Episode 104: Claudia Kishi, Middle School Dropout

The episode for "Claudia Kishi, Middle School Dropout" was originally released on March 19, 2018 and is BSC #101. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 1:05:14 long.This week's ghostwriter: Ellen Miles.

*Previous:* Episode 103: Kristy's Worst Idea | *Next:* Episode 105: Mary Anne and the Little Princess | *Or,* see all episodes.

## Official Episode Description

Welcome to episode #3 of the new Baby-Sitter’s Club Club podcast, now in the darkest timeline where Claudia is back in the 7th grade, Kristy is only capable of generating bad ideas, Stacey is single, and Jackie Rodowsky is but a boy. The Sitterverse is now a dark and scary place and all the girls and residents are only in it for themselves. Abandon hope all ye who enter here.

## Music Credits

* "Seasons of Love"(Karaoke Version) from Rent
* "Motion”by Borrtex
* "Breathing"(Karaoke Version) originally performed by Lifehouse
* “My Sharona” (MIDI Version) originally performed by The Knack
* "Ave Generosa” by Hildegard von Bingen, performed by the Cantata Singers of Ottawa
* "Dream Forever”by Raven & Kreyn x Moji x Illusion
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb
* Superbrat Outro by Superbrat

## Segments

###  Alan Gray Will See You Now

Jack describes the plot of The Mask and Chaos.

###  Baller of the Week

Anna Stevenson is Jack's Baller of the Week, for dressing up as Hildegard of Bingen, AKA the Sibyl of the Rhine. Jack recites some items from her Wiki page, including how she's composed 69 musical compositions.

###  Burn Of The Week

Tanner's burn is on 6th and 7th graders having a dumb party.

Jack: garbage a la barf

###  Jack Googles

Tanner Sings the Jack Googles song, and goes to Ellen Miles' website. "Ellen Miles' website may be the best website on the internet." (She has a dog with a blog named ZIPPER.)

###  Tanner Googles

Tanner Googles Lifehouse's biggest hits, and then of course, Tanner Sings. He puts the mic to the computer speakers for a song. Tanner later Googles "downs".

## Jack's References

* "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" from My Fair Lad
* Kant

## Tanner's References

* Tanner Sings "Seasons of Love" from Rent
* Miles, the real name of Sonic's friend Tails and also Baby Bee Greenring. Spoilers for about 15 months' worth of episodes from now, Baby Nation.

## Notes

* A rare in-person recording. Tanner's pets try to join the recording on several occasions. Midway through the episode, Jaime says hello on mic as well. "Every Greenring has now interrupted this podcast." In the stinger, it is revealed that Jaime is going to an Oscar party and getting her beer cheese out of the fridge.
* Jack Sings a Lifehouse song. Later, Tanner Sings a Lifehouse song to encourage Baby Nation to review the podcast.
* "Do you want to talk about the disturbance in the time stream?" The Halloween Hop, this waypoint, is now named the Halloween Dance. (Episode 40: Kristy's Mystery Admirer and Episode 2: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls and Episode 18: Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery. The boys blame Jackie and last week's Trackin' Jackie; there are 8 incidents where Jackie's accidents are sent to the other children.
* This is the dark timeline or mirror universe, and parallels Episode 2: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls.
* Jack officiated Tanner and Jaime's wedding.

## References & Links

#### Culture

1. ↑ The Mask: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Mask\_(film)
2. ↑ Hildegard of Bingen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard\_of\_Bingen
3. ↑ Miles: https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Miles\_%22Tails%22\_Prower
#### Music

1. ↑ "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" from My Fair Lady: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPkECiEO8nQ
2. ↑ "Seasons of Love" from Rent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj7LRuusFqo

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