Episode 31: Mary Anne and the Great Romance

The episode for "Mary Anne and the Great Romance" was originally released on September 26, 2016 and is #31. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 48:11 long.This week's ghostwriter: none.

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## Official Episode Description

To quote the Spice Girls, "Come a little bit closer baby, get it on, get it on. 'Cause tonight is the night when two become one." That's right, he went to her. And Jack and Tanner went to one another this week to discuss "Mary Anne and the Great Romance." Tons going on in Stoneybrook this week including twins continuing to be terrible, something used, something borrowed, something blue, and the wedding we've been waiting 25 books for.

## Music Credits

* “One Love” by Danny E.B Tracks
* "Sax On The Beach” by Bradley Raoul
* "I Love You" by OMFG (Provided by Hero Radio) OMFG: https://www.facebook.com/alexomfg https://soundcloud.com/alexomfg https://twitter.com/alexsavageomfg
* Debut of the Superbrat Outro by Superbrat

## Ann's Epithets

Tanner begins the intro of the episode by being anti-“princess” as an epithet. History is clearly on Jack’s side. Jack also introduces “Annabelle” as one of Ann’s epithets this week.

## Book Description

Jack spins the book as a sexy romance between two people who have nothing in common. Tanner fails to describe the book in time.

## Segments

###  Burn Of The Week

Tanner: Mary Anne’s self-burn about always having Kleenex.

Jack: “You’re a dumb person.”

Jack: “You WERE my first best friend.”

###  Refrigerator Play

Dawn finds a high heel in the vegetable drawer.

###  Tearful Moment

Jack: when Mr. Spier tells Dawn that no matter what, Tigger is part of the package, even if Mrs. Schafer doesn’t like cats.

Tanner: when Mr. Spier gives Mary Anne her mom’s pearl necklace

## Jack's References

* Dante's *Inferno*
* Union, schism, and the theme of faultiness in relationships.
* An oblique reference to Chekov’s gun.
* Jack points out that this is another epithalamium (the first was Episode 6: Kristy's Big Day.
* Jack has a hat from Lapland Lake.

## Notes

”How about some Dante?”
“Okay.”
*“Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita.”*
“That’s cool, you just have this on deck.”
“‘In the middle way of my life, I found myself in a dark forest where the way was obscured.’ It’s the first three lines of the Inferno.”

* Tanner and Jack discuss how last week was the first episode Scott Lamb listened to, and “liked it better than he expected” and said it had “weird jokes”.

Nerd
* Jack references shipping and OTPs again.
* Tanner reads a negative iTunes review and proclaims his deep affection for Jack and his literary pretensions.
* Tanner calls Mr. Spier “the nerdiest dude in the world”. Jack hates the discussion of visuals on an audio medium.
* Jack was the officiant for Jamie and Tanner’s wedding.
* Jack and Tanner have “Chess Talk”.
* Jack is offended by how Mr. Spier offers Mrs. Schafer (a lifelong vegetarian) some veal. Tanner: “this is not a podcast for your vegan credos.”
* There is an overly extended, hysterical bit about “something borrowed, something blue, something old, something new”. Jack: “Say literally anything for the first three things and end with the something new.”
* Why has Mary Anne never heard of tomatoes before?!

## References & Links

1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/TheBabySittersClubClub/photos/a.1381245341902547/1510473962313017/?type=3&theater
2. ↑ https://fanlore.org/wiki/One\_True\_Pairing
3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/TheBabySittersClubClub/photos/a.1381245341902547/1510473962313017/?type=3&theater

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