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November Odyssey Content Guide (2024 Edition)

This article is part of a series on Episodes by Month. Happy November! It’s time for our (now) monthly Adventures in Odyssey content guide. Unlike many others done this year, this episode list has actually already been done pretty well on this website. Because of that, many of the descriptions will remain unchanged from the last one, and there will only be a few small additions of things I missed before. Some of the episodes from the original article were cut due to their inclusion in the October guide. On top of this, when that article came out, the then-new Club was still fairly, well, new, so this new edition will include Club episode links. November 2024 Club Episode November’s Club episode is entitled “Express Salvation” and involves pivotal life decisions for both Wyatt and his mother. The episode actually raised a number of questions and discussions regarding both a clearly major character salvation event and the initiation of a Bridget conversion arc (though I would argue to call it an initiation). Even this website mentioned it on our Twitter page. Conversation aside, it has a strong moral backing and a military family spotlight just in time for Veterans’ Day. The Price of Freedom With so much controversy about the value of the United States, compared with the price people paid to birth it and defend its freedom, it hurts to see it denounced so easily. This episode reminds us that soldiers paid the price for the nation’s freedom and serves as a perfect Veterans’ Day episode. East Winds, Raining, and The War Hero Another great set of episodes to listen to this Veterans’ Day Weekend as we remember the sacrifice of people here, abroad, and no longer with us. I like to put these in the Joe Finneman double since they match up in format and character. Other Veterans’ Day Episodes Here are some other Veterans’ Day episodes to listen to for the remembrance day.  Rescue from Manatugo Point Operation Dig-out Memories of Jerry Sergeant York Adventures in Odyssey Anniversary Episodes On November 21st, 1987, Whit’s Flop, the first season episode of Adventures in Odyssey, aired. Over the years, AIO has had multiple commemorations of this event and others, such as milestones achieved between that time and now. In AIO Wiki, these are labeled “Retrospective Episodes”. Here are a few of the most notable from over the years: The Adventure of the Adventure This was one of AIO’s first retrospective episodes, released long before the team thought it would be a multi-decades long enterprise, as once stated by Phil Lollar. Nonetheless, it’s a unique look into the past with some processes still in use today! Along with this is the next episode with a bit of the same theme. A Look Back, Parts 1 and 2 Live at the 25! 500 and Inside the Studio This guide will join these two episodes together as they were intentionally released sequentially. These episodes also bear significance as 2024 was the year AIO celebrated the doubling of this accomplishment back in August, coincidentally with an episode that will release in an upcoming episode. Push the Red Button This episode was released on the actual 25th anniversary of AIO in 2012 at a live show. It was also released to the public in The Grand Design, which is great, because it really is a hilarious episode with a solid moral. 30th Birthday Live Show A documentation of the 2017 celebration of AIO’s 30th anniversary! Thanksgiving Episodes Thanksgiving week falls in November, and there is a whole slew of classic and new episodes focused on this holiday. (Canadians need not apply) Here’s a list of Thanksgiving Episodes: Thank You, God B-TV Thanks Thanksgiving at Home A Thanksgiving Carol A Thankstaking Story Great episodes, especially the last two being Christmas spinoffs, which is a great lead for those already in the Christmas spirit. Stepping Stones This special Truth Chronicles episode is available in the Club. Though I haven’t listened to it in a while, I know it’s a great one and still is related to the topic of thanksgiving and the early Puritans moving to America. Non-Audio Content Imagination Station “Problems in Plymouth”, the Imagination Station book, is already listed in the original article and is part of a storyline within that spinoff universe. As I said once before, it’s a great little read! Elsewhere in Odyssey The November free strip has come out for 2024! This edition involves Whit’s birthday. Because his birthday is mentioned as October 1st, it’s likely this strip was intended to be an October strip that was delayed. Other November monthly strips include: November 2023 Free Strip November 2022 Free Strip

From AIO Writer's Block • 2 days ago

News and Changes in Odyssey

Greetings and salutations! Polehaus53 here. As I have mentioned before, I do not have the time nowadays to search around extensively for Adventures in Odyssey news as I used to. Fortunately, Jeremiah here has stepped up and has provided a post with some of the latest things happening in Odyssey. Hope you all enjoy!-Signed, Polehaus53 Hey everyone! AIO has had quite a few changes over the years. So I decided to do a post on recent changes in Odyssey. Before we start, I need to warn you guys with: Spoilers Ahead! Let’s dive in! Wyatt’s Voice Change In Wyatt’s most recent appearance, “Express Salvation”, Wyatt’s voice sounded different. This is because, he got a new voice actor, Dawson Griffin. With this new actor, Wyatt sounds around 2 years younger and not that close to Wyatt’s previous actor. However, David still did a fabulous job fitting into the role in his first job for Odyssey. Wyatt and Carla Perkins getting saved For me this was a shocker, I was 90% certain that Renee would become a Christian first, but I was wrong. I don’t think any AIO fan suspected these 2 to be the next to get saved. Maybe, that’s why Odyssey did it; because it was completely unprecedented. Ronald Perkins Return Home This was another shocker. I first heard about the idea on the AIOWiki around 6-8 months ago. In, “Express Salvation”, it’s said that he’s returning home permanently. My prediction is that he lost a limb, which means he can no longer carry out necessary tasks on the battlefield. Bridget will not take this lightly, and Carla and Wyatt might almost turn away from God, but I think in the last Perkins episode of the 5 episode series, the whole family will be saved. A 3 parter on the Perkins family If you’re not a Perkins fan, it just got worse. Lol. Marshal Younger is working or already wrote a 3-parter, on the Perkins family. I’m guessing that this will be the aftermath after the whole Perkins family conversion arc. Or, it can be 3 of the 4 remaining episodes in the 5 episode Perkins series. Jules and Buck Since they’ve broken up, there are unanswered questions. According to episodes already recorded we won’t hear about Jules and Buck in the next album. It’s possible that something will happen in Album 79, though. AIO just loves making long story arcs, right? I think, personally, they will eventually get back to dating, but not for another few albums at least. Zoe’s Family Zoe’s family has not appeared even once on the show, which is surprising since she has appeared in 35 episodes. But the Odyssey team has stated that they will appear on the show somewhere in the future. This could be interesting. I’ll see if I can find out more stuff about this that I can post in a future post, but as of now, no date is set that we know of. Hopefully you guys enjoyed it! Did I miss anything? Comment below! Here’s my AIO fan website if you want to check it out: https://adventuresforodysseyfans.org/ 6 responses to “News and Changes in Odyssey” Miss Drummond November 18, 2024 I feel so bad because Dawson did such a good job but the change way really distracting Also speak of radical developments, on the list of characters I did not expect to hear from again: Pamela’s daughter! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Jeremiah November 18, 2024 Agreed, most AIO fans that I talked with don’t like his voice at all. Which I don’t support because it’s Dawsons’ first major part on Odyssey and as a kid it’s even tougher for him. I think that he did a stellar job. Oh yea, that was fun! I’m guessing it’s her daughter from, “Pamela Has A Problem.”. I would love for Odyssey to make more episodes on Pamela! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Stephaniesninthsuitcase November 19, 2024 I think I’ve jumped around so much listening to the Perkins family that I didn’t catch it was a new Wyatt by listening. Although maybe I actually like this one better (I think the other actor did a great job of being an “annoying” kid). I’m not sure if I liked Wyatt more because of the different voice or because of the plot in this episode:) The Perkins family has been growing on me. I’m excited that Wyatt and his mom are Christians, and I liked Bridget’s development in the episode with the coworker. Such a different from her insulting all the customers. I agree with you about Buck and Jules. I think Chris hinted that their arc isn’t over, but I don’t think the AIO team will give us the story that easily Jules has so much growing to do and I’m really proud of how far Buck has come. (I was holding out for him to be the next Christian) LikeLike Reply Jeremiah November 19, 2024 Interesting. Lol. Yea, if found a recent appreciation for them too. I think that AIO transferred her into a better teen a little too fast. Thank you! Of course! As I sometimes say: “AIO loves making long story arcs.” Which is obviously a good interest grabber on their part to keep the fans on their seats and listening. That’s probably what AIO wanted everyone to believe. Lol. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply JustMe November 20, 2024 i personally hope buck and jules will get together but only after they both become christians. Plus, they’d be a great couple to show christian teen dating which is something nobody talks about nowadays. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Jeremiah November 20, 2024 Agreed. I have been on and off the AIO chat boards recently and most older kids agree with you, and I do as well. Also, that’s another good point that’s glossed over now days. On the path that they’re both on, I’m guessing that Buck will become a Christian before Jules. LikeLike Reply Leave a comment Cancel reply Δ

From Odyssey Obsessors • 3 days ago

2024 News Articles

From AIOWiki • 5 days ago

Archive/2024/11 - At Face Value

Album 78 Cover Revealed November 15, 2024 Album 78: At Face Value's cover art has been revealed! Check out this epic piece featuring Buck, Renee, and Morrie! Album 78 will premiere on the Club in December, with radio airings and CDs coming in March.

From AIOWiki • 5 days ago

Album 77 airs on the radio and online

Adventures in Odyssey is quickly approaching 1000 episodes. Today marks the radio airing of the last episode in Album 77: A New Perspective. It's the final album with episodes numbered in the 900s. The next album will begin with episode 1000.Now that everyone has had a chance to hear Album 77, it's time to talk about it! Did you have a favorite moment or episode? Let us know what you thought in the comments.Here's the album summary: "Jules thinks the band she joined, Manic Ravioli, could unlock purpose in her life, but Connie disagrees, especially after noticing the bad influence it's having on her. Elsewhere, a tough football game forces Cooper to reconsider how he leads the team, and Penny faces Wooton's thorny family relationships head-on when his parents unexpectedly appear at her art show. Over at Whit's End, Jay catches a glimpse of a world where he's the 24/7 center of attention, and Whit challenges Renee's belief that science and faith are incompatible."

From AIO Update • 2 weeks ago

New AIO Character Art (Adventures for Odyssey Fans Repost)

Hi and welcome to our little corner! In this post, we’ll be discussing new character art. Even though the art was released from April-September, … New AIO Character Art

From AIO Writer's Block • 2 weeks ago

Reviewing “Drake and the Heart Drive”

Greetings and salutations! Polehaus53 here. David reached out to us expressing interest in doing a review of the latest Drake the Cosmic Copper episode on the Odyssey Obsessors. We hope you enjoy reading his summary and thoughts on the September 2024 AIO Club exclusive episode, "Drake and the Heart Drive". If you ever want to do a guest post, please feel free to contact us!-Signed, Polehaus53 SPOILER ALERT: As with all reviews, there may be spoilers ahead Greetings everyone! This is my first time writing a review, and I hope despite that fact this will still be an enjoyable read. I was skeptical before listening but had some hope that it would turn out to be a good episode. Let’s dive in. Episode Info: Episode Drake and the Heart Drive is Club Episode 129, released in September of 2024. It was written by Bob Hoose and is the 4th episode featuring Drake. This episode is set approximately 100,000 years in the future. First off, let’s meet the main characters: Created by Wooton Bassett, Drake is described as a “rugged, tough cop”, kinda like Jason. Drake works with the cosmic police force, and is agent #1131 (a sly reference to Jason’s four-digit agent number in A Name, Not a Number). He has a robot sidekick named Woots and a daughter named Stella.  Woots is Drake’s constant companion and assistant. He has many capabilities, including invisibility, translation, lasers, information analysis, and more. He has proven very helpful in the past. Woots is very chatty and is always ready with a suggestion, usually involving explosions.  Stella is the newest addition to the Drake household. Drake adopted her in the 3rd episode featuring Drake, entitled “Drake and the Aberrant Automaton“. Stella is a “synthetic”, a robot designed to look human and act as an assistant. Stella has developed the unique (among robots) ability to feel emotions. The plot: In the story, Woots and Drake discuss a case involving 2 missing teens. They were last seen at the local high school, but the administration was reluctant to help Drake for some odd reason. Stella offers her help, saying that as a synth, she resembles a human and can work on the case from the inside out. Drake refuses, because of the potentialy dangerous nature of this mission. Woots interjects and states that Stella can easily protect herself and convinces Drake to allow Stella to pose as a high school student. On her first day, Stella is late to class and a student named Garrick helps her out. They become friends. Garrick wonders why Stella doesn’t have a communicator, which is a device that connects one’s central nervous system, allowing texting and connecting to VR classes. Woots and Drake have a conversation with the principal, who refuses to let them interview students without a court order. After school, Stella obtains a communicator, and Woots connects it to her CPU.  The next day, Stella returns to school. She meets her AI teacher, who will later play an important role in the story. In between periods, Garrick mentions his preference of synths over AI’s. He trips and complains to Stella about his dysfunctional foot. Garrick and Stella then talk about the pros and cons of synths. He hints at the thought of synths and humans exchanging bodies, then abruptly leaves after receiving a mysterious message. The next day, Drake receives a call from Stella while speaking to the principal. The message is glitchy, and abruptly disconnects. They track Stella’s location and they meet her near a storage room. Stella explains that Garrick is inside the room, but Woot’s scan shows no sign of life. They decide to investigate and go inside the storage room. They find Garrick hooked up to a VR and sedated. The door is shut and sealed behind them, sealing them from the outside world. The Al teacher, who shut the door, explained that she was responsible for the disappearance of the 2 students. She had promised them and Garrick synth bodies but intended to program herself into their human bodies. The previous attempts failed, but the AI teacher had kept the other 2 students safe.  To stop the AI, Stella put on a VR and reset it, stopping Garricks reprogramming but losing her own memories in the process. Fortunately, Garrick is fine and he and the other students recover. Stella later became sentient again. Final Thoughts: All in all this was a pretty good episode. It had a thrilling plot and an ominous feel. To quote the words of Donald Treply (of AIO Writer’s Block), “As a thriller-type story, it holds up, but as a moral lesson for kids, it has some major pratfalls.”. Though I appreciated the suspense and futuristic elements, I did feel it lacked the classic Adventures in Odyssey moral impact. It was intense, but maybe a bit too edgy for younger listeners. I’d give it a solid 6/10, while the AIO Discord community seems split with a 5/10 rating. Have you listened to this episode? Let me know your thoughts below! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this short review :).

