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179: You Gotta Be Wise
180: Isaac the Pure
181: It Takes Integrity
182: The Scales of Justice
183: Tales of Moderation
184: Isaac the Chivalrous
185: A Question of Loyalty
186: The Conscientious Cross-Guard
187: An Act of Nobility
188: The Courage to Stand
189: No, Honestly!
190: Moses: The Passover, Part 1
191: Moses: The Passover, Part 2
192: Modesty is the Best Policy
193: A Tongue of Fire
194: A License to Drive
195: Father's Day
196: Harlow Doyle, Private Eye
197: The Midnight Ride
198: Treasure Hunt
199: The 'No' Factor
200: Feud for Thought
201: Fair-Weather Fans
202: Timmy's Cabin
203: Double Trouble
204: Wonderworld
205: Flash Flood
206: Pen Pal
207: The Case of the Candid Camera
208: Pipe Dreams
209: Columbus: The Grand Voyage
210: On Solid Ground
211: The Mortal Coil, Part 1
212: The Mortal Coil, Part 2
213: Best Intentions
214: The Living Nativity
215: Caroling, Caroling
216: Like Father, Like Son
179: You Gotta Be Wise
Essential Facts:
Writer: Paul McCusker
Director: Chuck Bolte
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 1/04/92
Scripture reference: Proverbs 22:6
Theme: Wisdom; discernment
Plot:
When Rodney Rathbone starts a band, parents in Odyssey are livid about the lyrics of his songs.
Albums: It All Started When... (originally 12, now 13)
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Characters:
Whit, Dale Jacobs, Robyn Jacobs, Bart Rathbone, Rodney Rathbone, Marty

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180: Isaac the Pure
Essential Facts:
Writer: Paul McCusker
Director: Chuck Bolte
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 1/11/92
Scripture reference: Matthew 5:8
Theme: Purity
Plot:
Isaac tries his best to be pure, but seems to consistently fail.
Albums: It All Started When... (originally 12, now 13)
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Characters:
Isaac Morton, Jerry Morton, Sam Johnson, Whit, Dale Jacobs, Indigo Methuselah Hamstrung

Notes:
This episode is the first one where the introduction song has excerpts from the upcoming program.

 
181: It Takes Integrity
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 1/18/92
Scripture reference: Proverbs 10:29
Theme: Integrity
Plot:
After seeing that Curt is running unopposed in a student council campaign, Lucy decides to run a campaign based on integrity.
Albums: It All Started When... (originally 12, now 13)
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Characters:
Curt Stevens, Lucy Cunningham-Schultz, Whit, Bart Rathbone

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182: The Scales of Justice
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 2/15/92
Scripture reference: Psalm 89:14
Theme: Justice
Plot:
Isaac finds $2000 in a field and it seems as though he will be able to keep it.   However, Rodney Rathbone later claims to be the money's owner and files a mock trial at Whit's End to keep the money.
Albums: It All Started When... (originally 12, now 13), A Maze of Mysteries (Classics 2)
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Characters:
Isaac Morton, Lucy Cunningham-Schultz, Connie Kendall, Whit, Eugene Meltsner, Bart Rathbone, Rodney Rathbone, Brad Hinkley, Officer Patrick O'Ryan

Notes:
The middle of the program contains an interruption by "Sherlock, Odyssey's Super Slueth", who gives some facts about skin.

 
183: Tales of Moderation
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 2/22/92
Scripture reference: Matthew 6:19-21; Luke 18:18-25
Theme: Moderation
Plot:
Whit gives Connie a book that tells three stories of moderation.
Albums: It All Started When... (originally 12, now 13)
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Characters:
Whit, Connie Kendall, *Bill, *Ted, *Morty Blight, *Ethel Blight, *Morty Blight, Jr., *Bowl Blight, *Weeval Blight, *Jesus

Notes:
This episode was used in Radio Scripts, Volume 2.

 
184: Isaac the Chivalrous
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 2/29/92
Scripture reference: Job 13:15
Theme: Chivalry
Plot:
Sir William follows Isaac out of the Imagination Station and finds that many things have changed between the middle ages and the modern ages.
Albums: It All Started When... (originally 12, now 13)
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Characters:
Isaac Morton, Sir William, Whit, Eugene Meltsner, George Barclay, Rodney Rathbone, Terry

Notes:
Contains an Imagination Staition adventure.

