Strange Bedfellows

A handsome British princeling and a dashing American dreamboat put aside their differences and get together to discuss this delightful romance novel by Casey McQuiston. Music credits: “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey “Dark Lullaby,” by J Blanks "In a Dubstep," by FAS Sounds You can listen to Jack's lengthy discussion of R.E.M.'s discography on Fluxpod. Special thanks to Baby Bee Carys for the theme music! Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and support the show at Bit.ly/RattlesnakeJake! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Starting this Monday, the boys are going to be discussing a new romance novel every single week, beginning with "Red, White, and Royal Blue," by Casey McQuiston. Join us on a wild, wicked, and surprisingly sexy ride as we explore this brand-new world of literature together. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bad news, Steve Wakefield: Your girlfriend Tricia has heard the sweet song of the cows; the clarion clucks of the chickens; the beckoning cries of the piggies. That's right, it's the farm life for Tricia this week, but that's not all! Jessica's harassing people in the hospital, Elizabeth and Todd are trying to solve the world's most confusing mystery, and Rattlesnake Jake's up to his old tricks again. Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab "Nostalgic Memories," by Story Shop "Serious Sad Emotional Drama," by Luke PN "Comedy Jingle 01," by Mat Steiner “Chopstick Slapstick,” by OurMusicBox “Stardust,” by Fox Beat Stock Music Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and support the show at Bit.ly/RattlesnakeJake! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hide your precious jewels, your boyfriends, and your favorite teachers because the wicked Suzanne Devlin is in town and she's going to burn them all to the ground! To make matters worse, Jessica's in New York where the bad people are, so Liz is going to have to handle this one on her own. On the bright side, Rattlesnake Jake is here to amuse you with his hilarious snakey antics! Hooray for Rattlesnake Jake! Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey Subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast and support the show at Bit.ly/RattlesnakeJake. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jessica is mean to a cheerleader, Elizabeth is nice to a cheerleader but not particularly helpful, and a gruesome, tentacled, otherworldly entity tries to engulf the town as a first step towards world domination. Meanwhile, the boys get utterly stymied by a profound existential question regarding Sweet Valley High and have to call on the services of an expert. Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab Subscribe to the Sweet Valley Diaries podcast and get Marissa Flaxbart's newsletter at flaxbart.substack.com! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fabulous Mr. Kiss and his awkward sidekick are here to talk about what everybody in Sweet Valley is doing with their mouths these days, and the boys take a frankly dangerous look at whatever it is that Ned Wakefield is reading at the moment. This Dickensian rags-to-riches story has everything: Heart-pounding footraces, eyebrow-raising foot-pounding, and, as suggested up top, various types of mouth-wrestling that certainly feel kissing-adjacent. Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab “Chopstick Slapstick,” by OurMusicBox “Summer Memories,” by Trixtor and Pantsmode --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've all been doing kissing all wrong and this week's book is going to set us straight on the optimal technique, but first we have to do a power ranking of the "Cars" movies and figure out what, specifically, we're going to haunt in the afterlife, and dish about whether Jessica's going to be the next big Hollywood star! Things we will not be talking about this week: 1.) Liz was in a coma quite recently. 2.) Is she OK? 3.) Liz almost died and then she basically turned into another person and NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT. Enjoy! Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab “Polish Funk,” by Artur Orbelyan, CC "Only in a Rerun, " by Sweep the Leg Johnny “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey “Summer Memories,” by Trixtor and Pantsmode Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Twin Singularity has produced a Uni-twin and Elizabeth has taken on Jessica's personality and vice versa and this is definitely "Fight Club," isn't it? Meanwhile, Bruce Pac-Man is getting punched a whole lot, Bill Chase is getting extremely poetic about the moon, Jess and Danny are going to do a big murder, and Sweet Valley gets a visit from everyone's favorite Naboo bad boys. Enjoy all this madness while you can, because Liz is gonna get bonked on the head in the end and everything will be right back where we started. Music credits: "Dark Mysterious Cinematic Piano," by Sun Channel Music “Summer Memories,” by Trixtor and Pantsmode Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Todd got a brand-new hog and he wrecked it while Elizabeth was on it and now there's only one twin in Sweet Valley, but folks: We have to talk about the Hot Clam Special. At Dairi Burger? What the hell is going on with this dish? It's completely bonkers. What is actually in it and why do people keep ordering it and ... just ... we have so many questions about this thing. Anyway, Liz is dead. Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab "Tango for Two," by Allen Grey "International Nurses Day," by Crazy Tunes “Summer Memories,” by Trixtor and Pantsmode “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jessica Wakefield stays up all night long thanks to a mustachioed creep named Scott. Elizabeth Wakefield accidentally wears a cursed artifact that causes her to transform. Todd Wilkins shops for an accessory to help him float better. And the Joke Doctors drive their Ha-Ha-Ha-mbulance to the scene of a badly injured joke to revive the patient and save the day for everyone! Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab "International Nurses Day," by Crazy Tunes “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey “Summer Memories,” by Trixtor and Pantsmode Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sweet Sweet Valley Boys continue their dangerous reading spree through the Sweet Valley books this week with a deep dive into the life and times of Robin Wilson, a character who frankly deserved better. (Please be careful not to confuse this discussion about the novel "Power Play" – about a bunch of young people using their superior numbers to gang up on an isolated member of the group – with the hockey term "Power Play," which is about the same thing, except with a lot more ice.) Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab “Dark Lullaby,” by J Blanks “Summer Memories,” by Trixtor and Pantsmode Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After realizing just how out of their depth they are in the dangerous narrative universe of Sweet Valley High, the Sweet Sweet Valley Boys call in an expert to help them navigate these choppy waters. And not a moment too soon, because Bruce Pac-Man is being aggravatingly perverse, Jessica Wakefield is not helping at all, and pretty much everyone from Todd Wilkins all the way to some guy called Tony is playing, this week, with fire. Music credits: “Chopstick Slapstick,” by OurMusicBox “Vibe,” by Marble Space “The Prophecy,” by Fox Beat Listen to Marissa Flaxbart's "Sweet Valley Diaries" here or wherever you get your podcasts! Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sweet Valley Jack and Tanner are back to investigate who's keeping secrets and who's telling lies in this scintillating novel by Francine Pascal about a world where sentient cars battle for supremacy with hideous creatures made of amorphous flesh and teeth. Also, Ronnie's going to the dance with Jessica, and it kind of looks like George Wallace and Enid are an item? Scandalous! Music credits: “A Sitcom,” by HitsLab "Secret," by Audio Library "For Scary," by Silverhoof “Chopstick Slapstick,” by OurMusicBox “Stardust,” by Fox Beat Stock Music Thanks to Baby Bee Kelsey for the "Jack Googles" theme. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The "Dark Library" is a collection of forbidden texts composed by Ann M. Martin before it was given to her to weave the great Sitters' Cycle. It is unknown what words of power are writ inside the hidden tomes of the Dark Library — all that is known is that anyone who dares to read them is driven mad. This Scholastic-approved biography of Ann M. Martin was written by Margot Becker R., one of the few living beings to have seen the Dark Library and witnessed its macabre secrets, and as such, it's a pretty perilous read! This week, our two brave boys are opening their minds to this dangerous book on your behalf, so dive in and enjoy ... but consider yourself warned. Also, be sure to preorder "We Are the Baby-Sitters Club: Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers" wherever you get your books! Music credits: "Old Fantasy Legend," by _Blacksmith_ "Dark Fantasy Ambient," by Orchestralis “Carnival Lament,” by Robert Austin “Haunted,” by