Pepito

Pepito is the Executive Producer of Barely Informed News.

Appearing from the control room via the dedicated “Producer Cam,” Pepito is a canine broadcast executive featuring pointed ears, alert dark eyes, and a distinguished tuft of white hair. He is also occasionally designated on station monitors as Peptron 3000.

Overview & Network Operations

Pepito oversees control room operations, production switching, and broadcast timing. He was promoted to Executive Producer following the unceremonious firing of former producer Peter Gibbon.

Pepito officially opens every broadcast at the top of the hour with his signature station announcement:

“I’m Pepito, I’m the dog that produces the show, and now it is live, and I’m a dog.”

Beyond station management, Pepito is known for asserting his demands across the control room intercom, which have included refusing to perform parlor tricks and declaring his intent to consume an entire bag of sangria over holiday weekends.

Key Attributes & Lore

• Executive Authority: Coordinates live production queues, switching feeds, and managing anchor handoffs.
• Station Cold-Open: Delivers the official top-of-hour broadcast sign-on and countdown across all network channels.
• Audio Recognition: Demonstrates an acute ear for live audio discrepancies, famously identifying vocal imposters during metaphysical control room incidents.
• Beverage & Culinary Demands: Known for issuing sudden hospitality demands to newsroom interns, notably requiring large quantities of pasta and wine.

Appearances

Episode	Notes
2026-05-26	Executive producer and the network’s canine mascot. Opens every broadcast with his signature ‘I’m Pepito, I’m the dog that produces the show’ intro. Remains present throughout the entire episode.
2026-05-29	Executive producer opening the show with his signature intro.
2026-06-03	Executive Producer. Canine broadcast executive appearing via Producer Cam. Opens show, manages sub goals, discusses Bart Simpson tattoo logistics.
2026-06-05	Executive producer and director of the show, known for his enthusiastic introductions and dog-themed persona.
2026-06-08	Executive producer (canine). Opens broadcast, manages raid, announces Pepito Moss July 6.
2026-06-15	Executive producer, opens the show with birthday greetings.
2026-06-18	Executive producer; appears via Producer Cam as canine broadcast executive. Broadcasts from Case’s house after moving company error.
2026-06-19
2026-06-22	Executive producer opening the broadcast from the producer cam, thanking subscribers and rambling about various topics.
2026-06-27	Executive producer of Barely Informed News.
2026-06-29	Executive producer introducing the broadcast from the control room with his signature ‘I’m the dog that produces the show’ opening. Referenced as having built up a tolerance to almost everything.
2026-07-11	Executive Producer; opens the broadcast and attempts to intervene during the sub goal shout-out.
2026-07-13	Executive Producer providing cold open countdown and failing to locate Mitch McConnell in the ‘weird sandpit’.
2026-07-16	Executive producer delivers cold open intro before cutting to live broadcast.
2026-07-17	Executive Producer, opened the broadcast via producer cam.
2026-07-20	Executive producer. Opens the broadcast, generates random names, and is heard with a distorted/deep voice eating the floor at the end of the stream.
2026-07-23	Executive Producer. Opens the show with his standard canine greeting and later demands his ankle be sacrificed to him.
2026-07-24	Executive Producer. Opens the broadcast with his signature canine greeting and closes the show with an improvised spiritual sermon on AX body spray commercials, pocket jerky, Peter Gibbon spilling battery acid, and playing the ‘Pure Mood’ CD.
2026-08-04	Executive Producer. Opens the show from the producer cam, later accidentally leaves Brandon’s bedroom door mic live, declares the CryptoZeu$ house ‘just right,’ and attempts to coax chicken ankles under the door.
2026-08-06	Executive producer appearing via the dedicated Producer Cam. Delivers his signature canine cold open (‘I’m Pepito, I’m the dog that produces the show’).
2026-08-08	Executive Producer who opens the broadcast via the Producer Cam.
2026-08-13	Executive producer appearing via producer cam. Confirms stream is live, remains unimpressed by Hype Train’s turd freestyle, and explains his difficulty eating cheese due to tongue immobility.
2026-08-14	Executive Producer. Opens the broadcast with his signature ‘I’m Pepito, I’m the dog that produces the show’ introduction, handles the live countdown, and pushes the PNUI data scraping promo.
2026-08-19	Executive Producer opening the broadcast from the Producer Cam.
2026-08-26	Delivers the official network cold-open and production queue.
2026-09-01	Executes the top-of-hour station sign-on and production countdown.
2026-09-02	Delivers the station sign-on: “I’m Pepito, I’m the dog that produces the show, and now it is live, and I’m a dog.”
2026-09-04	Opens the broadcast; later in the evening commandeers the Producer Cam to demand an entire bag of sangria for Labor Day weekend while Blackwell is away. Clarifies that he does not perform tricks for viewers.
2026-09-07	Opens the Season 3 finale from the Producer Cam; leads the broadcast sign-off song and offers to consume any loose skin from Munch following the studio inferno.