 
185: A Question of Loyalty
Essential Facts:
Writer: Paul McCusker
Director: Paul McCusker
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 3/07/92
Scripture reference: Micah 7:5
Theme: Loyalty
Plot:
Lucy becomes friends with Emily, a new girl in town, but Emily eventually turns on Lucy and the Odyssey Owl.
Albums: It All Started When... (originally 12, now 13)
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Characters:
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz, Whit, Mr. Burton, Emily

Notes:

 
186: The Conscientious Cross-Guard
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Pat Woodland
Original Air Date: 3/14/92
Scripture reference: Proverbs 20:6
Theme: Conscientiousness; perseverance
Plot:
Bernard tells a story about when he was a crossing guard and had to stand up to a bully.
Albums: It All Started When... (originally 12, now 13)
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Characters:
Bernard Walton, Harry, *Nick, *Tanyer Hyde, *Principal Bigsby, *Vice-Principal Hadley, *Mr. Risken, *Mr. Umphrees, *Officer Labell

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187: An Act of Nobility
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 3/21/92
Scripture reference: Luke 22:24-26
Theme: Nobility
Plot:
Whit tells the story of an American in the small country of Muldavia who took the place of the prince for a few days.
Albums: It All Started When... (originally 12, now 13)
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Characters:
Whit, Isaac Morton, Brooke Myers, *James Armer, *Prince Roderick, *Dr. Monroe, *Eric vonWarberg, *General Farnum, *Captain Holt

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188: The Courage to Stand
Essential Facts:
Writer: Paul McCusker
Director: Phil Lollar & Paul McCusker
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 3/28/92
Scripture reference: 2 Chronicles 32:7-8
Theme: Courage
Plot:
Robyn tells Connie about how she stood up to the head of the cheerleaders at school.
Albums: It All Started When... (originally 12, now 13)
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Characters:
Connie Kendall, Robyn Jacobs, Shannon Ellis, Michelle, Ann Jacobs

Notes:
The end of this episode contains excerpts from AIO68: Choices, AIO76: Eugene's Dilemma, and AIO111: First Love.

 
189: No, Honestly!
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 4/04/92
Scripture reference: Proverbs 12:22
Theme: Honesty
Plot:
Rodney has a hard time getting everyone to believe him when he knows about a plot to rob Odyssey families.
Albums: It All Started When... (originally 12, now 13)
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Characters:
Dale Jacobs, Rodney Rathbone, Whit, George Barclay, Sam Johnson, Mark Reed, Mr. Blake, Mrs. Hemsdale, Jerry Morton, Tom Riley, Mr. Thomas

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190: Moses: The Passover, Part 1
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar & Paul McCusker
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 4/11/92
Scripture reference: The book of Exodus
Theme: Biblical history: Moses; the Exodus
Plot:
Jimmy and George use the Imagination Station to experience the plagues of Egypt and the Exodus of the Israelites.
Album: Meanwhile, In Another Part of Town (14), Chronicles, Kings, and Crosses (Special), Bible Eyewitness: Old Testament (Classics 3)
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Characters:
Whit, Jimmy Barclay, George Barclay, *Moses, *Aaron, *Joshua, *Pharoh, *Ramses, *Hodshopa

Notes:
Contains an Imagination Staition adventure.
Contains a Bible story.

 
191: Moses: The Passover, Part 2
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar & Paul McCusker
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 4/18/92
Scripture reference: The book of Exodus
Theme: Biblical history: Moses; the Exodus
Plot:
Jimmy and George use the Imagination Station to experience the plagues of Egypt and the Exodus of the Israelites.
Album: Meanwhile, In Another Part of Town (14), Chronicles, Kings, and Crosses (Special), Bible Eyewitness: Old Testament (Classics 3)
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Characters:
Whit, Jimmy Barclay, George Barclay, *Moses, *Aaron, *Joshua, *Pharoh, *Ramses, *Hodshopa

Notes:
Contains an Imagination Staition adventure.
Contains a Bible story.

