Free With Ads - Baby-Sitters Club (1995)

Episode Date: July 29, 2025

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This is Free With Ads, the podcast that asks the question, why pay Netflix eight bucks a month to watch the new Babysitter's Club show when you can go online for free and watch the 1995 movie, which is inherently superior, because it helps you remember the 90s. Hey, remember the 90s? I hope we never stop remembering the 90s. Hey, remember the 90s? I hope we never stop remembering the 90s. I can remember the 90s all day. Remember them? The 90s? I'm Jordan Morris.

And I'm Emily Fleming. Today's movie is The Babysitter's Club, the lighthearted family romp about absentee dads and zoning laws concerning small businesses. With us as always is the super producer, the he-freak, Matt Lieb, hitting us with those wholesome ass drops. Pump to the rain, pump to the rain.

Yeah. The brain, the brain, the center of the chain. Yeah. Truly, truly an epic historical moment in hip hop history. I love when kids rap. Yes, and do a dance to the rap. I always told kids in the 90s, have you thought of bopping more?

Oh, god. And that's how they invented Kidz Bop. Here, here's what you do to rap. You have to go pooh pooh chee, pooh pooh pooh chee. Pooh pooh chee, yeah. OK, but can we talk about there's this song in the Baby-Sitters Club that keeps happening. Over and over.

That is, seems a little bit more problematic than the first rendition of the White Lotus's theme song. Yes, yes. There is sort of a Paul Simon. Hey, hey, nah, hey. Yeah, there's a music, perhaps, made by white people that is meant to sound like world music. Yes.

OK, yes. I feel like when I listened to it, I was like, you know, Paul Simon kind of accidentally made a whole vibe. Oh no, but Sting did it too. Yeah, Sting, Paul Simon. I mean Sting and the police, cause the police did this whole kind of steel drum kind of thing.

That's why I've always said fuck the police. Thank you. Oh, so that's what you've been talking about this whole time at the band. What did you think I meant? What did you think I meant? Oh, you, okay. What did you think I meant? That makes your thin blue line shirt

make a little bit more sense. Yeah, right, obviously. Now hang on, now hang on. Love, cops, hate the police. Wouldn't you argue that all of these elements kind of contributed to ska? Oh, sure, yes. Like, listen, we could sit here and discuss

how white people stole black music all night. Oh, yeah. Oh, for sure. And also, who's more qualified? Oh, well. This, I think that's. Than the thieves all night. Oh, yeah. Oh, for sure. And also, who's more qualified? Oh, well. This, I think that's- Than the thieves, us. Yeah, sure.

Yeah. The babysitter's club. Sure, yes, but let's pivot away from the problematic history of pop music in America to the babysitter's club. Well, actually, we do have something to discuss before we talk about this movie, which is, as of this recording, streaming free with ads.

We wanna talk about something else we saw for free on the internet this week. Other free stuff. Emily, this is an article in Rolling Stone Magazine. Yes. The title of which is, Bros, Budweiser's and Divorced Dads, Butt Rock is Back, Baby.

Yes. To summarize, apparently bands who were formally punchlines, Creed, Nickelback, et cetera, they're all back, it's cool to like them again. Yeah. So can you, what about this sparked your interest? Okay, because we love new metal, I feel like butt rock was kind of,

there's an overlap with butt lock, butt lock, well, that's what I've got right now. I get that butt lock too. Oh my God, it's crazy. Oh, prunes! Any... Yes, prunes will clear up that butt lock. Yeah, sure will.

A little black coffee and antifreeze. Fuck! Anyway, so I do feel like there is a little bit of a... overlap between New Metal and Butt Rock, and I think Kid Rock is the line. Like, Kid Rock is the coke line between the two. a little bit of a overlap between New Metal and butt rock. And I think Kid Rock is the line. Like Kid Rock is the coke line between the two. But like, it's true.

But I really loved Nickelback and Creed. But sometimes I get confused as to what is considered alternative rock from the 90s and early 2000s and what is butt rock. And they don't really seem to define it other than a type of person that likes it. Yeah, I think they're more talking about the fans. Although yeah, it's like this era of music really was a very specific sound.

It was a moment in time. Matt, would you prepare Mr. Eddie Redmayne, please? Ooh. I hate this music. This is maybe my least favorite pop- Jordan! It is. And listen, I don't want to cast stones. Obviously, taste is subjective.

I like a lot of music that people would consider very annoying, so I'm sympathetic. Does Mr. Redmayne have a comment, Matt? He absolutely does. What did it say? Holiday! Yeah, Eddie Redmayne, huge three doors down fan up here. Oh no.

But yeah, this stuff really drives me up a wall. And it being back, I'm trying not to be judgmental. I'm trying to let each have their own. But yeah, the thought of hearing this in public again makes me shudder. OK. Well, there's one band that I think is on the line of new metal and butt rock,

and that's Papa Roach, baby. Yeah, hard pressed to find. That might be my least favorite. What the fuck? Yeah. And I'm them. What the fuck? Yeah, and you know, and I'm okay. Are you kidding? You don't like Papa Roach? I really hate Papa Roach.

Oh my God. Those songs were everywhere in high school. Yeah, drives me up a wall. I kind of get- No! Listen, Emily, this is a genre of music that you're supposed to take pride in the fact that people just hate it out of hand. No, I've always liked it.

It seems to be what's happening is people going like, hey, this stuff was a pun. I mean, how many lazy Nickelback jokes have I made in my life? Of course. Tons. They were just a punchline and now I think what people are doing is saying like, I love this shit. Laugh at me if you want to.

I'm gonna chug this fucking Budweiser I'm not gonna call my kids that I don't have custody of I'm gonna go head out to the county fair and fucking rock out like it's 2002. What the fuck is wrong with a county fair? That's what I got nothing. You're right. You're right. Here's the thing I liked this music at the same time that I liked corn and Limp Bizkit, honestly, that's butt rock, bitch. I don't care what anybody says, but that is butt rock for sure, look at that man's face, red as a butt.

It's a baboon's butt. Baboon's ass on that face, and there's nothing wrong with that, I loved it, I liked Creed. I will say, to bring it back even further, I think the first time I heard butt rock, it was referring to like poison and like motley crew. So I think like butt rock is fluid. That's hair metal.

Sure, yeah, I think at the time that's, you know, that was a similar punchline to the Creeds of the world. It became just like, this is what aggro dudes listen to. Right, right, right. And I think that's what butt rock is trying to say. It's a pejorative meaning rock you don't like versus rock you do like.

