Can it Be? These Famous Musicians Became Actors

#30Audiostandard

Jan 6, 2022·44m

Stage Premise:

Four successful musicians who made the jump to acting discuss their process, their fans, and who is and isn't an industry puppet.

Cast & Characters (4)

Angela GiarratanaasBacon Bits

Kylie BrakemanasCamera Ryan

Jeremy CulhaneasPete Dome

Patrick McDonaldasReverend Smokey Jones

Bits & Timeline (12)

2:00 (2m 35s)

CHARACTER_INTRO

Musicians Turned Actors Roundtable Roll-Call

The panel introduces themselves as former musicians who have transitioned into acting, featuring a boy band member, a fake reverend, a Disney child star, and a 'hot' bassist.

"My name is Camera Ryan. I'm a boy band musician turned serious dramatic actor."

Camera Ryan (Kylie Brakeman)Reverend Smokey Jones (Patrick McDonald)Bacon Bits (Angela Giarratana)Pete Dome (Jeremy Culhane)

#Boy Bands#Disney Channel#Method Acting#Music Industry

5:00 (2m 25s)

VISUAL_GAG

The Altar of Truth and Plastic Surgery

The panel descends into a series of dark confessions, revealing that Bacon Bits is a 'gaslit piece of bacon' who mimes piano, and Camera Ryan's real name is Armpit from Modesto.

"I'm a gaslit little piece of bacon."

"My real name is Armpit."

"The doctors made a surgery that made me bashful."

Bacon Bits (Angela Giarratana)Camera Ryan (Kylie Brakeman)Reverend Smokey Jones (Patrick McDonald)

#Plastic Surgery#Confessionals#Child Stars

7:40 (1m 50s)

ESCALATION

Drunk Driving and Dead Cats

Pete Dome attempts to share a dark secret about hitting a cat, leading the group to admit they are all frequently drunk or high while working in the industry.

"This cat ran in front of my car and I hit it."

"I hit someone on the way here. I think I'm still drunk, by the way."

"I don't have any secrets because I am secrets."

Pete Dome (Jeremy Culhane)Bacon Bits (Angela Giarratana)Reverend Smokey Jones (Patrick McDonald)

#Rehab#Publicity Stunts#Dark Comedy

25:10 (1m 10s)

CHARACTER_INTRO

The Boy Band to Academy Award Pipeline

Camera Ryan introduces himself as a 24-year-old 'grandpa' who transitioned from the boy band 'Four Boys 2 Get It' to a serious dramatic actor, claiming that winning an Oscar is actually quite easy.

"I'm a boy band musician turned serious dramatic actor."

"It's really actually kind of easy to do, and I never thought that that would happen."

Camera Ryan (Kylie Brakeman)

#Boy Bands#Academy Awards#Career Pivot

26:20 (44s)

CHARACTER_INTRO

Reverend Smokey Jones Rocks for God

Reverend Smokey Jones explains his non-ordained status, claiming he talks to God directly and God tells him to 'rock hard.' He also discusses his role on the show Appalachia.

"I talk to God myself. And he tells me to rock hard."

"I'm on a new season of this show called Appalachia."

Reverend Smokey Jones (Patrick McDonald)

#Religious Grift#Indie Rock#Prestige TV

27:04 (51s)

CHARACTER_INTRO

Bacon Bits: The Disney Child Star Growing Up

15-year-old Bacon Bits discusses her long career starting at age two and her recent move from Disney to Universal, signaling a 'mature' phase of her career.

"Bacon Bits is growing up."

"Disney has just given me a great platform to make music."

Bacon Bits (Angela Giarratana)

#Child Stars#Disney Channel#Music Industry

37:35 (1m 5s)

CHARACTER_INTRO

Pete Dome: The Hot Bassist by Necessity

Pete Dome admits he only played bass because he lacked the talent for any other instrument, but his physical attractiveness led to a career in movies and TV.

"I played the bass mostly out of necessity because I couldn't play anything else."

Pete Dome (Jeremy Culhane)

#Bassists#Pretty Privilege#Band Dynamics

38:40 (50s)

VISUAL_GAG

The Puppet Master and the Compound

The musicians discuss feeling like puppets in the industry, while Reverend Smokey Jones invites Pete to his 'compound' in Thousand Oaks.

"I have a compound out there. It's really fun."

Reverend Smokey Jones (Patrick McDonald)Pete Dome (Jeremy Culhane)Bacon Bits (Angela Giarratana)

#Cults#Music Videos#Thousand Oaks

39:30 (25s)

ESCALATION

Shawls vs. Sequin Jackets

Reverend Smokey Jones compares himself to a shawl while labeling Bacon Bits a sequin jacket, leading to a discussion about being 'boys' in the industry.

"I think I'm a little bit more of a shawl and I think you're a little bit more of a sequin jacket"

"If being 15's a sequin, I'll take it"

Reverend Smokey Jones (Patrick McDonald)Bacon Bits (Angela Giarratana)

#Fashion#Archetypes

39:56 (38s)

BACKSTORY_REVEAL

The Discovery of Camera Ryan

Camera Ryan recounts being discovered at a rest stop by a manager who fell to the ground upon seeing his 'dreamy blue eyes' and immediately put him in a boy band.

"He took one look into my dreamy blue eyes and then he fell to the ground"

"I'm gonna be rich! I'm gonna put you in this boy band"

Camera Ryan (Kylie Brakeman)Reverend Smokey Jones (Patrick McDonald)

#Discovery#Management#Boy Bands

40:34 (26s)

ESCALATION