Episode 98: Kristy + Bart = Question

The episode for "Kristy + Bart = ?" was originally released on February 5, 2018 and is BSC #95. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 1:04:37 long.This week's ghostwriter: Peter Lerangis.

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## Official Episode Description

Hope you enjoy the sound of two men doing that “Huh?!” sound from Home Improvement, because Jack and Tanner do it A LOT this week. There are also a lot of equations and algorithms in this book, so I hope you also enjoy the sound of two men trying to formulate and then solve math problems. Oh, and Baby Nation, we’re not here to kink shame you, but if you are into “arm stuff” we just ask that you do it safely and responsibly.

## Music Credits

* “My Sharona” (MIDI Version) originally performed by The Knack
* “Kallaloe” by Blue Dot Sessions
* Samples from “I Want You” by Savage Garden
* "It's The End Of The World” (Karaoke Version) originally performed by REM
* “Rolling in the Deep” (Karaoke Version) originally performed by Adele
* “I Knew A Guy” by Kevin MacLeod
* “Dances and Dames” by Kevin MacLeod
* "Night Caller" (feat. Project Nightfall) by Abandoned & InfiNoise
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb
* Superbrat Outro by Superbrat

## Book Description

List of people who are not describing the episode: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Meryl Streep

## Segments

###  Burn Of The Week

*Timestamp 51:22*

Tanner: "Merrily merrily merrily merrily look out Bart, you're dead."

Jack: a David Michael prank moment with Kristy and "Bart" on the phone.

###  Claudia's Closet

*Timestamp 47:01*

Tanner intros the segment for the first time.

Claudia wore a bowling shirt with the name Ralph sewn over the pocket, and matching loose rayon pants, gathered at the waist with a leather strip. She pinned her hair with a barrette in the shape of two bowling pins.

Tanner feels this outfit is very "of the times". The boys reference: *Swingers*, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

###  Lerangis Moment

*Timestamp 36:45*

Tanner Sings this week's song. Baby Bee Kristin, Rolling in Sweet Pete.

Jack has one standout moment: where Kristy describes torture methods for Bart, being confined to her room. "That read like beat poetry," says Tanner. "That was Allen Ginsburg's 'Howl'," says Jack.

Tanner's moment is the run about the crocodile, and "no gnus is good gnus."

###  Tanner Googles

Tanner looks up mathematical notation for Bart: beta times acceleration times the radius of a circle times time = what?

## Theories

###  Doll Theory

*Timestamp 33:15*

"We absolutely must talk about dolls."

Claire flushed some doll accessories. It's spreading.

## Jack's References

* Anagrams: "risk bat try"
* Is it that I will bring up "the ontological characteristic of being with others or being unto others as discussed by Heidegger in Being and Time?" ("I tuned out for most of that until you said 'arm stuff'", says Tanner.)
* "I have this under my section about Puzzles."
* "I'm British, that's how my people do it."

## Tanner's References

* Tanner + spicy nachos = ?
* J. J. Abrams' mystery box
* Tanner Sings "Cherry Cola" by Savage Garden

## Notes

* Home Improvement sound
* Tanner has written down a bet at the beginning of the episode. If it comes true in the episode, Jack owes him ten dollars.
	+ *Timestamp 27:11* - Tanner reads a passage from the book about "The Infinite Variety of Music" by Leonard Bernstein. Jack Sings part of "It's the End of the World as We Know It" by REM, fulfilling the bet ("Guarantee that Jack sings REM") and owing Tanner ten bucks.
* Are Tanner and Jack in "advanced like"?
* More mathematical notation: LUV - luminosity times potential energy times volume.
* 143 - adding up Bart and Kristy, I love you in mid-90s text speak.
* This episode introduces Arm Stuff.

## References & Links

#### Literature

1. ↑ Ralph Waldo Emerson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph\_Waldo\_Emerson
2. ↑ Allen Ginsburg's "Howl": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl
3. ↑ Heidegger's "Being and Time": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being\_and\_Time
#### Culture

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingers\_(1996\_film)
2. ↑ J. J. Abrams' mystery box: https://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/whats-in-j-j-abramss-mystery-box/
3. ↑ Home Improvement's wiki at TV Tropes: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/HomeImprovement
#### Music

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry\_Poppin%27\_Daddies
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel\_Nut\_Zippers
3. ↑ "Cherry Cola" by Savage Garden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz1f\_aef8yM
4. ↑ "It's the End of the World as We Know It" by REM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

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