LucaFrancini “The Prophecy,” by Fox Beat "Risky Low," by Purple Planet "Path of Doom," by Purple Planet Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Five years ago, two men made a solemn promise: They would tell the story of Agent Associate Baby-Sitter Shannon Kilbourne the way Ann M. Martin always intended it to be told. Almost immediately, one of those men fully delivered on that promise, but literally no one noticed, primarily because of an almost overwhelming lack of interest from the other man. But now, in full technicolor, you can finally hear the breathtaking tale of danger and intrigue known in Baby-Sitters Club-associated circles as "A Time to Kilbourne." Music credits: "Mysterious Spy Movie," by Shorties "A Suspense," by Fat Bunny "Suspense & Crime," by Alexander Rufire "Fight Back," by Shorties "Suspenseful Background," by Luca Francini "Tech Glitch Opener," by Gentle Jammers "Spy on Me," by 2A Soundworks Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1992, the brilliant but reclusive game designer Milton Bradley created what was to become his masterpiece, a game so compelling and so dangerous that few have ever dared to play it. Nearly 30 years later, two of the world's foremost Baby-Sitters Club experts sat down with an accomplished, brave, and highly credentialed Dungeon Master to immerse themselves in Bradley's legendary role-playing experience. This is their story. Prepare yourselves for an epic, shocking, and occasionally quite sexy adventure in the magical, mysterious world of The Baby-Sitters Club Mystery Board Game. Music credits: "Medieval Story," by Orchestralis "Slow Sad Ominous," by Flossie Wood "Monster Squad," by J Blanks "Lonesome Gaucho," by CineMedia "Motivation Speech," by Positive Sound "The Heart Beat Vibe," by Adigold "Exorcism Tension Horror," by Wild Kitty Tunes "Inspire," by Orchestralis "Angels," by Heart Drum Machine "The Triumph," by Anuch "Happy Ending," by _Blacksmith_ Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys are joined by a very, very, very special guest to discuss a little-known MTV Buzz Bin act called Ednaswap. Also, the novel Karen’s Unicorn. This is a bonus episode from our Patreon. To get an episode like this every week for just $5 a month, subscribe to the show here! We love and also kiss you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special one-off episode, Dan Brown scholars and archivists Jack Shepherd and Tanner Greenring collaborate to painstakingly recreate the first chapter "The Da Vinci Code" for posterity. This astonishing oral history will be part of the living memory of our culture for as long as humans tell stories to one another, and as an act of public service for a world community that hungers to collectively remember this vital text, it is unparalleled. Music credits: "Cinematic Victory," by Florews "Be Suspense," by Art Haiz "Mystery Cinematic," by Gentle Jammers Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kind of a frantic energy about this one. Tanner reveals a big secret. Karen disgraces herself. Jack is ... distracted. This is a bonus episode that aired on our Patreon on April 16, 2020. To get an episode like this every week for just $5 a month, subscribe to the show here! We love and also kiss you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some fun (and let's be honest, quite sexy!) spoilers for the classic baby-sitting novel (she's a governess!) "Jane Eyre" in this episode — a book you've had 174 YEARS to read. What else do you need to know ... let's see ... Team Jane all the way, Rochester's a mega-creep, and the name of the First Century British queen who led an uprising against the Romans can in fact be pronounced "Bo-Di-See-A" — I looked it up — so eat it, Tanner. We can also officially reveal that this book is very good and also we loved this one! Music credits: "Classical Hope," by Alex Bird "Epic Love," by Luca Francini "Classical Piano," by Orchestralis “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey “The Prophecy,” by Fox Beat Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys will be back next week with Jane Eyre, but in the meantime, here's the latest episode of Tanner's OTHER podcast. The idea here, I think, was, wouldn't it be fun to have an episode of something with Tanner in it but where Jack wasn't invited even though we've had Josh on our show and also, hey, let's ask Jack to write the description? Anyway, in this one, Tanner and his best friend ~Josh~ do some kind of Pokémon nonsense. If you like the show, you can subscribe at expsharepod.com or wherever you get your podcasts! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Perhaps the most highly anticipated babysitting movie of all time, "The Phantom Menace" proved to be a showcase of just how bad babysitting can be when left in the hands of a director with no one nearby to rein in his worst impulses. As a result, baby Anakin is allowed by the Babysitters Club consisting of Obi Wan and his friend Jim to do dangerous driving and age-inappropriate flirting, which leads him inevitably to become an insufferable teenager and, later, a dark lord of evil. Nonetheless, some of us loved this one anyway. Music credits: "Duel of the Fates," by John Williams "Duel of the Fates," by The Noisy Freaks and Dead Cat Bounce Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It takes a lot to surprise two boys who've encountered every form of babysitting from leopards to Tiny Yoda to that time Jake Kuhn fell down a well and had to babysit himself for a few days. But even these hardened babysitting veterans were put through their paces by this literal island of babies (plus, this one dude), who are sat — within an inch of their tiny lives — by the unflappable, incandescent force of babysitting that is the sisters Mary and Jean Wallace. We frickin' loved this one. Music credits: "Fairytale Adventure," by Praded “The Prophecy,” by Fox Beat Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our sexiest episode yet. This is a bonus episode from our Patreon. To get an episode like this every week for just $5 a month, subscribe to the show here! We love and also kiss you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One huge fan, one reluctant cohost, and one perfect babysitting movie makes for one particularly fine day over here at BSCC headquarters, where we're talking about a surprisingly polarizing 1996 Rom-Com starring Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney. This one has a deep dark chocolate layer, LSD, and a surprising visitor from Stoneybrook! Music credits: "TV Show Opener," by Shorties “You Gotta Have Theremin and Ukulele,” by Squidlord "Life Is Fun," by J Hunger "Monsters Are Coming," by Tunes To Go “The Prophecy,” by Fox Beat Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Bye Bye Empire for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do you do when your baby is an actual leopard and the man you love is kind of a chicken? Is the question this fascinating babysitting film from the olden times seeks to answer with about a hundred hijinks per minute. The boys, and extremely special guest Sarah Morgan, are on hand to provide thoughtful, professional, and erudite analysis in an entirely non-screwball manner. Music credits: "Jazz," by Texas Brother "Jazz It Up," by Allen Grey Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Bye Bye Empire for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No jokes or digressions this week, because we've got an imposing amount of critical theory related to the seminal '80s babysitting text, "He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special," to cover. Buckle your seatbelts and strap in for a dry but informative disquisition on themes of duality and identity in the Kingdom of Eternia, a wearisome but exhaustive analysis of the embedded power structures on Horde World, and a lengthy historical account of the origins of "Snout Spout." Music credits: "He-Man theme," He-Man Official "Saving the Day," He-Man Official "Call to Action," He-Man Official Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Bye Bye Empire for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. Along the way, he did some pretty heavy-duty babysitting, took a bunch of mescaline, and shot everyone in a town. This week, the boys dive deep into the first book of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series in their ongoing quest to ferret out babysitting wherever it may lurk. Music credits: "Western Background," by CineMedia "Spaghetti Western," by Luca Francini “You Gotta Have Theremin and Ukulele,” by Squidlord "Western Movie," by Green Rocket Audio "The Wild West," by Texas Brother "Wild West Saga," by CineMedia “Stardust,” by Fox Beat Stock Music Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Bye Bye Empire for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys (and special guest Jaime Green) make a valiant effort to keep the rating on this one down and appease the censors, but end up with what can only be described as a raunchy, titillating, supercharged s*x romp. "The Governess Game" is a very naughty novel that does indeed have some babysitting in it but really is mostly frenching and groping and generally getting to third base. Draw up a warm bubble bath, light some