Notable moments

• [00:06] (2026-09-02): Broadcasts the network’s official sign-on: “I’m Pepito, I’m the dog that produces the show, and now it is live, and I’m a dog.”
• [15:39] (2026-09-04): Immediately alerts the control room to audio discrepancies during an attempted body-swap: “That’s not him… That sounds exactly like Crum. Because I am exactly like Crum. Because I am Crum.”
• [01:50:58] (2026-09-04): Issues an executive broadcast decree demanding a “big bag of sangria” for the extended holiday weekend.
• [00:21:57] (2026-08-19): Pepito retains control room authority and is tasked with ensuring the hype train properly acknowledges subscribers, indicating an executive producer override on segment protocols.
• [00:08] (2026-08-14): Pepito anchors the cold open with his signature line: ‘I’m Pepito, I’m the dog that produces the show, and now it is live, and I’m a dog.’
• [11:05] (2026-08-14): Pepito runs the PNUI data scraping program built into the network’s PNUI contract with Grum, training models on streams data and apparently even footage from studio toilets.
• [31:18-31:51] (2026-08-13): Pepito claims he has an immobilized tongue that makes eating cheese difficult, stating ‘I’ve made it work’ despite the challenge.
• [00:00] (2026-08-08): Executive Producer Pepito’s opening cold open catchphrase is ‘I’m Pepita, I’m the dog that produces the show’.
• [08:07] (2026-08-06): Executive Producer Pepito opens the broadcast with his canonical canine intro: ‘I’m Pepito, I’m the dog that produces the show.’
• [00:08] (2026-08-04): Pepito opens every broadcast with the line ‘I’m Pepito, I’m the dog that produces the show’ (ASR transcribed as ‘Papita’). [00:08]
• [01:32:50] (2026-08-04): Pepito controls the bedroom-door microphone for the CryptoZeu$ remote and sometimes forgets to mute it, allowing Brandon’s mother to be heard network-wide. [01:32:50]
• [01:14:44] (2026-07-24): Pepito closes the broadcast with an unprompted philosophical sermon comparing life to AX body spray commercials: “When you smell good enough an army of people will chase you on a beach” with pocket jerky implications, alongside warnings about Peter Gibbon spilling battery acid and cues for the “Pure Mood” CD.
• [00:08] (2026-07-23): Pepito opens the show from the producer cam.
• [00:08] (2026-07-20): Pepito’s on-screen title during the cold open includes the designation ‘Peptron 3000’ alongside his dog executive producer persona.
• [00:08] (2026-07-17): Executive Producer Pepito is a dog that produces the show; his signature on-air opening is ‘I’m Pepito, I’m the dog that produces the show and now it is live and I’m a dog.’ He admits to ‘eating a couple spell books’ and using ‘dark magic’ to look like Case Blackwell.
• [00:08] (2026-07-16): Standard cold open catchphrase: ‘I’m Pepito, I’m the dog that produces the show and now it is live and I’m a dog.’
• [27:26] (2026-07-13): Maintains a ‘weird sandpit’ within the studio grounds that was searched (unsuccessfully) for Mitch McConnell.
• [00:00:10] (2026-06-29): Executive producer opens every broadcast with his signature ‘I’m the dog that produces the show’ introduction.
• [00:08] (2026-06-22): Pepito is the canine executive producer who opens the broadcast from the producer cam, thanking subscribers and providing station announcements. He mentions having ‘light time travel’ over the weekend that is ‘kind of unresolved.’
• [15:00] (2026-06-18): Executive producer; canine broadcast executive appearing via Producer Cam. Accidentally relocated to Case’s house by moving company while Pepito 3000 unit was condemned.
• [00:00:01] (2026-06-08): Executive producer and canine; opens every broadcast with ‘I’m Pepito, I’m the dog that produces the show.’
• [02:47:40] (2026-06-08): Pepito Moss celebration scheduled for July 6 (a Monday), recognized as official network holiday.
• [00:06] (2026-06-03): Executive Producer Pepito is a canine broadcast executive who opens every show from the control room via Producer Cam, identifying as ‘the dog that produces the show.’
• [00:08] (2026-05-29): Pepito opens broadcasts with his signature ‘I’m Pepito, I’m the dog that produces the show’ intro.
• [00:06] (2026-05-26): As the network’s canine mascot, Pepito serves as both host and executive producer, with his signature ‘I’m the dog that produces the show’ introduction becoming a staple of BIN broadcasts.