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In "The One About Trust", Margaret Faye incorrectly guesses Connie's name as "Katie".Jack's middle name, Wilbur, is also a subtle nod to his voice actor Alan Young's most famous role as Wilbur Post.Jack tells the story of when he and Whit, then voiced by Hal Smith, visited Bath, North Carolina, where they met Uncle Randy and his Deputy Arny.(Which, for obvious reasons, goes by album release rather than individual episode.) An Animated Adaption airs on some Christian broadcasting stations. A Spanish version, titled Aventuras en Odisea, has been in production since 2013.
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Episodes are also rotated daily for free listening on the official website, about five at a time. It currently airs on numerous radio stations in the US and Canada, and is available in compact disc and cassette albums.
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The series is created by the American Christian advocacy group Focus on the Family and is the flagship program of FOTF Radio Theater. Finally, the third major saga concerned a student at Odyssey Middle School named Morrie Rydell who was more than meets the eye and seemed to have more sinister intentions as the saga went on.
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A shorter but sequential 12-part serial "The Green Ring Conspiracy", concerning a counterfeit ring, has been also been released, notable again for its level of maturity in storytelling. (Whit was, unfortunately, away on a secret archaeological expedition in the Middle East during the finale.) The second arc dealt with a plot by the communications company Novacom and a computer program they created, in which Eugene was a major, if completely absent, player. Regis Blackgaard to take over Whit's End as part of a larger goal that slowly came to light over its course. The most recent era (dubbed "the relaunch" by fans) includes the Parker siblings, Olivia, Matthew, and Camilla junior detective Emily Jones and her older brother Barrett Barrett's rival Jay Smouse reformed troublemaker Buck Oliver Connie's half-sister Jules and Wyatt Perkins and his high-strung older sister Bridget.Īside from the individual half-hour segments, the show has featured three major long-running, ( more mature) arcs. The next era included young writer and resident sweetheart Mandy Straussberg, her brother David, and her best friend Liz Horton cousins Alex Jefferson and Cal Jordan another rebellious teen-turned-convert, Aubrey Shepherd Jared DeWhite and his younger brother Trent Marvin and Tamika Washington and Grady McKay. The first included chronic troublemaker Curt Stevens budding journalist Lucy Cunningham-Schultz sisters Robin and Melanie Jacobs all-American siblings Donna and Jimmy Barclay, the boy and a girl of the Barclay's eventual A Boy, a Girl, and a Baby Family set-up. The show has also had various casts of kids of varying eras.
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Over the years, this has included: rebellious teen-turned-convert Connie Kendall super-techno-genius Eugene Meltsner his distant cousin and professional window-washer, Bernard Walton Eugene's wife, a substitute teacher named Katrina part-time spy and Whit's son Jason Whit's friend and local antique dealer, Jack Allen and local mailman, Wooton Bassett, along with his eventual wife and artist Penny. Some of the most recurring characters are the employees at Whit's End.
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Whit's End is also home to a fair number of mysterious rooms such as: the secret hidden room in the attic that held clues to a treasure hunt, the secret hidden room in the basement where a murder occurred, and Whit's secret computer room with wall-to-wall TV screens and the master computer that runs every invention in the shop - and talks. The most famous (and frequently used as a plot device) is the Imagination Station - in simplest terms, a virtual reality time machine. Most of his inventions are permanent starring attractions in Whit's End. Whit is a devoted Christian, the rich owner of an encyclopedia company, former consultant for the National Security Agency, and a somewhat wacky inventor. The centerpiece of the town is the kids' discovery emporium and ice cream shop, Whit's End, run by John Avery Whittaker ("Whit"), who acts as a wise old grandfather to every kid who walks through the door. Oh, and it's a radio show.Īdventures in Odyssey (1987-present) is set in the fictional town of Odyssey (in an unnamed State, but likely the Midwestern USA-the original version of the show, Family Portraits, identifies it as being in Ohio). Except that it promotes Christian values and Biblical messages. Your typical half-hour after-school dramatic comedy show about life in a small town.
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