Episode 86: Stacey vs. the BSC

The episode for "Stacey vs. the BSC" was originally released on November 6, 2017 and is #83. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 1:01:02 long.This week's ghostwriter: Peter Lerangis.

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## Official Episode Description

Ding Dong, Baby Nation! The witch is dead! Which old witch? Stacey McGill, that’s who! This week Stacey gets into a big fight with all the other members of the Baby-sitter’s Club and they finally do the right thing and cut her loose. And, listen, Tanner isn’t here to say that he told you so, BUT HE TOLD YOU SO! Other talking points include whether or not pineapple is an appropriate topping for pizza (it’s not), a new light-bringer pulling the strings in Stoneybrook, and something else that seemed notable… I can’t quite remember what it was now… I was so distracted throughout the episode by the cooing and crying of a newborn baby that I’m having trouble recalling what the last big piece of news was. Oh well! Guess you’ll have to listen and find out for yourself.

## Music Credits

* “March” by Kai Engel
* [“One Moment In Time” (Karaoke Version) originally by Whitney Houston
* [“I Will Follow Him” (Karaoke Version) originally from the Sister Act soundtrack
* “Overture” by Lionheart
* “We Are” by Kisma
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb
* Superbrat Outro by Superbrat

## Segments

###  Burn Of The Week

Tanner: Mrs McGill's burn. "Can you see my pimple?" / "Which one?"

Jack: Janine's burn on Claudia: still life or landscape; Stacey's burn on the BSC by not inviting them

Tanner: Stacey likes pineapple pizza. Tanner adds "Pineapple pizza is the fucking worst." Jack co-signs this opinion. The discussion of whether pineapple pizza is the best or worst is an ongoing, polarizing discussion in the Baby Nation FB group.

###  Claudia's Closet

Her outfits are as abstract as her paintings. That day, for example, she was wearing a super-baggy man's shirt that must have belonged to a sumo wrestler, enormous wool trousers gathered at the waist with a silk sash, and old work boots. Her hair was pulled back with a barrette in the shape of teeth. "It sounds very Giger," adds Tanner.

###  Lerangis Moment

Baby Bee Caroline wrote this week's song that Tanner Sings to the tune of One Moment in Time by Whitney Houston.

Jack: discretionary surplus enhancement = pizza party

Tanner: Steven "Songheim"; impressions that each sounded remarkably like Buddy Barrett

###  Soileau You Into the Dark

The Smiler

Tanner Sings a version of "I will swallow him" from Baby Bee Scott.

This cover scene did not happen. The boys describe the horrifying man with the rictus grin sitting behind Jessi - The Smiler. Tanner describes "The Strider", as from the movie "It Follows".

## Theories

###  Witchcraft

Was Robert the snake in the grass all along? Logan the Lightbringer has been on his best behavior lately. Jack looks up the etymology of "Robert", from the porto-germanic, krothe, meaning glory, and bert, meaning bright or light.

## Jack's References

* The Marvel property "Night Nurse"
* St. Paul in his letter to Corinthians: put away childish things; Henry had to reject Falstaff and his friends to become king
* "Don't do a victory lap while I'm doing cleanup for you."

## Notes

* The intro is an extended bit about Jack taking paternity leave for Cyril, drawing tenuous parallels to this book. "Jack insists that Cyril rhymes with squirrel," because Jack is Secretly British. The name has a strong Greek root, and is a character from a British children's novel Jack and Sarah both love.
* Tanner reads from the Happy Reading! section: *Dear Reader,
Stacey vs. the BSC brings about a big change for the Baby-sitters Club. Stacey is the first BSC member ever to be fired by Kristy. When I was thinking about the series and what was happening to each of the characters, it seemed logical to me that one of the BSC members might lose interest in the club. And Stacey seemed the most likely person.
Changes in friendships can be difficult. People come and go in our lives all the time. I don't even know where a lot of the kids I went to elementary school with are now, but I've made lots of friends as an adult. Luckily for me, though, I have had one close friend for almost all my life. Beth MeKeever Perkins and I have been friends since we were in preschool — just like Kristy and Mary Anne. That means that Beth and I have been friends for nearly forty years. Of course we had our share of fights, but we always managed to work things out. Some friendships are made to last, so who knows what will happen to Stacey and Claudia. Happy reading!*
* Stacey and Replacey: was Stacey replaced?
* May 1995 movie: Robert wants to see a basketball movie. Jack decides that this was Basketball Diaries, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, about severe drug addiction. The Jason Priestley movie was Coldblooded.
* Robert is also into "metal and alternative". Jack says that this means he's into Silverchair, Seven Mary Three. Tanner adds Metallica, Jack adds Rammstein, System of a Down, Alice in Chains, White Zombie. Slipknot, Staind, Cannibal Course.
* "Rank!" - the new catchphrase.
* "For Molly Sumner and everyone in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin." Tanner and Jack want to know what happened in Wauwatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee.

## References & Links

1. ↑ Baby Nation FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/314613195686489/
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.\_R.\_Giger
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One\_Moment\_in\_Time
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night\_Nurse\_(comics)
5. ↑  When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1\_Corinthians\_13#Verse\_11
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry\_IV,\_Part\_2
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightcrawler\_(comics)
8. ↑ Five Children and It: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five\_Children\_and\_It
9. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Basketball\_Diaries\_(film)
10. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldblooded\_(film)
11. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverchair
12. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven\_Mary\_Three
13. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica
14. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rammstein
15. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System\_of\_a\_Down
16. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice\_in\_Chains
17. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White\_Zombie\_(band)
18. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipknot\_(band)
19. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staind
20. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal\_Corpse

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