BSCSC 014: BSC in the USA

The episode for "BSC in the USA" was originally released on March 11, 2019 and is #14. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 1:21:28 long.This week's ghostwriter: Peter Lerangis.

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## Official Episode Description

Wow! This book was a banger. You’ve never heard two boys who are more excited to talk about a BSC book. The girls FINALLY make it to America, and they do it all! They confront America’s dark past at a plantation turned slavery museum. They marvel at the splendor of the Grand Canyon. They go to the MALL OF AMERICA! Also, maybe it’s because we’re kinda getting down to the wire and don’t have any real plans for what comes next, but we get a little punchy, and when we get punchy, we tend to sing. A lot.

## Music Credits

* “Party in the USA” Karaoke Version by Miley Cyrus
* “Breaking News” by Phil Larson on Envato Elements
* “Energetic Indie Guitar” by MeGustaMusic on Envato Elements
* “Basketliner” by Blue Dot Sessions
* And Son” (Cat Stevens Cover) by Bia Bogéa
* “Glueworm Evening Blues” by Lobo Loco
* “Piano Inspirations“ by Olexandr Ignatoc on Envato Elements
* “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (Karaoke Version) by Billy Joel
* “Get Outta My Dreams” by Billy Ocean
* "Entrance to the Queen of Sheba for Two Oboes, Strings” by Georg Friedrich Händel
* “Pavane for a Dead Princess“ composed by Maurice Ravel, performed by Markus Staab
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb
* Superbrat Outro by Superbrat

## Book Description

Tanner does his description as if he was in a helicopter, and then cribs the description from MTV's Road Rules. Jack tries to negotiate for an extra 30 seconds for his description, which he does not get; however, he finishes within time.

## Ad Read

Tanner does it this week, for an online counseling service. Tanner reads aloud the notes that Jack has left for him throughout the copy, and expounds on them. There are mentions of Myst, Mambo No. 5, Will Smith's Bright.

## Segments

###  Claudia and Stacey, Baseball Idiots

Tanner sings the intro to the segment. "The most excited I've ever been," says Jack, "a ready-made frame to talk about the rich tapestry Pete wove for us."

"Touchdown!" Claudia says.

Stacey managed to read an entire travel guide during one game.

###  Great American Novel of the Week

Great British poem of the Week! Is this from T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land, or this novel?

###  Immersed in Thirst

A photo in the book of a young girl and a young boy doing lip stuff - Ethan and Stacey.

###  IP Freely

Tanner brings up some IP Freely: a description of a hit HBO TV show. BSC in the USA came out many years before this show. Unclear who's plagiarizing who, they say.

###  Lerangis Moment

Tanner Sings a parody version of "We Didn't Start the Fire." Baby Bee Stephie - an epic amount of likes and comments on the Baby Nation page.

Tanner: "look for a ghost and follow it" / "don't make it someplace like a fabric store" - a bit of a run.

Jack: also a run, when Stacey is trying to find Ethan. "Great, a message in Martian."

###  Motion to Diss-Miss

Tanner: when Grandma burns Mr. Schafer's belly.

Jack: "Flintones! Bedrock City!" / "Let's not and say we Yabba-dabba-did." Jeff later says "Girls are boring!"

Tanner: "It's Kristy!" to a monkey.

###  Slaybeous Porpoise

Tanner shows evidence for the slaying of the porpoise.

###  Tearful Moment

Would you like to approach the bench?

Tanner is Judge Brick and Jack is DA "Nick Drake's entire back catalogue, specifically Pink Moon". Jack's moment is when Kristy meets her dad at the baseball game, and stands up to him.

Tanner is DA Hallelujah and Jack is Judge "Fade Into You". Tanner's moment is when they are on the Zuni reservation, and they visit the school where they sent money after the school burned down. "Your entire town is precious to us."

## Jack's References

* Jack looks up St. Felicitas of Rome
* During his approach the bench moment, Jack does an "Unless..."

## Tanner's References

* The Mall of America was the greatest place for a teenage boy in the 1990s. Tanner once got his fingers stuck in a ride there.
* Michael Jordan popularized the knee-length shorts in basketball.
* Tanner's visited nearly every site the girls mentioned.
* "I had that note captured under a different heading, under the Spier Family Food Blindness." Re: a line about herbal tea vs coffee.
* Tanner pictures Brandon Lee for Ethan

## Notes

* There is a search for happy fruit. Baby Nation posits: merry berry, cheery cherry, dope cantaloupe, jubilant black currant, sublime lime, happle apple.
* Tanner and Jack both like this book and Tanner says this may be his favorite BSC book.
* Tanner Sings and Jack Sings, a lot: Party in the USA, "It's been...", "The Sweetest Thing", "Get Outta My Dreams"
* Tanner and Jack relate stories of injuring themselves or sticking things up their noses as children.
* Steinbeckian novel that is the Grapes of Wrath in reverse.
* The one with an original O'Keefe.
* Tanner and Jack remind Baby Nation to subscribe to the Patreon and become a member of the Baby Elite.
* Re: veganism, "if you're not now, you never were."

## References & Links

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld\_(TV\_series)#Premise
2. ↑ The Flintstones Bedrock City has an interesting history and both SD and AZ versions lie abandoned in 2019. Check out a video history of the parks https://youtu.be/AR6mANpTm3k?t=183 and a photo essay https://www.theawl.com/2016/03/amidst-of-the-rubble-of-bedrock-city/
3. ↑ Brick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt5EHAqhR1c
4. ↑ Pink Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXnfhnCoOyo
5. ↑ Hallelujah, as sung by Leonard Cohen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttEMYvpoR-k or Jeff Buckley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4
6. ↑ Fade into You by Mazzy Star: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKY6TZEyrI
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicitas\_of\_Rome
8. ↑ "Unless" is even in Hamilton, does this need a reference? https://twitter.com/lin\_manuel/status/639890110822092800?lang=en
9. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon\_Lee
10. ↑ Party in the USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHolXglfRw4
11. ↑ It's been... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC\_q9KPczAg
12. ↑ The Sweetest Thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WybiA263bw
13. ↑ Get Outta My Dreams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNgcYGgtf8M

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