From Odyssey Obsessors • 3 weeks ago

Editorial 71: An Old Era

Have you noticed something about today's era of Adventures in Odyssey kids? Buck, Jules, Olivia, Emily, Jay—they're all voiced by adults. Gone are days when Odyssey's kid characters were played by actual kids. I talk about this trend in my latest editorial, An Old Era. What effect will this have on the show? Are child actors gone for good? You can read about all this and more in Editorial 71. And if you like, add a comment below to add your thoughts to the discussion.

From AIO Update • 3 weeks ago

Clubhouse Recap – October 2024 Issue

Greetings and salutations! Today I will be recapping the October 2024 issue of Focus on the Family Clubhouse Magazine. I’ll be giving summaries of and sharing content which is in this latest edition of Clubhouse Magazine. Hopefully, those reading who are not currently subscribed can benefit and know what is going on. This is a type of post that I have been wanting to write for years, even before we started Odyssey Obsessors. However, it wasn’t until this year that we began consistently receiving Clubhouse. So, now that we have been consistently receiving them, I can now make this post! I am hoping to do recaps of every magazine that we have around. The structure will probably change as I write these posts, so hopefully I will find a style which works best. For this post I’ll be going chronologically, page by page and summarizing what is on each one. Page 2: Copyright and Table of Contents The cover page (as seen in the featured image) is numbered as the first page. On the second page, we have the copyright section on the side, which lists the following information: That this is Vol. 38, No 10 The Editorial Director is Jessie Florea The Editor is Rachel Pfeiffer The Associate Editor is Grace Kelley The Art Director is Jenny Dillon The Designer is Kenneth Crane The Imaging Specialist is Jim Cail The Intern is Julianne Fullerton The individuals behind Circulation: Erika Lynch & Tyler Bates The person behind Print Production: Gail Wise The person behind VP Parenting & Youth is Danny Huerta The Cover Illustration was done by David Harrington The President of Focus on the Family is Jim Daly The Chief Operating Officer is Ken Windebank The magazine is printed in the USA, and paper manufactured by a mill that practices sustainable forestry. There is more in that side section, but that’s all I’ll include for now because there’s a ton of stuff in the tiny print and I want to get to other parts of the magazine. There is an “Inside This Issue” heading, which gives a table of contents for what is in this issue. It is divided into sections: Grow Your Faith, Top Stories, Things to Do, Adventures in Odyssey, and Laugh It Up. Then there’s a Seek and Find box which lists items to search the issue for. Below that is a box with a Beyond the Page heading, which gives a list of activities you can do after reading the magazine. Page 3: Picture Search Titled “Happy Harvest”, there is a large picture (by Terry Sirrell) of a Fall Festival. Readers are asked to find five scarecrows with hidden letters and unscramble a word with them. It also says to look for things in the picture which rhyme with either “sees” or “power”. Page 4: From the Readers The “In Our Inbox” page features content received from the readers. In this issue we have two poems, an excellent drawing of Rene Carter, an excellent painting of trees, a letter from a reader in Oregon saying they love the Emily Jones mysteries, and a recipe for cheesy bacon pasta. Page 5: Light House Features two stories, both involving medical emergencies which show God’s healing. At the bottom of the page is a notice for Bring Your Bible Day on October 3. Pages 6-7: Truth Pursuer This issue’s Truth Pursuer is about Jesus’ walking on the sea. It’s written by Rachel Pfeiffer, the editor of Clubhouse Magazine! That’s pretty cool. I was doing some research and found this article about Pfeiffer from Taylor University; check it out, it’s pretty cool! Pages 8-9: Jones and Parker Solve-It-Yourself Mystery This month’s mystery features Emily Jones at McAlister Park, where a hot air balloon festival is taking place. Emily is approached by a woman named Vivian Heights, who has lost her green scarf. As Emily investigates, she comes across Jeff Lewis, who is accused of stealing it by Vivan. Emily converses with Jeff, who talks about flying airplanes and gusts of winds happening that week. He also talks about jumping out of airplanes. Emily then meets Nicole Reynolds, one of the event organizers, who is arguing with Vivian about camping being prohibited. Suddenly, Emily realizes where to find the scarf. The answer to the mystery is on page 19. [My commentary: Honestly, it is pretty sad to come to the monthly mystery nowadays. The logo, rather than the classic photo of Emily and Matthew, now only features Emily Jones. Beneath it now reads “Emily Jones―Detective”. Although I miss Matthew, I am glad that Christopher P.N. Maselli is still writing the stories. Clubhouse Magazine wouldn’t be the same without them. Whether we should consider them canon is another post for another time.] Pages 10-11: Building A Rube Goldberg Machine This article is very hard to describe. It’s a chain-reaction device that anybody can make. In this article, there is a QR code which takes the reader to the Clubhouse Magazine website to a page that allows them to see the machine in action. Check it out here! Page 12: Jokes from Readers The “Laughing Matters” section features a new set of jokes sent by Clubhouse Magazine readers. The illustrations for some of the jokes are done by Matt Loveridge. Page 13: Recipe Feature This page features a recipe for Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies, by Abby Ciona. The photos on the page are of the dessert and banners. Pages 14-15: How to Produce A Bible Play These pages feature a step-by-step process on how you can make a play out of your favorite Bible story, written by Gayleen Gardner. It gives instructions on how to write it, how to cast the characters, how to practice and perform it, and how to do staging and costuming. Pages 16-17: Coloring Page A full coloring page of a family in the forest, by Kenneth Crane. Page 18: Odyssey News The “Odyssey Insider” page for this issue features an image and summary of the October 2024 Adventures in Odyssey Club exclusive episode, “You Dirty Rat”. It gives an announcement for a new AIO Club exclusive album titled “Making History, Vol 1” which releases in the AIO Club October 10. It also makes note of the trivia games available on the AIO Club. It then features a short devotional on Matthew 5:24. Page 19: Eugene’s Puzzle and Mystery Solution We’ve got the usual “Eugene’s Sudoku” here, as well as the solution to the Emily Jones mystery. Perhaps not needed, but I’ll still issue a spoiler warning. SOLUTION FOR OCTOBER 2024 EMILY JONES MYSTERY BELOW! Emily says that neither Jeff nor Nicole stole Vivian’s scarf. She reveals that the wind blew it away. Emily points to a tree that she had leaned her bike against earlier, and at the top of it is Vivian’s scarf. Jeff applauses and Emily makes a wind play-on-words, only to be told to stick to solving mysteries by a disgusted Vivian (who doesn’t even acknowledge Emily’s answer and doesn’t even thank her). The verse attached to the solution is James 1:6. Pages 20-21: Average Boy This month’s Average Boy story spans two whole pages. Page 20 is a full-page picture of Average Boy landing on his head as he falls through Mr. Polvado’s window. It also has the beginning of the story. The story continues on page 21 and is about Bob trying to get Mr. Polvado to read his book, Average Boy’s Above-Average Summer! The page ends with instructions to go to AverageBoy.org (which links to this page) to order your copy of the second Average Boy book. [My commentary: I love reading the Average Boy stories. This month’s story was a funny story, as all Average Boy stories are. Go to Amazon or Christianbook.com or the Focus On the Family Store to order your copy of Average Boy’s Above-Average Summer!] Pages 22-23: Bring Your Bible to School Day These pages are about students who brought their Bibles to school. The article emphases the importance of how something as small as bringing your Bible to school can start spiritual conversations. The article ends with a call for everyone to bring their Bibles to school on October 3 and directs readers to BringYourBible.org to get involved. Pages 24-27: Snowstorm Story (Fiction) These pages feature a story called “Stranded in the Storm”, written by Joseph Schneller and illustrated by Jomike Tejido. It is the story of two brothers who get caught in a storm and are providentially protected. Page 28: Trey Calhoun In this month’s issue, “The Trey Way”, written by Kathy Buchanan, Trey and Cooper forget about their mother’s birthday. They end up panicking and then they quickly work with their classmates at school to do something to celebrate Kayla Calhoun’s birthday. She is pleased, and Trey learns the importance of showing care for others. [My commentary: This section of Clubhouse Magazine, featuring an AIO story, has always been interesting to me. It used to be Wooton’s Random Ramblings. Then it was Candid Conversations for a while. Then it was Tori’s Story. And now we have The Trey Way. And if I’m not mistaken, before all these things, I think there used a story written by Alex Jefferson. I have thoughts about each of these series which I hope to write a post about at some point.] Page 29: Advise The monthly “Ask Away” features three questions from readers. One about stealing, another about making friends (answered by Clubhouse readers), and another about how to motivate yourself to read the Bible every day. Pages 30-31: Mulligan Family comic This month’s issue of “The Magnificent Mulligans” comic, illustrated by Wan Mek, features the Mulligans finishing up a huge aquarium. However, the mayor decides to drain the water. It backfires when he releases too much water and nearly drowns until he is saved by a pair of seals. Whew! This was a lot of writing and summarizing. As someone who was not consistently subscribed for many years to Clubhouse Magazine, I wished that someone out there would provide something so that I could stay in the loop. I hope that someone out there finds this helpful and enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it! Be on the lookout for more posts like this one! -Signed, Polehaus53

From Odyssey Obsessors • 4 weeks ago

The Best AIO Quotes~Pt 3 (Wooton Edition)

Hello and welcome back to my little corner of the internet! Welcome to part 3! I should have some different style posts coming soon, but for now we’re gonna keep on going with the quote-compilations:) “This makes the whole paper/plastic conundrum seem like a day at the beach” “Are those Precious Mementos salt and pepper shakers? Oh, cool! I have the matching butter bowls, but I could never find these!” “Not many people know somebody like me”  “Okay, answering machine message take number 31. Hello, you’ve reached Wooton Bassett’s answering machine. I’m home right now making an answering machine message, but I won’t be here when you call, so if you’ll kindly leave your number I’ll call you back tonight, or maybe not tonight ’cause I have to take the Christmas tree down off my roof. Yes I know it’s only May, but some of my neighbors are complaining, you know.” “I love what you’ve done with the place; it looks like just a regular meeting room in a basement!” “February is my seventh favorite month!” “Hadley, I am so relieved that you can’t be here and online at the same time.” B: “Does your Grandpa live very far away?”W: “Yeah, he does if you’re driving.”B: “Well, then, we’ll have to take turns at the wheel. ” W: “Oh, okay, but I don’t think the airline pilots are going to like that.” “Sorry, I was having a Bassett orange level crisis.” “No one has ever beaten my record of thirty-one slides in fifteen minutes!”Sam: “Really?”W:”Of course, nobody else has sprayed cooking oil on their pants either.” And an honorary mention: “Penny, will you marry me?” Thanks for reading! Be sure to go follow my instagram @theperilouspenblog and tune in next week: ) ~The Perilous Pen~

From Perilous Pen • a month ago

What a Week! What’s Next?

