Episode 74: Dawn and the We ♥ Kids Club

The episode for "Dawn and the We ♥ Kids Club" was originally released on August 14, 2017 and is #72. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 58:58 long.This week's ghostwriter: Peter Lerangis.

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## Official Episode Description

Welcome to another installment of the We ♥ Kids Club Club, a podcast in which your two hosts, Weed Lord and Half-pipe, discuss the works of Peter Lerangis and Ann M. Martin: The We ♥ Kids Club books. This week, there's a new character in Palo City, a naughty dingleberry named Dawn Schafer who creates trouble everywhere she goes with her militant environmentalism, hatred for love, and willingness to steal and lie her way back home. Palo City, California hasn't had a character this explosive since the Fire Elementals came to town.

## Music Credits

* "Teenage Freakout” by Mules
* "The Beach! The Beach!" by Holy Coast
* Theme from “The X-Files”
* “Best Wishes” by Mike B. Fort
* “Haunted” by Jamie Evans
* "Hanging By A Moment” MIDI
* “Breathing” MIDI
* “Sex and Candy” MIDI
* “Lightning Crashes” MIDI
* “Kiss from a Rose” MIDI
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb
* Heavy Metal Outro by Baby Bee Wolfkiller

## Ann's Epithets

Tanner calls Ann "Time Lordress" this week.

## Segments

###  Burn Of The Week

Jack: "There's no excuse for you," said Jeff.

Tanner: (fucking savage) "I'm ten." / "No, you're not, you're Jeff." / Two points for Dad.

###  Lerangis Moment

Jack coins "Sweet Pete" this week.

Tanner Sings a song by Baby Bee Dylan, "Hanging on a Moment" by Lifehouse. Jack Sings a Lifehouse song.

Baby Bee Tiffany sent in an interview.
Interviewer: *Has Ann M. Martin ever commented on your work with her characters? Did you ever get feedback from her?*Peter: *She said that there was always at least one moment in each of my books that would make her fall off her chair laughing, and she would look forward to that. She had padding on her office floor. It was painful to see. I also once spilled wine on her during lunch. It’s amazing she still talks to me."*

The boys try to sing other Lifehouse songs. Tanner Sings a version of Sex and Candy; they both sing a parody of Kiss From a Rose and officially issue the call for Lerangis Moment songs.

Jack: The TV people put it on and saw a commercial for indestructible pantyhose.

Tanner: "That was when I decided to become a journalist." (Rhonda Lieb)

There is a discussion of Pete's deep character backstories and character bibles.

## Theories

###  Bread Theory

Lifehouse is stuck in Jack's bread - a Freudian slip? The X-Files music plays.

## Jack's References

* Jack had a woodworking class last week.

## Tanner's References

* Of Montreal and the Outback Steakhouse commercial.

Keanu is timeless.
* Keanu Reeves doesn't age. Tanner also adds that many of his films involve crossing boundaries (Bill and Ted, the Matrix).

## Notes

* Weedlord and Half-Pipe intro the episode
* There are a disappeared twenty minutes of audio, wherein Tanner describes Sunny as a fire elemental (a D & D thing).
* Tanner and Jack decide which sitter they are.
	+ Jack thinks he is Maggie and Tanner is Dawn. Jack originally thought he was a Mary Anne and now identifies with Kristy from the BSC.
	+ Tanner thinks he is Maggie and Jack is Jill. Tanner originally identified with Kristy but now identifies with Dawn from the BSC.
	+ The first episode with a veilwalker: this week, Keanu Reeves.

## References & Links

1. ↑ Peter Lerangis on Ghostwriting the Baby-Sitter's Club and the Future of YA Lit: http://airshipdaily.com/blog/peter-lerangis-on-ghostwriting-the-baby-sitters-club-and-the-future-of-ya
2. ↑ Sex and Candy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op4n0pGQ3F4
3. ↑ Of Montreal Outback commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mvm6KfJDE0
4. ↑ Keanu plays Ted, Tanner. Your casualness is most non-triumphant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill\_%26\_Ted%27s\_Excellent\_Adventure; set to return in 2020: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill\_%26\_Ted#Bill\_&\_Ted\_Face\_the\_Music\_(2020)
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Matrix
6. ↑ https://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/SRD5:Fire\_Elemental

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