Episode 41: Poor Mallory!

The episode for "Poor Mallory!" was originally released on December 5, 2016. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 48:17 long.This week's ghostwriter: none.

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## Official Episode Description

Jack and Tanner are together again recording in the same space this week. In fact, they’re recording in Jack’s “study” which is a cozier space that usual, so things get a little… intimate. This week, the boys discuss the works of Dickens, the simmering war between the newest factions, and get ready for the BSCC’s most dynamic theory to date: BREAD THEORY.

## Music Credits

* ”Bagpipes of Nostaglia” by TYLTK
* "Mazurka in D major” by Frédéric Chopin - Performed by Edward Neeman
* “Melancholia” by Ryan Creep
* "You're Not My Dad! [Trap Remix]” by Dennibro
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb
* Superbrat Outro by Superbrat

## Book Description

Jack’s description is “the longest ever," about the tragedy of child labor.

## Segments

###  Burn Of The Week

Tanner: We’re not laughing at you, we’re laughing near you.

Jack: Jessi calls Rachel a “toad head”.

###  Dad Watch

(Unofficial) Mr Pike loses his job and seemingly becomes an alcoholic. His first name is apparently John. He gets a new job at the mysterious, shadowy corporation MetroWorks.

###  Great American Novel of the Week

Dickens novel or Baby-Sitter's Club book? (Jack is Secretly British in this segment.)

###  Mr. Prezzioso's Boys' Basketball Corner

The Prezziosos are having a baby. Jack and Tanner speculate that he finally tore himself away from boys basketball just for this. As we know not what this baby will be, or its faction, it could be a boys basketball player, which would make Mr. Prezzioso happy.

###  Tanner Googles

Tanner: Absolutely I do!
(some time passes)
Tanner: There’s a bakery in Karlsruhe, Germany, just outside of Stuttgart, that’s called Hofmeister Brod.

 ###  Tearful Moment

Jack’s tearful moment was the passage he recited in his Dickensian Novel of the Week segment.

Tanner: “In a few seconds, I’m going to cry!” Said Mary Anne.

###  Wandering Frog People

Tanner asks Jack for an update on the WFP, and Tanner is vexed that Jack won’t tell him where the frog is.

## Theories

###  Bread Theory

Timestamps: 24:50 and 28:24 -- the introduction of Bread Theory.

Nan White - Tanner points out that this character is two types of bread. “Maybe there’s something there? I don’t know.”

Bread is life-giving.

“The yeast is still rising on this fan theory.”

“Man cannot live on bread alone.”

"Baby-Sitter’s Club Club’s worst theory yet."

 ###  Doll Theory

Most of Karen’s games involve either dolls, witchcraft, or dressing up.

Claire Pike was playing with baby dolls. "Bad girl," she tells them. "You put that back, you can't have it." She wants a new Skipper.

###  Factions

“Let’s play dinosaurs.” -- Every single book since Episode 38: Jessi's Baby-Sitter has mentioned dinosaurs, ever since the schism.

Jessi is the ballerina, the one who is foretold for when the war of the factions begins.

## Jack's References

* The complete works of Dickens; referenced works are *Bleak House*, *David Copperfield*, *Oliver Twist*, *A Christmas Carol*
* Water as a metaphor: the Delaneys' swimming pool and the pool rules, tests of water
* The Skipper from *Gulliver's Travels*

## Tanner's References

* Tanner Sings a lot in this episode
	+ "2 Become 1" by the Spice Girls
	+ Parody version of “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car” by Billy Ocean: “Get off of Twitter / get into my book”
	+ "Just the Two of Us" by Bill Withers
	+ "Let’s Talk About Sex" by Salt-N-Pepa (last referenced in Episode 23: Jessi Ramsey, Pet-sitter)
	+ (in the stinger) "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb
* Tanner references the *Rosebuddies* podcast (now called *Wonderful!*) and *The Bachelor/Bachelorette* TV show - Tanner watched the season finale of *The Bachelorette Canada*
* First “Mr. Gray will see you now” reference, though this is in relation to John Pike and not Alan Gray.
* "I Saw the Sign" by Ace of Base
* *The Texas Chain Saw Massacre*

## Notes

* The boys are recording in Jack’s closet, which Jack calls a “garret” (definition: a top-floor or attic room, especially a small dismal one (traditionally inhabited by an artist)). There is a “Sun Ray" lamp
* Introduction of “dibble”, short for “incredible”. Tanner and Jack like to “brev stuff down”. The opposite of "dibble" and "distant" is "stale."
* The new slang is a result of the Scholastic lawyers trying to merchandise.
* Mr. Prezzioso features heavily in this episode.
* Tanner brings up Jack’s theory of the dichotomy of violence and love from the last episode. Jordan Pike may be attempting to woo bully Michael Hofmeister, as he wishes to hit him in the head with a baseball.

## References & Links

1. ↑ https://hofmeister-brot.de/
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipper\_(Barbie)
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Skipper
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA5jsa1lR9c
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNgcYGgtf8M
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw5OLnN7UvM
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydrtF45-y-g
8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu3OQFCsKXQ
9. ↑ https://www.maximumfun.org/shows/wonderful
10. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Bachelor\_(franchise)
11. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Bachelorette\_Canada
12. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty\_Shades\_of\_Grey\_(film)
13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqu132vTl5Y
14. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Texas\_Chain\_Saw\_Massacre

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