lottingham - Femme Tragique
• Peg Davis: Spy No. 3 and Big Slim - Trumpet Player (Part 1)
• Hill Kane: Gertrude Simone - The Grand Concierge and Mrs. Ylva
• Brent Kohler - Chef Chef, Jimmy Sax -Tuba Player, Spy No. 1, and Delivery Peasant
• Yuehan Liu: Olivia Finch - GCH Florist, Flautist, and a literal finch
• Jason Luna: Gary Woodwind - Non-Fiction Author and Clarinet Player
• Don Slovin: Ralph Picolin - Asst. Head Waiter and Bassoon Player
• Jason Spiro: Fritz Frankenwiel - Maitre D'Hotel, Taxidermy Emcee
• Thea Marie Thorkildsen: Spy No. 2 and Ylva The Norwegian Taxidermist
• Michael Watzka: Quiet Guy Obsessed with Riddles, English Horn Player, and Tilda Garrafalo
• Flannery Wilson: Windy Wilkinson - Great American Novelist

Musical compositions and sound effects were licensed from Pixabay.com and include:

Jazz and Drum Jam - AKTASOK
Electro Cabaret - Diana Production Music
Waltz With My Fat Cat - Fresh Merry
Tex Mex Delight - Mexican Mariachi - Free Groove
See You At Six Master track - Billy Zoigas
Heroes - Serge Quadrado
A Walk In Paris - Royalty-Free Music
Paris Montmatre - Jean Paul V
Mediterranean Village Dance - Purple Planet Music
French Positive Romantic Happy Music - Tomasz Redman
Russian Morning - Serge Quadrado
Boismortier Joseph Boden de French Opus #35 - Nesrality
Java Musette - Abydos Music
Italian Trip - Wildsound 159
Victory Gold Star Award - Cyreiljay Villaro
Background Horror and Tension - Universfield
French Music (Paris Accordion France...) - Background Music for Video
Cello Suite (Bach) - Loren Zobuczek

"Movie! Movie!" Improv is part of The BIT Comedy Network.

Production Assistance, Audio Production & Graphics/Art by Hill Kane of Raising Kane Media + Marketing.

Hosting Platform: Libsyn.com

"The BIT" and "The BIT Comedy Network" are Trademarks owned by Billy Merritt
© 2024 Billy Merritt - All Rights Reserved

Inquiries + Notices + Requests: TheBitComedyNetwork@gmail.com

Merry Christmas from Billy and the BIT CREW

The BIT elves worked overtime to deliver this BONUS Christmas day episode.

Captains' Cove is a seaside town with a lighthouse and a shipwreck that is absolutely obsessed with sandwiches. As 2024 winds down and the residents prepare for the Annual Turkey Cutting Competition, love is in the air, and mayo is in their bags (IYKYK).

Documentarian Winston Hartsdale is filming a historical documentary, SHIPWRECKED AT SEA...OR DEAD?, about the WW II shipwreck visible from the town's beachfront. The town, which is not interested in history, has other ideas for Harstdale's subject matter.

As romance blooms between sandwich enthusiasts Hannah Hoy and Thad Justin, most of the town is focused on the upcoming competition. Thad is back in town after a long absence to investigate the new sandwich shop but keeps bumping into the lovely Hannah. Will he choose love or expose the town's scandal?

Local soap shop owner April Sprinkles and her bestie May Flour take their job as contest judges very seriously. There are unconfirmed rumors that May lost her left pinky finger in a booby-trapped turkey in the 2021 competition. There are also rumors that these two have had mutual crushes since high school.

Former cobblers Lucente and Guiseppe now serve hoagies and subs with mysterious (but tasty) ingredients. Their newly remodeled shop has attracted the attention of Thad and Jason Meatcutter, the Meat Code Enforcement Officer.

You'll also meet Olive Sharpe, the town's official Mustard Supplier. She won her position in a previous competition and is a condiment curator with some interesting theories about mayo and mustard.

The town ghost is likely that of Walter Hartsdale I, our documentarian's grandfather. His efforts to connect with his heir are frustrated by WH III's non-belief in ghosts.

The lighthouse keeper is also a landscape painter who embellishes his works with murderous and cannibalistic elements. He does not like being upstaged by the brewing romance.

As always, this podcast is 100% unscripted. Music and sound effects were added in post.

If you enjoy MOVIE! MOVIE! follow, rate, and share it with your friends! Tell them it's a Holiday present from Billy Merritt.