Yeah, I think so. Like alternative rock. Sure, it's like maybe these guys would call, we're pros grunge or something like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, I think it was happening at the same time and it was kind of the last, like the last gasp of hair metal.

Cause all of them had long hair and all of them were pretty cute. Like, Jonathan Davis, like, God bless. But, like, not hunk. There's a lot of jewelry on all these dudes, too. A lot of statement necklaces. Well, that means they have taste. There you go. And then maybe they'll buy me a ring.

God damn it. I think maybe what, you know, needs to happen for me to appreciate this stuff. It's like seeing it live. There's been a bunch of stuff that I have not loved. And listen, if you're out there, don't... Don't invite me to things. Don't invite me to things. I don't want to go to it with you. No, hey, if somebody's out there, if you have a line on free tickets to see Filter, or Hinder, let me know if I'm free.

Or Stained, hey, if you have free Stained, let me know and I will go with an open mind. Give me some Buck Cherry tickets, baby. But also, all of these lead singers are pretty hunky, like they're kinda sex symbol-y lookin' dudes. Kinda like hair metal was. And they can't grow facial hair and they don't fuckin' care. They're gonna of sex symbol-y looking dudes. Kind of like hair metal was. And they can't grow facial hair and they don't fucking care. They're gonna grow it anyway.

This is kind of interesting that we're saying that this is what aggro dudes listen to when this is for women. At least what I think, or gay men. I think that, or ladies. It depends on the band. It depends on the band. But the idea that this was, I'm like there's something soft about Butt Rock.

Sure. I feel like there's something kind of like feminine about Butt Rock. It is like yeah, it does have to do with feelings. It is, you know, there are big. I mean Creed, that's a very, you know. I mean Puddle of Mud. That's what's happening in my pants.

Sure, thank you. You're shit. When I listen to. I shit my pants. I shit and. I get pants. Sure, thank you. When I listen to my pants. I shit and I cum and shit. Oh, man. Well, Butt Rock, it's back? Yeah.

Coming soon to a fairground. What up, Breaking Benjamin, lead singer? You got a ring? A fairground near you. Fucking put it under. I have 14 that I wear to all my concerts. I am desperate. Well, hey, butt rock, I think we solved it.

And now we're gonna talk about the Baby-Sitters Club from 1995. Oh no. Emily, you were really stoked about this one when we brought it up. I'm so sorry. What was your relationship to this property, this movie? I hate to read. Okay, so you didn't read the books as a kid? No, I didn't read the books.

Did people give them to you a lot for like gifts? Did like thoughtless aunts be like, okay, here's the babysitter's book? Nah, nobody gave it, they knew better. But like, yes. They knew you didn't like to read. I didn't like to read. I was like Claudia from the Baby Series Club.

Terrible grades, love to paint and draw. But I... You're real Claudia. There was a TV series in the 90s that I can't remember, but I believe it was on a network that was not basic cable. So I think it was like HBO Showtime, like something. So I couldn't watch it, but I wanted to

and a lot of my friends all watched it. So it was like read books, have rich parents. Those were the things. And then the movie came out and I was like, oh cool. I get to kind of know what everybody's obsession was about. So I saw it and I was like, and you know me, I love anything about little girls owning a business. Or little girls in a school where they're like

having little secret adventures. Yes, the Baby Sitters Club, the first girl bosses some say. I mean, the way that they talk about like city ordinance stuff, like there's so much actual like businessy stuff that's really interesting in this movie, but that's it. Everything else is like, oh my God, why are we letting these little girls do this shit? But yeah, no, I loved it,

because there were girls on my street, the older girls on my street, who did have a summer camp thing. They ran out of their house and their yard, and they did little skits and all this stuff. And then I babysat a lot, but I never organized like this. So it was, I don't know, it's a fantasy of having a bunch of girlfriends, a clubhouse,

and having all this stuff. But this shit had so much stress on these little girls. I know. And it was like, I would rather die than live in the babysitter's club. This seems like a nightmare. This movie is a nightmare. But you got a bunch of iconic actresses and stuff.

I mean, come on, the next door neighbor is, was this before or after Requiem for a Dream? It was before. It was before? Yeah, Ellen Burstyn. I've never seen Requiem for a Dream. Like. It was before. It was before? Yeah, Ellen Burstyn. I've never seen Requiem for a Dream. Don't. That's a big.

It'll fuck you up, dude. It's a big like dorm room. This is some fucked up shit we're gonna put on my DVD, TV combo. Oh, it's pretty fucked up, dog. Don't do it. Matt, did you have any relationship to the Baby-Sitters Club going in this?

Were these around your house growing up? Yeah, it was something my twin sister was into. And you know, it was just And she would read the books. And she would like what? Nerd. Yeah, she was a nerd. She liked the series too. And I think for her, this is what distinguished us

in terms of gender norms. Because the books, when she started reading them, that was at the time where we didn't share everything. Because we were twins, so we shared a lot of shit. We watched a lot of the same girly cartoons, and I was like, I'm into them, she's into them, what's wrong with playing with Barbies, stuff like that. Once she started reading Babysitter's Club,

I was like, this is too girly for me. So this is my first ever foray into this. Yeah, I knew about this series, and I know that for people around our age, it's catnip. But we never had any of these growing up. We were a boxcar children's family. Yes. Oh, can I tell you that a fan on tour for Mythical

gave me a boxcar children cookbook. Oh, nice. Now, was that your kids' adventure book series growing up? No, they gave it to Josh because he was poor. Okay, but you got one too. No, they gave it to Josh and Josh didn't want it, so I wanted it. There was stuff about cooking squirrels, and he thought I would benefit from it.

And he's right, he knew. I have questions we need to move on. Let's talk about the movie. Josh doesn't give a fuck, he knows. But he's poor? Well he grew up, like, poor. So they were like teasing him, like here's your hillbilly book, cook some gator.

But here's the thing, he's, like the thing about Josh is like a lot of his legacy is about making things affordable that wouldn't otherwise be affordable. Like that's or the opposite for YouTube but that's kind of his background. So it was kind of weird to be like you might like the boxcar children and Josh is like I do not have an identity with this. Like and I was like I do please give me book. I won't read it someone else will for me. So the boxcar or sorry, the babysitter's club. Look at me, confusing my...

The boxcar baby. Boxcar babies. Oh, just quick aside. When I was searching for how to watch this, just in the Smart TV, I typed in babysitter's... I started by typing in baby. Sure. And it autofilled to Rosemary's baby. No.

