Episode 35: Mary Anne and Too Many Boys

The episode for "Mary Anne and Too Many Boys" was originally released on October 24, 2016. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 49:29 long.This week's ghostwriter: Mary Lou Kennedy.

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## Official Episode Description

What should have been a nice, relaxing vacation to Sea City, New Jersey, turns into a catastrophe due to an unwieldy number of boys gumming up the works. Stacey gets straight-up dumped by local "nice guy" Toby (no known last name), Jackie Rodowsky faces his most desperate mission yet, and Mary Anne cries her way through another low-level crisis. Known boys, Tanner Greenring and Jack Shepherd, try their very best to unpack it all for you in BSCC #35, Mary Anne and Too Many Boys.

## Music Credits

* “Alone,” by G-nit Beatz
* “Galactic Empire,” by Michael J. Burkard Music
* “The Hostility Conundrum,” by Luke West
* “Our Final Battle,” by Aaron Hayes
* “Epic Battle,” by Gam3rDroid
* “Last Dawn,” by Ross Budgen
* “Cloudburst,” by Sentient Pulse
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb
* Superbrat Outro by Superbrat

## Ann's Epithets

Princeton’s own princess Annabelle Matthew Martin, the magnificent. First of her name, last of her kind, last hope for humankind.  Tanner adds “stormborn”.

## Segments

###  Burn Of The Week

Tanner: A Mr. Pike moment: “You don’t have to pack those (ants)”

Tanner: "I can’t believe we’re having this conversation but it sure beats hearing about your pitching arm."

###  Refrigerator Play

Last week, I found a grocery list in the refrigerator, and a very ripe tomato in the coupon drawer.

###  Strike Against the Patriarchy

Mary Anne is being controlled by the toxic masculinity and the patriarchy. Title is a literal description of the patriarchy.

###  Tanner Googles

Tanner Googles how to say “welcome to Tanner Greenring’s house“ in Spanish

Jack is vexed by the scansion in Vanessa Pike’s poem (Tanner’s tearful moment). The poem is AA BB CD CD. Jack calls this “half a Petrarchan sonnet”. Tanner Googles: it is a 15-10 alternating poetry form.

###  Tearful Moment

Tanner: last paragraph, last page. Vanessa Pike wrote a poem for Mary Anne.

###  Trackin' Jackie

The scene is several scenes at the pool, where Jackie orders too much food, steps on a bee, and is found after being lost.

Tanner: Planet Klendathu. Jackie is a space marine battling the arachnids and bees. Jackie is trapped in a cave and begins to starve. Fire ants burrow into the cave. This one is a Starship Troopers take

## Theories

###  Amber Theory

Amber Theory is officially named this week.

###  Bee Theory

Jackie steps on a bee when he’s outside of time.

###  Witchcraft

Logan Bruno = L.B. L.B=Light Bringer. Light Bringer = Lucifer.

## Jack's References

* Anapest is the opposite of a dactyl.
* Jack references the Happy Reading section and how Ann throws cold water on the Kristy/Bart relationship.
* The Mancuzi family hamster-as-food is a deep cut
* L.B. is Greek for “lightbringer”

## Tanner's References

* Alex Jones
* Tanner Sings “so we come to the end of the road” by Boyz II Men
* Frodo, the Pike family hamster; Tanner also references the Misty Mountains and inquires about the name of Gandalf’s horse (Shadowfax)

## Notes

Review of My Cat by two of our favorite podcast hosts

* There are 12 Scholastic lawyers.
* Spiritual sequel to Episode 8: Boy-Crazy Stacey
* Tanner’s cat Meg sits on his shoulder, and they call it “gargan” or “gargoyling”. The promised image did not appear on social media.
* If you Google search images of Meg the Cat, Tanner and Jack’s book Review of My Cat is on the first page of hits.

## References & Links

1. ↑ https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/15-10-alternating/
2. ↑  https://starshiptroopers.fandom.com/wiki/Klendathu
3. ↑ https://mbmbam.wikia.com/wiki/%22Brotherisms%22
4. ↑ https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Deep%20Cut
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKO6XYXioc
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_Middle-earth\_animals#Shadowfax
7. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Review-My-Cat-Tanner-Ringerud/dp/1402285361

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