Hello, everyone! Allow me to share again how thankful I am for all your anniversary wishes this past week. Last year, the AWB anniversary primarily focused on the goal going forward. Today, this post is dedicated to much of the same. I’m going to share with you how we plan to execute this since this is already more than I ever imagined this website becoming. The question after four years is how this is going to keep running, let alone expand. Last year, the goal was to establish AIO Writer’s Block as a community. This year, you, the reader, saw a glimpse of the plan. There were two keys to pulling off a successful anniversary like this one: working/writing ahead and regular communication. I told the few AIO Writer’s Block members there are now about this week and their roles as early as August, making for a smooth experience when this week finally arrived. On my end, I designed the Diamond Week logos almost a month ago. The What’s Odyssey episode questions were done around the same time. This is going to be a huge part of the format from now on. I didn’t really enforce any particular format or baseline, just that the creators involved post on the assigned days. As I covered in the midyear report, this website alone has produced a piece of content for almost every week of the year and a written post for every other week. So, for the first major announcement, all future AWB members will have to fulfill the qualification of producing one piece of written content per month. The end goal of AWB is to have a thriving, consistent, and cohesive fan writer and creator community. I’ve always prioritized allowing as much creative freedom as possible, and this allows it while also providing readers with fresh content. A week like this is actually surprisingly easy to pull off when everything is coordinated and set ahead of time.  Speaking of which, until now, new members have been introduced via an invite-only system. This will change starting today. By the end of this week, a form will be available so anyone can apply to join AIO Writer’s Block, expanding this community freely to people interested. If you are an AIO creator reading this and don’t think you want to join, I suggest filling out the form even if you are mildly interested. Speaking of joining AIO Writer’s Block, I’m also announcing the last member to be added to this group by exclusive invitation: Adventures for Odyssey Fans! The older creator of this site, David, reached out to me about the AIO Review site, which is still being developed. Again, every website has a purpose here. These two sites have leaned into the review aspect of things, which, if you read the last post, has been a real struggle for me in particular. I hope it will be able to capture the news element as well. I also think it’s important that this site is also built up to become the kind of community people want to join, that’s one of my personal goals. The last bit of news for today is the updates of AIO Writer’s Block itself. In the interest of a better user experience, I’m experimenting with transitioning this site over to Wix. The new SONN website may also find its home there. You can see some sample images of what the website will give you an idea of what we’re going for. It may look the same as the WordPress site, but Wix has a lot more creative handling and animation that adds loads of fluidity to the website on every page immediately accessible for me to work with. It’ll also allow for an AIO Writer’s Block app, and I’m really excited about its potential. The idea will be to have easy and access to any new content created on any of the AIO Writer’s Block websites. The main debate is whether I want to foot the extra bill necessary to switch to Wix rather than just going full premium on here. This is a great lead-in for the last announcement. On both What’s Odyssey and AWB, I’ve teased creating an AIO Writer’s Block merch store. Whether the site ends up switching to Wix or not, this store will be out with products by the end of the year. I’ll include a sample of what this will look like as well. I would appreciate any suggestions on merch you would like to see. A major one I’ve already started designing is the I’d Rather Be Listening to Odyssey brand, with flowing designs you’re sure to love. This will be our first brand of merch here, and I’m super excited. I’m sure Odyssey Fiction will be joining in with their own designs, too. Look out for the AIO Writer’s Block brand store to arrive with its first products around the end of November into December.  I hope you enjoyed this past week of an AIO Writer’s Block deluge. Once again, thank you to all of the creators who participated. I really couldn’t have done this without you. If you, the reader, liked this, let us know! You can also tell me what I should’ve done differently. I’m also so excited about all that’s coming in the last few months of 2024. Announcements for What’s Odyssey’s “Destruction of Truth” will finally start at the end of October. This is a full-length documentary that everyone needs to hear. I’m estimating the era one post will also arrive in a week and a half. Until then, ciao, and… Keep up the fandom!

From AIO Writer's Block • a month ago

The Ones That Didn’t Make the Cut

As Diamond Week comes to a close, I want to use this post to make a tribute to all the blog posts and articles that I’ve sat down and thought about writing over the years, but haven’t completed. This is usually because I ended up writing something that fulfilled the original goal, or more likely, I completely forgot about it because something different came up. Most of the time these drafts have some text under them, so an idea formulated at some point, I just didn’t finish the post. I think this’ll be an interesting peek into my creative process. I’ll give you the headlines and explain why they’ve gone untouched. The Archives- Jumping Off, Jumping In–Reaction This was supposed to be this same concept, now that I think about it. The idea was I would post my untouched reaction to the Album 70 episode, which at the time would have come out a few weeks ago. Maybe I will post this one. Let’s Talk About Relationships: Buck and Jules This is dated January 7th, 2021 and the oldest written draft if I’m not mistaken. From the little bit of paragraph there is, it seems like I was going to chastise the toxic relationship between Buck and Jules. A lot has changed since then. The next character I’ll be covering the Character Dev series is Jules, so I think the base will be held on this one. Writer’s Block Investigates: Time in Odyssey When I said I’ve been trying to put the “eras” concept together for years now, I wasn’t joking. The fifth episode of the What’s Odyssey Podcast was my first major attempt at this. The Eras series that’s going now is the new fulfillment of this itch I’ve had over the past four years. If you’ve read the first article that was released in July, you understand it’s no small project. The Effect of The Ties That Bind Again, part of my attempt to explain the complex lore of Odyssey. I believe it was recaptured in the first Eras post. Ironically, the only word in the draft is “the”. A few random headcanons… For a while in the Adventures in Odyssey fandom, “headcanons” became a trend that every blog was doing. If you know me, then you know fanfiction isn’t my best area, which is why I’m glad we have Odyssey Fiction to fill that gap. Worst Odyssey Characters This is just a title in my drafts. I think the reason this never made it to publishing was its hypercritical nature and the fact that I really didn’t have enough characters to put on it. It also was scheduled during our first-anniversary celebration, so I think it may have dampened the mood. How I Planned the “Block Birthday” Celebration If you’ve been around here long enough, you know that “Block Birthday” was the running title for the month before this site’s first anniversary. The title here was supposed to come out on October 8th. I think perhaps I didn’t want to toot my own horn too much. Looking back, a lot of what happened during that month is part of the idea of how stuff has operated this year. I will be writing something similar to this on Sunday, because this week has been a map for how things will operate in the future. Buck Oliver Becomes Celebrity Sensation And now we’ve come to the scrapped SONN titles! In the case of a lot of these, I didn’t think the jokes were funny enough to land. There are some SONN drafts I will omit from this list, seeing that I could use them in the future. The Lost One Reaction and Review A title joined with a list of multiple reviews that I didn’t have the fortitude to complete. Rydell Children claim “We we’re playing games,” Let Off Early This could’ve helped cash in on the already-fading Rydell controversy, but again, the jokes weren’t funny enough to warrant a whole SONN post. AWB Anti-Jillian Summit Huge Success Same deal as the last one, but for Jillian. I think it was too on the nose. Top March Episodes We’ve now moved into 2022 duds. In filling up our Episodes by Month series, it’s ironic to me that this site has never been able to get out a March edition. We’ve covered each of the other eleven months to some extent. This year, it was the podcast that seized the spotlight and work attention. We’ll try harder next year, I guess. All of Our Best Anti-Jillian Posts I think we should still do this one. We didn’t have many when I first wanted to make this post, but I think there’s now a substantive amount. Why Connie Going on a Date Now is Significant If I remember correctly, this would have been in response to one of the earliest Byte-Sized Adventures that involved a Connie romance. A major reason I never worked on it more is that “now” has sort of passed, and nobody would really find this relevant anymore. After getting hate for the Club, AIO decides to make their own Twitter with cool new features Again, not really that funny and not relevant anymore. This would have killed during the whole Elon Musk buying Twitter situation, which I think was my inspiration. February Episodes We’re now to 2023! Thank goodness we now have a February episode list! It’s also way more comprehensive than this one would have been. Rethink the Rydell Arc. This was another one of those articles that I wanted to write for years before I started working on it. In this case, my lengthy Rydell Realizations reviews, as well as the Rydell Reconstruction podcast episode, checked this off my mental list. The rest of the story… I completely forgot about this article and now that I’ve seen it, it’s one I think I need to do more than ever. The premise was to call out how numbers and consumer-focused Adventures in Odyssey has become. This was in light of the then-recent changes AIO had been making to the Club format and the all-round inclusion of Club content in the canonical lineup. This topic is no less pressing, and you can expect to see something like it in the coming months. King of My Heart Review This was a review I unfortunately never got to do. Circumstances ended up pulling me away from this and a lot of AWB stuff in few months after this. I think whatever I wanted to say here will be covered in the upcoming Jules post. All Callbacks, Allusions, and Inside Jokes in This Year’s [2023’s] Averys I think this particular post could have been a huge hit! It’s sad it never got out and it’s possible it never will. Morally Ambiguious Episodes This was supposed to come out after the Realizations reviews. It probably will still happen; I may try and time it around another Rydell episode for extra boost. Albums 69 and 76: Same Characters, Different Stories This is 100% an article I will be doing. It may be postponed to 2025. Speaking of which, we are on 2024 titles now. A lot of these are ones that I will probably still be doing. They aren’t tied to any one event and are part of the newer brand of long-form posts. Many of them are also just posts that I’m still working on. Running the Race- 2024 Is Going To Be a Great Season …and this is the exception to that! This post was scheduled for the week of February 26th, which as you may know, was the week I was frantically steaming to put together a podcast. This topical article didn’t happen. May Odyssey Content Along with March, May is the one month I’ve tried to get this done for three times in a row with no success. Fourth time’s a charm! Adventures in Odyssey Made the Switch from Moral-Based Episodes to Story Based Ones. That’s Not Necessarily a Bad Thing. This is the running title for the Era One explanation and recap which will come out in mid-November. It is also the end of this list! Thanks for reading. I hope you’ve enjoyed these glimpses into my creative psyche the past couple of days, such as in the interview on What’s Odyssey. A reminder to you that these ideas are technically proprietary, even though I don’t know what benefit it would be to any of you to steal them, I just explained where they all came from. I also hope you’ve enjoyed this anniversary week! It was a pleasure to share it with all of you. I appreciate the well wishes from everyone who engaged with our content! I also thank all the current AIO Writer’s Block members who agreed to do this with me! There’s more to come! I’ll see you tomorrow with announcements and some updates. For now, Keep up the fandom.

From AIO Writer's Block • a month ago

Interview with Donald Treply (What’s Odyssey Reposts)

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From AIO Writer's Block • a month ago

Happy Diamond Week (Perilous Pen Repost)

Hello! And welcome back to my little corner of the internet. I’m so glad to be apart of the AIO Writers Block. It’s so good to be a part of this … Happy Diamond Week

From AIO Writer's Block • a month ago

Happy Diamond Week

Hello! And welcome back to my little corner of the internet. I’m so glad to be apart of the AIO Writers Block. It’s so good to be a part of this community. Thank you for all of the support! Happy Diamond week to all blogs participating, and all dedicated readers. In celebration of Diamond Week I have decided to share a list of fun facts about the blog and it’s writer:). (+ upcoming features!!!) This blog started in 2020, and I have planned, and accidently missed every single anniversary. The Perilous Pen blog was inspired by the Rasberry Ripple Podcast My first ever post on here was trying to predict the mysterious voice behind the escape room. It feels like just yesterday that album came out! My dad listened to Odyssey on the radio when he was in college, and started getting some cds for my oldest brother back in 2000. Our family has loved Odyssey since (though I am by far the most dedicated). Until I got the club my favorite episode was Something Cliqued Between Us. I have wanted to post videos since I first saw AtMyWhit’sEnd’s videos but didn’t start until this year. Even in my breaks from the blog, I’ve thought about it nearly every day. I love this community and enjoy reading and writing for it. I have several unpublished AIO-fan-fics. After all these years (and access to the aiowikki) I still refer to the Official AIO Guide (both original and 50th anniversary) when writing my posts. I suck at graphic design!!! If you have any suggestions for the artwork please let me know. UPCOMING: I have many plans for the next several months. Several posts continuing series, and some new ones starting. I plan to my sharing some of my AIO Character playlists and theme outfits. Be sure to follow my instagram to keep updated. Keep an eye out for speical eddition Perilous Pen merch Thank you so much for reading and for all of your support! Be sure to tune in next week for our regularly scheduled content. ~ The Perilous Pen~

From Perilous Pen • a month ago

James Dobson Launches New Audio Drama Suspiciously Similar To AIO

Colorado Springs, CO – Dr. James Dobson, former president of Focus on the Family and current host of Family Talk released a new audio drama that has striking similarities to Adventures in Odyssey which is run by his former organization Focus on the Family. The program will be called Adventures in Illiad which will focus on an old grandfatherly figure who gives advice to children in a small town called Illiad. He owns a custard shop and creates inventions such as a time machine called the Information Station. Executive Producer Buck Cholte said, “Adventures in Odyssey is great and all but it’s missing one thing. Politics. We need to be teaching children about important political ideologies and this show will be doing just that.” The show is produced by the James Dobson Family Institute and will feature guest appearances by some famous names in upcoming episodes like “Trump Comes To Town” “What Are We Gonna Do About Kamala?” and “All’s Well With Thomas Sowell.”

From AIO Writer's Block • a month ago

Don’s Top Ten SONN Articles

Looking back on SONN articles for this event has really pointed out to me the ones that make me laugh out loud. Some of these titles are truly hilarious, even the ones I wrote. Perhaps it’s that feeling of observing something you worked on with an outside view that is only obtained by stepping away from it for a while. So for the end of SONN day, I’ll be reflecting on my favorite ones from over the years. At the risk of outright explaining the jokes, I’ll include a little description of why I love them. I’ll try to go in order of my most favorite, but it’s really hard to pick. Officer David Harley Comes Forward To Codemn Focus On The Family For Caving To Cancel Culture 32 Years Ago If I’m not mistaken, this was the first SONN post John put up on the Facebook group, which launched us into a new era of in-obscurity. It’s also just a laugh-out-loud post. Bart Rathbone Starts New Line Of Sparkling Water Named “Don’t Call Me Pop!” This was another hilarious attention-grabbing headline that I loved. Eugene Meltsner and Tom Riley Reunite in Heaven I love this because we took a break from the exponential success of this medium to commemorate the passing of Will Ryan. John put this up immediately after the announcement that Ryan was no longer with us. Since this was around the time he started putting these on Facebook, I sincerely believe this article’s publishing marked a true moment of silence for this moment that I will never forget. Morrie Rydell Sure Putin is Bringing Out the Good in Ukraine A darker one, but still one of my favorites. This one blew up too, and it happened to be timed unfortunately well. Mr. Skint Released From Prison After Clarifying His Crimes Were “only games” If I had to ask Michael LaFaver what his favorite post was, it would probably be this. Well, this and the one about Emily being told to call the police. Hal Smith’s Whit Looks Down on Odyssey in Disgust Most of my favorite articles are the ones with the one-liner joke headlines, and this post is no exception. The location is probably the best part of this one. AIO Team to switch to 3-episode albums upon Club member’s request Keeping in tune with the previous selection, this was just a knock-it-down kind of joke. It’s also one of the best early SONN posts I did. 10 reasons Jillian is the best character This arrived after a year of constant Jillian bashing from this satirical publication that was kicked off with “20 Reasons Jillian is the Worst Person in the World (with John Tuttle III)“. Jillian Marshall Hangs Mistletoe In J & J Antiques And Gestures Suggestively Towards It Another Jillian article that I love. This was during the height of “Jillson” and posted while our anti-Jillian rampage was still going on. The image job here is also on point. Kanye West Joins The Bones of Rath After Learning They Are Enemies With The Israelites I believe this actually became one of our top headlines instantly. It was posted a week before the end of 2022, so it didn’t get the time it needed to materialize. If I remember right, was the best article ever until taken down just two months later by the animated news story. And it should be. This is definitely among the funniest titles on this website. I must say one of my most grateful parts of this is that we have enough articles to allow me to make a list like this in the first place. Thank you to all who’ve helped make SONN what it is today, and I’ll see you tomorrow!