The Rosemary's babysysitter's Club. Oh. If Funny or Die was still around, that would get a million views if Don Cheadle was in it. Go ahead. That does sound really good. Honestly, we can do it. Them just babysitting kids who have demons inside them?

I love it. You've got a kid, right? Yeah. We've already got one actor on lock. Can we shake it around? Absolutely. Shake the kid. Especially if you say it.

Yeah. So it's the Baby-Sitters Club. And what I like about this is that we are coming into a world where the Baby-Sitters Club exists. We're starting in the middle. It's what they did so well with that Superman movie. You don't get a big origin story. You're just there.

Superman exists. The Baby-Sitters Club origin story, you're just there. Superman exists, the babysitter's club exists. I like this. Me too. They're a group of gals and they babysit. And we intro to all the gals. We learn their names and they're one quality. They have names and they have one quality. Oh, I know.

There's Christy, she's the tomboy. You know she's the tomboy because she's wearing Converse All-Stars and drinking milk out of the carton. Yeah, it's Jussie Spacey's kid and she looks exactly like her. That's how you knew a kid was tough in the 90s. They were drinking milk right out of the carton. And overalls. Oh, yeah, overalls too.

You got Stacey. She's from New York City. She's a little prissy. You have Mary Ann, who is kind of quiet and serious. You have Dawn. She's from California and loves crazy stuff, like hummus. This crazy California cookball. Which is really interesting, because after living

in California, I didn't realize these stereotypes existed in the 90s, like that it was like, oh, she cares about the environment. I was like, oh, she cares about the environment. I was like, I thought everybody cared about the environment when I was a kid. But this is kind of like, okay, there's a bit of a trope, I think, in girlhood where they make girls one thing. Like Spice Girls, you've got, she's sporty, she's this.

You're scary, you're a baby. And I think it's just so that we can have a starting off point sometimes, where it's just like, okay, I know what she likes, I know what I could get her for her birthday. Sure. It's kind of what it is. You like horses, here's a horse thing.

Exactly, I think that that's how girls work, where like, I want to know what you're into immediately, and then I will get to know you after. And I think that's kind of girlhood in a nutshell, but there is a lot of that. I feel like everything is like, okay, we got twins. This one's British, this one's not. We got the Spice Girls, we got Babysitter's Club,

we got American Girl Dolls. This one's from this time period, this time period. There is something about organization and labels and girlhood that just mash together. So that's just an observation I had. So Dawn, Dawn's from California. She loves the environment. Claudia's the artist.

She's having trouble with her grades. That's me. Mallory's a kid writer. And there's Jessie. She loves to dance. If she could, they there's Jessie. She loves to dance. They say if Jessie says, if you can walk somewhere, why are you not dancing? We see Jessie dancing in one frame,

and then she never dances again, or does anything else in the movie. Yeah, well can I also add, Jessie's the only person who looks like a child in the whole thing. Everybody else looks like they're the oldest teen. Can we do it? Yes.

Oldest teen. There are so many oldest teens in this situation. Dawn is also from the Secret World of Alex Mack. Yes, Larissa Olenek. God, and she was in. You guys don't know her first and last name like I do? Wow, Matt. OK.

That's too bad. Because I was in love with her. You know her first and last name like I do? Wow, Matt, okay. That's too bad. I was, cause I was in love with her. You were? Yeah, because of Alex Mapp? Yeah, cause she turned into like the same thing. And then naked. Well, you never get to see her naked, but... But it was implied.

Yeah, she turns into what the cool kids turn into in Capri Sun commercials. That's right. Just like T-1000 liquid mercury style. Whoa, do you think that the Capri Sun commercials. That's right. Just like T-1000 liquid mercury style. Whoa. Do you think that the Capri Sun commercials are why Alex Mack exists? It could be.

I bet it's all Terminator 2. I bet they all saw that effect and said, let's do that. And then they went, well, the two things combined, it makes her. But yeah, there was a weird thing on Nickelodeon when they did Alex Mack where it's like for some reason she could turn into the pool, but then when she re-coagulates, there's no clothes.

I remember there being clothes, but I could be wrong about that. It would explain why I still know her first and last name. She also was in 10 Things I Hate About You. I know. Great movie. I can't believe we haven't done this show yet. And Mad Men. Yeah, she was in Mad Things I Hate About You. I know. Great movie. I can't believe we haven't done it. And Mad Men. Yeah, she was in Mad Men.

That's right. Yeah, so yeah, everybody in here, like, who's the most famous person here? Oh, probably Rachel Leacook. I mean. Oh, yeah, usually. But yeah, everybody in this went on to be a working actor with who's in a bunch of great stuff. Well, I mean, the neighbor next door from Requiem for a Dream.

Yeah, who were, yes. I'd say. You see that I've been told is neighbor next door from Requiem for a Dream. Yeah, we were, yes. I'd say she's- You see that I've been told is very fucked up by many people in my dorm. Yeah. So everybody's got a little story going on. The Babysitter's Club, as a unit, they're doing like a day camp

for all the kids in the neighborhood. Yes. All the kids are getting together. They're like doing summer camp in a backyard. Very dangerous. Why do the parents of the neighborhood let this happen? Wait, did you guys go to camp? I did one summer of Christian camp.

What did they do at Christian camp? Was it overnight? It was overnight. Yeah. Coed? Yes, different dorms though. Yeah, well yeah. I did that too.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah,, I mean. Different cabins. I did that too. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it was pretty down the middle. We did a little archery, some crafts, and a lot of talking about what hell is like. Did you do the God is great, God is good, let him thank us for our food. That wasn't ours, that's very good though. God said to Noah, there's gonna be a floody floody.

Oh no. God said to Noah, there's gonna be a floody floody. Oh no. I remember it being mostly discussions as to what hell was gonna be like. Why is, like you're from California, why is your shit so much hell, fire, and brimstone than mine was? Good question, it's supposed to be chill over there.

I know, well yeah, mine was Camp Cedar Crest, and I got sent home because I made a dirty little joke and they called my parents. Oh man. And I did this joke, I made a dirty little joke and they call my parents. Oh, man. And I did this joke. I did this, um, and the thing is... Making a penis out of macaroni at the craft tent. Kinda. I just went,

you guys want to see a scene from The Nutcracker? And they go, yeah, and then I'd hold my crotch and go, ugh. That's a great joke. That's just funny. That's just funny. Yeah, they call my parents. What do they know about comedy over there

at Camp Cedar Crest? Yeah, no, I went to Wilderness Adventure Camp. I went to Girl Scout Camp. I went to a lot of camp. What about you, Matt? I went to a sleepaway camp in Griffith Park. And it was kind of cool. Yeah, it was.

