Hello there!
Chapter 16 “Polaroid” by @ramseyprojekt on Insta.
Our deepest apologies for falling down on the job with the newslettering. Things kept happening. Things like:
Co-producer Finlay had to move to Los Angeles to finally live with me. Midnight Burger is now under one roof (if you overlook all the cast members who are under several roofs across America, the U.K., and Israel) !
Producing the show and a whole damn miniseries side-by-side.
And also…
Season Three is now 12 Episodes Long.
If you haven’t caught the news then now you have. Season 3 will now be our biggest, baddest season ever with 12 episodes instead of the 10 episode norm we established with season 1 and 2.
Why?
Short answer: because we wanted to.
Long answer:
Some (most?) audio dramas will take a long hiatus, plan everything out, produce their episodes and then roll the episodes out over a period of a few short weeks. Some would call this a “responsible” or “professional” way of doing things. Sadly, those people are right. We, however, do not do things that way. While I am editing a show, I am also recording the next show and while I am recording the next show I am writing the one that comes after that. It’s a lot of spinning plates in the air at once. It’s a constantly evolving process that, over the course of three seasons, has gone from “hot mess” to “more organized hot mess”. Because we do things this way, seasons and storylines have an opportunity to change and grow organically, and even though we are always running the risk of things going off the rails completely, I’ve come to like it this way. Like the diner, we are always moving and changing, and always a little bit chaotic.
In this constantly evolving process, things change. And after freaking out for about 48 hours and Finlay constantly assuring me that things were going to be okay, we decided that the only way to do everything we wanted to do this season was to make it bigger. In this case the structure shouldn’t dictate the story. In this case, we tell the story until the story is done being told. So, with that, Season 3 of Midnight Burger will now end with Chapter 32 instead of Chapter 30. We hope you are as excited about these new episodes as we are.
And Speaking of People Being Excited…
Chapter 25: Your Mom, premiered on the public feed on Tuesday and it was the biggest single-day download number in the history of the show. We are thrilled so many of you are out there enjoying it. We had a blast making it. I wish you could’ve all been on the zoom call with us the very first time Neal launched into his characterization of The Disco Funkslinger. The amount of laughter left on the cutting room floor was about as long as the episode itself.
The big numbers you all gave us for Chapter 25 was a very potent reminder of what a gift it is to have the opportunity to make this show. Sometimes we can’t believe it’s real, and we’re so glad you’re all here with us on the journey.
Up Next: Our Young Dude Takes a Trip to Sigius.
If you’re on the public feed, check back with us on May 2nd for Young Leif Part 5, where Leif takes a little trip to BertBert’s home planet, Sigius. Leif, young agent of chaos that he is, comes face to face with a prosperous and organized society, and has to confront his own personal Kryptonite: responsibility.
Of Course You Don’t HAVE to Wait Until Then…
You can always SUBSCRIBE. Over on our Patreon you can listen to Part 5 AND 6 of Young Leif right now OR see what happens in Chapter 26! And at the 5 dollar level and above there are 2 seasons of our hiatus show “Shift Notes” sitting there waiting just for you. And if that’s still not enough show for you, you can head to our subscriber-only discord server and hang out with a fun group of people who will all understand your Midnight Burger inside jokes. If you haven’t joined us already, we’d love to see you there.
And Finally, NEW LOGO!
Our new logo is here courtesy of the amazing Jan Ma! You can see Jan’s work on our website as well as our gift shop and now we have completed the circle by having her design our logo. Isn’t it great??
Okay, back to work for me. Thank you, once again, for joining us on this crazy journey. We love making the show, and we love that you love it too.
We’ll be out there, somewhere, lookin’ for ya’.
-joe