From AIO Writer's Block • a month ago

Trump Promises to Put “Crooked Bart” Behind Bars Once and For All If He Is Elected

PALM BEACH, FL- Former President Donald Trump gave a statement from his Florida residence earlier today that he would hold Bart Rathbone accountable for all the things he’s done in his past. We asked him for a word this afternoon: “Bart Rathbone is crooked, very crooked. In fact, I call him Bart Crookedbone, that’s what I call him. A person who’s committed all the detrimental acts he has should not be allowed to run a business or run for office. The only place he should be running is in prison.” Don Polehaus gave a statement: “I couldn’t be happier. The risk that man could try and run for mayor again made him enough of a threat to the community.” We also asked for a word from Bart Rathbone, who said, “I don’t know where y’alls get this stuff. So I may have scammed that guy into buyin’ a packa ‘dose dysfunctional double-a batteries, but dat was my only scam of da week! Much less dan the impressive five I pulled off two weeks ago.” At the time of posting, Bart Rathbone was nowhere to be found, but Odyssey Airport records show that he used Bonseye corporation money to flee to Hawaii once again.

From AIO Writer's Block • a month ago

How Many Years???

If I could describe the feeling of writing the post in one word, it would be disbelief. Disbelief is a pretty good word. Before even thinking about this website, I wouldn’t have comprended that I would even be in this moment, writing a four-year anniversary post. In 2020, I couldn’t have formulated that the year Two Thousand and Twenty-Four existed, much less that all the events of this year would have happened as they did. That being said, I think I now can grasp the feeling more thoroughly. I have a vague idea of what will happen in 2028, or for that matter, any point in the future, but I could never really say for sure. A major reason I’m thankful for this fourth year is because I really didn’t expect to still be running this website for such an extended period of time. If you look at any Adventures in Odyssey blogs that rose to prominence and ended up dead or stagnant, a common lifetime span typically ends around the four to five year mark. That’s a significant portion of why I’m so proud and thankful to still be here. If you asked a younger me what he thought her be writing in four years, the answer would more likely be “farewell post” than “fourth year anniversary post”. Now that I think about it, my answer to the question of how long I expected to do this was always hopeful in nature, not expectant. I thought by now, the intense nature of college work and life in general would flush this out. Now, we’ve come close to that reality numerous times, especially last year, where this blog in particular underperformed severely due to some personal events. We didn’t even have a real anniversary, if you’ll remember. 2024 came back with a vengeance, though, with most new content being super successful by our standards. In many ways, this is still very much a hobby for me, but it’s one of my favorite things to do in what little free time I have left. That’s the way it will likely always be for me and this site. When the time does come that I have to step away, my biggest hope is that I’ve created something that’s big enough to live on it’s own and with enough people I can trust to hand it off to. If you’ve followed for some time, you’ll understand that AIO Writer’s Block really had two anniversaries. The first is the one we’re celebrating all this week, October 7th. The second is actually New Year’s Day, which is the anniversary of the AIO Writer’s Block name. This is also when I provide an update on the vision around here. This year, I want to use this anniversary to reaffirm and refine this vision with a new AIO Writer’s Block combined mission and vision statement. AIO Writer’s Block is a community of passionate Adventures in Odyssey fans creating high-quality content for enthusiasts of all ages and interest levels. By becoming one the largest group of AIO fan creators, we will continue to provide a robust, diverse, and consistent stream to a new generation of individuals, pointing them to both Odyssey and Christ. When somebody asks what AIO Writer’s Block is all about, I hope to point them to this as an answer. You can see this new mission statement at the bottom of our homepage. I’ll be doing a lot of talking and thanking and congratulating this week, so I really want to keep this short. I suppose there’s not much left to do except raise a toast to the next four years!

From AIO Writer's Block • a month ago

Editorial 70: A Call for Reverend Knox

Pastor Wilson Knox has been on Adventures in Odyssey for over seven years now. He's voiced by the incredible actor, Gregory Jbara. He also appears as a kid throughout the Young Whit book series. And he was an important character in the One Grand Party live show this past summer in Colorado Springs. In my latest editorial, A Call for Reverend Knox, I talk about Wilson's character. He has some similarities to Mr. Whittaker. Does that mean Wilson is a replacement for Whit? You can check out my thoughts in Editorial 70 and then contribute to the discussion in the comments section.

From AIO Update • 2 months ago

My Votes in the 2024 Avery Awards

Greetings and salutations! A while back I voted for the 2024 Avery Awards, covering Album 75: The Best is Yet to Come and Album 76: Keep it Together. I thought I would do a post like I did a couple years ago and write what I voted for and my reasoning behind my votes. I am not sure when the results will be announced, but I assume it will be sometime soon. It’ll be fun to listen to the results and then see if anything I voted for won. So, without further ado, here is what I voted for in the 2024 Avery Awards! 1. Who was the Best Actress? The nominations for Best Actress are the following: Kimmy Robertson as Penny Bassett in “As Far as It Depends on Me”Keely Marshall as Bridget Perkins in “Right Notes, Wrong Key”Cristina Pucelli as Emily Jones in “The Rydell Realizations”Katie Leigh as Connie Kendall in “The Best Is Yet to Come”Audrey Wasilewski as Katrina Meltsner in “The Best Is Yet to Come” My Vote for Best Actress So, we have quite a few options here. I think Kimmy Robertson did an excellent job in “As Far as It Depends on Me”, in portraying Penny’s struggles with her feelings regarding Dr. Trask. However, I did not find it particularly noteworthy because I feel like the character Penny Bassett goes through things like this in her episodes on a frequent basis. Every time Kimmy Robertson plays the part perfectly. Therefore, because of the routine we see in this, I do not think it stands out against the other options. Also, Kimmy Robertson has won this category a few times in the past already.As for Keely Marshall playing Bridget Perkins in “Right Notes, Wrong Key”, I think she did well. Especially the singing, she has a great voice! However, this episode focused more on Jules, so I feel like I didn’t hear enough of Bridget in order for me to make a fair judgement on Keely Marshall’s abilities. If the episode had completely starred Bridget (like the recent Club episode “Worth Her Wage”) I think I would be able to make a fair judgement.Cristina Pucelli did an excellent job as Emily Jones in “The Rydell Realizations”. To quote the members of the Soda Shop Message Boards (myself included), Emily RULES! However, like with Kimmy Robertson, I feel like Cristina Pucelli’s portrayal of Emily Jones has become routine with AIO’s current focus on her in this ongoing Rydell Saga, which I honestly do not have a high level of investment in.As for Audrey Wasilewski as Katrina Meltsner in “The Best Is Yet to Come”, allow me to quote what I wrote in 2022: I feel like the character of Katrina is underused. It is not very often when we hear from her. Due to the actress’ rare appearances, I don’t have very much to judge in comparison with actresses who appear frequently. Myself, 2022 I will say that Katrina has been appearing a little bit more and my interest of voting for Audrey Wasilewski increased. However, I feel like Katie Leigh did an amazing job in “The Best Is Yet to Come”. Her farewell to Eugene was so well done and made me tear up. Therefore, I vote Katie Leigh as Connie Kendall in “The Best Is Yet to Come” 2. What was the Best Musical Moment? Jules makes her stage debut with Manic Ravioli (“Right Notes, Wrong Key”)Buck and Jules sing “Amazing Grace” in church (“The Best Is Yet to Come”)Buck attempts to serenade Jules with “I’m Just Me” (“The Best Is Yet to Come”)Bridget steals the show—and her old band’s song (“Right Notes, Wrong Key”) My Vote for Best Musical Moment There were a few songs in these albums. However, my biggest issue is that we do not really hear the full songs for some that are nominated here. We never hear the full songs “Hallow” or “Face of the Nation”, only parts of them, or else they are just in the background. Therefore, I vote for Buck attempts to serenade Jules with “I’m Just Me” in “The Best Is Yet to Come”. I vote that not only because we got more than part of the song, but because we had a fun moment of fireworks exploding! Definitely a fun musical moment. 3. What was the Most Awkward Moment? Suzu and the Team tease Morrie about liking a girl (“The Rydell Realizations”)Trask’s mother blames Penny for her son’s conviction (“As Far as It Depends on Me”)Buck tumbles down the stairs at his new school (“Making an Honest Buck”)Carrie live-streams her framing of Suzu online (“Two’s Company, Four’s a Crowd”)Buck’s romantic fireworks misfire makes the news (“The Best Is Yet to Come”) My Vote for Most Awkward Moment I’m happy to see a fun category like this for the Averys this year. There were definitely some awkward moments in these albums! The options here are all pretty good. However, I vote for Buck tumbling down the stairs at his new school in “Making an Honest Buck”. I am a very clumsy person, and I have fallen so many times in public places. I can definitely relate to Buck’s embarrassment in this awkward moment. Hmmm, maybe I can make a post about that: how my real-life falls correlate with AIO characters’ fictional falls! 4. Which episode had the best Sound Design? All episodes were nominated. My Vote for Best Sound Design This is a hard choice because all of them had good sound design. There’s something about AIO’s sound design that I think I will make a post about sometime in the future. But I think that out of all the episodes, there was a good variety of noteworthy sound design in “The Best is Yet to Come, Parts 1-4”. You had fireworks, and a variety of other sounds which were well done. Luke Guenot and Zach Schneider did an excellent job! Therefore, my vote goes to “The Best is Yet to Come, Parts 1-4”. 5. Who was the Best Actor? Townsend Coleman as Jason Whittaker in “Making an Honest Buck”Andre Stojka as John Avery Whittaker in “The Best Is Yet to Come”Robby Bruce as Buck Meltsner in “The Best Is Yet to Come”Jess Harnell as Wooton Bassett in “As Far as It Depends on Me”Atticus Shaffer as Morrie Rydell in “The Rydell Realizations” My Vote for Best Actor Once again, we have a great list of talented actors nominated for this award. Although I liked Townsend Coleman’s performance as Jason in “Making an Honest Buck”, I don’t think he had a big enough role in the episodes for me to judge because Robby Bruce as Buck was the star who had the most acting. Jess Harnell always does an amazing job playing Wooton, but he also has won this award in the past. Same goes to Robby Bruce. As for Atticus Shaffer playing Morrie Rydell, like with Emily, I did not feel like his performance stood out because of regularity in playing Morrie Rydell. That and, again, my investment in the Rydell Saga has decreased. One performance that sticks out to me is Andre Stojka as Whit in “The Best Is Yet to Come”. Like Connie, his farewell to Eugene was heart-touching and well done. Therefore, I vote Andre Stojka as John Avery Whittaker in “The Best Is Yet to Come”. 6. Which episode had the Best Script? All twelve episodes from Albums 75 and 76 nominated. My Vote for Best Script My assumption for this category is that “best script” refers to which script had the best writing as in the plot and story. I think all the episodes in these albums did pretty good in terms of these things. However, there is an episode that stands out for me. I vote The Best is Yet to Come, Parts 1-4. I am thinking about how difficult it must have been to write. The writers had to think of the perfect way to send off Eugene Meltsner. A significant character who made a ginormous impact in Odyssey, both in terms of the fictional town and the audio drama as a whole. That is a lot of pressure, and I think it was very well-done in “The Best Is Yet to Come”. 7. What was the Best Scene? Bernard makes an appearance at Eugene’s farewell party (“The Best Is Yet to Come”)Whit and Emily clear the air and ask for forgiveness (“Two’s Company, Four’s a Crowd”)Eugene and Connie say their last goodbyes (“The Best Is Yet to Come”)Buck turns the tables on an armed spy (“Making an Honest Buck”)Morrie grapples with his conscience and hears a new voice (“The Rydell Realizations”) My Vote for Best Scene I was torn between two scenes: 1) Bernard making an appearance, and 2) Connie and Eugene saying their goodbyes. I absolutely love that they used the scene they recorded from “The End of an Era” in “The Best Is Yet to Come”. However, at the end of the day I vote for Eugene and Connie say their last goodbyes in “The Best Is Yet to Come”, a most tear-rendering scene which I think was amazingly done. 8. Which was the Best Overall Episode? All the twelve episodes from Albums 75 and 76 nominated. My Vote for Best Overall Episode No question on this one. “The Best is Yet to Come, Parts 1-4”. I think that it did an amazing job honoring and sending off Eugene Meltsner. Feedback Questions The two questions at the end which ask “What did you like in Album 75: “The Best is Yet to Come” and Album 76: “Keep it Together”?” and “What DIDN’T you like in Album 75: “The Best is Yet to Come” and Album 76: “Keep it Together”?” My Response to Feedback Questions My feedback consisted of the following points: Eugene’s farewell was very well-done Excellent continuity in “As Far As It Depends on Me” My overall investment in the Rydell arc has greatly decreased Overall, very good job in these two albums Whew, that’s everything. Do you agree with my votes? What did you vote for in the Avery Awards? Anything you are hoping will win (or not win)? Feel free to share your thoughts and leave a comment, we always love to hear from you! -Signed, Polehaus53

