Episode 58: Keep Out, Claudia!

The episode for "Keep Out, Claudia!" was originally released on April 3, 2017. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 56:14 long.This week's ghostwriter: none.

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## Official Episode Description

There’s some new babies in Stoneybrook this week, and they only thing they love more than Kid Kits is racial purity! That’s right, they’re racist! Like, so awful and racist that it’s almost absurd. Not exactly easy to riff on, but they may be Doll People as well, so at least Ann gave us something to work with. Also, Jackie Rodowsky is starting a band! (When he’s not busy hurtling away from Earth at 99.9% the speed of light on a doomed mission into the cosmos.)

## Music Credits

* ”Prelude No. 23 in F major” by Steven O’Brien
* "Prelude No. 23 performed on an out of tune piano” by Steven O’Brien
* "When Memories Break” by BadWabbitz
* "Playground Lullaby” by Robert Austin
* “You Gotta Have Theremin and Ukulele” by SquidLord
* "Space Oddity (Tribute)” by Steven Ondas
* “Space Oddity (Cover Version) feat. KAIA” by Valence
* "Fading Lights” by Nyte
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb
* Superbrat Outro by Superbrat

## Ann's Epithets

“Prince of towns” is coined by Tanner this week, which he plans to add to his tight 20.

## Segments

###  Burn Of The Week

Jack: Wheat germ biscuits, hidden under the bed with the endless supply of tofu.

Tanner: Mary Anne held her thumb an 1/8th of an inch from her finger: this sorry.

###  Trackin' Jackie

Scenario: Jackie builds with Legos and the dog knock into the table.

Blip: Jackie’s an astronaut around Mars… it’s Space Oddity. Jackie Rodowsky is David Bowie.

## Theories

###  Doll Theory

The racists are doll people; Tanner and Jack have a protective doll-person.

###  Witchcraft

The cat people and the question of whether Mary Anne’s cat can talk.

## Jack's References

* Jack is currently listening to a band called “The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die”
* Children of the Corn doll people, with an explicit line to the Delaneys.
* John 3:19, the Lowells, creatures born out of men’s minds.

## Tanner's References

* We Are the World
* Polyphonic Spree
* Lone Tomahawk
* ”It’s a good movie!” Re: Star Trek First Contact
* Tanner Sings Space Oddity

## Notes

Tanner, Jack, and Tomoyo the sentient angel/doll.

* Konichiwa.
* The boys talk about their vending machine purchases. Tomoyo is the new face of the podcast and is #3 on their list of items purchased.
* Discussion of the length of band names.
* The boys fail at avoiding spoilers for The Bachelorette.
* The boys have a two mile walk to work while in Tokyo, so they’ve been working on their Tight 20s.
* This is the Very Special Episode about racism (well, the book is); however the B-plot takes up more than 50% of the book.
* This is the one where the Japanese air-conditioner talks to Tanner and Jack.
* Teeny Mutant Stinky Turtles = Scholastic lawyers
* The boys discuss their dietary struggles while in Tokyo.
* The “your skin is hanging off your face” “sugar water” scene from Men in Black.

## References & Links

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_World\_Is\_a\_Beautiful\_Place\_%26\_I\_Am\_No\_Longer\_Afraid\_to\_Die
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AjkUyX0rVw
3. ↑ Polyphonic Spree do Light and Day on Scrubs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUHgKBw994A
4. ↑ https://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/machineheads

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