Episode 88: Claudia Kishi, Live From WSTO!

The episode for "Claudia Kishi, Live from WSTO!" was originally released on November 20, 2017 and is Baby-Sitter's Club #85. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 1:00:18 long.This week's ghostwriter: Peter Lerangis.

*Previous:* Episode 87: Dawn and the School Spirit War | *Next:* Episode 89: Mary Anne and Camp BSC | *Or,* see all episodes.

## Official Episode Description

To really get this week’s episode, you’re going to need to remember a lot of the plot details from Inception, and you’re going to need to know A LOT about the short lived meme that was Dawn Siff’s Vine video resume. Oh, you’ll also probably want to have heard at least a few episodes of This American Life. So, a lot of prerequisites for this one, but it’s really worth it. Claudia gets a radio show on WSTO, Tanner delivers some very interesting factoids about terrestrial broadcast standards, Jack goes about six segments deep at one point, and we get a very special visit from a character we haven’t seen in quite some time who is taking some time off from blipping through spacetime.

## Music Credits

* "My Sharona" MIDI
* "mnemonic presence" by lost-radio
* "Mercury" by Zookeepers & Heuse
* “This Is How We Do It” (Karaoke Version) originally performed by Montell Jordan
* "Overture" by Lionheart
* “You Gotta Have Theremin and Ukulele” by SquidLord
* "Little Wooden Church" by The Trumpeteers
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb
* Superbrat Outro by Superbrat

## Segments

###  Alan Gray Will See You Now

"I think I'm becoming more and more enamored with Alan Gray each week."

Alan Gray is chaotic evil (Tanner) or chaotic neutral (Jack). Tanner does a nice explanation of the difference between chaotic evil and chaotic neutral from D & D. Both settle on chaotic evil.

Oswald McBelch in a skull mask, belches Row Row Row Your Boat.

###  Burn Of The Week

Tanner's burn was stolen by Jack. His next burn is on Jack and is also his Lerangis Moment. He kicks back up to a true burn: "You have the worst part in the show."

Jack's burn is a Claudia's Closet.

###  Claudia and Stacey, Baseball Idiots

This is also the Lerangis Moment for the week - an Abbott and Costello-style routine between Kristy (retelling a story about Jake Kuhn playing baseball) and Claudia, very bored and not understanding what "runs home" means.

###  Claudia's Closet

"A backwards t-shirt, overalls I'd made by sewing together two halves cut from different pairs, and mismatched socks. It was my Descontructionist look. You know, like the art movement."

"For my parents, tassled loafers are daring."

Janine shakes her head and asks "Was that why you wore your jacket to breakfast this morning, to cover that up so that we didn't have indigestion?"

Later, Janine adds a comment about "Frankenstein's jumpsuit."

###  IP Freely

"Do we need a segment for that?"

Tanner comes up with the name "IP Freely". This is the first intro for this segment. Tanner thinks Ira Glass stole This American Life from Claudia Kishi in this book. If Ira Glass is a sovereign citizen, he is free to go, as are Tanner and Jack.

Later, Tanner and Jack both do Ira Glass impressions.

###  Lerangis Moment

"Swimming in a sea of Sweet Pete this week."

Baby Bee Vanessa, set to the tune of Montel Jordan's "This is how we do it."

Tanner: "Have you ever tasted tofu? It's like eating a warm sock."

Jack's moment is also a Claudia and Stacey, Baseball Idiots moment.

###  Trackin' Jackie

Scenario: Jackie is telling knock knock jokes at the radio station, and laughed so hard that he fell off his chair and spilled water and cups all over himself.

Blip: it's 1976 in the seediest comedy club in NYC. Jackie drinks himself to death.

## Jack's References

* Idea machine Dawn Siff, which he says he should not bring up, since no one will know who that is. Tanner calls this a meme and then explains the story. Then he Googles it.
* LexisNexis
* Jack got an iPhone 7 this week, his new "big bad clock".
* "It's interesting that the root for invent and the root for find are the same in Latin." ("Very not interesting" says Tanner.)

## Tanner's References

* Gopher message boards
* Tanner got an iPhone 8 this week.
* "But first, a story from David Sedaris."
* Very good Inception jokes this week.

"Welcome to hell, motherfucker, I haven't slept in two weeks."

## Notes

* Bike Advice with Pete Black (Jack) and Erica Blumberg (Tanner)
	+ "If you're biking around in New York City and somebody yells at you, just call them a nerd."
	+ This devastating comeback has been discussed several times before on the podcast, originating in Episode 7: Claudia and Mean Janine.
	+ "Erica's" advice is to wear reflective gear if riding at night.
* Jack says WSTO stands for "Witches, Spirits, Timewalkers, and Orbs".
* "W on the East, K on the West," says Tanner, re: WSTO.
* "For 'For Kids Only' Only", this week's podcast.
* Kristy has many bad ideas in this book.
* This was the first week where "no, you say goodbye first" was used.
* Every child sang "A Whole New World" from Disney's Aladdin, which was contemporaneous with the book.
* Ashley Wyeth is back this week, a major character from Episode 12: Claudia and the New Girl. Ashley has six ear holes (Earring Hierarchy). Briefly, more is better, odd is better. The return of Ashley after walking from the wilderness, with six ear holes, "what a powerful being".
	+ Baby Bee Amber started a Baby Nation Earring Hierarchy thread; Baby Bee Karen has 14 holes.
* In the stinger, Jack and Tanner discuss current TV viewing habits: Tanner is enthralled by infomercials, and Jack is watching a 22-hour white noise video for crying babies.

## Sign Off

Notably, Tanner says the signoff this week, with no protests from Jack.

## References & Links

1. ↑ Idea machine Dawn Siff: https://www.businessinsider.com/journalist-has-created-a-resume-on-vine-2013-2
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LexisNexis
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher\_(protocol)
4. ↑  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call\_signs\_in\_the\_United\_States#Geographical\_separation\_of\_K\_and\_W\_call\_signs

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