You were homeless. Yeah, I was homeless. Yeah, it wasn't so much a sleepaway camp as a place that I slept during the summer. We did all the activities, asking for change. Asking for change, heroin. And no, it was pretty fun. Not religious at all.

I did. A secular camp. Yeah, very secular. I was a camp counselor at a Jewish Day camp, which sounds similar to what you guys are describing in terms of songs, but all of the songs were in Hebrew for the most part. And it was more, I feel like this is a day camp

that they're running, not a sleepaway camp. Well yeah, but I guess that a lot of us think about camp and we think about the fantasy of summer camp. What's interesting though is as a parent now, I'm watching this and I go like, well this is a useless camp. The whole point of camp is so that your kids will be somewhere safe with adult supervision

that isn't you during the summer so you can just chill. Yeah, that as the only parent, would you send your kids to the babysitter's club? Absolutely not, absolutely not. I was just like, these little girls are not responsible enough. They're trying to fuck 16 year olds when they're clearly 13.

I know, but also when a kid wanders into the street at one point, nightmare. So we've got a, everybody's got a little plot. We have this kind of overarching camp thing that's happening and oh gosh, I forget the name. What's the name of the girl who has the thing with the guy from the foreign country? Which one is she?

Stacey maybe? Stacey, Stacey. So Stacey goes to babysit one of her regular kids and he's got a cousin there, a foreigner from Europe-berg is there. Yeah, I know. Did they say Europe-berg? No, they say where it is,

but he's such a very just generic foreign guy. Well, he also did not have an accent at all. I had no idea what was going on. I missed the part where they explicitly said he was foreign and the whole time I'm going, what accent is he doing? He's not doing one. He's just hot and he barely talks. Yeah.

So yeah, so they're flirting. They're having a little summertime romance, but she has a secret, a terrible, shameful, locked up secret that he cannot know about. And that filthy fucking secret is she has diabetes. And he doesn't want him to know. So embarrassing. So that's going on.

Which I remember this movie was the first time I'd ever heard about diabetes. Oh, yeah, maybe this was doing some work. So that's going on for Stacy. The babysitters, they have a big meeting at this very cute burger joint. I definitely wanted to eat at the burger joint. They all sit around the booth, last supper style,

because there's a lot of people standing and sitting in a semi-circle in this movie because that's easier to shoot. There's too many girls in the club, I'll be honest. For a movie, it's too many. Yeah, there are some people who have plots, some people who don't, some people who are said to dance and then do not dance.

Yep. But yeah, we go into her, the bedroom, what do you think about our main character's bedroom? Emily, any thoughts? Pretty killer. Pretty cool bedroom. I mean, that is, this is a quintessential 90s girl bedroom maximalist is kind of how I would describe it.

There are, there's fringe on the bed, like what is it called where it's like, you know, fluffy. A skirt. A skirt. A bed skirt. A bed skirt. I wish I could have bed skirts,

but we live in major cities and bed bugs exist. I know. And I've heard it's a big risk. But there's that and then stuffed animals and the curtains that are way too billowy for a teen girl and like stuff that existed for too billowy for a teen girl and stuff that existed for when you were a little girl, but you won't be able to change

until you're out of the house. I love it. I love the aesthetic. Yeah, the bedroom's cool. There's not a lot of noticeable consumer products. It's all kind of like homemade stuff. There is a Mr. Bucket, though. I didn't notice a Mr. Bucket. Oh, man, I love Mr. Bucket.

Mr. Bucket is Buckets of fun. I gotta tell you. Is Buckets of fun? I never had say Mr. Bucket. Oh, man, I love Mr. Bucket. Mr. Bucket is Buckets of Fun, I gotta tell ya. Is Buckets of Fun? I never heard of Mr. Bucket. They say it in the jingle, and it is true. I mean, the commercials is lit. The commercials we got for, did you guys ever play Don't Wake Daddy? No, but I do, I remember the commercial.

I remember not waking daddy, because he would yell at me. Well, the funny thing is, It's a game about that, Matt. Oh, that sounds... It's a game about being afraid of your abusive father. That sounds horrible. I don't want to pay for it.

I'm living it. We had Don't Wake Daddy as a kid, and he looks just like my dad. Oh, yeah. I love it. And it's so cute. Yeah, don't wake Mike. Don't wake Mike. But honestly, we should play these games sometime

and film it, because Don't Wake Daddy would be so fun. Do a little mousetrap, do a little skip it. Listen, mousetrap is complicated as fuck. I would get so frustrated setting it up. I hated it. I vote no on mousetrap. I wanted mousetrap so bad when I was a kid. I still have never played it.

The commercials were just like, it's a Rube Goldberg machine. I was like, I want still have never played it. The commercials were just like, it's a Rube Goldberg machine. I was like, I want that. It really was. So they're gonna have a big summer, they're gonna make a bunch of money. Someone's like, we can get a fax machine. Oh God. Great joke.

Very good joke. Oh and there's also some, we get introduced to kind of the mean rich kids. One of them's name's Coki. Coki is like the head rich kid. Whoa, I don't remember that being her name. They like say what her real name is and she's like, don't call me that.

And then they, I guess Cokie said the thing she prefers. Her dad just went, that's what I was doing when you were conceived. Now ride a horse, bitch. We were gonna call you eight ball, but people thought I was two on the nose. So I decided to go in the nose. Hey. Hey.

I'm on drugs. The court says I can't see you. I just want my kids back. Which, can I? Nickelback is back. Did you hear? It's OK to like hinder again. I miss my kids, Koki.

Now, hang on. And Smacky. Don't, don't. And Weedy. Don't insult Tonic. Yeah. and smacky and weedy. Don't insult Tonic. If you could only see the light. That song fucking rules.

I don't care what anyone says. That's a great song. I will say that I like these bully girls. Yeah. Because they're overall harmless. A lot of movies, the mean girls actually. Do something mean at some point? They do something mean, but these girls

are like most mean girls in your childhood, which are just, we're all being dicks, and then it fucking blows over. Like, it's kind of the thing. They're throwing smoke bombs, and they tempt one of the guys that one of the Babysters Club likes, she's like, I got smashing pumpkins tickets.

