Episode 16: Little Miss Stoneybrook...and Dawn

The episode for "Little Miss Stoneybrook…and Dawn" was originally released on June 13, 2016. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 45:14 long.This week's ghostwriter: none.

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## Official Episode Description

Kind of a segment-heavy week this week, but what do you expect when you're trying to impress the judges of the Little Miss Stoneybrook Pageant? The babysitters each Dance Mom their own contestant in the pageant in this book, and things get (surprise, surprise) a little fraught. Don't worry too much though, because there's plenty of dangerous occult action and Marxist subtext to help ease the tension.

## Music Credits

Intro by Original Baby Boy Scott Lamb

Additional music is present but not credited

## Book Description

Jack: "Haunted by the sudden loss of her only friend, Claudia Kishi has become broken, twisted. But when she turns her malevolent intentions towards innocent bookish Charlotte Johanssen, she sets in motion a chain of events that could spell disaster for all the unsuspecting children of Stonybrook. Pressed into battle against one another against their wills, the town's youngest citizens find themselves in a fight that only one will survive. It's the Little Miss Stonybrook pagent, but the stakes are as big as they come. Little Miss Stonybrook...and Dawn."

Tanner gets hung up on names and has to take a Double Take.

## Segments

###  Baller of the Week

First introduction of Baller of the Week.

Jack's Baller(s) of the Week: Margo and Claire Pike. Margo’s greatest wish: global peace. Claire’s things to rescue: family members, global peace, and the fire extinguisher.

###  Burn Of The Week

Jack: Karen: “If I could rescue a 4th thing, I’d either rescue my brother Andrew, or my pen that writes in four colors.”

Tanner: Everyone in class writes goodbye cards, including Jerry Haney, his mortal enemy. On the inside is a beautiful drawing: in small letters, it says “and good riddance”.

###  Great American Novel of the Week

First introduction of the Great American Novel of the Week. Jack plays a game: Grapes of Wrath, or Little Miss Stoneybrook…and Dawn.

###  Strike Against the Patriarchy

Tanner corrects Jack: Jaime does not buy into the patriarchy, and goes by Ms. Greenring, not Mrs.

###  Tanner Googles

Jack hates it when Tanner Googles. Tanner looks up whether Dawn leaves the BSC.

###  Tearful Moment

Tanner: Dawn’s mom going to her room every night to cry.

## Theories

###  Doll Theory

One of the babies (Karen Brewer) suggests that she could “make a doll talk” for her talent.

The boys suggest doing a separate podcast where they talk only about dolls, and read Ann’s Doll People series.

###  Witchcraft

* What if this is such a big deal in Stoneybrook because it’s the witches looking for new babies to sacrifice?
* Sabrina Bouvier is mentioned; in this book, she is seven years old, and is the winner of the pageant. In Episode 62: Mary Anne's Makeover, Sabrina Bouvier returns as a super popular 8th grader.
* The French witch hunters are referenced.

## Jack's References

* X-Men
* Popeye the Sailor Man
* The House that Jack Built
* The Good Ship Lollipop
* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
* The Eternal Sadness of Claudia Kishi (Claudia has been sad since Stacey left)
* Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
* Jack has a section of his notes titled "indoctrination into social order"
* Jack schools Tanner on how to properly write a clickbait title for the next book.
* A sample of Jack’s notes from the original posts on the babysittersclubclub.com website, now accessed through archive.org: “As always, I recommend a hermeneutic approach to addressing the more religious elements of this text. As ever, you can't go far wrong with Ricoeur. “

## Tanner's References

* Malcolm Gladwell
* The Last Supper (re: Jeff having leftovers as the last Stoneybrook meal)
* Hemingway

## Notes

* Tanner and Jack recite the Babysitter’s Oath at the beginning of the episode.
* Jack’s middle name is Alexander and Tanner’s middle name is Daniel.
* First mention of rating, subscribing, and reviewing.
* Tanner: We’re not doing The Kids in Ms. Colman's Class.
* New bet: that if Jack can’t find plausible religious iconography, he has to wear The Outfit from Episode 14: Good Bye Stacey, Good-Bye
* Religious imagery: Dawn’s increasingly personal relationship with God. This book is her relationship with the Virgin Mary.
* Happy Reading section is mentioned.
* Tanner sings “Tell me I’m your Disneyland Daddy”, as discussed in Episode 9: The Ghost at Dawn's House
* Mallory and Jessi are voices of revolution.

## Notable Non-Sitters

Charlotte Johanssen, Claire Pike, Margo Pike, Myriah, Sabrina Bouvier, Jeff Schafer

## 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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