Episode 44: Jessi and the Dance School Phantom

The episode for "Jessi and the Dance School Phantom" was originally released on December 26, 2016. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 52:27 long.This week's ghostwriter: Ellen Miles.

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## Official Episode Description

A shadow lurks in the wings while Jessi Ramsey dances for her life on stage... Jack and Tanner receive a mysterious smuggled message from an unexpected source... And the baby-sitters have a pet show! Really just a stunning amount of content in this book. Enough to make you wonder whether some nefarious entity behind the scenes might just be pushing Ann M. Martin a little bit too hard.

## Music Credits

* “Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta,” by Bela Bartok
* “AnonymOus,” by Snowbird
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb
* Superbrat Outro by Superbrat

## Book Description

Jack’s description is a murder mystery. Tanner threatens to read the book as a summary of Black Swan.

## Segments

###  Burn Of The Week

Jack: Claudia making fun of the outfit someone else had on, “like a cross between Princess Di and Minnie Mouse”; burn on Claudia, who recently dressed as “the sea”

Tanner: “Your whole family is a nut.” Selfburn, go down with the ship.

###  Delayed...Gratification

Unofficial. Tanner holds back on the intro to Burn of the Week.

###  Tanner Googles

Tanner Googles the source of the quote "brevity is the soul of wit."

###  Tearful Moment

Tanner: From the pet show, “Pow Barrett won shortest legs.”

Jack: Mary Anne gets kicked out of being a judge for being too biased towards Tigger.

###  Wandering Frog People

Tanner is frogged by Jack via a work secret Santa.

## Theories

###  Amber Theory

Jack ties in Amber Theory and the idea of the spindle in the Sleeping Beauty tale.

This is a book about the fear of growing up, and retreating into the shadows; shedding light and taking it away.

###  Bee Theory

The thorn pricking Jessi’s finger “like a bee sting.”

###  Doll Theory

Emily Michelle Thomas-Brewer is described as an absolute doll.

###  Witchcraft

There is quite a bit of flower magic in this book.

Debate about whether Morbidda Destiny is a good witch or an evil witch. Jack read a thesis about interpretations of Sleeping Beauty throughout the ages, of which there are several. Here is a short essay on the topic.

## Jack's References

* One who brings light, lightbringer

"Question of the day: Is it morally wrong to give a Wandering Frog Person to your cat? Do they even understand that they're losing?"
* Cuban missile crisis

## Tanner's References

* Tanner reads a quote from *Hamlet* re: Jack’s book description.
* *Sleeping Beauty*
* Tipper Gore
* *Hogan's Heroes*
* Snape

## Notes

* Baby Bee Crystal sent the boys a message from Ann.
* Don’t Triangulate
* Tanner recites a synopsis of *Phantom of the Opera*
* Mentions of Morbidda as the Snape figure and the Sentinel, how “it all ends in fire”
* Jack and Tanner blame the two very disparate plots of the book on the Scholastic lawyers who’ve handcuffed the ghostwriters to their writing tables.
* Mary Anne barely appears, as if an actor was in rehab.
* The Christmas episode BSCC: Secret Santa - Secret Episode was recorded after this episode but aired prior to it.

## References & Links

1. ↑ https://miasquires.com/2016/02/27/sleeping-beauty-through-the-ages-a-comparison-of-four-different-versions/
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipper\_Gore
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogan's\_Heroes
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus\_Snape

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