Episode 29: Welcome Back, Stacey!

The episode for "Welcome Back, Stacey!" was originally released on August 12, 2016. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 49:25 long.This week's ghostwriter: none.

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## Official Episode Description

Guess who's back (Stacey's back). And there's not a whole lot we can do about it. Did Mimi have to die to make this happen? Does this mean that our beloved Mr. Spier is going to fall under the siren spell of Stacey's mom? Is it nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous Stoneybrook? Or is the best course of action to take arms against Mr. McGill, and by opposing, end him? Also, what the heck happened to those French Witch hunters? This episode is dedicated to the memory of our bravest little explorer, Jackie Rodowsky, (17 March 1880 – 17 March 1912).

## Music Credits

* ”Salsa n’ Samba," by R. Yaniero, CC
* "Ominous," by Kevin MacLeod, CC
* "Touch," by Mattia Cupelli, CC
* "There is Romance," by Kevin MacLeod, CC
* "Overture," by Lionheart, CC
* "You Gotta Have Theremin and Ukulele," by SquidLord, CC
* "I’m Coming Back," by Ross Bugden, CC
* "Let the Beat Drop," by Anton Markus, CC
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb

## Ann's Epithets

The introduction of “Princess” as Ann’s epithet. Jack introduces it, and Tanner dislikes this.

## Book Description

Jack calls this “an ancient segment”. Tanner describes Jack’s description as something needing a placard the size of the Statue of Liberty.

Jack phrases this episode as an inspiring story about new love, primarily taken from the writeup of *Eat, Pray, Love*. Tanner describes the book well.

## Segments

###  Alan Gray Will See You Now

Alan Gray was wearing some “wild s\*\*t”.

He is also second to Bart in Kristy's list of boys she maybe-likes. #ImWithAlan

###  Burn Of The Week

Millions of Cats is a real book.

Jack, is that you?

Robert Falcon Scott in his sledging gear

The Terra Nova, December 1910

Tanner: I bet “Millions of Cats” is Jack’s favorite book.

###  Claudia's Closet

Technically an “Alan Gray Will See You Now”.

###  Tanner Googles

Tanner Google-maps the fictional address of Mr. McGill: the corner of 65th and 3rd Avenue. No bars in the area.

Tanner Googles Alan Gray’s hat on eBay (search string “alligator hat funny”).

###  Tearful Moment

Tanner: “East 56th street is just a few inches away from Bloomingdales!” The moment of panic in the middle of this divorce.

###  Trackin' Jackie

Kristy’s story about Jackie: rode his bike right into the garage wall. Skinned his knees, broke a flowerpot, and dropped his pizza on the floor. Squirts his hotdog across the kitchen. Group hug, and feel over a packing carton and cut his lip.

Jack tells the complicated blip, where Jackie is on Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova expedition. “I’m going for a walk. I may be gone some little time.” (Jack is Secretly British).

## Theories

###  Factions

The elephant is in a bathtub, dreaming of a brontosaurus. Elephants signal a major upset.

###  Witchcraft

“Stoneybrook is infested with witches.” When the circle is complete and the seven are one, the French witch hunters knew their work was done.

## Jack's References

* Jack refers to the Happy Reading section, which essentially states that market research (reader letters) is the reason Stacey is back. Tanner goes on to blame then 12 Scholastic lawyers for twisting Ann’s arm like this.
* ”many people are saying”
* ”Can we talk about the *Hamlet* stuff?” *The lady doth protest too much…* Jack frames this book as a new version of Hamlet.
* *Reading Rainbow*
* Book: *The Worst Journey in the World* by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

## Tanner's References

* *Men in Black* (more water impression)
* Tanner is banned from his phone and spends the time during Jack’s description pulling rocks out of Jack’s brick walls.
* Brexit
* Tanner refers to Macbeth instead of Hamlet
* Elephants and absurdity: Grace draws an elephant in a bathtub, taking a nap, dreaming about a brontosaurus. Tanner then posits that this is a dream sequence.

## Notes

* Stacey and her mom move into the house where the  French witch hunters used to live.
* Tanner ships Mrs. McGill / Mr. Spier, and then calls it his OTP. Jack says “I know what that means and I wish I didn’t.
* The stinger is Jack teaching Tanner how to count to four in French.

## References & Links

1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic\_figures/scott\_of\_antarctic.shtml
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert\_Falcon\_Scott#First\_season
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millions\_of\_Cats
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert\_Falcon\_Scott#Terra\_Nova\_Expedition\_1910%E2%80%931912
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Worst\_Journey\_in\_the\_World
6. ↑ https://fanlore.org/wiki/One\_True\_Pairing

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