The Baby-Sitter's Club Movie

The episode for "The Baby-Sitter's Club Movie" was originally released on March 25, 2019. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 1:02:13 long.This week's ghostwriter: Susie DeSanto.

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## Official Episode Description

The boys originally wanted to buy themselves a week to figure out what they’re going to do now that they’re out of Super Special books, but boy did they have fun watching the Baby-Sitters Club movie, or as Jack repeatedly called it, “the book.” Ann, Dalene, and Susan DeSanto confirmed so many popular theories this week, and they did so VISUALLY. Economy of Holes! Bread theory! Living Dolls! Bees! Magical Owls! All that and more!

## Music Credits

* "New World" by KIRA
* “Overture” by Lionheart
* “Lovely Memories Ident” by CreativeMedias\_net
* Excerpts from The Baby-Sitters Club movie

## Segments

###  Baller of the Week

Cokie Mason, who has all the burns, and also is a rollerblader. She also invites Logan to a Smashing Pumpkins show in Manhattan.

###  Burn Of The Week

Tanner: Dawn's biggest regret is that she wasn't born on Earth Day.

Jack: Oh, you have a date. I can see that his age is the same as your IQ.

###  Claudia's Closet

Mallory's menswear closet of the week - both boys are big fans.

She wore ties in almost every scene, was super confident, and was writing a novel about the first nurse in America. She was on point every time.

The outfits for each character were completely on point: hero, costume designer Susie DeSanto.

###  Facts for the Fans with Jack and Tan

(A new segment with trivia from the IMDB page.)

* "Stacy Linn Ramsower, a natural blonde, had to dye and perm her hair for the role of redheaded, frizzy-haired Mallory Pike."
* "Luca, who is from Switzerland, says "tschüss" to Stacey's mom when leaving the house. Tschüss, or tschüß, is German for "goodbye." German is spoken by about 64% of Switzerland. The other three national languages are French (20%), Italian (7%), and Romansh (less than 1%)."
* "This film was directed by Melanie Mayron and Kristy's dad was portrayed by Peter Horton. The two played a couple in the late 1980s TV show Thirtysomething (1987)."
* Tanner notes that Melanie is an actress herself, a bit player in many shows. She directed Jane the Virgin, Pretty Little Liars, several episodes of 90210.
* "The film includes commingled parts of Baby-sitters Club books #45 Kristy and the Baby Parade, #86 Mary Anne and Camp BSC, and Kristy's Book, none of which were actually written by Ann M. Martin."
* Rachel Leigh Cook: famous or not? Tanner argues yes, Jack argues no. Named credits: Josie and the Pussycats, She's All That. They also discuss The Secret Life of Alex Mack starring Laurissa Oleynik.

 ###  Hashtag Swoon

Luca made Jack swoon this week. Tanner is distressed by the pervyness of Luca, and there is a discussion on what was an acceptable age range in high school. They both agree that he's bad. But he is in a band. They go to a club called "Teenage Wasteland". ("This movie is SO 1995," enthuses Tanner.)

Kristy's dad (Patrick Thomas) is also a #swoon this week, as he is very handsome and powerful. Tanner points out a single pierced ear, and we all know that odd numbers have more power in the Earring Hierarchy.

###  IP Freely

Did "Insane in the Membrane" come from the Claudia studying rap in this movie?

###  Tearful Moment

Jack's first moment: when Kristy walks home in the rain after being abandoned by her dad, and the entire BSC pulls up next to her in a car.

Jack's second, pure, moment: when the BSC members in the class start tapping their pencils during the test, and Claudia remembers information about the brain in order to pass the science test.

Tanner didn't have a tearful moment.

###  Wandering Frog People

Mary Anne picks up an packs a frog person in a box.

## Theories

###  Bee Theory

"Do you know what little buzzy insects and small children have in common? Everything!"

###  Bread Theory

Tanner goes hard on a metaphor about the bread in this movie: pancakes. Sperm pancakes. Bread is life. It's all in the text.

###  Doll Theory

The orchestra of living dolls in the carousel, menacing Kristy when she is trapped in the amusement park.

###  Witchcraft

* Is Patrick Thomas a ghost hunter, hunting Jimmy Tony?
* Does a magic owl trap Cokie Mason's boots in cement? Are owls a silent force throughout these books? Have the owls been there the whole time? The universe is controlled by magic owls.
	+ Episode 64: Kristy and the Worst Kid Ever, where the sittee's dad used to hoot like a night owl.

## Jack's References

* Mallory inserts Flat Earth theory out of nowhere.
* Jack tells a fun tangential story about White Oleander. (After a bomb threat, fighter jets escorted a plane Jack was on back to the airport. Jack was the first person off, and Fox News tried to interview him about what happened, responding that "I don't know, I was watching White Oleander".)

## Tanner's References

* Bourne Identity (re: Patrick Thomas)
* This movie is a prequel to Netflix's Spectral.
* Black Dahlia is not White Oleander.

## Notes

* Jack draws parallels between the story of Patrick Thomas and the Jimmy Tony saga (from Episode 47: Kristy and the Baby Parade - the embodiment of absence.
* Many accolades from the boys re: casting of the film, with exception for Logan and Alan Gray.
* Is this movie canon?
	+ Jack argues no, because this movie is nothing like the "source" books.
	+ Tanner says no as well, and cites the IMDB 'Goofs' page as source:
		- "In the film, Luca calls Rosie "Rosaline" after she embarrasses him in front of Stacey, insinuating that is her given first name. In the novels, her real name is stated as being Mary Rose."
		- "In the film, it is revealed that Kristy will be turning 13 years old. Since this is based on the novels, Mallory Pike and Jessi Ramsey would not be club members yet since they do not join The Baby-Sitters Club until after Kristy turns 13."
		- "In one scene, Mary Anne and Kristy are walking back from camp. In the novels, the camp would have been at Mary Anne's house, because she lived with her father, Richard Spier, and Dawn's mother, Sharon Schafer."
	+ Tanner and Jack spend some time going through the IMDB page for Dalene Young. They decide she's a "Dawn-iac". In a brilliant turn, Tanner and Jack sing "Dalene" to the tune of "Jolene".
	+ Ultimately, this is decided to NOT be canon, so Dalene Young is not an official member of the League of Extraordinary Ghostwriters.
* A character in the movie does say "Dong" instead of "Dawn".
* Tanner eats crow re: pronunciation of Nannie (vs Nonny).
* Mystery of the burnout dad taking a flyer from Claudia. Jack theorizes that it could be a Mancuzi (deep cut).
* For the love of God, get your Patreon and your BSCC merch.
* At the end of the film, there was a credit for Bethany Buck, the Pulpmancer, a teaser for the Patreon.
* Images from this page were originally screencapped by Tanner and posted on the Baby Nation FB page

## References & Links

1. ↑ Susie DeSanto also did costumes for Dirty John, Nashville, White Oleander, Thirteen Going on Thirty, Miss Congeniality, I Am Sam
2. ↑ Melanie Mayron IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563039/
3. ↑ Rachel Leigh Cook: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000337/?ref\_=tt\_cl\_t3
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Bourne\_Identity\_(2002\_film)
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral
6. ↑ Goofs for this movie @ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112435/goofs/?tab=gf&ref\_=tt\_trv\_gf
7. ↑ Dalene Young's IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949430/?ref\_=tt\_ov\_wr
8. ↑ The Baby Nation post about this episode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/314613195686489/permalink/585475738600232/

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