candles, and settle in for a legitimately wild ride. Music credits: "Boccherini String Quartet Minuet," by Orchestralis "Serenade," by AG Soundtrax "Voice of Spring," by AG Soundtrax “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey "Paganini Caprice 24 Sacrilegious EDM Remix," by The Flabby Fish "Moonlight Sonata," by Audiophile Trax Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The year is 1988 and it is prophesied that a bikini baby will bring about the downfall of an evil sorceress named Bad Mother. Consequently, Bad Mother attempts to steal the foretold child for a ritual murder, which is very bad babysitting. After the child escapes, Bilbo Baggins and his best friend Val Kilmer look after her until she can fulfill her destiny. This is very good babysitting. And when there's good babysitting happening, you can be certain that the Babysitters Club Club will be there! And so we were. This week, Willow. Music credits: "Adventurer's Inn," by Simming “Stardust,” by Fox Beat Stock Music “Where We Belong,” by Equalize “Chopstick Slapstick,” by OurMusicBox Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can you babysit your own children? What if you're pretending to be someone else? Is it in any way creepy to disguise yourself as an elderly nanny and spy on your ex-wife? These are just a few of the nuanced and complex babysitting questions that are posed by the iconic 1993 babysitting film Mrs. Doubtfire, and as usual, the boys bring their sensitive and thoughtful insights to bear on this important cultural artifact in a way that is both thought-provoking and intelligible. Music credits: "Cute Commercial," by Luca Francini "Sexy," by Light Sound "An Epic Cinema," by Alex Bird Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Much like the local mall where a giant meat monster does a big battle in the hit TV show "Stranger Things," this episode could be best described as a disaster scene. Someone forgot to take notes, someone else was in a salty mood because of work, and someone who we thought was going to help us never showed up! Anyway, Steve Harrington from Stranger Things is a famous babysitter and famous babysitters is what we talk about, so we tried to talk about him for an hour. Good luck listening! Music credits: "Stranger 80s," by Orchestralis “Where We Belong,” by Equalize “Stardust,” by Fox Beat Stock Music “School Music Video,” by DjHappY Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Bye Bye Empire for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's take a trip back to the early days of babysitting: It was 1987, and an unsuspecting world was just beginning to appreciate the giddy highs and the awful lows of sitting babies thanks to the pioneering work of Ann M. Martin. But what if ... babysitting on the big screen?! Enter ... "Adventures in Babysitting," the ultimate babysitting adventure of our time. And what better guides to this historic babysitting breakthrough than the world's most impressive babysitting experts: These guys. Us. In this one we talk about the film "Adventures in Babysitting." Music credits: "80s Montage," by Alexander Rufire Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the great babysitting novels of all time, Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" is a story about an ongoing act of ambulatory babysitting right at the very end of the world. And it's just as fun as it sounds! Now, in glorious stereo sound, you can hear two complete buffoons talk about it. What BSC novel is this based on? What tweaks could we make to make this a little bit more fun and funky? Is this, to use a technical term, "Good Clean Baby-Sitting Fun"? Answers to all these questions and more you never had inside. Music credits: "Majestic Journey," by Allen Grey “Typewriter Blues,” by AllenGrey “You Gotta Have Theremin and Ukulele,” by Squidlord Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Bye Bye Empire for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aquatic babysitting is one of the hardest types of babysitting there is, as Dawn and Claudia famously learned in Babysitters Island Adventure; as Kristy notoriously discovered in Babysitters on Board; and as Kevin Costner comes to realize in the hit 1995 film about boat babysitters called Waterworld. This one's got lots of useful tips for babysitting at sea, a helpful guide to what you can do with your Camel Cash, and a totally unnecessary discussion of Dominoes' iconic character "The Noid." Music credits: "Tragedy at Sea," by Bransboynd “Showtime,” by Stockwaves “Overture,” by Lionheart “Summer Memories,” by Trixtor and Pantsmode Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Bye