From Odyssey Obsessors • 2 months ago

The Best AIO Quotes~Pt 2 (Connie Edition)

Hello and welcome back to my little corner of the internet! Welcome to part 2! In honor of our favorite never aging college student, here is a list of some of my favorite quotes from Connie Kendall. 1 “Nobody tells me anything around here!!” 2 “If these kids spill one more drink, I’m going to use the bucket as a lethal weapon!” 3 “Goodbye, geography! Hello, attitude!” 4 “That’s my second point- Men are rodents” 5 “You have more loopholes than a spaghetti strainer!” 6 “I guess you could call me a “secret agent” of God’s will.“ 7 “The dishrag sits on the counter, catching no one’s eye. The polished bronze a reflection, clear as the cloudless sky. The dishrag is tossed, the laundry is its fate“ 8 “Yo kids, it’s ministry time!” 9 “I remember the first time my mom left me alone for two days. I was fourteen, and I invited all the—never mind; I wasn’t a Christian.” 10 “That’s it…World War III is about to start and I’ll be the one to blame!” A lot of these are funny but I decided to add in one profound quote that I really like. “Prayer is a very special thing—a one-on-one conversation with the Creator and Lord of the Universe, made possible through His Son. Anything less isn’t a prayer.“ Thanks for reading! Be sure to go follow my instagram @theperilouspenblog and tune in next week: ) ~The Perilous Pen~

From Perilous Pen • 2 months ago

Sleuth Family Robinson! Plus, Other News Items

Greetings and salutations! It has been a while since I have done a news post. Quite honestly, I have not had the time to keep up with the latest news. I have been behind on the Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast, and with the AIO Team making it a point to reveal all information about upcoming episodes/albums themselves, there has not been very much to report. However, I recently was browsing through Christianbook.com and found a few new upcoming products that I thought would be worth making a post about. Sleuth Family Robinson Comic Book!! Alright, I am very excited about this one! We have not been consistently receiving Clubhouse Magazine for quite a few years now (only this year did we begin receiving them consistently), so I never got to see the Sleuth Family Robinson comic’s story in its entirety. But I am excited to discover that the AIO Team will be releasing a book which compiles all the comics! The Cover Imagine if your family was a team of superspies . . . who each had different gifts . . .and special strengths . . . that you used together to solve mysteries. Now, imagine if someone wanted to destroy your family . . . and the world. Could they do it? Not a chance. Not when you’re the . . . Sleuth Family Robinson! This graphic novel from Focus on the Family and Clubhouse magazine offers quality, fun, engaging Christian entertainment for kids ages 8-years-old and above. Kids learn alongside the Robinsons as they solve problems together as a family. In addition to the graphic novel, there are over thirty pages of extra content for readers to enjoy- Character profiles of the Robinson family Bonus artwork Faith-building lessons Ultimate fan challenge quiz Features on the family’s spytastic gadgets and their most fearsome foes This comic is extra fun for Adventures in Odyssey fans because it was “written” by Wooton and is a fun “in-universe” collectable. Parents know they can trust the graphic novels from Focus on the Family because they are clean, relevant, exciting, and spiritually uplifting. Christianbook.com This looks just like what they did with the Captain Absolutely comic book and am really excited for this! It is about time they released Sleuth Family Robinson! The book will be released on March 4, 2025. Be sure to pre-order your copy from Christianbook.com and Amazon! Imagination Station Book #33 The next book in the Imagination Station book series will be titled “Double Cross Down Under”. The cover and summary have been revealed: “Her knees buckled, and she started to sink. Quicksand!” Hot on the trail of Amelia Darling, cousins Patrick and Beth are transported to Australia where they encounter Reverend George Taplin and his friend James Unaipon, two faithful men of God serving the Aboriginal people and helping them understand the good news of the Gospel. But not every person is interested in this good news. In the dark of night, Patrick and his new friend, Jandamarra, are kidnapped by bushrangers who need an Aboriginal person to show them the way to a great treasure. Christianbook.com The book will release on January 21, 2025. I assume it will be available to read in the AIO Club sometime before then. Be sure to pre-order a copy from Christianbook.com and Amazon! The Next Mulligan Family Book The sixth book in The Magnificent Mulligans book series will be titled Fears, Flights, and Kangaroo Fights. The cover art and summary have been revealed. The Mulligans are off to the jungles of South America to help Mom save some snakes in need of a new home. Jessica, terrified of snakes, is not thrilled to be on this particular mission of mercy, but she soon discovers an effective way to get over her fears: find something even scarier. Like crash-landing in the jungle and having to spend the night with LOTS of creepy crawly sounds all around. Meanwhile, Nick and Lisa are on their own mission to transport Bob, a big kangaroo, back to the animal park. But they encounter a group of bad guys who have their own plans for the kangaroo: putting him in a boxing ring and charging admission to watch Bob fight some unlucky human. Back home, Dad, Janelle, Stephanie, and Julie are facing their own challenges: taking care of Mulligan’s animal park while fearing what is happening to the rest of the family, away from home and facing danger. And as Dad tells Julie, we can’t get rid of fear by ignoring it, but you can focus on something better, like God’s love and His promises. The Magnificent Mulligans can’t help but find adventure, and it’s usually their love of helping animals that leads them there. Christianbook.com The book will be released January 7, 2025. Pre-order your copy from Christianbook.com and Amazon! Well, that is all the news that I have for now. I would like to do a post about the upcoming Odyssey episodes, hopefully another time. But what are your thoughts on these news items? What are you most excited for? Would you like to read any of these books? Any book series in this post that you have read that you like? Feel free to leave a comment! Your engagement is always encouraged and appreciated! -Signed, Polehaus53

From Odyssey Obsessors • 2 months ago

The Best AIO Quotes~Part 1

Hello and welcome back to my little corner of the internet! I’ve been working on this collection for a while. This is just the tip of the iceburg hope you enjoy! “Operation Thinktank Will Enslave the Human Race…Would You Like a Muffin?” -Arthur Dent “I can’t go to church with a swimming pool in my head!”~Marvin Washington “I’d have to get better to die.”~Bernard Walton “Can you imagine what life would be like without an amoeba?”~Eugene Meltsner“Can you imagine what life would be like without pants?”~Connie Kendall “To borrow the colloquialism:”-Eugene Meltsner “Jack, your imitation of a house with a two-car garage having a pizza delivered was most…imaginative,”-Edwin Blackgaard “Great Barrier Reef! So THAT’s what killed the dinosaurs!” ~Harlow Doyle, “I slap floor” “If you’re want me to beat someone up you better send someone to beat up whoever beats me up for trying to beat up someone else.” ~ Jay Smouse “Well, luckly for you, rush hour in Odyssey consists of a truck, a bike, and a dog with a limp.” -Eugene (A Christmas Conundrum) “Connie, there are two people in this conversation, and you’re not both of them!” -Tom (A Christmas Conundrum) “Anticipation is my 6th least favorite emotion!” -Wooton (Naughty or Nice) ~The Perilous Pen~

From Perilous Pen • 2 months ago

The Graduate

Hello! And welcome back to my little corner of the internet. The events of my personal life have affected this blog since day one. When my motivation runs low (or club breaks) I go missing for weeks (or months) at a time. Today I was shocked to realize that this blog was started a month before I started 8th grade, and I have officially begun my senior year. I am still ever as obsessed with Odyssey as I was when I started, and maybe even more. I’m filled with nostalgia and joy when I listen to the show, plan or write blog posts, and discuss Odyssey (quite possibly my favorite topic). I just started my last year of highschool, so I have compiled a list of our favorite episodes about highschool and graduating. Please enjoy an excerpt from that list:) 1.) #673: The Owlnapping ~ Like all the sports episodes, this basketball episode is great. Very funny. 2.) #721: The Holy Hoopster ~ My best friend’s little sister used to love the song from this episode. She would dance to it and it was adorable. 3.) #405: The Graduate ~ I love the old Connie. We were all excited when she finally graduated highschool! (even tho it took 400 episodes…) 4.) #570: Always ~ This episode is funny and a sweet goodbye to our favorite homeschooled family. For ages I would pick my favorite/most listened to episodes by the characters I related to most. I would often listen to episodes starring Mandy, Liz, or Lucy. Sometimes Donna, Jimmy, Olivia or Marvin. But recently I’ve found myself relating to Connie, Penny, Eugene and Katrina. I always liked these characters, but I’ve recently discovered I’ve entered a phase of life where I relate to these characters more than the pre-teens (which shocked me lol). College applications and classes, budgeting and rent, jobs and ‘adult’ responsibilities are more relevant to my currant life than homework and sibling squabbles. Adventures in Odyssey has met me in every phase of my life, and I doubt it will stop after I graduate. It’s quite interesting how I’ve listened to these episodes since they came out, but I can still find new comforts and relatability in them. Sometimes I get sad that I can’t find a roommate that fits with me as well as Connie and Penny. Or I can’t find a job as perfect as Whit’s End. But I know everything will work out. ‘Till then I’ll live vicariously through Connie Kendall and Eugene Meltsner. Hope you enjoyed this post! If you’re like me, you are in the last pages of a chapter, and about to start a new journey in your life. It’s scary, but remember these truths when seeking God’s will for your life and decisions. Micah 6:8 “And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” ~The Perilous Pen~

From Perilous Pen • 2 months ago

Editorial 69: The Other Side of the Grand

Adventures in Odyssey celebrated its 1000th episode this summer with the One Grand Party in Colorado Springs. It was an amazing event, which I had the privilege to attend. I'll be posting more photos to the @aioupdate Instagram page in the coming days. But for now, I wanted to write about something very special that happened at the event. In my new editorial, The Other Side of the Grand, I write about a special fan meet-up with Katie Leigh, the voice of Connie Kendall. You can check out Editorial 69 and then add your thoughts to the comments section.

From AIO Update • August 31, 2024

Adventures In Odyssey Album 77: A Speed Review

Hello! And welcome back to my little corner of the internet.Today I am posting a speed review of album 77. I will quite possibly have more thoughts / change my opinion after I listen more times, but here I have recorded my thoughts after listening through once. *Spoiler Warning* #988~The Heavens Declare: 8/10Good! Mr. Whittaker’s harsh approach was disappointing and seemed a bit demeaning. Otherwise, I enjoyed the episode and the new Whit’s End invention. #988a~ 8/10It’s always fun to hear the outtakes. One a side note, I miss the Odyssey Scrapbook so much!!! #989~The Smouse Show: 10/10 Mr. Whittaker encourages good communication in young relationships!!!!!!!!! I am such a fan of this episode. I love Mr. Whittaker encouraging good and healthy communication! #990~Painted Into A Corner: 7/10Glad to see Wooton and Penny again! I think it was a great idea to bring back Wooton’s parents. The drama was a bit annoying, and it was not my favorite episode, but I do not have any huge issues with the episode. #991~Making Nice: 10/10Jay giving arguably good advice? For most of the show anyway. I love kind Jay (even if it’s a scam). Such a good episode, and a good moral!! #992~Unmanagable: 7.5/10Why and I completely obsessed with the pop-punk itsy-bitsy-spider?! I enjoyed this episode and thought it was really funny! It was good to see the return of Pamela. I appreciate AIO bringing her back and showing her success in life and her persevering faith, and I expect to see her and Sadie more in upcoming albums. I do not love how the recent albums have ended on a cliffhanger with little to no resolution. It seems that every album has one or two episodes that just keep pulling this plot for Jules along. They are not bad episodes, but I do not think it should be drawn out this long. (Maybe they are trying to mirror Connie’s conversion arc?) ************* #992a: 10000/10I’m a hugeee John Campbell fan, and this was a great bts!!! PSA: I am giving my full review of the album before I review the final episode because I don’t want it to bring down the rating of the full album. Overall for the album: 9/10 Much better than recent albums. Mr. Whittaker seems to have a good head on his shoulders for the first time since album #57. Jay had so many excellent quotes this album!!! I have not seen this many (if any) 10/10 episodes in so long! So this was refreshing and so fun! *sigh* Okay finally, we will review: #993~Facing the Music: 3/10 Like I have previously mentioned, I hate how long they are pulling out these sagas. They started to deal with some serious issues, but left it until the last episode of the album. They’ve done cliffhanger episodes since Blackgaard Chronicles, but these feel lazy. (This could very well be a hot take). Overall, I’m proud of Buck for finally standing up for himself against the bad treatment for Jules. Maybe Jules will finally listen now… But knowing her character, I doubt it. I am glad AIO is dealing with serious subjects, that modern teenagers actually deal with, but Jules’ immaturity gets on my nerves. The rating of the episode is very likely to change when this storyline is continued/finished, but until then it’s staying as the lowest rating of this album. Thanks for reading! Comeback next week for for fun AIO related posts and let me know what you thought about this speed-review! ~The Perilous Pen~

