Episode 27: Claudia and the Sad Goodbye

The episode for "Claudia and the Sad Goodbye" was originally released on August 29, 2016. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 47:08 long.This week's ghostwriter: none.

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## Official Episode Description

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today – Claudia, Janine, Mr. and Mrs. Kishi, the members of the Baby-Sitters Club, the Baby Nation, Jack, and Tanner – to say goodbye. To who (or what)? Well, we've got a lot of theories about that. You'll have to listen along and decide for yourself.

## Music Credits

* "Upbeat Ukulele” by MorningLightMusic
* "Demonic Chorus” by Procrastination Pictures
* “Unison" by Translucent
* "Please Return” by Brian Lowe
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb

## Book Description

Jack’s intro is a cheerful, boppy bit.

Tanner pretends that The Event doesn’t happen.

## Segments

###  Baller of the Week

Jack: Jamie Newton goes around giving people at the art class “J+”, the best grade.

###  Burn Of The Week

Tanner: Jamie Newton refuses to play a twin game, so he calls Carolyn and Marilyn “VeryLyn”

Jack: “You’re mixing your metaphors” said Janine.

###  Tanner Googles

Tanner googles “computerized bio-psychiatry”.

###  Tearful Moment

The entire book is tearful moments.

Jack notes that he cried a lot. His TM is from the Happy Reading section, with Granny’s photo.

Tanner: Mr. Kishi picks an item of Mimi’s, a paperweight (which turns out to have his initials on it) - poor Mr. Kishi just trying to be involved.

Mimi is looking over Claudia as an art piece as the book ends.

###  Wandering Frog People

Jamie Newton teaches everyone a song called “I’m in love with a big blue frog", some early groundwork for this segment.

## Theories

###  Amber Theory

Mimi, like the pets of Stoneybrook, has been taken to preserve the amber. Thankfully, love is real and there is no way that the McGills will ever divorce.

###  Doll Theory

Claudia is a living doll, so obviously her first instinct is to create more dolls to fill the emotional void. She enlists Janine’s sentient AI skills.

###  Witchcraft

Tanner posits that Cori Addison IS death, because she can’t be loved by her parents.

## Jack's References

* Section of his notes is titled “Things Fall Apart”
* Hegelian dialectic, to get to babysitting = art
* Jack is Secretly British in his “good riddance” personal story burn.

## Tanner's References

* The Frankenstenian monster being built by Claudia
* Jack and Rose from Titanic
* My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion
* Tanner references Jack’s favorite, Boethius, and brings up how Mimi rejects The Wheel of Fortune, which Jack is happy to pontificate on.

## Notes

* Discussion of the original mistake re location of Stoneybrook, “stop tweeting at us”.
* Jack researches Mimi’s last name on the Baby-Sitter’s Club Wikia.
* The boys try to avoid The Event. Tanner decides the Sad Goodbye is Claudia saying goodbye to Janine, leaving for college soon. Jack posits that it is Claudia saying goodbye to her disappearing youth.
* Discussion of the delicate balance of people in the BSC universe - where one begins, one must end.
* BSC diversifies with Claudia’s art classes; conflict between ideals of art and babysitting. Mimi warns, “don’t confuse the muses”.
* Reference to Superbrat.
* In the outro, Jenkins the Cat andPrincess Cutieface fight, while Tanner scolds them.

## Notable Non-Sitters

Mimi Yamamoto, Janine Kishi, Mrs. Schaefer, Mr. Spier, The McGills, Jamie Newton, Cori Addison

## References & Links

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic
2. ↑ https://babysittersclub.fandom.com/wiki/Mimi\_Yamamoto

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