Brennan Lee Mulligan, Zac Oyama, and Josh Ruben — nicknamed the "Noise Boys" — are executive producers, and also appear in the first and last episode of every season; other episodes feature them alongside a rotation of Dropout regulars and special guests, such as Wayne Brady and Pete Holmes.
The show is a spin-off of the Dropout game show Game Changer, which featured four episodes with the "Noise Boys" format from 2019 to 2021, with the first titled "Make Some Noise".[3][4] As a separate show Make Some Noise premiered on June13, 2022 with a 10-episode season; the second season, with 15 episodes, aired in June 2023, and a third season consisting of 20 episodes began airing in June 2024.[5]
Format
In each episode, three comedians compete as players, improvising 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 fulfill 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. At the end of each episode, Reich declares a winner, awarding them a "golden ear" trophy.
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.
Jacob Wysocki appears in the final minigame, "Back to Basics," to judge the players' impressions of him, and then participates with the other comedians for the final round's improvisational prompts.
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10
"A Couple Calls For the Check But Doesn’t Know the Hand Motion"
"An Obituary For Someone Who Definitely Faked Their Own Death"
Vic Michaelis, Mimi von Schack, Maame-Yaa Aforo
December 9, 2024 (2024-12-09)
Pomona College music professor Malachai Komanoff Bandy appears as a special guest for the "Make it Sing" minigame, where the players imitate a melody he plays on the hurdy-gurdy.
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14
"Two 'Wife Guys' Try to Out 'Wife Guy' Each Other"
Zac Oyama, Devin Field, Victoria Longwell
December 23, 2024 (2024-12-23)
Malachai Komanoff Bandy returns as a special guest in the "Make it Sing" minigame, where the players imitate his crumhorn solo.
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15
"This Dream is Too Messed Up Even for Freddy Krueger"
Jeremy Culhane, Angela Giarratana, Corin Wells
January 6, 2025 (2025-01-06)
Reception
Describing the show's popularity in late 2023, 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]