From Perilous Pen • August 31, 2024

My Favorite Episodes of the Official Podcast

Greetings and salutations! The title says it all: In this post I’ll be going through what I think are the top three best editions of the Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast. Very subjective, I know. What determines the best editions for me? Well, I like the more unique episodes that show us pieces of Odyssey that we don’t usually hear or that are hard to find. So, episodes which have deleted scenes or give us background information about specific behind-the-scenes-related things. Things like early drafts/ideas for episodes/arcs, or even better, things that were recorded/produced I consider this to be Odyssey gold. The only other thing I’ll say is that I have a TON of other favorite episodes of the podcast (the Avery Awards are another category of favorites. You can read about my favorite ones here). These are just three of my favorites. So, without further ado, here are my favorite episodes of The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast! Episode 197: “You Are What You Eat” – An Unreleased Sketch This edition of the podcast releases an entire sketch which was recorded for the episode “The Bible Network” but was cut because it made the episode too long. The AIO Team had the cut scene produced with sound design for this episode. It stars Whit Hertford and is a story about a boy and his robot, Chompers, who eats everything. The robot becomes whatever he eats, much to everyone’s shock. I think it’s a really fun story overall! Plus, it also features an original theme song, created by Will Ryan. There is an interview after with Marshal Younger and Christopher Diehl about the story behind the episode and this sketch and some behind-the-scenes facts about the production of “The Bible Network”. Be sure to give it a listen! Episode 45: Hear Deleted Scenes from the Odyssey Vault This edition of the podcast has Bob Smithouser looking through the Odyssey vault and playing a bunch of deleted scenes. Although it says deleted scenes, I think for the most part they are just nonsense lines that the actors recorded that the AIO Team collected and put together. Bob even says that the team had some fun with it. There are lines where Whit asks Bart for advice, Chris goes off-script, etc. Here are some of my favorite lines from it: Hi, this is Chris! And welcome to Let’s Talk About Biochemistry! Chris Anthony Well, that’s it. I’m turning Whit’s End into a tattoo parlor! John Whittaker (played by Paul Herlinger) It’s pretty funny. Be sure to give it a listen! Episode 59: Top 10 Musical Countdown Extravaganza! This episode has Bob and Jesse doing a countdown of their top 10 favorite songs sang in Odyssey. What’s really cool about this episode is that they include some songs that have never been released! These include an original song by Will Ryan and a song that was cut from “The Great Wishy Woz”. I enjoy listening to the songs here and have listened to this episode a bunch of times. I highly recommend checking it out! Well, that’s all I have for now. What are your thoughts on my favorites? Have you heard these episodes before? Do you have any favorite episodes of the Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast? Tell us about them in the comments! -Signed, Polehaus53

From Odyssey Obsessors • August 30, 2024

It Truly Was One Grand Party!

Adventures in Odyssey has become the world’s #1 audio drama, and 2024 proved to be a big year for the series. To celebrate the 1,000th episode of Adventures in Odyssey, Focus on the Family and the Odyssey team partnered up hosted One Grand Party, a series of festivities, including a live performance. It truly was […]

From The Odyssey Scoop • August 26, 2024

What Your AIO Club Character Icon Says About You-Part 2

Greetings and salutations! Welcome to my little corner of the internet: This is what I think your club icon says about you. (All jokes of course… but let me know if I got it right) 1.) Bridget Perkins If you chose Bridget, you grew up on Odyssey and were so excited for there to be another modern (if overly-moody) teenager on the show. You probably enjoy music, and relate to her struggle of having a weird younger sibling. 2.) Jack Allen You’re an old soul. You enjoy reading, hot tea, classical music, old movies, and you have a dream of owning a cozy and comforting home with a rocking chair on the front porch. Also, you firmly believe that Paul Herlinger is the best Mr. Whittaker. 3.) Jay Smouse Either you are a) a class clown! Always joking and you enjoy making people laugh. You feel like you relate to Jay and take his jokes and inspiration. or b) You’re quiet and kind, Jay makes you laugh and you empathize with his soft side. You started listening to Elvis recently… 4.) Jimmy or Donna Barcley Definitely a pastor/minister’s kid! You relate to Donna and Jimmy and probably relate to their squabbles. You’re a fan of the classic episodes, and probably still tune in on the radio every now and then. 5.) Liz Horten You wanted to be a journalist or reporter growing up. You always enjoyed the mystery episodes. And you definitely had a crush on Nick at some point… I have gotten loads of comments and feedback about what other characters I should do. I could not fit them all into this post, so keep an eye out for pt 3 coming soon!!! Thanks for reading! Check out my Instagram @theperilouspenblog. Feel free to share any ideas, or characters you’d like to see in the future! ~The Perilous Pen~

From Perilous Pen • August 24, 2024

Playing in the Show

Watch Grayson play the piano! The post Playing in the Show appeared first on Focus on the Family.

From Clubhouse Magazine • August 19, 2024

Eugene’s Puzzles 2024

Greetings and salutations! Here are the solutions to these perplexing puzzles. December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 The post Eugene’s Puzzles 2024 appeared first on Focus on the Family.

From Clubhouse Magazine • August 19, 2024

Every Single Song Sung on AIO Listed Here

Greetings and salutations! This is a project that has been in the works for a couple of years, but we are excited to now post it! That’s right, we have put together an extremely long, exhaustive list of every single song, hum, and note ever sung by the characters in Odyssey in the audio series. So, not the music albums, just what’s been in the audio series. The only episodes we haven’t listed songs from are “Caroling, Caroling”, “Christmas Around the World”, and the Live Shows. AIOWiki also has an excellent list of some songs, but we’ve included some that aren’t listed there. Without further ado, here is the list of all the instances of singing in Adventures in Odyssey! “Communicate!” Sung by Whit, Tom, Officer Harley, and the kids at Whit’s End in “Lights Out At Whit’s End” “Greater Is He That Is In Me” sung by Shirly Ziegler in “Nothing to Fear” “Give Me Oil in my Lamp” First line sung by Eugene, Hank, and Junior in “V.B.S. Blues” “Guide Me, Oh Thou Great Jehovah” Sung by Cheryl McCormick in “A…is for Attitude” “Oh Susannah” Beginning sung by Eugene Meltsner in “Scattered Seeds” “I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover” Chorus sung by Dale Jacobs in “Bad Luck” “Hole At the Bottom of the Sea” Sung by Jessie Morales in “All’s Well With Boswell” “When the Saints Go Marching in” Sung by Oscar Peterson in “Front Page News” “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” Sung by Oscar Peterson in “Front Page News” “Sumer Is Icumen In” Sung by Eugene on his ukulele in “A Day in the Life” “Oh Susannah” Sung by Bernard in “Bernard and Esther, Part 1” “Who Needs Parents?” Sung by The Bones of Rath Band in “You Gotta Be Wise” “It Is Well with My Soul” Sung by Whit and his church choir in “It Is Well” “We Like Wood” Sung by The Woodchucks in “And the Glory” and later in “B-TV: Behind the Scenes” “Wonderful Words Of Life” Sung by the choir in “Hymn Writers” “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” Sung by the choir in “Hymn Writers” “I Will Sing of My Redeemer” Sung by the choir in “Hymn Writers” “Blessed Assurance” Sung by the choir in “Hymn Writers” “Tell Me The Story Of Jesus” Sung by the choir in “Hymn Writers” “This Is My Story, This Is My Song” Sung by the choir in “Hymn Writers” “Go To Sleep Little Rodney” Sung by Bart and Doris Rathbone in “Family Values” “Rathbone’s Cleanup Services” Sung by a music group in Bart’s commercial in “My Fair Bernard” “B-I-N-G-O” Sung by Captain Quid in “Aloha, Oy!, Part 2” “Soapy Waters” Sung by Bernard Walton in “I Want My B-TV!” “I Hug You” Sung by Blarney the Rhinosaur in “I Want My B-TV!” “Go, Go, Robosaurus!” Theme song of the show in “I Want My B-TV!” “Bored of Chores” Sung by Dwayne Oswald in “Chores No More” “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” Started to be sung by the people of Pokenberry Falls in “It’s a Pokenberry Christmas, Part 2” “Auld Lang Syne” Beginning sung by the people of Pokenberry Falls in “It’s a Pokenberry Christmas, Part 2” “I’m Glad I’m Me” Sung by Harlow Doyle in “B-TV: Thanks” “Annum Novum Faustem Felicem” Sung by Eugene in “New Years Eve Live!” “Out with the Old Year!” Sung by Eugene and Connie in “New Years Eve Live!” “She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain When She Comes” Chorus sung by Tom Riley and Connie Kendall in “Opening Day” “Waltzing Matilda” Sung by Aubrey Shepard in “The Long Way Home” “Frogs” Sung mentally by Liz’s teacher in “What Do You Think?” “Hi Ho” Sung by the seven dwarves in “The Seven Deadly Dwarves” “Mega World” Sung by Connie Kendall in “Mandy’s Debut” “Somewhere” Sung by Dotty in “The Great Wishy Woz, Part 1” “Follow the Big Fat Road” Sung by the Littles in “The Great Wishy Woz, Part 1” “If I Only Had Some Smarts” Sung by Manny Kin in “The Great Wishy Woz, Part 1” “The Wonderful Wishy Woz” Sung by Dottie, Manny Kin, Metal Guy, and Mystic Mountain Lion in “The Great Wishy Woz, Part 1” “Follow the Big Fat Road (reprise)” sung by Dottie, Manny Kin, Metal Guy, and Mystic Mountain Lion in “The Great Wishy Woz, Part 2” “Always (Somewhere Reprise)” sung by Dottie in “The Great Wishy Woz, Part 2” “The Happy Smilers Theme Song” Sung by the Happy Smilers in “Happy Smilers” “I’m A Little Teapot” Sung by Liz Horton in “For Trying Out Loud” “Stakeouts” Sung by Connie Kendall in “Living in the Gray, Part 1” “Bees” Hummed by Rodney Rathbone in “A Glass Darkly” (Lyrics: “HMMMMM!!!!” But we really shouldn’t be counting humming, otherwise, we’d never get to the end of this list…) “I’m the Sorry Man” Sung (rapped?) by Marvin Washington in “The Coolest Dog” “The Electric Palace Do-Dah Song” Sung by Bart Rathbone in “Odyssey Sings!” “You Have the Right” Sung by Officer Stew Burke in “Odyssey Sings!” “The Trip of A Lifetime” First two notes sung by Connie Kendall in “Odyssey Sings!” “The Death of Tragedy” Sung by Harlow Doyle in “Odyssey Sings!” “My Ode to Macaroni” Sung by Wooton Bassett in “Odyssey Sings!” “The Highway” Sung by Tamika Washington in “Odyssey Sings!” “The Red River Valley” Beginning sung by Eugene Meltsner in “Odyssey Sings!” “Have You Ever Been to Odyssey?” Sung by Eugene Meltsner in “Odyssey Sings!” “The Holly and the Ivy” Beginning sung by Eugene Meltsner (interrupted multiple times) in “B-TV: Redeeming the Season” “O’ Tannenbaum” Beginning sung by Eugene Meltsner (until apprehended by police) in “B-TV: Redeeming the Season” “Silent Night” Sung by Eugene Meltsner and the cast of B-TV in “B-TV: Redeeming the Season” “I Love Pork Rinds” Sung by John Campbell (yes, not a character) in the background of the diner Bart and Doris are at in “Prequels of Love” “The Star-Spangled Banner” The first line sung by Chris Anthony in “B-TV: Temptation” “Jesus Loves Me” Sung by Amy Carmicheal and John F. Kennedy and his crew in “Something Significant” “Wooton’s Phone” Sung by Wooton Bassett in “Rights, Wrongs, and Winners” “Sponge-Cake-Round-Pants” Sung by singers in a commercial for the show in “Three in One” “Have You Ever Been to Odyssey?” Sung by Eugene Meltsner in “B-TV: Live!” “The Trent Show Theme” Sung by Wooton Bassett in “Blood, Sweat, and Fears” “Never Fear, God is A Refuge of His People” sung by the students in “The Jubilee Sings, Part 1” “There Is a Balm in Gilead”, sung by the Jubilee Singers in “The Jubilee Sings, Part 1” “I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray” sung by the Jubilee Singers in “The Jubilee Singers, Part 2” “Carry Me Home” sung by the Jubilee Singers in “The Jubilee Singers, Part 2” “Go Down Moses” sung by the Jubilee Singers in “The Jubilee Singers, Part 2” “Star Spangled Banner” closing lines sung by the Jubilee Singers in “The Jubilee Singers, Part 2” “Keep Me from Sinking Down” sung by the Jubilee Singers in “The Jubilee Singers, Part 3” “Steal Away to Jesus” sung by the Jubilee Singers in “The Jubilee Singers, Part 3” “Give Me That Old Time Religion” sung by the Jubilee Singers in “The Jubilee Singers, Part 3” “Get On Board” sung by the Jubilee Singers in “The Jubilee Singers, Part 3” “Good News, Bad News” Sung by Whit, Eugene, Connie, and Wooton in “A Thankstaking Story” “We Are the Bad Guys” Sung by Wally, Jay, Wooton, and Eugene in “A Thankstaking Story” “The Thankstaking Song” Sung by Wooton in “A Thankstaking Story” “Thanksgiving Day” Sung by Eugene and Connie in “A Thankstaking Story” “Hail to Jay Smouse” Sung by Jay Smouse in “The Amazing Loser” “The Holy Hoopster” Compiled by online Ryan Cummings fan in “The Holy Hoopster” “It’s the Periodic Table” Sung by Penny Wise in “No Chemistry Whatsoever” “When You’re in Love” Sung by Painted Flowers in “More Than a Feeling” “Columbian Coffee Bean” Sung by singers in a commercial in “The Lone Lawman” “Burger Barn” Sung by Jay Smouse in “Thirty Jays Hath September” “Hey, Jay, Answer Your Phone” Jay’s Elvis-esque ringtone in “Thirty Jays Hath September” “Jesus Loves Me” Part of it sung by Penny in “All By Myself” “O Holy Night” Part of it sung by Penny Wise in “All By Myself” “You Are the Wind Beneath My Wings” Lines sung by the Pigeon in “Pinocchio: The Tale of a Foolish Puppet, Part 1” “Toyland” Sung by the coach driver in “Pinocchio: The Tale of a Foolish Puppet, Part 2” “Fungus” Sung by Jay Smouse in “Take It on Trust” “12 Days of Christmas: Parker Edition” Sung by the Parker family in “Un-Tech the Halls” “Some Little Corner” Sung by Jules Kendall in “Legacy, Part 1” “Apple of My Eye” Sung by the Wescott girls in “Legacy, Part 1” “Welcome to Santos Cuerpo” Sung by the townspeople in “Legacy, Part 2” “Stinky Mal Geist” Sung by the Wescott Girls in “Legacy, Part 2” “Stop” Sung by the Westcott Girls in “Legacy, Part 2” “For He’s Our Guy Goodfellow” Sung by the townspeople in “Legacy, Part 2” “The Ingrate, Inchoate, Reprobate Eight” Sung by the villains in “Legacy, Part 2” “Three Cheers for a Happy Ending” Sung by the townspeople in “Legacy, Part 2” “I’m in the Deep End Over You” Sung by the Pool Boys and Wooton in “Find A Penny, Part 1” “I’m So Unhappy” Sung by Chains of Despair in “Friend or Foe” “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” Lines sung by Maisey’s grandfather in “Rewinding the Big Picture” “Ave Maria” Sung by Olivia in “Always Do Your Best-Ish” “Golden Calf” Sung by the Israelites in “B-TV: Idolatry” “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” Sung by Wilson, Whit, the Wescott Girls, Buck, Jules, and Eugene in “Icky and Kat and Balty and Bones” “Icky and Kat and Balty and Bones” Sung by Wilson and the Wescott Girls in “Icky and Kat and Balty and Bones” “I am a Learned Man” Sung by Eugene in “Icky and Kat and Balty and Bones” “Be Sensible” Sung by Whit and Jules in “Icky and Kat and Balty and Bones” “The Prankster Gangster” Sung by Buck in “Icky and Kat and Balty and Bones” “Don’t Lose Your Head” Sung by Wilson in “Icky and Kat and Balty and Bones” “Camptown Races” Last lines sung by Wooton and the passengers on the train in “Cars, Trains and Motorcycles“ “We Are Produce” Sung by Rob the Potato and Jerry the Carrot in “A Simple Reminder” “My Grades are Down” Sung by Jules Kendall in “For a Song” “Just Me” Sung by Jules Kendall (and Buck Oliver) in “California Dreams” “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” Sung by Wilson Knox in “The Christmas Bells” “B-I-N-G-O” Sung by Mrs. Randolph in “Mile 151”. “Old McDonald” Sung by Mrs. Randolph in “Mile 151” “Amazing Grace” Sung by Buck and Jules in “The Best Is Yet to Come, Part 2” “I’m Just Me” Sung by Buck in “The Best Is Yet to Come, Part 3” “The Lord Provides” Sung by Thomas A. Dorsey and his father in “Precious Lord, Part 1” “Precious Lord, Take My Hand”, sung by Thomas A. Dorsey in “Precious Lord, Part 2” “Jingle Bells”, “Dashing Through the Snow”, “Deck the Halls”, “O Christmas Tree” beginning parts all sung by Connie Kendall and Edie Nernst in “The Show Must Go On (and On)” “Face of the Nation” Sung by Bridget Perkins and Manic Ravioli in “Right Notes, Wrong Key” “Hollow” Sung by Jules and Manic Ravioli in “Right Notes, Wrong Key” Whew, this was a lot! Are there any songs we’ve missed? Please let us know! You can be sure that we’ll be frequently updating this page as we find songs or new episodes with songs release. We hope you’ve enjoyed another section of The Odyssey Obsessors’ Book of Reference! Stay tuned for more! -Signed, Polehaus53

