Episode 92: Kristy and the Dirty Diapers

The episode for "Kristy and the Dirty Diapers" was originally released on December 18, 2017 and is BSC #89. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 1:10:38 long.This week's ghostwriter: Peter Lerangis.

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## Official Episode Description

It’s a time of rebirth in Stoneybrook, Connecticut. Out with the old, in the with the new. Dawn is dead and gone, and in her place, a new sitter must rise. And with a new sitter comes a new baby to be sat, this time in the frightening form of a video/VHS/well/water demon named Drusilla Destiny who Jack and Tanner are definitely going to keep an eye on. Sweet Pete also introduces an incredible new character called Abby Stevenson and she’s an instant favorite, but she comes with a LOT of baggage, and even though she claims to be from Long Island, her origin remains frighteningly unclear for the time being.

## Music Credits

* “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"(Karaoke Version) originally performed by Eurythmics
* “Noir Guitar”by Stevie’s Amp Shack
* "Vanilla Summers”by GRIID
* I’ve Seen Better Days"(Karaoke Version) originally performed by Citizen King
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb
* Superbrat Outro by Superbrat

## Segments

###  Abby's Tight 20

Introduction of the Abby's Tight 20 segment.

"Wanna trade sinuses?"

"One finger means fast. Two means faster. Three means recite the Boy Scout Pledge. Four means scratch your left armpit. Five means burp at the shortstop. And a closed fist means 'oh, what a stomach-ache I have'."

###  Burn Of The Week

Jaime slept through Tanner shouting "burn of the week".

Tanner: "No, you're just ugly." - a set of multiple burns, and this one is an ad hominem.

Jack: "I think she looks like Barney"

###  Claudia and Stacey, Baseball Idiots

In the stinger, Tanner mentions that Claudia, Stacey, and himself are all baseball idiots.

###  Lerangis Moment

Baby Bee Kate submitted a Lerangis Moment to the tune of "Sweet Dreams are Made of These".

This is the first use of the term "pulp nymph".

Tanner describes the two types of Lerangis Moment: the true moment (when you first realize who wrote the book) and the pure moment (the best Lerangis Moment).

Tanner: "Picture the Roadrunner stopping short and leaving skid marks - that was my brother."

Jack: "I never wear face paint - uh, makeup - and my earlobes have not been stabbed - uh, pierced."

Tanner's pure moment: "They're both seven - Bobby and Jackie, not their parents."

Jack: "Destruction"

## Theories

###  Witchcraft

Morbidda Destiny is back! Her granddaughter reminds Tanner very strongly of the girl from The Ring. Jack says it's been fifty (later "thirty or forty") books since we had a Morbidda book; close guess: last seen in Episode 64: Kristy and the Worst Kid Ever, and before that, Episode 44: Jessi and the Dance School Phantom.

## Jack's References

* Jack diagnoses Tanner with "active listening"
* "Difficult and problematic comedians": Dane Cook, Gallagher.
* Oriad, dryad, nyad in Greek mythology
* Jenkins the Cat climbs Jack like a tree during this episode, to much chaos.
* "You're like the Lawnmower Man."
* Book of Revelations and the signs of the apocalypse: 2/5 are seen in this book

## Tanner's References

* Tanner went to Fern Canyon and Redwood Forest.
* "Difficult and problematic comedians": "that guy with the racist puppets" - Jeff Dunham
* Luke Skywalker on the Tatooine moisture farm ("It's a movie called Star Wars: A New Hope").
* Tanner says this is like the Mighty Ducks again (Episode 21: Kristy and the Walking Disaster).
* Scarlet's Web: Pig in the City
* 127 Hours guy "didn't triangulate enough".
* Tanner Sings "Better Days" by Citizen King, and "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega

## Notes

* Feel free to triangulate: Tanner is in an Air BnB in Ferndale, CA, with Jamie right next to him. Tanner and Jack can't see one another since Tanner is using the "BSCC Road Gear". Jack has been inside Tanner's world, even reading the Star Wars novelizations on his bedside table. (Jack is staying at Tanner's house while Tanner is on vacation.)

* Don't triangulate, though, because he went to Santa Monica afterwards.
* This is the one with the first official live audience for the podcast. "100% of the audience is nodding off."
* This book is GCBSF and possibly Tanner's favorite BSC book ever. Tanner and Jack both love the new babysitter Abby. (The boys erroneously say that there is no Welcome Abby book. There is: Episode 93: Welcome to the BSC, Abby.)
* Mention of the Happy Reading section and Jamie: a fan clamor for a twin and a Jewish babysitter, rolled into one.
* Abby's mom is the executive editor for a publishing house in New York. Say, like a Scholastic lawyer?
* Kristy uses "rank" in context, a callback to Episode 86: Stacey vs. the BSC: "I'm not ranking on Bart."

## References & Links

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad\_hominem
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Lawnmower\_Man\_(film)
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/127\_Hours

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