This is one of my favorites, I've always wanted to work for the government and this episode gives you a first hand account of a CIA agent.
Terri Johnston has had a BORING summer. His dad never lets him do anything... It's been like this ever since his mom passed away. But things are about to change. The first time all summer he's been to Whit's End, regular visit nothing special... Untill, on his way out Terri and his dad George are stopped by a big man in black gloves. Terri doesn't understand it, the man calls his dad Cat's Paw? Why? Before Terri has time to think, they're on the run:
In the car
At the train station
Running through the crowd
Lost him
Getting locked in a train car
Terri and George are stuck. During the long train ride, Terri learns that his father is a CIA agent and has been Terri's whole life. The man in the black gloves (Nigel) works for a company that sells international military secrets to the highest bidder.
As the train docks in Manhatten, NY Terri and George are supprised by sleeping gas! They wake up on a plane going to London, Nigel in the Cockpit. George is carrying the 5th part of a formula critical to national security, and Nigel's boss Maxime wants it.
Maxime's house is quite a doozee, hundreds of fish tanks, shell casings from World War II and lots of terrorists. Terri witnesses his father getting threatened by Maxime and can't take it anymore; they get an oportunity for escape and end up on the roof. Scotland Yard to the rescue! But not without cost when Nigel finds out he has failed, he pushes George off the roof! Nigel is carried to jail thinking he has defeated Cat's Paw. But he is not victorious Terri is supprised to find George landed on a scafoled controlled by two of the U.S. finest agents.
There is one hazard of getting involved with the CIA, you can't tell anyone!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Return to the Bible Room
Well a title that's a little bit vague as I don't remember being in the Bible Room before, but a great episode none the less.
Enter Jack Davis and Lucy Cunningham-Sholtz; two kids with OPPOSITE personalities, Lucy- responsible and intelligent, Jack-reckless and ignorant. Sounds like a great mix... Don't you think??? Add to the recipe a room full of fun and truth and one of Whit's great stories. Throw in some imagination and Jack and Lucy end up in a mixed-up twisted-up story of Jonah and the Whale. Thought it was bad enough as is when Jack and Lucy are caught on board the ship and thrown over board with Jonah. That's just the start... Mess-ups and Meyham follow Jack and Lucy no matter where they are. And it just gets worse :(.
A great lesson learned about Jonah and the truth. It's really funny too :).
Enter Jack Davis and Lucy Cunningham-Sholtz; two kids with OPPOSITE personalities, Lucy- responsible and intelligent, Jack-reckless and ignorant. Sounds like a great mix... Don't you think??? Add to the recipe a room full of fun and truth and one of Whit's great stories. Throw in some imagination and Jack and Lucy end up in a mixed-up twisted-up story of Jonah and the Whale. Thought it was bad enough as is when Jack and Lucy are caught on board the ship and thrown over board with Jonah. That's just the start... Mess-ups and Meyham follow Jack and Lucy no matter where they are. And it just gets worse :(.
A great lesson learned about Jonah and the truth. It's really funny too :).
Monday, September 7, 2009
Camp Wut-a-Nut I & II
Odyssey's favorite summer camp is in session and a whole cast of characters shows up!
Donny McKoy: a young, short camper ready for his first year at camp (narrator)
Gloria McKoy: Danny's older sister, girly and expirienced camper
Ned Lewis: 16 years old teaches arts and crafts (we'll hear more of him in VBS Blues)
Marco: Italian, camp cook, doesn't speak good english
Chaz: Cocky, mean, rich
With all these new characters and Whit a camp story to remember takes off! This is kind of a 3 part story, so we'll take it one at a time.
First, Donny isn't doing great at camp Chaz picks on him relentlessly for his height, size etc. Whit notices this and takes Donny to his favorite spot in the woods, where he often feeds deer, but this time a new resident is in the clearing. A mother bear... she chases Donny and Whit through the woods and up a tree. Once she FINALLY leaves Whit and Donny realize they don't know where they are, and go on to get very lost.
Meanwhile Chaz and Marco don't hit it off great... Chaz desides to request special food from Marco because Chaz's father owns some of the camp. Marco of coarse does not comply and sprays Chaz with water. Chaz and his lack of self control decide to get revenge. The opportunity presents it self when a skunk is spotted outside Chaz's cabin. Chaz decides to lead the skunk to Marco's cabin so Marco will get some "skunk aftershave". But to quote Marco when you go for revenge you have to dig two graves. Guess who ends up getting sprayed.
While ALL this is going on Gloria is in Ned's class and whiteling a heart. Ned thinks nothing of it untill he gets in a package and reads the initials-- NL + GM. Is Gloria in love with Ned?
You want the answers... you listen! This episode is great with some humor and adventure included.
Donny McKoy: a young, short camper ready for his first year at camp (narrator)
Gloria McKoy: Danny's older sister, girly and expirienced camper
Ned Lewis: 16 years old teaches arts and crafts (we'll hear more of him in VBS Blues)
Marco: Italian, camp cook, doesn't speak good english
Chaz: Cocky, mean, rich
With all these new characters and Whit a camp story to remember takes off! This is kind of a 3 part story, so we'll take it one at a time.
First, Donny isn't doing great at camp Chaz picks on him relentlessly for his height, size etc. Whit notices this and takes Donny to his favorite spot in the woods, where he often feeds deer, but this time a new resident is in the clearing. A mother bear... she chases Donny and Whit through the woods and up a tree. Once she FINALLY leaves Whit and Donny realize they don't know where they are, and go on to get very lost.
