Adventures in Odyssey

Lenore, I know you know what it is.

It's fucking Adventures in Odyssey, did it? Aside from that, I don't know.

And good God, is that a bad episode of Adventures in Odyssey, folks? Rahab,

you reminded me of this earlier today and I was so fucking angry.

So fucking angry.

Hi there.

Welcome to the official Adventures in Odyssey podcast.

I'm Bob Smithhauser, but most folks around here call me Bob.

Hmm, that sounds a lot like something a beloved ice cream and Discovery Emporium owner might say.

I was hoping somebody would catch that, because today we're talking about the man himself, John Avery Whitaker.

And this is a pretty important podcast for Odyssey.

Jesse? That's me.

And here's the latest news.

Yes, exactly.

So this 1986 film was directed by Nelson Shin and written by Ron Friedman and Flint Dilley with an all-star cast, including Judd Nelson, Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Eric Idle, Corey Burton, who is, I guess, less famous these days, but you may know him, if you grew up listening to the radio drama Adventures in Odyssey, you may know him as the voice of Cryin' Brian Dern, and actually, Walker Edmiston, who I don't know was super famous at the time either, was also, I believe he played Tom Riley on Adventures in Odyssey, so two Adventures in Odyssey alums, but also Leonard Nimoy, Scatman Crothers, and of course, the great Orson Welles, and many, many

more.

incredible yeah

Yeah.

This is like a direct inversion of, Of Jimmy Barkley's experience on Adventures in Odyssey.

Yes,

absolutely.

Yeah,

that's old, decrepit-ass.

And in that, Jimmy Barkley, our friend from Adventures in Odyssey, he

learned that by doing something sinful

This is Austin Peachey for ATC, and I am recording this live from a cruise ship in, where are

we, Bex? We are in the Gulf of Odyssey, of course.

Yes, we are on the Voyage of Voices cruise with Sail and Sing Travel, or Sail and Sing Cruises, I forget the exact title for that.

But we are here with our second and final recap of this incredible event.

Anyway, please continue.

Oh yeah, sorry.

So it was about her story and kind of how her, how her life has, it was multiple stories that may or may not be in her autobiography and how her life led her to where she was and how all the different things that she has done led her to be the best possible version of who she is right now for Odyssey and for teaching voice classes, despite people telling her that she wouldn't be able to make it in this industry.

And look where she is now with prayer and wonderful people helping her to just, again, be the Katie and Connie that we know today.

This is an event by Sian Singh Travel.

It's not an official Odyssey event, but it's a place for cast and crew members from Auditorium, including Ventures in Odyssey, can come hang out.

Have panels and such.

And people like me, fans, will be able to interact with them and enjoy a cruise.

podcast with ATC yeah

it's great to have you and I wish JD could make it here but um in his absence um I'll be um heading these up so hopefully people like him um that weren't able to go on the cruise will get a little taste of what it was like so right now we're recording this on Sunday October 18th the second day of the cruise but let's fast forward well not fast forward rewind rewind to how we got here so i flew from tulsa to um houston but bex you had a much more eventful uh trip to get here to get there um didn't you

i did a little bit yes uh i actually was joined by another fan of adventures in odyssey jesse and we road tripped from colorado all the way to houston We had a couple of different stops, and we kind of made it a girl's trip.

Had a little printout of Flat Chris to have some fun on the way.

You're licensing other great content.

And one of the things [laughs] that I saw in here that I went back through as I was exploring that I loved to see, because I know how much it meant to me, was I grew up on Adventures in Odyssey.

You did.

Like, I grew up-

Amazing

... on McGee and Me! and Adventures in Odyssey.

[laughs] Mm-hmm.

And, um, I, uh, I love it so much [laughs].

And my kids were – focused on the family.

I think they had Adventures in Odyssey.

And these stories were just, they were so dope.

So if you would, I'm going to give you a list of the big ones, like the tentpole stories in the Bible.