BIT Improv Comedy Network | MAIN STAGE · Billy Merritt

Dinner Party 2 | Everybody's a Podcaster

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Terry’s dinner is interrupted when everyone realizes Beatrice, the 12-inch halibut mayor, is missing.

1. BIT Improv Comedy Network | MAIN STAGE centers on “Dinner Party 2 | Everybody’s a Podcaster,” where a housewarming becomes a podcast party. 2. Billy Merritt hosts, Don Slova answers the numbered-party prompt, and Terry Gross appears as an interviewer whose name drives the room’s status games. 3. The episode is for turning a dinner party into a staged podcast recording, with sponsors, guests, and neighborhood rivalries crowding the table. 4. Billy asks Don for a number between 1 and 27, and Don picks 4, which becomes “a podcast party.” 5. The Double Ls describe moving from the south side to the north side and trying to make a better first impression. 6. Lewis enters as the roommate who says he is not supposed to be on the podcast, but he wants to come to the party anyway. 7. Jim and Janet arrive with Something’s Fishy aquarium service, and they talk about “optimal aquarium placement” and a “neighborhood discount.” 8. A Bitcoin couple in a Nissan Fiesta says they need the podcasters to spread the message that Bitcoin will “stabilize.” 9. Terry Gross shows up with PBS energy, a TAS 3500, and interest in interviewing the guests on the spot. 10. The show keeps cutting between the living room, kitchen, and driveway as the party becomes a full recording session. 11. Jim argues that calling Lewis a “bottom feeder” is not a joke, because bottom feeders serve an important ecological purpose. 12. Janet counters with a wellness pitch, saying that watching fish can lower blood pressure “up to five points.” 13. Lewis complains that the aquarium took over his bedroom and that the tank is too large to share the room with another person. 14. The Bitcoin couple says they have invested everything, eaten Mr. Sunshine, and are counting on the currency to bounce back. 15. Terry asks about Bitcoin’s future and hears predictions of “a hundred thousand” and “a million,” along with the claim that it will stabilize any minute now. 16. The room turns toward the mayor fish Beatrice, who is identified as a 12-inch halibut and treated as a local political figure. 17. The tone mixes improvised character work, rapid sponsor reads, and repeated interruptions that make the party feel crowded and unstable. 18. The format jumps between mock interview, neighborhood sitcom, and live-product-placement comedy, with characters speaking directly into microphones. 19. Best for listeners who like improv chaos, recurring fish jokes, and Bitcoin absurdity. 20. Skip if you want a straightforward interview or clean narrative arc.

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A dinner party that keeps opening trapdoors under the table.

The Dinner Party turns a podcast party into a messy studio game, and the joke is how fully everyone leans into it. It moves from sponsor chatter to Bitcoin prophecy to arguments about fish ecology, a giant aquarium, and the search for Gary, and the pace barely slips.

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Press play if you want a dinner party that turns into a podcast cult meeting.

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