Yeah. I know. That was a very cool reference at the time. Very cool reference. I'm sure they changed that 10 times. Well, I can't imagine, like, they're 13. My parents would never let me go to a Smashing Pumpkins. But the rich kids, they could. Right. Well, there's a lot of people's parents

letting them do stuff in this movie. Like start a fucking babysitter's club. So the, uh, so Christie's story in this. Right. That's kind of, this is kind of the main plot. So Christie has a stepdad that we meet, very down the middle, regular ass stepdad. He's the one who got turned into water in the X-Men movies. That's how I know him too.

Oh yeah! That's how I know him too. Okay, see, there you go. What a fucking cast. I know. So this, so she has a stepdad, we meet him. He will eventually get turned into water in the X-Men movies. Yes.

But her real dad is this charming fuck up who rolls into town in his fucking VW van. He's got an interview for a job at the newspaper, and he's gonna be a sports writer, and he wants to reconnect with his daughter. But in secret. Secretly. He's like, don't tell your mom I'm in town. And so he and Christy are having these secret hangouts.

And he's buying her a dress, and she puts it on even though she's a tomboy and doesn't wear dresses except to funerals And they play catch and they do all this kind of dad daughter stuff But like in secret and so everybody thinks like she has a secret boyfriend and wonders why she's like Neglecting her babysitter's club duties, but it's cuz she's hanging out with this like charming fuck-up of a dad Yes, but the other thing that I did Like this because it does kind of teach you as a young girl

when you should be honest with adults. Sure. I liked this example as a don't fucking let, like don't, it sucks that this dad is putting you in this situation, but it also puts her best friend in the situation. So Rachel Lee Cook is her bestie, and she... Is the only one who knows the secret.

She's the only one who knows the secret. She swore her to secrecy, and she will not tell the other babysitters about the situation, even though she starts to feel like she should. But it's like, eventually she does reveal it. And it's like, you... There's a difference between keeping

a safe secret for your friend and keeping your friend safe. So I liked this, this is a fucked up story. No, it's a great plot. It's like, to me, it was the only story in this movie that I think I was like, oh that's- It's the only story. Well, it's the only story. Well, there's the diabetes thing.

Will she reveal the diabetes? Will Claudia do well on her test? A girl with diabetes who hangs out with a pedophile. It was very mature. And I thought I was like, you know what? This is actually, I think, a good lesson for kids. Maybe these books aren't so bad. Yeah, when we get to the resolution of this,

I have some big thoughts about this plot. And I do think it is strangely sophisticated it is like strangely sophisticated for this movie. Which is like really, you know, this is a pretty simple light fluffy movie. It's like very funny in parts, but like this thing like has some big ideas in it anyway. Well, can I say one more thing about what, watching this as an adult woman,

I start thinking back about movies from girlhood, and a lot of it is about, you should be like a pillar of society, you should be a good girl who lifts up like your neighbors and, you know, does things that benefits, you know, everyone around you, a caregiver, even when you're a little girl kind of thing. There's that, and then also, be wary of men. Sure. It's like immediately what it is.

And I'm like, God, as a little girl, I was just constantly told, be wary of men. Even your dad. Even your fucking dad. And it just made me go, wow, maybe we should do more of these movies. No one is safe. No one. I mean, of these movies. Yeah. No one is safe. No one.

I mean, it's crazy. Anyway. So Claudia's kind of, her story is happening. She's the artist. She's doing bad in school. She's having trouble in science. So what does the gang do for her? They create a rap about the brain.

I think this is the most famous like meme from this movie. We played a little bit of it up top. Let's hear a little bit more of this brain rap Yeah, motherfucker, oh that's. That's not in the movie. Bitch. Fuck. Now, it's no top that. No, no, no. It's no top that.

No, it's not. But very charming. And yes, in the 90s, if you didn't, if you had never heard rap music, you assumed it all had poop, poop, poop, poop, poop, poop, poop, poop, poop, had never heard rap music, you assumed it all had pooh pooh choo, pooh pooh pooh choo, pooh pooh choo, pooh pooh pooh choo. Well, my name is Stacy and I'm here to say,

the brain's in your head and that's the way. Yeah. You gotta do good on your test. Don't mean to be cruel, don't mean to be mean, I like this boy even though I'm 13. Yeah. That's pretty, I do. I don't mean to be mean. I like this boy even though I'm 13. Yeah! That's pretty good.

I do... Stop all the love and stop all the hate. I just figured out I'm in true hate. Oh! I feel like poochy, poochy, poochy. I do think what's interesting is I was always afraid of going to summer school as a kid because my grades were so bad.

Yeah, that was the threat. If you didn't go to school, you'd have to go to summer school. I cannot believe that I never had to go. I did it voluntarily so I could have an extra elective. Ugh, I want to beat you up. I wanted to do choir with my friends. I want to beat you up more. Did either of you go?

I went to summer school. You did? Yeah, because I didn't do good in school. What grades? Eighth grade and ninth grade. Wow. Yeah, but then after that I started. You figured it out. Yeah.

Yeah, I was very close. I remember it being terrifying. I think my mom talked my way out of it. I think that my mom is very charming. Oh. And just. I could see that. Found a way. I could see that.

My mom had a thank you in the algebra book from my freshman year. They have acknowledgments in algebra books? My algebra teacher, Mr. Gorham, RIP, nice man. RIP to a real one. Father Ryan High School. He wrote his own algebra textbook. OK.

And my mom, I guess. Like Terrence Howard style? I guess. He has his own math. Two plus two equals sky. Exactly. All right. But no, I think my mom is like a good editor

and like all that, so she has a special thank you in the front of the book. I love it. Which I was in tons of tutoring after school, but I was like, I'm passing this shit, fuck you. He's gonna pass me, I don't know. Mom's gonna help write, I don't know. I got friends.

Help write the book. Yeah. I got friends in high places in algebra. Every day, Lois writes the book. I'm an algebra nepo baby. Yeah, that's true. So now, okay, so that's kind of like what's going on with Claudia's plot.

She passes her test, thanks to the rap. She's the coolest. She's really cool. Yeah, her art, not that good. I mean, she is 13. But she's cool. So in Stacey's plot, she has confessed the diabetes and it doesn't make him hate her.

In fact, it makes him love her all the more and he invites her to New York City with her. The New York City scene they do is so funny because- And Claudia comes. And Claudia comes. It's so funny because they're talking about things in New York City and they show stock footage. They clearly did not shoot there

and no one from the movie went there. It's just like Central Park and then showing Central Park with none of the characters. The Eiffel, not the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower. You might as well just do that, because no one went anywhere. Statue of Liberty. Well, what was confusing about it

is like whose dad is taking them? Like, so she's clearly rich. Stacey's in this, like, that crazy big, like, white column type house. God, I knew girls that lived in those houses and I was never invited in and I wanted to go. But she was clearly rich. You never see what her like you see her mom super blonde.

Also good mom. Did you eat before a crazy fucking hike? You diabetic? What are you doing? And she's just like, no, and it's like, oh my god, this mom, I would die if I were this mom. I'd be like, my daughter's so hot and stupid, I'm so mad. I definitely wouldn't let her go to New York with a random 16 year old.

She almost died with this guy in the woods. This is, he is, I mean, and this is the part of the movie that, his age the worst, he is 17. Oh God. They find out when they go to a 16 and up club in New York with a bouncer, a legitimate bouncer, checking ID, what ID are you checking for?

Let me see your school ID and or meal tickets from school. You got a library card? Yeah let me see the library card. Let me see your punch card for school lunch. Do you have a Scruff McGruff crime dog ID? A school Asterisk like? Are you a member of the Captain Planet, Planeteers? Oh my god. Can you see your card?

Let me see your Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper and then I'll let you know. And this is such a little kid fantasy that you'll go to New York and there will be a bouncer who will interrogate you. It's like, no. Well, did you not ever go to teen clubs? Did you guys ever go?

I went to one. I went to a club in Hollywood called Club One Seven. Ooh. What do you call them? It was 17 and up. Yeah, what were those girls? The two, they looked the same. The, what do you call them? It was 17 and up. Yeah, what were those girls? The two, they look the same. The Olsen twins?

The Olsen twins. Yeah, the Olsen twins I think used to go there a lot, or founded it, or whatever. I went there one time and I was like, I do not understand club culture. Because I was like, am I supposed to go up there girls and dance? Yes.

I refuse, I refuse. And to this day I refuse. Well, I supposed to go up to girls and dance? Yes. I refuse. I refuse. And to this day, I refuse. Well, I went to Rocket Town, which I told you all that I had a sketch group that I was in. Michael W. Smith, I think, is the Christian artist. Right. Yes, big Christian artist. He founded Rocket Town.

It was an Oasis center for teens. There was a skate park, an indoor skate park with like vert whatever. And then there was a huge venue, an indoor skate park with like vert whatever, and then there was a huge venue and there'd be like bands, there were two venues and a coffee house and everything and it was teens like up to 18. So I think you could be there at 13,

but I definitely, I suck dick at Rocket Town. Okay. Hell yeah. Not at Rocket Town. No, but you met someone at Rocket Town later. He was in the improv troupe that I was in. Of course he was. And I- What are improv troupe for?

But I was only two years younger than him. He was like 17 and I was like 15, but they got real mad at us for like making out in the parking lot once. Improv is for- And they almost kicked us out, but then they realized they needed us to keep paying for the classes. So.

I love that. There it was. So yeah, so this, you know, so we find out that she's 13 and he's 17. He's like appropriately grossed out, which I'm glad for. Yeah, fair enough. So yeah, so you know, that's not as icky as it could be. But also, why didn't her parents ask how old this boy is?

And then the end of this thing is even worse. They like reconcile, they kiss, and he's like, I'll be back next year. When you're 18? That's worse! I know. Yeah, so this is part of the movie like fucking sucks. Can I tell you the...

I couldn't believe they kept that line. Yeah, so this is part of the movie like fucking sucks. Can I tell you the... I couldn't believe they kept that line in. No, no. But the dialogue was, I'll be back next year, and she goes, I'll be 14, and he goes, I know. And then kisses her. It's worse. It's so much worse. One of the weirdest moments I've ever seen. Oh my God.

Let's wrap up. So that's kind of the end of that story. We'll wrap up Christy's story with Dad. It's her birthday. She goes to meet him at a carnival. He does not show up. Doesn't show up, she gets lost. Oh, and while this is happening,

she's neglecting the babysitter's club, and there's a kid, I think it's her brother, wanders out in the street, and there's this moment where you just see him doing it and they cut away and I'm like, oh my God, is this gonna become Pet Sematary? Yeah, right. Are they gonna fucking have to bury this kid

and he has to come back? Or my girl or something. Or my girl. Yeah, I know. It thankfully doesn't happen, it's just kind of this thing where they're like, now he could have wandered off. And she learns the lesson.

Anyway, she's out waiting for dad. He doesn't come. It starts to rain. She's lost. And they play a daddy song. This is by an artist named Lisa Stark, who I had never heard of, but this song plays while she's running around the carnival. I wanna be daddy's girl.

Ah! So gross. So gross. Ah! Throw me in the air. Hold me tight. Yeah, bitch she's grown so gross. She's just rubbin' here, hold me tight. Yeah, bitch. When I grow up. Poo poo cheese, poo poo cheese.

When I grow up. Poo poo cheese, poo poo cheese. Daddy's little girl, who loves you too. Ugh. And then it's also, but this, the scene is like about a dad neglecting a kid anyway. Can I tell you something really funny? Yes.

Matt, could you go ahead and look up a song called Daddy's Hands? Absolutely. By Holly Dunn. OK. My dad played for this woman named Holly Dunn as I was growing up. He was on the road a lot.

Holly Dunn was a closeted lesbian, country singer. Every woman in the band was also a lesbian, but people didn't know that. And my dad was on the road and people would go, Lois, aren't you worried about your husband being on the road with all these women? She's like, we really trust each other. And, but this is a song.

You girls are on the road so much, you can't find husbands. But this song is just called. She's passed away by the way. This is her big hit. All right, you don't have to play the whole thing. I wonder, I genuinely wonder if they wanted to get this song and it was too expensive. And they're like, fine, get the Lisa Stark thing.

It's country, but like Daddy's Girl, like, oh my God. It's like, I'm sure that they thought it was a sweet song at one point. It's kind of like that song, Butterfly Kisses at the midnight, which is like, ew, I don't know. I heard that song and I was like, my dad would listen to the song and go, pussy. Yeah, there's something about songs where daddy's in it

that give me the ick. Daddy's home. Yeah, if I had a song, I'd be like, I appreciate my father's opinion. I love you, father, thank you for the money. Thank you for the walk in cash you gave me at the airport. I'm going to invest this savings bond. I enjoyed the book you sent me for my birthday.

And thanks for paying for the check it out. Bah. Your favorite restaurant. Thanks for the firm handshake. Yeah. That's the father song we need to sing. Exactly. I respect you. Yeah, daddy is for the bedroom, you fucking sickos. Thank you.

