station any player of their team within line of sight of the jail. This is called "babysitting" (the term "puppy-guarding" is also used). The cry of "babysitting" can be made by anyone in the jail who feels that any member of the opposing team is lingering near the jail and blocking their rescue. The goal of the pursuing team is to catch all the members of the other team, and "capture" them in the jail/base. The team being pursued tries to avoid capture and, if possible, free their jailed comrades. The game ends when one team has caught all the members of the opposing team, at which point the teams change their roles. In popular culture In addition to Emmet Grogan's book, the game is mentioned in: Films In Roger Corman's The Young Racers (1963), Robert Machin (Robert Campbell) mentions "Ring-a-Leerio" in conversation with his brother, Joe (his real-life brother William Campbell). The PBS documentary, New York Street Games (2010), as one of the games popular in New York City. In the 1998 film Fallen John Goodman shouts "Olly Olly Oxen Free O" upon encountering Denzel Washington. Literature In Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis, The Waste Lands, and It. As ring-a-levio and ring-a-leary-o, in George Carlin's autobiography Last Words. As one game played by several kids (including the author himself) in Bob Keeshan's autobiography, Good Morning, Captain. As ringolevio in Pat Conroy's Prince of Tides. In the Little Italy section of Don DeLillo's novel Underworld. In Daniel Keyes's novel Flowers for Algernon when Charlie remembers a playground scene. As coco-levio in the book Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson in the poem called "Game Over". In the novel Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan. In the New Yorker essay Not Becoming My Father by Michael Chabon. In Roddy Doyle's Booker prize-winning novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. In Bill O'Reilly's book A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity. As ringalevio in Jacquelin Woodson's picture book The World Belonged to Us As ring-a-levio in Mel Brooks' book All About Me!. Music French singer Little Bob called his 1987 album and the title track "Ringolevio". The rapper Notorious B.I.G. mentions the game, calling it "coco-levo", in the song "Things Done Changed" on his album Ready to Die (1994). He notes that the game is no longer played and this is a symptom of social decline in inner city ghettos. Ring-a-levio is mentioned in rapper