From Odyssey Obsessors • August 17, 2024

Episode Review: #043 Back to School

*and now back to our regularly scheduled broadcast* Hello! And welcome to my little corner of the internet. In honor of the beginning of the school year we will be reviewing AIO episode #043: Back to School. (I am currently in the process of designing a new format for these posts. Let me know what you think!) Listeners are filled with comfort and nostalgia at the sight (or sound) of Hal Smith as Mr. Whittaker behind the counter giving his wise advice. A young girl, Leslie, comes to the counter lamenting over her tragic lot in life. We discover through the episode how a separate issue was causing Leslie deep emotions and pain which caused her to see the world through a darkened lense. plot: The episode seems to be about an annoying child’s tendency to lie and exaggerate. However, after revealing the truth behind the sad perspective, Mr. Whittaker realizes there is more to the story than a child craving attention. Eventually we discover that Leslie is feeling jealousy and insecurity, because her ‘best friend’ seems to have replaced her. resolution: After ignoring advice given to her, Leslie must learn her lesson the hard way. Through a visit from a friend and a deep conversation with her mother, Leslie learns how to ‘share’ her friends and she realizes how her emotions of this situation were affecting her perception on the rest of her life. moral: Overall this is a great episode! The moral applies to people of all ages and still a relevant episode 34 years after it originally aired. sound effects/production: There is nothing really remarkable or noticeable in this episode. Feels very realistic and nothing crazy. final rating: I’d give this episode 8/10. Great and relevant morals, good sound effects, and overall a funny episode. I’d recommend to go give it a listen:) Thank you for reading today’s post. If there is anything else you would like to see in these reviews, let me know! Wishing all who are going back to school a good transition. Hebrews 13: 8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” ~The Perilous Pen~

From Perilous Pen • August 17, 2024

August 2024 - One Grand Party

One Grand Party in Colorado Springs, Colorado Added over 200 new items​Autographs from Greg Jbara, Robby Bruce, Jim Daly, and many more.

From Odyssey Fan • August 13, 2024

Initial Reaction – The Smouse Show

Hello, everyone! It’s been a while since I did one of these, but this is an episode I was really looking forward to! Without further ado, my [polished] initial reaction. Is this a lunchroom conference? Pahah Oh, never mind, just the Owl. The event of the century…? The font hahaha. (I sympathize with this.) OH NO not Happy Anniversary PAHAHAHA “before your beautiful little brain cells start dying.” Jay is ridiculous… I think Jay is just blind to…everything. The skinny kid Were they even friends in the first place? I mean, seriously. Always seemed like a one-sided friendship to me. It’s da ROC! HAHAHA “last time.” I get the feeling in general that Whit is always rooting for Jay. Bib? Is it a hot dog eating contest? Olivia? Vincent? I am intrigued. Ew, I wouldn’t want to watch this video. I’m as confused as he is. I don’t get why Olivia is in here… Aha! The Smouse Show. The fans are in control? Hmm. And now he’s fine. Wait, what? Is this kid from real life? AH I feel like there should have been carnival music as a bridge, but okay. Bwahaha continental drift. I’m so confused…so confused. I don’t get the analogy yet. And everything is on TV?!?! Yikes… AHAHAHA Whit is voting too This is so bizarre. Good question: Why do they want to watch this?? Why would anyone want to do this stuff? Zoe! Now we’re getting somewhere 24/7/365 show. Your “friends.” Friends, huh? Why are they taking her away?? What in the world Your friends know what’s best? I have to fight for her! Nope. The audience doesn’t want them to be friends?? 54 people. Yoiks. Why can’t he do anything about it? This is starting to sound creepy. Jay with a mustache. Can’t unsee that image now What language is he speaking hahaha Huh??? Huh I’m still confusED What is this good reason? A new best friend? I feel like Olivia has a point, honestly, about having a friend who actually appreciates him. These potential friends are creepy. “If they were really my friends, they would listen to me.” Aha! HAHAHA vulnerability I bet they won’t let him. Well, I was wrong. Cool though. Why is she in the bushes? Hahaha “okay?” I’m still wondering… Wooo! Yay, Zoe! YESSS JAY! Is this real??? I’m gonna faint. “Here’s the thing.” Also good point about ignoring annoying things. WHAT???? NOOO WAY!!!! NO WAY AINT NO WAY Whit is the master of trickery I can agree with this advice heh. AINT NO WAY I am going to faint “Oh man, this is gonna be hard.” THERE IS NOOOO WAY As you probably gathered, I am shocked. I did not expect the episode to address this issue. I honestly thought that the Odyssey team was going to milk the Jay-Zoe gag for all it was worth. I’m so happy they decided to resolve it on the mainstream (and not in a Club episode!). Communication is very important in any relationship. Ugh, why are these episodes so relatable these days? Lately, I have been the unfortunate executor of poor communication in a friendship. Which, to put it simply, can lead to utter chaos. Like it did for Jay and Zoe. Everyone recall a great line from the “Communicate!” rap: “If you wanna make friends with the people you meet, You gotta know communication, it’s a two-way street!” Communicate! Also, to another thing I thought of when I listened: Were they even friends in the first place? I feel like it was definitely a one-sided friendship, with Jay being the pursuer and Zoe being a passive accepter. But I suppose, in some Club episodes (A Friend In Need for one) she does reciprocate some. Another thing, just something I’ve pondered before. It’s interesting…hm… how Zoe doesn’t really address the cause for Jay’s flirting. Obviously, from past episodes, he imagines that they will have a future together. But how hung up is Jay on this potential romance? And does Zoe really believe that they have a future? And does he know what she thinks about it? Or was he just flirting for fun and was he not really serious? It seemed to me like he was serious. I mean, really, following someone on a mission trip seems a little crazy. I hope Jay knows that she doesn’t like him like that… But if he does know, applause to him for sticking with the friendship anyway. I know for some people if romance was their intent in the first place, as it seemed with Jay, the news that the other person isn’t interested can serve as a huge turnoff. So I do kind of wish they had addressed this aspect too, but maybe they will in the future. Overall, I am definitely not complaining about The Smouse Show. I give it a hearty round of applause after years of suffering with the Jay-Zoe weirdness. What did you all think?

From Odyssey Obsessors • July 30, 2024

Editorial 68: The Blessed Small Town

This year Focus on the Family is asking fans to share their “One Grand Impact” story. In one of the prompts, they encourage you to discuss “how Adventures in Odyssey has blessed you”. That wording got me thinking. God really has used this show to be a blessing. Not only has AIO made a positive impact, it’s touched and blessed each one of our lives in ways that are hard to express. In my latest editorial, The Blessed Small Town, I write about how Adventures in Odyssey has blessed my life and spiritual journey. You can check out Editorial 68 and then leave your thoughts in the comments. You can share your "One Grand Impact" story here: ​www.adventuresinodyssey.com/1000th

From AIO Update • July 19, 2024

Analyzing Chris’ Wraps: “Red Wagons and Pink Flamingos”