DIRECTOR/CREATOR: Billy Merritt

CAST:

• Konrad Andrew
• Amber Bellsdale
• Luke Bovard
• Hill Kane
• Brent Kohler
• Deema Lazar
• Laura Powell
• Jason Spiro
• Don Slovin
• Thea Marie Thorkildsen
• Flannery Wilson

Production Engineer: Hill Kane

"Movie! Movie!" Improv is part of The BIT Comedy Network.

Production Assistance, Audio Production & Graphics/Art by Hill Kane of Raising Kane Media + Marketing.

Hosting Platform: Libsyn.com

"The BIT" and "The BIT Comedy Network" are Trademarks owned by Billy Merritt
© 2024 Billy Merritt - All Rights Reserved

Inquiries + Notices + Requests: TheBitComedyNetwork@gmail.com

Mistletoe Mishaps is an instant Holiday Classic!

The sleepy ski town of Snowman Slopes teeters on financial ruin. If its perpetual fundraising goal isn't met by the end of the year, the 2024 ski champion (aka "Snowman") will be its last. Hence, the town's 350 occupants will be forced to power down the gondolas and ski lifts and head west.

World-renowned filmmaker Susan Redding is on hand to document Snowman Slopes' plight and encounters a little more than she bargained for. Her hard-hitting, no-nonsense style softens as she gets to know the town's inhabitants. We are sure she is secretly rooting for the town even though she is maintaining her signature objectivity.

As romance blooms between Sandy (a former Snowman Slopes pageant queen who is in town for the annual event) and Jonathan (her previously vertically challenged high school pal who never moved away), the townsfolk rally to raise money to save the town.

Holiday magic and miracles abound. You'll meet Frosty the dancing snowman, Santa himself, and a little bird who happily flies about sharing mistletoe and a song.

As always, this podcast is 100% unscripted. Music and sound effects were added in post.

If you enjoy MOVIE! MOVIE! follow, rate, and share it with your friends! Tell them it's a Holiday present from Billy Merritt.

DIRECTOR/CREATOR: Billy Merritt

CAST:

• Konrad Andrew
• Terry Armstrong
• Amber Bellsdale
• Luke Bovard
• Hill Kane
• Sabrina Kim Banes
• Brent Kohler
• Jason Spiro
• Lisa Steckman
• Don Slovin
• Flannery Wilson

Production Engineer: Hill Kane

"Movie! Movie!" Improv is part of The BIT Comedy Network.

Production Assistance, Audio Production & Graphics/Art by Hill Kane of Raising Kane Media + Marketing.

Hosting Platform: Libsyn.com

"The BIT" and "The BIT Comedy Network" are Trademarks owned by Billy Merritt
© 2024 Billy Merritt - All Rights Reserved

Inquiries + Notices + Requests: TheBitComedyNetwork@gmail.com

Ever wonder how that hanging skeleton ended up in your science class? The BIT CREW explains that nagging mystery in episode one's delightful animated short "The Spooky Villa."

"WAIT!" you may be thinking. "Y'all are doing an animated short and a feature film in an audio only podcast."

YES! Why yes, we are. All you have to do is press play, close your eyes, and enjoy The BIT Comedy Network's spooky take on the classic "Three Bears" saga followed by a haunted-house themed horror feature entitled KILL de SAC.

As always, this podcast is 100% unscripted. Music and sound effects were added in post.

If you enjoy MOVIE! MOVIE! follow, rate, and share it with your friends! Tell them it's a Halloween present from Billy Merritt.

DIRECTOR/CREATOR: Billy Merritt

CAST:

• Dean Aisles
• Konrad Andrew
• Terry Armstrong
• Sabrina Kim Banes
• Luke Bovard
• Hill Kane
• Deema Lazar
• Laura Powell
• Thea Marie Thorkildsen
• Katya Vasilaky

Introducing our incredible intern, Kid ADAM, who did all the post-production editing and sound effects magic on SPOOKY VILLA!

Production Assistant: Sabrina Kim Banes
Production Engineer: Hill Kane

"Movie! Movie!" Improv is part of The BIT Comedy Network.

Production Assistance, Audio Production & Graphics/Art by Hill Kane of Raising Kane Media + Marketing.

Hosting Platform: Libsyn.com

"The BIT" and "The BIT Comedy Network" are Trademarks owned by Billy Merritt
© 2024 Billy Merritt - All Rights Reserved
Inquiries + Notices + Requests: TheBitComedyNetwork@gmail.com