Meanwhile Chaz and Marco don't hit it off great... Chaz desides to request special food from Marco because Chaz's father owns some of the camp. Marco of coarse does not comply and sprays Chaz with water. Chaz and his lack of self control decide to get revenge. The opportunity presents it self when a skunk is spotted outside Chaz's cabin. Chaz decides to lead the skunk to Marco's cabin so Marco will get some "skunk aftershave". But to quote Marco when you go for revenge you have to dig two graves. Guess who ends up getting sprayed.
While ALL this is going on Gloria is in Ned's class and whiteling a heart. Ned thinks nothing of it untill he gets in a package and reads the initials-- NL + GM. Is Gloria in love with Ned?
You want the answers... you listen! This episode is great with some humor and adventure included.
I'm Still New at This
I'm really sorry, but looking through my early AIO episodes (which are on tape) and finding that my cases aren't full. :( I'm missing more tham a few episodes so if you're looking through your episode lists and I'm missing a few reviews I'm really sorry I'll try to catch up, honestly. As soon as I get the episodes I'll review them. :)
Kids Radio
Well I'm back from a 3 day vacation and 14 episodes behind so I'm ganna plow through!
The kids in Odyssey are ready for a change and who do they go to?..... WHIT, of course! And so starts the KYDS: kids radio project led by Brad. It's great! All the kids volunteer to do parts and pieces of running they're own radio station... at first. But then they bow out and the whole project is left to Brad and his loyal side-kick Sherman. Can they pull it off?!? Not for very long, on the edge of exhastion with almost no listeners, they quit :(. But I don't think the ideas gone for good.
Since I first heard this episode I've wanted to start my own radio station, and maybe I will one of these days. The episode overall is fun and inspiring and it's real life, what would you do if you were in Brad's shoes?
The kids in Odyssey are ready for a change and who do they go to?..... WHIT, of course! And so starts the KYDS: kids radio project led by Brad. It's great! All the kids volunteer to do parts and pieces of running they're own radio station... at first. But then they bow out and the whole project is left to Brad and his loyal side-kick Sherman. Can they pull it off?!? Not for very long, on the edge of exhastion with almost no listeners, they quit :(. But I don't think the ideas gone for good.
Since I first heard this episode I've wanted to start my own radio station, and maybe I will one of these days. The episode overall is fun and inspiring and it's real life, what would you do if you were in Brad's shoes?
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Behind the Scenes: The Barclay Family
The Barclay's are an interesting family through and through... even their names. Think about in George and Mary Barclay.
This families names are based on the classic movie: It's a Wonderful Life! In case you're unfamiliar with the movie, the main characters are George and Mary Bailey. George and Mary are played by actors Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, hence the Barclay's childrens names Donna and Jimmy!
The writers and producers even wrote an episode based on It's a Wonderful Life for the Barclay Family that we'll see in It's a Pokenberry Christmas (way later :).
This families names are based on the classic movie: It's a Wonderful Life! In case you're unfamiliar with the movie, the main characters are George and Mary Bailey. George and Mary are played by actors Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, hence the Barclay's childrens names Donna and Jimmy!
The writers and producers even wrote an episode based on It's a Wonderful Life for the Barclay Family that we'll see in It's a Pokenberry Christmas (way later :).
An Act of Mercy
This is a parable and a modern day story all in one. First is the introduction of Odyssey's resident bully Rodney Rathbone and his father Bart. Second is the debut episode of Jimmy Barclay (see Behind the Scenes: David Griffen).
Well in this episode we see there's more to Tom Riley than just a farmer and baseball coach, he's also wise. That and you don't want to get on his bad side. When Rodney trespasses on Tom orchard, steals his apples and breaks his fence; Tom shows Rodney mercy and lets him go. But later, Tom hears about how Rodney pushed a boy (a friend of Jimmy's) into a trash can because the boy owed him a dollar! So Tom brings Rodney back, with the permission of Bart) and teaches him a lesson he wont soon forget.
I wouldn't forget rebuilding a fence and picking up a hundred apples either.
A funny side is that while the main story is going on, every time Tom walks into Whit's End Whit and Connie are playing checkers. Whit is amazing at it and Connie can't get a "king" much less win, but she's stubborn... By the end Connie is behind 0-7 :).
The episode lines up almost exactly (minus the checkers) with the parable of the servant in Mathew 18. An Act of Mercy is a really funny episode.
Well in this episode we see there's more to Tom Riley than just a farmer and baseball coach, he's also wise. That and you don't want to get on his bad side. When Rodney trespasses on Tom orchard, steals his apples and breaks his fence; Tom shows Rodney mercy and lets him go. But later, Tom hears about how Rodney pushed a boy (a friend of Jimmy's) into a trash can because the boy owed him a dollar! So Tom brings Rodney back, with the permission of Bart) and teaches him a lesson he wont soon forget.
I wouldn't forget rebuilding a fence and picking up a hundred apples either.
A funny side is that while the main story is going on, every time Tom walks into Whit's End Whit and Connie are playing checkers. Whit is amazing at it and Connie can't get a "king" much less win, but she's stubborn... By the end Connie is behind 0-7 :).
The episode lines up almost exactly (minus the checkers) with the parable of the servant in Mathew 18. An Act of Mercy is a really funny episode.
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