Thank you. So there's this whole other plot where they're trying to get a new clubhouse. They fix up this greenhouse and this show and committee comes, that's pretty boring. Lame clubhouse, by the way. Doesn't look good. So yeah, so that's happening, but also,

the babysitters realize that Christy is lost. She has enough money for a payphone call that cuts out she should have called 10 10 to 20 oh yeah come on man I think you remember the Carrots Hopkins exactly oh my god

it's fun to remember remember the 90s oh I remember them I want them back things weren't as bad or at least they were bad in different ways I want them back it's hard with memory to know. Are we just more connected now? I don't know. The president played the saxophone.

Oh, my God. Anyway, remember the 90s. Listen, if Trump could play a clarinet or something, things would be better. Yeah, we could forgive him for the Epstein stuff. Yeah. Get a recorder. Get a recorder. Play My Heart Will Go On.

Sure. The only song a recorder plays is Hot Cross Buns. That's right. That's the only song you can play. So yeah, so then, so the babysitters like save her, they get this fucking old ass European guy to like drive the car and get her and pick her up. It's a pretty small, slight climax.

So yeah, so then we have a big learning moment at the end of the movie, and we're gonna talk about it when we come back. It's Free With Eds. We're talking about the final act of the Babysitter's Club. So the babysitters, they've saved their friend and she has this conversation with her mom, um, about how Dad, like, stood her up at the thing, and they get a, like, letter in the mailbox from Dad

about, like, hey, sorry I stood you up, the job didn't work out, but I maybe have a job in another town. Bullshit. And, yeah, I know, like, totally. Like, this guy will never get it together. Right. But Mom is like, Mom doesn't shit on him.

Mom is like, hey, you know what? And mom tries to like make it better and they're like optimistic that he'll change, right? And I am like, you know, Matt, we need a new, we need a new sting, can you do it, can you do it, can you do an impromptu sting for me? It's called TMI. Oh, TMI. Oh.

TMI. Love it. Okay, so this is my dad. My dad is a charming fuck up who you could not depend on and I'm sure it's so hard for the other parent not to just go like fuck them, you know? But you don't, you want your kid to have a relationship with them.

And this is such a like interesting like way to look at a problematic family member. What do you do? Do you just cut them out of your life? Maybe you do, I mean this guy kinda deserves it, but they're like hey, you know what, he's a fuck up, we get it, we want him in our lives, so we will be open to him changing.

It's so nuanced for this kids movie that is like dumb, dumb, dumb throughout. It just has this like weird, thoughtful thing that like, I don't know, it's really mature. Like in a dumber version of this plot, dad would just like fuck up and then his pants would fall down and a horse would kick him.

Right. I wanna see that though. Yeah. I also wanna see that. I also wanna see that. That would be funny and good. But also, see that, though. Yeah. I also want to see that. I also want to see that. That would be funny and good. But also, yeah, so it has this kind of thing where it's like, hey, you know, sometimes you

have a fucked up family member. Right. And you can jettison them from your life, or you can try and make it work. Yeah. Or hope for the best. The dialogue in that scene is really pretty spectacular. That actress, I do recognize her from other things,

but I do think that it was this, I was worried about the safety of my daughter, but she's fine, and she also seems to have this like, you know, happy, like memory type thing of some time that she spent, so I don't want to ruin that. Right, yeah, she's like, that was fun, you know, when she was like wearing the dress and stuff, and yeah, it's like, that was fun, you know, when she was like wearing the dress and stuff. And yeah, it was like traumatic.

But also the daughter clearly learned on her own the lesson. But also because they own a small business and are super responsible, her mom's like, I kind of trust you with a bunch of stuff, which is a bad idea. But like, I don't know, I thought her mom was like, oh, I raised a bad idea. But I don't know, I thought her mom was like, oh, I raise a very smart daughter who she can navigate stuff.

Which, God, that's what I wanted my parents to think about me. So it was, although they were wrong not to. Yeah, yeah. There was a lot of, there was nuance to it. I really enjoyed the exact points that you're making. I think in a more standard movie, it would have shown him being a bad guy.

It didn't show him being, the worst thing he did was- Irresponsible. Yeah, it showed him being irresponsible. He doesn't show up to the thing. A little manipulative. Yeah, manipulative, he tells her not to tell her mom, and then he stands her up.

And to me, I was like, that's very real for this movie. You know what I mean? I really liked that part. I thought it was pretty great. I did too. I mean, the dad put her in a terrible situation. A terrible situation. He's a bad guy, but also he clearly loves his daughter.

Yeah, exactly. Which is the bare minimum that a dad could do. And they didn't do the thing where he's like, oh, he's also a drug addict, or he's also this or that. Right, yes, he's just a fuck up. He's just a fuck up. I do appreciate that. Yeah, he's just a guy who is like,

he clearly is not sensitive to anyone else but himself. He's clearly a narcissist. He's a selfish guy. Yeah, which is like, that's a hard character to write. Right, well there's also a movie, like Now and Then is another movie that came out around this time, but it took place in the 70s.

And a lot of these kind of girlhood friendship movies deal with like hard situations, but the safety of like nice neighborhoods. And this is another movie like that. Yeah. Yeah, and that's the babysitter's club. We're gonna rank it on a scale of one to 10 Superlad commercials, but first we gotta do the Hunk Watch.

It's Hunk Watch. Yeah, let's go around the horn. I'm kind of interested to hear what people say about the hunks in this film. Emily, you wanna start us off? It's the dad, the deadbeat dad. I mean, cute, cute. He also was just, I think they could have cast the guy

just a little bit older. Sure. But he had that floppy kind of butt cut blonde hair. Very Carrie Elwes, like very that. But when I was a kid, I had a crush on the guy who was into Alex Mack, who had the dark brown butt cut, who reminded you of Benny and June. Like, do you remember Benny and June?

Oh yeah, it had very, like, I like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, and I've got, like, so I thought that boy when I was a kid was cute, but in this movie, I was like, I hate this guy. Well, he's very annoying in this, and this starts squawking like a bird for no reason,, I was like, I hate this guy. Well, he's very annoying in this. And this starts squawking like a bird for no reason. I hate it. And I was like, I don't like this kid.

I hate it. But he was like artsy fartsy guy, which that was the hunk when I was a teen. Yeah, he was Proto-chalamet. Oh, for sure? Yes, yes. Oh my god, you're totally right. The first rat boy, perhaps?

Yeah, yeah, very first rat boy. Maybe. Yeah, maybe so. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe a little tall to be a rap boy. Yeah, that's true. Matt, any thoughts on hunks?

