It’s not just any episode of Lights Out this week, it’s a recreation of one of Wyllis Cooper’s scripts from the earliest days of the classic series! “The Coffin in Studio B” features the story of actors and a director struggling to get a production of Lights Out ready in time for its broadcast, but creative differences and an uninvited salesman threaten to derail the show. Can the actors and the director agree on what constitutes a menacing tone? What is the actual plot of the episode of Lights Out being depicted in this episode of Lights Out? Does Eric speak Russian? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!
This was fun to listen to because it’s basically a satire of of how radio shows worked in it’s era, which also made it funnier to listen—especially you’re familiar with how old-time radio shows work. I enjoyed it.
[…] Night to Forget” from Quiet Please as a supplement to our previous installment, “The Coffin in Studio B,” from Lights Out! Wyllis Cooper wrote this script roughly 15 years after its predecessor on […]