 
192: Modesty is the Best Policy
Essential Facts:
Writer: Paul McCusker
Director: Paul McCusker
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: Barry Young
Original Air Date: 4/25/92
Scripture reference: 1 Timothy 2:9
Theme: Modesty
Plot:
George disagrees with Donna's choice of clothing, thinking it is too immodest.
Albums: It All Started When... (originally 12, now 13)
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Characters:
George Barclay, Jimmy Barclay, Mary Barclay, Donna Barclay, Jack Davis, Shannon Ellis, Whit

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193: A Tongue of Fire
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 5/02/92
Scripture reference: James 3:1-12
Theme: Watching your words
Plot:
Bryan Dern gives Jimmy advice to "record random sounds" so he can improve his own radio show.  However, Jimmy records and airs a clip of Eugene telling Whit that he failed his driver's license test.
Album: Meanwhile, In Another Part of Town (14)
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Characters:
Jimmy Barclay, Whit, Eugene Meltsner, Cryin' Bryan Dern, Charlie

Notes:
In the background on this episode, we can hear Chris doing an Adventures in Odyssey commercial.

Contains a KIDS Radio broadcast.

 
194: A License to Drive
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Pat Woodland
Original Air Date: 5/09/92
Scripture reference: Proverbs 10:4
Theme: Diligence
Plot:
Connie teaches Eugene how to drive.
Album: Meanwhile, In Another Part of Town (14), Comic Belief (Classics 5)
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Characters:
Connie Kendall, Eugene Meltsner, Whit

Notes:
The only episode where Connie, Eugene, and Whit are the only named characters.

 
195: Father's Day
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 6/20/92
Scripture reference: Malachi 2:14-16
Theme: Dealing with parent's divorce
Plot:
Connie's dad makes a surprise visit to town to tell her that he is married again.
Album: Meanwhile, In Another Part of Town (14)
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Characters:
Whit, Connie Kendall, Bill Kendall, June Kendall, April Kendall

Notes:
GOOF ALERT (or is it?): At the end Connie says, ?I couldn?t get a seat on your flight.? But what about April? From what we hear, Connie presumably books their seats before her dad tells her he is married again. Where did April?s ticket come from? And wasn?t it a little silly of Bill to let Connie make the arrangements before telling her there will be one more person with them? So did Connie give up her seat to April before she came to see her dad the next morning? (Contributed by Liz)

 
196: Harlow Doyle, Private Eye
Essential Facts:
Writer: Paul McCusker
Director: Paul McCusker
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 6/27/92
Scripture reference: Luke 17:5-6; 2 Timothy 2:15; Hebrews 10:25
Theme: Faith
Plot:
A new detective in town solves the case of why Jessie lost her faith.
Album: Meanwhile, In Another Part of Town (14), A Maze of Mysteries (Classics 2)
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Characters:
Harlow Doyle, Miss Turner, Whit, Eugene Meltsner, Jesse Morales, Mrs. Morales, Dale Jacobs, Mr. King, Bart Rathbone

Notes:
This episode was used in Radio Scripts, Volume 1.

This episode is the only episode in which we hear "Miss Turner" that Harlow refers to all the time.

 
197: The Midnight Ride
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 7/04/92
Scripture reference: Psalm 33:12
Theme: American history: the Revolution; Paul Revere; duty; patriotism
Plot:
Whit tells Marsha the story of Paul Revere and points out a few mistakes in Longfellow's poem.
Album: Meanwhile, In Another Part of Town (14), Star Spangled Stories of American History (Classics 6)
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Characters:
Whit, Marsha, *Paul Revere, *John Hanock, *Sam Adams, *Dr. Joseph Warren, *Newt, *Thomas Richardson, *Joshua Bentley, *John Adams, *Billy Dawes, *Captain Jonas Parker, *Major John Pitcairn, *Mr. Lowell

Notes:
Contains a history story.

GOOF ALERT: After the "shot heard 'round the world," Major Pitcairn is heard ordering his men to fire. Historically we know that Major Pitcairn rode among his men ordering them not to fire and they disobeyed his orders. (Contributed by Tom.)
 
198: Treasure Hunt
Essential Facts:
Writer: Paul McCusker
Director: Paul McCusker
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 7/11/92
Scripture reference: Proverbs 10:29
Theme: God's protection
Plot:
During a war games treasure hunt, Isaac Morton and Eugene become intrigued with the power of their toy water guns.
Album: Meanwhile, In Another Part of Town (14)
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Characters:
Isaac Morton, Eugene Meltsner, Bart Rathbone, Tom Riley, Whit, Cryin' Bryan Dern, Hank Murray, Officer Patrick O'Ryan

Notes:
This show originally aired with the title "War Games," but it was changed after audience concerns about violence and weapons.