Greetings and salutations! Welcome to a new idea I had for posts where I analyze the wrap-ups AIO host Chris Anthony Landsdowne gives at the end of the episodes! What do I mean by analyzing the wraps at the end of episodes? Well, usually Chris is the one who bridges the overall message and plot of the episode that the listeners have just heard. And she always does an excellent job at it. But there are some times when I want to add on to what she says or think that there’s another message that is being communicated that she doesn’t talk about. So, in this post I will examine what she says and additionally add my own thoughts. Once again, this is a new idea I had. Not sure how it’s going to turn out, so let’s see how this goes. Red Wagons and Pink Flamingos This is an episode on friendship, a topic which I have always been interested in. We see in the episode how best friends Erica Clark and Kim Peterson come into conflict (over Kim being late to Erica’s birthday party) and Erica decides to stop being friends with her. They stop speaking with each other. Meanwhile, Jack Allen and Jason Whittaker come into conflict over video game machines in Whit’s End. However, Jack doesn’t talk to Jason about it although he is bothered by it.Jack speaks with Erica and through this exchange, each of them realize that they need to address their conflicts. Jack and Jason come up with a compromise, and Erica apologizes with Kim, and they make up. At the end of the episode, Chris says, Matthew 5 verses 23 and 24 say, “So, when you offer your gift to God at the altar and you remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there at the altar. Go and make peace with him.” When we have fights with people, God wants us to drop everything and make up with them. He places a lot of importance on forgiveness and resolving conflicts. We may have arguments with other people, but we should never let that keep us from being friends, and remembering to say, “I’m sorry”. Chris Anthony, at the end of “Red Wagons and Pink Flamingos” I think Chris does a good job of capturing the basic message of this episode: the importance of addressing conflict in a friendship. Conflict is bound to arise in every relationship. When one friend does wrong to the other, it is best to address it. “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.Matthew 18:15 (ESV) There is a degree of humility involved in listening and correcting the error of your ways. But I think that what this episode really emphasizes is that it is important to remember the friendship. Just because a conflict arises, each party should remember the love they have for the other and keep this in mind as they work through it. After all, if you really are friends, I think that the parties should put every effort into trying to resolve it in a kind and loving way. This is much better than either party taking on the attitude that the other is in the wrong from the start. Prejudice isn’t quite the word I’m looking for, perhaps ‘preconceived idea’?? I don’t know, I just think it may be best not to go in assuming that either party is right/wrong. Both sides should take on an attitude of humility and be willing to listen to each other. Although we don’t hear the dialogue between them, Jack and Jason are able to come to an agreement and sort out their issues. And I am sure that both of them would agree that there is a level of humility needed in order to resolve conflict. Being willing to let it go is also important. Bringing up the conflict will not do much good. Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.Proverbs 17:9 (ESV) In the case of this episode, Erica is holing a grudge against Kim and continually brings it up. She allows that memory of the conflict to infect every interaction she has with Kim. She forgets, as Jack points out, that she and Kim are friends. Being willing to let go of a conflict (regardless of whether it be resolved) is another part of forgiveness. If either party is unable or unwilling to forgive, then there’s not much hope of any resolution taking place. Repeating the matter will not go far in coming to a resolution.The episode “Split Ends” comes to mind. It has a similar theme and message, actually. Liz and Mandy have had a major conflict and eventually resolve it. Mandy says, “Good friends just move on, I think.” We also see this in the current episode with Erica and Kim being able to be friends again and heading off to the movies. Chris says, “When we have fights with people, God wants us to drop everything and make up with them. He places a lot of importance on forgiveness and resolving conflicts.” I completely agree here. Close friendships are not easy to form. If one is able to achieve a good, close, virtuous friendship, I would consider it a blessing. But conflict will eventually arise. What can be more important than preserving that friendship? All work should go towards resolving conflict. Put effort into it, but also remember the love and respect that each party has towards each other. And be willing to forgive and move on. Overall, I think that Chris does an excellent job in the wraps for this episode! She touches on the main themes and uses a great passage of scripture to back up her main point. Whew, this was definitely a more unique post! I think it worked well, I enjoyed doing analysis of and adding on to Chris’ wraps. What do you think about this new idea for posts? Should I try some more? What do you think about Chris’ wraps for this episode? I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback, so feel free to leave a comment! In other news, Album 77 begins releasing in the Adventures in Odyssey Club this month. You’ll be hearing our thoughts on it at some point in the future. Stay tuned. -Signed, Polehaus53

From Odyssey Obsessors • July 14, 2024

Review of “The Ark’s the Thing”

Hello all! Polehaus53 here. Jeremiah from Adventures for Odyssey Fans reached out to us some time ago expressing interest in doing some posts on the Odyssey Obsessors. It's good to have you, Jeremiah! We hope you all enjoy his review of "The Ark's the Thing".-Signed, Polehaus53 In this episode, Whit puts Emily and Olivia in charge of directing a play for VBS. Unfortunately, they only had 3 actors, Keegan, Miles Plisowsky, and Darcy Plisowsky. They ran in to several problems, Keegan asked too many questions, Miles didn’t memorize his lines, and Darcy didn’t like the feeling of being her brothers wife. Eventually, things got better and the play turned out good. Now, about the characters: Keegan This was Keegan’s first episode appearance. He was mentioned by his sister in episode #930 “Judge Me Tender”. We know pretty much nothing about him, besides that he’s a Christian, smart, and that he asks a lot of questions. Miles Plisowsky This was Miles’s 3rd appearance on the show. Before this, he appeared in episode #914 “Hurricane Perkins” and #961 “Survivor Boy”. We also know little about Miles, but that he has a twin sister, his dad’s in the military, and he’s easily persuaded. He’s also friends with Wyatt Perkins. Darcy Plisowsky This was Darcy’s 2nd appearance on Adventures In Odyssey. She appeared earlier in episode #914 “Hurricane Perkins”. Meaning that she didn’t appear on the show for over 60 episodes! She has a twin brother Miles, she likes making new friends, and she’s friends with Bridget Perkins. My Thoughts I personally really liked this episode, the reasons being: I like dramas and plays. I enjoyed the story’s moral and plot. I also liked how Mr. Whittaker handled the situation. I really enjoy Emily as a character, and she helped make the story better. Conclusion In conclusion, this episode was great. The characters in the story and the choices they made fit the episode perfectly. Hope you guys enjoyed it!

From Odyssey Obsessors • June 29, 2024

Editorial 67: The Case of the Secret Zoom

​I had an experience last year that I will never forget. It was both surreal and full of surprises. It was the day I talked to Katie Leigh, the voice of Connie, and Townsend Coleman, the voice of Jason, on a Zoom call. In this month's editorial, entitled The Case of the Secret Zoom, I talk about my opportunity getting to speak to these amazing actors, and what I learned from the experience. Check out Editorial 67 and then let me know: which Adventures in Odyssey cast or crew member would you most want to meet?

From AIO Update • June 17, 2024

What Your AIO Club Character Icon Says About You

Greetings and salutations! Welcome to my little corner of the internet:) I’m so excited to be back, especially with a post as fun to make as this one. Let’s jump straight in! I hope you enjoy 1.) Whit, Connie, or Eugene You are an old and loyal fan. You probably haven’t heard any album past The Green Ring Conspiracy. You really enjoy the classics tho and probably use a quote from Bernard Walton on the regular. 2.) (doulble L) Jillian (double L) Marshall You definitely ship Jason and Jillian and regularly get into heated debates on the club chat forum. You are also probably younger than 12 and don’t follow this blog.  3.) Jason You are definitely and Indiana Jones kid. You wanted to be an archilogist and you have listened to the Search For Whit probably more times than is healthy. You have a complicated relationship with Jack Allen and also Pastor Knox.  (That or you’re <12 and also ship J&J) 4.) Wooton (or Penny) You’re a classic fan but probably never got too obsessed. You seriously enjoy Odyssey but you haven’t listened to every episode and probably didn’t cry when the Wodfamchocpod released its last episode (to date). You are an fun loving artist and super fun to be around. You also make the best memes.  5.) Mandy Strousburg You’re a fan of the classics and one of the most wholesome people on the internet. You love people, art, and probably animals. You’re a kind soul who probably resonates with Mandy’s troubles a little bit too much.  6.) Katrina Shanks You love the old episodes but have probably listened to every one to date. You like literature and jazz music. You enjoy hot drinks and you probably find a lot of comfort in warm characters like Katrina and Jack Allen.  7.) Doris Rathbone You did NOT know that is what canon Doris looked like before you saw her as an option. And you also definitely picked her because it was the funniest picture.  8.) Rodney Rathbone You went through a Christian edgy phase (you might still be in it) where you would try to only wear jeans a flannel to church and you wanted to dye your hair black. At one point in your life you have had a DIY bones of wrath poster on your wall. (no shame, most of us have been there- not excluding me.) 9.) Kelley Honestly the same as Rodneys. You never realized what Kelly looked like and when you saw her you really started thinking about how FOTF made every “rebel kid” look soo 2000 emo.  10.)  Phillip Glossman You are the oldest child who probably doesn’t live at home. The club app was gotten for your siblings who made your account and your picture before you knew you had a choice in the matter. Thanks for reading! Check out my instagram @theperilouspenblog. Feel free to share any ideas, or characters you’d like to see next. ~the perilous pen~

From Perilous Pen • June 1, 2024

Editorial 66: Next in a Long Line

Album 76: Keep It Together has finished airing! It includes an unexpected spy adventure in Baltimore with Buck and Jason. As the Meltsners adjust to life away from Odyssey, I've been thinking more about their future, and their past.In my latest editorial, "Next in a Long Line", I talk about Leonard Meltsner, and why I think now might be an opportunity to hear from him again. Leonard disappeared from the audio show after Album 49, but he will always be an important character. Should Leonard finally return? Check out Editorial 66 and then share your thoughts in the comments.

From AIO Update • May 28, 2024

Editorial 65: A... is for Actor

From the beginning of Adventures in Odyssey, the show has boasted some amazing talent. Sadly, a number of AIO voice actors have passed away over the years. But there are others who are still around, even if we haven't heard from them in a while. Might they return to the show one day?In my latest editorial, "A... is for Actor", I talk about seven actors whom I would love to hear on the show once again. After you've read Editorial 65, let me know in the comments: Who would you like to hear return to Adventures in Odyssey?

From AIO Update • April 18, 2024

You Might Be an AIO Hangout Member If…

you’ve gotten into a heavy discussion in #controversial you have no idea how the trusted system works you’ve cried over server emojis you’ve tried to figure out who are family members tried to start a spinoff server you’ve welcomed someone who didn’t respond stayed up until 1 am playing spyfall If you don’t understand this post, you can join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/A7BSjmrZ. It’s a great place for AIO fans to gather and have discussions!

From Adventures in Opinions • April 17, 2024

Album 76: Keep It Together airs on the radio and online

Odyssians, assemble! Album 76 airs on the radio today, so we thought it would be fun to release a spoof of the album cover. There are some Easter eggs to find as well! Whether or not you're a big Morrie fan, I think we can all appreciate this Odyssey-Avengers crossover. Another amazing piece by @Rebl_Art. (Find out more about the artist here: linktr.ee/rebLart)New episodes will continue to air over the next five weeks. As usual, no spoilers in the comments until each episode has aired. You can hear Album 76: Keep It Together in full on the AIO Club, on CD, and as a digital download on a variety of music platforms.Follow our Instagram page @aioupdate for more Odyssey fan art, memes, videos, fan fiction, quotes, contests, and more.

From AIO Update • April 6, 2024

Editorial 64: The Way of the Audio Drama

We have a special guest writer for this month's editorial! Austin Peachey of Odyssey Geek, and HeartMatters audio dramas, joins us to answer a question many Adventures in Odyssey fans have asked over the years: How do you make an audio drama? Austin guides us through each stage of the process. He starts with scriptwriting, and moves on to voice casting, recording and directing, sound design, music, distribution, and more! It's an insider's look at the workings of audio drama. Check out Editorial 64: The Way of the Audio Drama.

From AIO Update • March 19, 2024

February- One Last Treasure Hunt

Hello! And welcome back to my little corner of the internet. I was planning to write and release this on February 1st, but I’ve been knocked out sick this week. Lord willing I am on the road to recovery, so here we go! episode 2: One Last Treasure Hunt This episode was not my favorite, but I believe it was very well done. It was creative and emotional, and held a good lesson. It’s touching to see Molly continue building her relationship with her grandfather and mother as a family. Emotionally, this episode brought out tears for many. Molly experiencing a final gift from her father and processing her grief and regret is an unstated emotion that is rarely shown. For listeners who have suffered from these intense feelings before, it was comforting to see it noticed and validated. It was also a touching episode for those who have been around since the beginning. We received a special gift of a memorial for our classic favorites Jack, Joanne, and Tom. The writers have attempted this before in a recent album, and it had mixed reviews. I believe this was a lovely way to mention them, without reopening the wound of loosing our former favorites. Overall I believe this was an excellent episode, and I’m sure it will grow on me. I love and appreciate the CLUB storyline being introduced with Molly and Polehaus. It’s refreshing to see a story of a kid and their grandparents connecting and enjoying time together. While there is lots of room for touching and fun episodes, it is not crucial for the overall storyline of AIO. For these reasons, I believe these are the perfect episodes to make CLUB-exclusive. Thanks for reading and be sure to tune in for future posts! Be sure to check out my Pinterest and Instagram @theperilouspenblog , where I post more frequently. Let me know what you think of this episode! ~The Perilous Pen ~

From Perilous Pen • February 9, 2024

You Might be an AIO Fan If… 27

you’re so edgy you say “*spits*”

From Adventures in Opinions • February 6, 2024

Be Part of the 1000th Episode Illustrations Tribute!

With tickets now on sale for a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend Adventures in Odyssey’s One Grand Party, the excitement is only beginning! With the release of 1000 episodes quickly approaching, Focus on the Family is giving Adventures in Odyssey fans an opportunity to contribute to a huge initiative to illustrate 1000 episodes. Be a part […]

From The Odyssey Scoop • January 15, 2024

The Odyssey ScoopCast Reviews “Triple-Decker Sundae”

Happy New Year! As we head in to 2024, we went ahead and dropped another edition of The Odyssey ScoopCast! Join our podcast team as they review another episode from the world’s #1 audio drama. Triple-Decker Sundae in ReviewSome things are worth waiting for. The ScoopCast team presents a long review of “Triple-Decker Sundae,” the […]

From The Odyssey Scoop • January 1, 2024

Album 75 Now Available: “The Best Is Yet to Come”

Adventures in Odyssey has presented so many twists and turns during its 36-year run, and Album 75 is no exception. This time, Odyssey’s “resident genius” is at the center of attention. Album Description: Everything has led to this moment. A new technology created by Odyssey’s own Eugene Meltsner could change medical science as we know […]

From The Odyssey Scoop • November 25, 2023

Get Ready for One Grand Party!

The award-winning Adventures in Odyssey series is getting ready to celebrate a huge milestone of 1,000 episodes. To celebrate, fans are invited to be present for the big party in 2024! What We Know So Far: “In 2024, we’ll air the 1,000th episode of Adventures in Odyssey! And we want to celebrate with every member […]

From The Odyssey Scoop • November 17, 2023