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Album 2: Grins, Grabbers, and Great Getaways

Episodes:
31: Family Vacation, Part 1
32: Family Vacation, Part 2
33: The Day Independence Came
34: Stormy Weather
36: Kid's Radio
35: VBS Blues
37: Camp What-a-Nut, Part 1
38: Camp What-a-Nut, Part 2
39: The Case of the Secret Room, Part 1
40: The Case of the Secret Room, Part 2
41: Return to the Bible Room
42: The Last Great Adventure of the Summer
Gold Audio 2: Stormy Weather

Episodes (same):
31: Family Vacation, Part 1
32: Family Vacation, Part 2
33: The Day Independence Came
34: Stormy Weather
36: Kid's Radio
35: VBS Blues
37: Camp What-a-Nut, Part 1
38: Camp What-a-Nut, Part 2
39: The Case of the Secret Room, Part 1
40: The Case of the Secret Room, Part 2
41: Return to the Bible Room
42: The Last Great Adventure of the Summer

Review:

In this second Odyssey collection, the writers and actors in general seem more liberated. In the first collection, they loosed the bonds from traditional kid’s stuff and here they go further. We get episodes where families seem similar to us (Family Vacation), we get detailed research in historical stories, and we get our first "continuing characters" aside from Connie, Tom, and Whit. Some of the characters (i.e., Ned Lewis) didn’t last long, but at least they continued for a few episodes. This album had the first two-parters and it had three of them and all were quite good. The writers showed they could write mysteries and even get into international intrigue. There weren’t really any "cry" ones on this set, but nearly every other genre was covered. Way to get going with a bang, Odyssey!

Favorite Episode: The Case of the Secret Room

Rating: 3 stars

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Notes:

This is one of the few "early" albums which contained episodes in basically the same order that they were released on the radio.

Order:

Order from Focus on the Family
Order from CBD
Order from Tommy Nelson