An interesting aspect of this episode is how the first 10 minutes, 30 seconds (up to the first commercial break) are one "scene" that doesn't cut away.  The perspective begins with Bryan Dern and Bart Rathbone, cuts through the radio to Whit and Tom, cuts back through the radio to Bryan Dern, stays with Eugene and Issac, moves back to Bryan Dern, and finally cuts through the radio to stay with Tom and Whit.

See Nearly Hidden Background Dialog.

 
199: The 'No' Factor
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 7/18/92
Scripture reference: Ecclesiastes 3:2-8; 11
Theme: Being wise with your time; the danger of overcommitment
Plot:
Connie becomes exhausted when she overcommits her time to various people.
Album: A Place of Wonder (15)
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Characters:
Connie Kendall, June Kendall, Dale Jacobs, Eugene Meltsner, Pastor Williams, Jack Davis, Marsha

Notes:
Contains many references to past episodes: the plays that Jack directed, AIO101: Scattered Seeds, and AIO61: The Boy Who Didn't Go to Church.

 
200: Feud for Thought
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Pat Woodland
Original Air Date: 7/25/92
Scripture reference: Ephesians 4:31-32
Theme: Forgiveness
Plot:
When attending a Walton family reunion, Eugene finds that Bernard's grandfather has had a huge grudge against the Meltsner family for years due to seeming cheated contract.
Album: Meanwhile, In Another Part of Town (14), Drive Time (Classics 7)
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Characters:
Bernard Walton, Eugene Meltsner, Borealis P. Walton, Ralph Reams

Notes:

 
201: Fair-Weather Fans
Essential Facts:
Writer: Charlie Richards
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 8/15/92
Scripture reference: Proverbs 18:24
Theme: Friendship; discernment
Plot:
Isaac joins a new kid to Odyssey to sell fans for some extra money. And soon as they sell a lot fans they start to brake his friend leaves town, never paying Isaac and leaving the mess up to him to fix them.
Album: A Place of Wonder (15)
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Characters:
Isaac Morton, Derek, Jerry Morton, Whit, "Doc" Morton, Mrs. Turtleson, Fred Ferdinand, Ralph

Notes:
GOOF ALERT: In this episode, Isaac's mother is Doc Morton, and Isaac even says that she works in a hospital.  However, her voice sounds nothing like Isaac's mother in AIO86: Isaac the Insecure.

 
202: Timmy's Cabin
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 8/22/92
Scripture reference: Psalm 33:18
Theme: The importance of family memories; God's protection
Plot:
Philip Glossman shows up to try to build a highway through Tom Riley's land.
Album: Meanwhile, In Another Part of Town (14)
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Characters:
Whit, Tom Riley, Philip Glossman, Mr. Chapman, Marsha

Notes:

 
203: Double Trouble
Essential Facts:
Writer: Paul McCusker
Director: Paul McCusker
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 8/29/92
Scripture reference: 1 Samuel 16:7
Theme: Judging a book by its cover
Plot:
Edwin Blackgaard has a hard time convincing the residents of Odyssey that he is a good businessman, despite his brother's misdeeds.
Album: A Place of Wonder (15)
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Characters:
Edwin Blackgaard, Walter Shakespeare, Lucy Cunningham Schultz, Dale Jacobs, Whit, Connie Kendall, Jack Davis, Miss Minnion

Notes:
GOOF ALERT: At the end of this episode, Whit said he got a newspaper in the mail last night that contained information about yesterday's events.  Nothing coming by mail could contain information about an event the same day.

 
204: Wonderworld
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 9/05/92
Scripture reference: Psalm 104
Theme: The proper use of imagination; creativity
Plot:
Jimmy babysits Lawrence and discovers the usefulness of imagination.
Album: A Place of Wonder (15)
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Characters:
George Barclay, Jimmy Barclay, Donna Barclay, Whit, Lawrence Hodges, Maureen Hodges, *Robin Hood, *Tarzan

Notes:
See Star Wars references.
See Star Trek references.

At the beginning of this episode, Whit says, "I feel like Christopher Robin just left Pooh Corner."  This may be a reference to the fact that Hal Smith played Winnie the Pooh.

When Jimmy is babysitting Lawrence, the TV in the background is playing "Stalag 5," a reference to the movie Stalag 17.

