Episode 57: Jessi's Gold Medal

The episode for "Jessi's Gold Medal" was originally released on March 27. 2017. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 1:02:21 long.This week's ghostwriter: Peter Lerangis.

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## Official Episode Description

Ever wanted to be a fly on the wall when a couple of flesh-jobs hooked on Synchro and lurking around the meatspace in the dark alleyways of Roppongi, Tokyo, burble their nonsense-talk to one another? Well, you're in luck today, and wouldn't you know it, they're talking about Baby-Sitters Club #55, "Jessi's Gold Medal"! Mostly. They also have a worrying amount to say about Boat Girls, "The Watcher," and a strange little timewalker called Jackie Rodowsky. But that's just the Synchro talking. Anyway, sorry, we were super jet-lagged for this one and it got pretty weird!

## Music Credits

* “Dreamland,” by Whitesand
* “The Last Frontier,” by Luke West
* “Feel the Knife,” by Lionel Schmitt
* “Nightwalker,” by Sentient Pulse
* “Ultima (Bassketball),” by Binz &Rajangator
* “Land of Honor,” by Maxx McGee
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb
* Superbrat Outro by Superbrat

## Book Description

Jack’s description is heavily inspired by the IMDB summary for Chariots of Fire.

Tanner describes the book very well, and is completely lackluster about it.

## Segments

###  Alan Gray Will See You Now

Alan Gray loses a challenge to Kristy and has to be her servant for the week, which is Jack’s Burn of the Week.

###  Baller of the Week

Tanner introduces an old segment and says they haven’t done this since “literally the second episode”. Incorrect; Episode 2: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls did not feature this segment, and the segment was most recently seen in Episode 27: Claudia and the Sad Goodbye.

Tanner gives the award to Spuds Diamond (Jordan Pike).

###  Burn Of The Week

Jack: Ice cold - “Go change your pants.”

Tanner: “That’s all. Fooled you!”

###  Lerangis Moment

Tanner’s Burn of the Week is the Lerangis Moment - Jack states that as soon as he saw this quote, he wondered if Pete were behind the book. Segment is not officially announced but the boys are gleeful about Pete’s “slices of life” and “humorous kisses”.

###  Tanner Googles

Tanner Googles to find out if the Boat Girls are boat-sized or girl-sized.

Later Tanner Googles to try and find the name of a Boat Girls book.

###  Tearful Moment

Both tearful moments are from the kids’ award ceremonies.

###  Trackin' Jackie

Scenario: “I want to be Robin Hood,” Jackie shouted.

Blip: Jackie Rodowsky is a Commodore fighting in the Battle of the Nile.

## Jack's References

* The title of this book is like calling Citizen Kane “Rosebud is a Sled”; or like calling Die Hard “Hans Gruber Falls Out of the 30th Floor After John McClane Unhooks Holly’s Watch”.
* Platonic forms: virtue in mind, body, soul
* ”Don’t participate in the death of the subjunctive.”

## Tanner's References

* Synchro sounds like something from Blade Runner.
* Up until the 1920s, you could get Olympic gold medals in Literature and other art forms. Tanner tries to make a case for the podcasting olympics, and calls himself and Jack the 2020 Dream Team.
* The Watcher from Marvel
* Joan Osborne’s “What if God Was One of Us”
* Tanner Sings David Gray’s Babylon (again)

## Notes

Podcasting live from Tokyo

* The boys are “hooked on synchro” because they are jet lagged in Tokyo. “Konbanwa.”
* This book is full of GCBSF.
* ”Roppongi, Han Solo”, like Jabba the Hutt. And “Kyoto” must be said like Leia-as-Boushh.
* ”Was that one of those “yes, and” type things?”
* 1992 summer Olympics: Barcelona.
* Tanner wants a BSC book as an anime in the style of KanColle (Boat Girls). First reference on the podcast. Tanner talks about accidentally cutting in line for a KanColle video game in an Akihabara arcade. There is a discussion on whether they are boat-sized or girl-sized.
* Jack does daily affirmations, Tanner learns after this week staying together.
* The boys Google Peter Lerangis and are suitably impressed by his bio.

## References & Links

1. ↑ Chariots of Fire on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082158/
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean\_campaign\_of\_1798#Nelson's\_attack
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen\_Kane
4. ↑ https://diehard.fandom.com/wiki/Hans\_Gruber#Death
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory\_of\_forms
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade\_Runner
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art\_competitions\_at\_the\_Summer\_Olympics
8. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher\_(comics)
9. ↑ What if God Was One of Us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gx1Pv02w3Q
10. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roppongi
11. ↑ https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jabba\_Desilijic\_Tiure
12. ↑ https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Boushh
13. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,\_and…
14. ↑ 2016 article about KanColle and arcades: https://wowjapan.asia/2016/05/games-fans-wait-16-hours-in-line-just-to-play-kancolle-arcade-in-akihabara/

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