Episode 21: Kristy and the Walking Disaster

The episode for "Kristy and the Walking Disaster" was originally released on July 18, 2016. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 49:45 long.This week's ghostwriter: none.

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## Official Episode Description

This week, the boys are in their element talking about the classic "American Sports" themes of football men, baseball men, and TIME TRAVEL, as well as Kristy's massive, unquenchable CRUSH on a beautiful brown-eyed boy named either Bart or Brad. Can Jackie Rodowsky hit a home run for Kristy's Krushers? Can Kristy get through the season without falling in love? Can this podcast pass the Bechdel Test? Find out in episode 21, "Kristy and the Walking Disaster."

## Music Credits

* The Bechdel Test Theme song is "Let the Beat Drop" by Anton Markus
* The Burn of the Week song is "Tell Me" by Killercats
* The Tearful Moment song is "Energetic Beat Drop" by Kevin Boydston
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb

## Book Description

Jack spins the intro as a Kristy + Bart romance.

Tanner reads the plot summary of Mighty Ducks, swapping in BSC names as relevant. It works surprisingly well.

## Segments

###  American Sports

This entire episode is about American Sports, as the boys note in the stinger.

###  Burn Of The Week

Tanner: Karen Brewer’s shirt with “Kristy’s Crushers” on it. “MY shirt will be spelled correctly.

Jack: “Hit any good refreshment stands lately?”

###  Tearful Moment

Tanner: The thought of an excited David Michael so excited over his deaf friend Matt Braddock scoring a run, signing “oven”.

Jack: “Because you were the Krusher’s coach, that’s how I knew.”

###  Trackin' Jackie

The bare bones for the Tracking’ Jackie segment are being set up throughout this episode.

## Theories

###  Amber Theory

Jackie Rodowsky is out of time. “Jackie is a walking disaster. I can’t tell whether he’s accident-prone or whether he lives in another time zone.”

###  Witchcraft

Tanner: the well of all bad luck in Stoneybrook is the walking disaster Jackie Rodowsky.

## Jack's References

* Sabermetrics: what statistics can do to help a team win. There is a discussion about Kristy’s batting order and the #2 hitter.
* ”Claire is the John McEnroe of baseball.
* ”bivalency of the word “Krushers””

### Jack’s Notes

Originally on babysittersclubclub.com, now accessed through archive.org:
*The word "Bash" is from the Old Norse Basca, meaning "To Strike." "Crush" is from the Old French Cruiser, possibly from the Frankish \*Krostjan, meaning "To Gnash." The sense implying an object of infatuation is first recorded in 1884.*
## Tanner's References

A rare record at Tanner's apartment tonight!

Jack and Tanner's quadrant

* Tanner notes that Jaime is seeing the play “Fun Home”.
* ”Centerfield” by John Fogerty
* the Mighty Ducks movie series
* ”All That She Wants” by Ace of Base
* Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
* Tanner asks Jack to do his T.S. Eliot impression
* New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Alex Rodriguez

## Notes

* The books pass the Bechdel Test, but the podcast does not.
* Jack notes that the connection he has to the books now after discussing them with Tanner is much deeper than any childhood connection.
* Roleplay: Jack is the coach of “Jack’s Jammers” and Tanner is the GM. Tanner asks Jack Kristy’s “Five Questions”:
	1. Where would we meet?
	2. When and how often would we meet?
	3. Would anyone help me?
	4. What would be the purpose of this team?
	5. Does Bart Taylor think I’m cute?
* Discussion of why Jamie Newton’s performance in this book supports his Cam Newton football career.
* Kristy’s boys quadrant: 25% are Jerks, 25% Snobs, 25% Snobby Jerks, 25%
* This is the first mention of the twitter.com/bsccpodcast account.
* Jack is secretly British while doing his TS Eliot impression. (He recites a few lines from The Waste Land.)
* This episode was recorded prior to BSCC: Little Sister - Karen’s Witch.

## Notable Non-Sitters

Jackie Rodowsky, Bart “Basher” Taylor, Claire Pike, Watson Brewer, Karen Brewer

## Sign Off

Claudia's wearing a bra now, and the way she talks, you'd think boys had just been invented.

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