 
205: Flash Flood
Essential Facts:
Writer: Rich Peterson & Paul McCusker
Director: Paul McCusker
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: Pat Woodland
Original Air Date: 9/26/92
Scripture reference: Proverbs 17:17
Theme: Friendship
Plot:
Eugene, Bernard, Tom, and Whit go camping and are put in a life-threatening situation on the mountain.
Album: A Place of Wonder (15), Drive Time (Classics 7)
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Characters:
Whit, Tom Riley, Bernard Walton, Eugene Meltsner, Connie Kendall

Notes:
Included on Odyssey DVD 1.

 
206: Pen Pal
Essential Facts:
Writer: Vann Trapp & Paul McCusker
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Pat Woodland
Original Air Date: 10/03/92
Scripture reference: Psalm 146
Theme: Friendship; compassion for the handicapped
Plot:
Melanie has a pen pal and when she find out she is coming over for the weekend, Melanie is extremely excited. But she finds something about Jenny she never expected.
Album: A Place of Wonder (15)
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Characters:
Jenny Roberts, Melanie Jacobs, Robyn Jacobs, Dale Jacobs, Ann Jacobs, Mike Roberts, Linda Roberts

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207: The Case of the Candid Camera
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 10/10/92
Scripture reference: Numbers 32:23
Theme: Honesty; the consequences of sin
Plot:
Harlow Doyle solves the case of a strange victory in a Bible Bowl contest.
Album: A Place of Wonder (15)
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Characters:
Harlow Doyle, Denver Thor, Rodney Rathbone, Lucy Cunningham-Schultz, S. L. Clemens, Andy Demas, Nicky Wilson

Notes:
This episode was made into an AIO Activity Pack, The Harlow Doyle Mystery Files, Volume 2.

 
208: Pipe Dreams
Essential Facts:
Writer: Chris Fabry
Director: Paul McCusker
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 10/17/92
Scripture reference: Luke 19:11-26
Theme: Making the most of a bad situation
Plot:
Charles has to spend "Campbell County Government Day" in the sewage department.
Album: A Place of Wonder (15)
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Characters:
Charles "Chunky" Edward Thompson, Denver Thor, Maureen Hodges, Connie Kendall, Eugene Meltsner, Mrs. Bavaqua, Principal McFadden, Officer Patrick O'Ryan, Alice Worthington

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209: Columbus: The Grand Voyage
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 10/24/92
Scripture reference: Psalm 22:27-28
Theme: History: Columbus; courage
Plot:
Lawrence uses the Imagination Station to experience Columbus's voyage.
Album: Flights of Imagination (16), Star Spangled Stories of American History (Classics 6)
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Characters:
Whit, Lawrence Hodges, *Christopher Columbus, *Friar Diego, *Juan Rodrigo de la Vega, *Queen Isabella, *Louise

Notes:
See Star Trek references.
Contains an Imagination Staition adventure.
Contains a history story.

 
210: On Solid Ground
Essential Facts:
Writer: Phil Lollar
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 10/31/92
Scripture reference: Genesis 13-14;18-19:29
Theme: Bible history: Abraham and Lot
Plot:
A Kids' Radio: O.T. Action News broadcast about Abraham and Lot.
Album: A Place of Wonder (15), Chronicles, Kings, and Crosses (Special), Bible Eyewitness: Old Testament (Classics 3)
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Characters:
Whit, Connie Kendall, Eugene Meltsner, Edwin Blackgaard, Lucy Cunningham Schultz, Charles Edward Thompson, *Abram/Abraham, *Lot, *Sarai/Sarah, *Milkah, *Brink Chetley, *Nabor, *Iman

Notes:
Contains a KIDS Radio broadcast.
Contains a Bible story.

 
211: The Mortal Coil, Part 1
Essential Facts:
Writer: Paul McCusker
Director: Paul McCusker
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 11/21/92
Scripture reference: 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-15; 2 Corinthians 4:18-5:2; Revelation 7:17;21:4
Theme: Death; heaven; hell
Plot:
Whit creates a "death" program for the imagination station that shows the user "just a glimpse" of life after death.  The program shows Whit a heaven from which he might not want to come back.  It shows Eugene a taste of hell which terrifies him to no end.
Album: Flights of Imagination (16)
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Characters:
Whit, Tom Riley, Eugene Meltsner, Connie Kendall, "Doc" Morton, *Jenny Whittaker, *Fiona Doneral, *Harold Whittaker

