Strange Bedfellows

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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They got Boo-Boo. Ann got Boo-Boo. This is the one where Ann gets Boo-Boo.

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