You know, for me, I'm going with the classics. Ellen Burstyn in this movie. I love her. She's a great actress. We didn't talk about her much, but she's a neighbor, and it's really nice, the little tie-in with her. She's really good. She starts off kind of like hating the kids,

and then she kind of- But not really. Well, she's annoyed. Well, they throw a stink bomb at her. Classic Frank, by the way. Oh my god. I love a stink bomb. Did you guys ever throw a stink bomb?

No, I would never. I was too... Do they actually exist? Yes. Are they same? It's funny, I only know them as like tropes in kids' movies. No, they're real. No, people get them from Spencer's Gives.

Yeah, or you could get them from like a really shady ice cream truck guy. But also, I remember them being in You Could Order Them Through Mad Magazine. That was something kids did, but they were horrible. They smelled so bad. So yeah, eggs rotten eggs. Ellen Burden's character is really good.

I like at the end, she has this really great moment with the kids. Do you guys remember that moment? I'll play it for you. I like at the end she has this really great moment with the kids I'll play it for you. Oh Stop I don't like it get it out out of there. I just wanna be honest. This is just her when, like, this is just us. Matt, I swear to fucking Christ, I don't give a fuck if there's glass here.

I will find a way to bust through it. Anyway, this is- Rose Mary's babysitter's club. Well, she's also from Exorcist. Oh yeah? Oh yeah, she in the, that's right. She's had a hard time. What a career, what a career.

She deserved the babysitter's club. Alice doesn't live here anymore. Yeah, she's a great actress. She really is, but also, her saying that, it's just like you and I trying to bang on a CVS to get our medication. Yeah, I know. Like please, order it!

Is it just gonna take five business days? How long? Every single comedian that I've ever gone on Open Mic with has Sarah Goldfarb energy from that movie where they just go, I'm gonna be on television. Oh God. That's how it is. Anyways, Jordan, who do you like?

Oh, the dads, absolutely the fuck I like. And yeah, it's so brilliant because this guy, he does have to be charming for this to work and he totally is. He is. Like it's such a, yeah, this is such a cool, well-observed character. Also his little trailer is cute. His little van he lives in. He is. Like, it's such a, yeah, this is such a cool, well-observed character. Also, his little trailer is cute.

His little van he lives in, I know. Yeah. All right, that's The Hunks, but we gotta rank the movie after we come back. We're back! It's Free With Ads. We're going to rank the Baby-Sitters Club on a scale of 1 to 10 super loud commercials. But first, some exciting stuff in the world of bonus content.

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They're calling again. Godzilla has left the building. What is the boy to do? Has left the building. Beautiful. Frasier! We're doing the pilot of Frasier. Oh my god.

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MaximumFun.org slash join and maxfunstore.com to check out our merch. Okay. Babysitter's Club. We're ranking it on a scale of one to 10 super loud commercials. Emily, you have the most connection to this thing. What did you think? Oh, God. I got to say that I was kind of mortified when I watched this because I was so passionate

about it last week when we were like, oh yeah, this movie. I'm gonna give it a four. I really like the mature kind of handling of certain issues, but there's a PSA vibe to it that does not read entertainment to me. Sure. And I think... It does have the production values of a movie you watch in class.

It does. Like The Voyage of the Mimi or something. I also think that if... I haven't watched the TV series, but I know that all of these themes are within individual episodes. So they decided to squish a bunch of stuff into one movie. It felt like it didn't do service to the other characters. It only did service to two girls, pretty much. And we lost out on a bunch of other cool stuff. So it's a four. I appreciate the effort.

Matt, what'd you think? I'm giving this the same, I think. I give it a four. I mean it was a movie that I was surprised by how much I was able to stomach. Because as I was watching it I was like, okay, I'll watch the next scene. And then one thing led to another and I finished the whole movie. And it had just enough really wild shit in it

that it kept my attention, and it had one really, really good storyline. And so, yeah, that's a four. Yeah, I'm going a little higher. I think this is a six for me. Listen, if you're a 43-year-old man with no kids, there's no reason to watch this movie unless you have to talk about it on a pot.

Yeah, fair. But I think that if you do need to put something on for a kid, I think this is a pretty good option. That's true. Yeah, it's fun, other than the age gap stuff. It has pretty good values. It does have some legitimate funny parts and some good actors.

So yeah, and especially if you like, your kid is crazy for the books, like definitely like show this to them. And if they like the Netflix series, which I haven't watched yet, but I know a lot of people love. Oh, I just found out that there's a fucking Netflix series. Yeah, yeah, so yeah, this is a good thing to watch with a kid if they're into all that stuff.

I do think it is a pretty good kids movie, like from this era. I will say that I was a girl who at 12 was secretly dating a 16 year old boy. Okay. And my parents hated it, but I did it anyway. I hate it. So this was kind of relatable, but they were like somehow okay with it.

So I hope that if you watch this with your kids, you're able to talk about it. Yeah. And maybe it will bring up that subject in a delicate way. Yeah. I think if you're watching anything from the 90s, you will have to have some sort of conversation with your kid about how times are different. Listen, he was foreign.

They do things differently over in Europe-istan. Europe-istan. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Well, yeah, that is our review of The Babysitter's Club. We'll do some personal plug-in. Matt, you got anything coming up? Yes, please, if you are listening to this podcast, which you are.

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I wear like 80s, like cool business attire. You gotta see it. The titties are amazing. Anyway, mythicalsociety.com, second, third degree, I love you so much. All right, and if you are in the Bay Area, I will be at Cape and Cowl Con at Faction Brewing Sunday, August 24th.

I'm gonna be there all day. It is a free ass fucking Comic-Con at a brewery and it is so much fun. I'm gonna be there, getting drunk, talking about comics. Where is that again? That is in Alameda, it's at Faction Brewing in the Bay Area. I went last year, it is so, so much fun. That sounds fun as hell.

It's a fun as hell, it's the most fun Comic-Con, stacked lineup at this thing. Patton Oswalt's gonna be there, Brian Poseyne's gonna be there, all kinds of awesome comics people. It is so, so fun. It is so, so free. Hell yeah.

Please come out to that on August 24th. capeandcowlcomics.com for more information. Okay. Next week, very exciting, a theme month that we are very excited about. A-A-A, Animals Attack August! We are doing a whole month of fucked up animal attack movies Hell yeah! for you.

We got some cool guests lined up. It's gonna be a fun, fun month. So tune in next week when our movie will be Anaconda. Music