Bye Empire for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys from the baby-sitters club club are back for yet another scintillating discussion of baby-sitting style and technique, this time in the smash-hit baby-sitting-themed video novel, The Mandalorian. Listen and enjoy as the boys talk about tiny green yoda and the big babysitter who never takes off his hat. Music credits: “Showtime,” by Stockwaves "Hollywood Epic Sci-Fi Hybrid Trailer," by Audio Zen “Chopstick Slapstick,” by OurMusicBox "A Dubstep," by Maikon Music Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the Hot Legs Gamer Clan as they bravely venture into this year's most anticipated title: The Baby-sitters Club 4th Grade Learning Adventures CD-ROM from 1998! From what we can tell about the plot here, it looks like Stacey, Kristy, and Jessi have hidden Mary Anne, Mallory, and Claudia's heads in different boxes that are scattered throughout the school. In the process of finding them, we'll all learn some 4th Grade math. Enjoy! Music credits: “Jazz Sad Hip Hop,” by Black Stone Sound Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mean old Tabenanner Scroogering and his sniveling pushover assistant Bob Jackchit try to discuss Karen Brewer's disastrous performance in "A Christmas Carol" ... but it doesn't go as planned. This episode originally appeared on our Patreon. To get an episode like this every week for just $5 a month, subscribe to the show here! We love and also kiss you (under the mistletoe)! Music credits: "Dark Skies," by Marco Belloni "Sad to Happy," by Silverhoof Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the theme song and to Big Boy Cyril for his dragon readings. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an act of dangerous desperation, Ann has attempted to go back in time and fix what she set into motion before it ever started. An astonishing, rapturous novel about beginnings and endings – sometimes all at once – that can only be described as "scintillating." It is no surprise that this one has everything – dolls, bees, orbs, time travel, vampires (?!), and of course: good 👏 clean 👏 baby 👏 sitting 👏 fun. Music credits: "Magical Fairytales & Stories," by _Blacksmith_ "Story," by Olexandr Ignatov “Haunted,” by Luca Francini “Chopstick Slapstick,” by OurMusicBox “Jazz Sad Hip Hop,” by Black Stone Sound “The Prophecy,” by Fox Beat Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Bye Bye Empire for the outro music. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They got Boo-Boo. Ann got Boo-Boo. This is the one where Ann gets Boo-Boo. This is a bonus episode from our Patreon. To get an episode like this every week for just $5 a month, subscribe to the show here! We love and also kiss you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This one's a mess. Josh and Jack from the hit Pokemon/Baby-Sitters Club crossover podcast "The Babysitters Experience" make a good-faith attempt to discuss "Pokemon The Movie 2000" and "Logan Likes Mary Anne" the graphic novel, but their nice podcast is sabotaged and also vandalized and, frankly, ruined. Music credits: “Overture,” by Lionheart “The Prophecy,” by Fox Beat Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1993, Ann and two distinctly separate beings who would later fuse into one uncanny entity joined forces to create what they thought would be the one book to end them all: The ultimate guide to baby-sitting, featuring everything anyone could possibly want to know about head wounds, house fires, and bad burps. This week, our intrepid heroes ventured into that book and, somehow, lived to tell the tale. Music credits: “Stardust,” by Fox Beat Stock Music "Elevator Music," by Korolkov Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Cyril for the outro music. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a major snub of the Tannerheads, Jack and Josh (?!) come together to discuss two major classics of our time: Baby-Sitters Club #87, "Stacey and the Bad Girls," and Pokemon 3: The Movie. What do these things have in common? Not much, but the boys are doing their best here in a crisis! Special thanks to Josh Fjelstad from the Exp. Share Pokemon podcast for reading a whole Stacey book on short notice. Music credits: “Dark Lullaby,” by J Blanks “Vibe,” by Marble Space Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Bye Bye Empire for the outro music. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys are indoctrinated into a mysterious chain of secrets, lies, and treachery after accidentally reading a cryptic letter from someone (or something) named "Robin." The more they investigate this "Book of Secrets" (which contains confessions of lurid crimes by Jessi, Mallory, Stacey, Kristy, Claudia, Dawn, and Mary Anne), the more they are rebuffed, first by agents of Scholastic, then by someone who is far, far closer to them. As the net of the Baby-Sitters Club Chain Letter closes around them, they understand—too late—the meaning of the four words that started it all: Secrets. Will. Always. Kill. Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Bye Bye Empire for the outro music. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Having apparently run out of Baby-Sitters Club books, the boys lie out in the field and wait for the birds to take them. Music credits: “Illuminate,” by Bluebird “Invincible,” by Dimotai Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Baby-Sitters Club Club CLUB is a podcast wherein two grown men talk about The Baby-Sitters Club Club, a podcast wherein two grown men talk about The Baby-Sitters Club, a series by Ann M. Martin. In this episode, the boys dive into the first Baby-Sitters Club Club episode, "Kristy's Great Idea," which is pretty good except they keep referring to Stoneybrook as being in Long Island and they don't make a single mention of bees or dolls or even bread. This one's fun if you like navel-gazing, recursion, or nostalgia for the fairly recent past! Music credits: “Orchestral Russian Kalinka,” by Orchestralis “Epic Battle,” by Mr B Music Studio “The Prophecy,” by Fox Beat Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Cyril for the outro music Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot of chest-beating and handwringing this week as Kristy grapples with the end of the BSC, Mary Anne makes up with Logan, and one of the boys realizes that he never graduated from the 8th grade. A real surfeit of emotions to process as we experience this, the absolute final word on the BSC before Ann shakes her ghastly snow globe and makes the eternal dance begin anew. Music credits: “Sweating Bullets,” by Megadeth “The Sadness Piano,” by Korolkov “Nostalgic Piano,” by Alex Bird “Emotional Cinematic,” by Alex Bird “Stardust,” by Fox Beat Stock Music “Dreamy Nature Relaxation Music,” by Stereo Nuts “Bittersweet Time,” by Phil Larson Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, to Baby Bee Carys for the Soileau You Into the Dark theme, and to Baby Bee Wolfkiller for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot of people have been asking exactly how many shades of Alan Gray there are and while most casual observers think it’s fifty, true experts will tell you that it’s three: Prank Alan, Suave Alan, and Trying-Too-Hard Alan. Anyway, Claudia dates all three of them this week and none of the dates are a disaster and the title of this book is a lie. Music credits: “Passion,” by Pink Zebra “Passion,” by Stellar Tracks “Chopstick Slapstick,” by OurMusicBox “Creepy,” by Wild Kitty Tunes “Classical Inspiration,” by Mat Steiner Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Bye Bye Empire for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The great Sunny Winslow’s paying a visit to the BSC this week and bringing her special brand of California Diaries chaos and angst to the sleepy town of Stoneybrook. The girls commit a bunch of shocking travel crimes, Jackie Rodowsky blips into an alternate reality, and the boys speculate about what kind of music Mr. Spier listened to as a cool, ‘70s Connecticut teen. Music credits: “Teenage Freakout,” by Mules “This Is Nostalgia,” by Raspberry Music “Classic Arcade Video Game,” by Adigold “Haunted,” by LucaFrancini “Christmas Piano Lullaby,” by Praded “The Prophecy,” by Fox Beat “You Gotta Have Theremin and Ukulele,” by Squidlord “Inspirational Cinematic Trailer,” by Anuch “Powerful Cinematic Soundtrack,” by Blue Sky Audio “Vibe,” by Marble Space Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Superbrat for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is Stacey’s problem? A question these boys have been asking since book one but one that Ann, Suzanne, and the Scholastic LIARS refuse to address even in this book, of all books! Fortunately, it’s a very good one and Stacey is on her best behavior and actually quite sweet and it’s mostly about Maureen and how she doesn’t need a man. We really loved this one. Music credits: “For Sadness,” by Olexandr Ignatov Thanks as always to original Baby Boy Scott Lamb for the intro music, and to Baby Bee Wolfkiller for the outro music. Advertise on The Baby-Sitters Club Club via Gumball.fm --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jack-shepherd8/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices