A prank gone awry during a gig lands Claudia in the hospital and launches her into an existential crisis. If babysitting is this risky, she’s not sure it’s for her! While Claudia recovers and once again mulls whether she’ll leave the club, the BSC takes on the serious business of sitting for and waging a practical joke war with the new problem child charge, Betsy. Sit beside us on the Sobaks’ sofa (but watch out for that whoopee cushion!) as we discuss Claudia and the Bad Joke, and what Lady Gaga and Kristy Thomas have in common.

Grandma’s/Home from School Programs List

Noozles

Barney & Friends

Wheel of Fortune -or- Jeopardy

The Price is Right

Your soap of choice

Your afternoon talk show of choice

A 3+ hour block of Designing Women

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When an upcoming gig in Stacey’s apartment building is too much for the single-member NY branch of the BSC to handle, she invites the OG sitters to travel down and pitch in–but she’s shocked at the versions of her friends who show up. Usually cool Claudia rolls into Grand Central with a suitcase on wheels–how embarrassing!, self-assured Dawn is afraid of her own shadow, and Mary Anne is not at all shy about sharing her ambitious itinerary or shading one of her BFFs. (Kristy is, well, Kristy.) The long weekend is not at all going according to plan, but Stacey won’t let bumpkin behavior or friend tensions distract them from their duty to care for ten kids.

Two more resident New Yorkers join us for this week’s stroll through Central Park and chat about Stacey’s Mistake: a chihuahua named Bianca and her human, Kiwi Callahan.

If you’re looking for a gift for that Hallmark holiday movie lover or hater in your life, check out Kiwi’s game at badchristmasmoviebingo.com.

Homework assignment:

Write a sonnet inspired by the love affair portrayed in the Opposites Attract music video; a report on the history and present-day status of the Hard Rock Cafe; or a journal entry on your class field trip to see Starlight Express (all rabbit holes worth going down, trust us).

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A string of mishaps at home, school, and on the job have the babysitters wondering whether Mary Anne should have responded to an ominous chain letter …better wear the follow-on so-called bad-luck charm just in case. This book has everything: surprise mail, an emergency library quest, DIY costumes, a cemetery, and the first appearance of the series villain. Meet us at midnight at Old Man Hickory's headstone, under the light of a full moon, as we hold flashlights under our chins and chat about childhood talismans, enduring just-in-case rituals, and Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery.

Halloween/Comfort Rereads

What’s A Ghost Going to Do? by Jane Thayer

Georgie book series by Robert Bright

Little Women, Chapter 40: The Valley of the Shadow,* by Louisa May Alcott

*from Mary Anne, NOT us

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