Notes:
One really disturbing fact about this episode is reported in The Complete Guide to AIO.   It says that the "first part was written to be put aside in case Hal Smith (Whit) died.  But we liked the story so much, we decided to finish it."   They were originally intending to use the story as Whit's death if needed.  As the episode that it is, I love it.  It perfectly shows the issues and has an important purpose.  But if they decided to use part one as Whit's death I would have been shocked.  Can you imagine how all the people who had been so attached to AIO would have felt to find out the Whit, the central character everyone wishes they could meet, basically killed himself in an invention?  I think it would betray a lot of what we know about Whit.  Thankfully the episode was used where it was and they did not have Whit die when Hal Smith passed away in 1994, only a little over a year after this episode was broadcast.

This episode flashes back to 49: Thank You, God, 93: Rescue from Manatugo Point, and 19: Recollections, a line later said in 464: The Triangle, Part 1, as well as other parts of Whit's life that have not been made into AIO episodes

Contains an Imagination Staition adventure.

 
212: The Mortal Coil, Part 2
Essential Facts:
Writer: Paul McCusker
Director: Paul McCusker
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 11/28/92
Scripture reference: 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-15; 2 Corinthians 4:18-5:2; Revelation 7:17;21:4
Theme: Death; heaven; hell
Plot:
Whit creates a "death" program for the imagination station that shows the user "just a glimpse" of life after death.  The program shows Whit a heaven from which he might not want to come back.  It shows Eugene a taste of hell which terrifies him to no end.
Album: Flights of Imagination (16)
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Characters:
Whit, Tom Riley, Eugene Meltsner, Connie Kendall, "Doc" Morton, *Jenny Whittaker, Jason Whittaker, Jana Whittaker-Dowd, *Jerry Whittaker

Notes:
This episode flashes back to FP11: A Member of the Family, Part 1 (It's remake was AIO17: A Member of the Family, Part 1).

Contains an Imagination Staition adventure.

 
213: Best Intentions
Essential Facts:
Writer: Paul McCusker
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Dave Arnold
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 12/05/92
Scripture reference: Matthew 25:36
Theme: Compassion
Plot:
Connie and Eugene try to help Whit relax but end up making his day very stressful.
Album: Flights of Imagination (16), Comic Belief (Classics 5)
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Characters:
Whit, Tom Riley, Connie Kendall, Eugene Meltsner, Sam Johnson, Harlow Doyle, "Doc" Morton

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214: The Living Nativity
Essential Facts:
Writer: Marshal Younger
Director: Phil Lollar
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 12/12/92
Scripture reference: Romans 13:1-7
Theme: Freedom of religion
Plot:
When he sees the the Living Nativity display is hurting his business, Bart tries to shut it down by bringing up the Constitutional "seperation of church and state".
Album: Flights of Imagination (16)
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Characters:
Whit, Connie Kendall, Eugene Meltsner, Lucy Cunningham-Schultz, Bart Rathbone, Rodney Rathbone, Mayor Bill Jenkins, Officer (Captain) Patrick O'Ryan

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215: Caroling, Caroling
Essential Facts:
Writer: Paul McCusker
Director: Chuck Bolte
Production Engineers: Dave Arnold & Tim Jaquette
Music: John Campbell
Original Air Date: 12/19/92
Scripture reference: Luke 2:1-20
Theme: Celebrating Christmas; the birth of Jesus
Plot:
Whit and some of the kids from Odyssey go caroling.
Album: Not Included in an Album
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Characters:
Whit, Connie Kendall, Tom Riley, Eugene Meltsner, Bernard Walton, Dale Jacobs

Notes:
This episode is not part of an album, but was expanded onto a two-sided split-track tape, sold separately from Focus on the Family.

 
216: Like Father, Like Son
Essential Facts:
Writer: April Dammann & Paul McCusker
Director: Paul McCusker
Production Engineer: Bob Luttrell
Music: Library
Original Air Date: 12/26/92
Scripture reference: Matthew 7:1-2
Theme: Judging others
Plot:
Eric is accused of stealing money, mainly because his father is in jail for stealing money.
Album: Flights of Imagination (16)
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Characters:
Eric Myers, Julie Myers, Whit, Rodney Rathbone, Coach Bryant, Phil, Scrubb

Notes:
See It's a Wonderful Life References

 
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