August 2000
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Gloobers Adaptation Gets a Title
August 28, 2000—Video 15 will be an adaption of the classic John Beebee episode Gloobers. And the title will be...Escape from the Forbidden Matrix. The video will also have a corresponding adaptation by Marshal Younger just like the previous one.
New Chick-Fil-A Kid's Meal Tapes
August 28, 2000—Now at Chick-Fil-A get an Adventures in Odyssey episode in Kid's Meals! The current set includes 390: No Bones About It, 391: The Jokes On You, 206: Pen Pal, 375: The Pushover, 415: Gloobers, 396: Poor Loser. Read more about the promotion on the official Chick-Fil-A webpage. Odyssey tapes have been Chick-Fil-A prizes a number of times through the years beginning in 1990. The promotion runs from August 21 to September 23.
Somewhat Useless Facts about Fall Season Episodes
August 13, 2000
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"The Big Deal, Part 1", the fall season kick off airs the 672nd weekend of AIO broadcasting. |
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"The Big Deal" was originally titled "Believe It or Not", but is still known among the Odyssey staff as simply "John the Baptist." |
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"The Big Deal" was written for the longest time with both Nick Mulligan and Aubrey Shepard in the Imagination Station. Due to a schedule conflict, Chris Castille (Nick) wasn't available for the recording sessions, so the show was re-written to take the Nick character out of the show. |
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John Beebee's two-part KIDS Radio episode was unique in many ways, especially since it was a musical. John Beebee wrote the song lyrics and came up with the tunes. He then sang them for John Campbell over the phone, who scored the songs and provided 'scratch tracks', or tapes of the music for the actors to practice with ahead of time. |
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The musical was John Beebee's AIO directing debut. Kathy Wierenga also had her directing debut with one of her episodes coming up this fall. |
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We started the July recording session with a show called "Best Laid Plans" and ended with a show called "Worst Day Ever". Amazing irony! |
Radio Theatre Schedule
August 11—The following are the airdates for the Radio Theatre shows for the rest of the year. (Thanks to Aaron for the information.)
| Shows | Air Dates |
| The Secret Garden | Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26; Sept. 2 |
| Father Gilbert Mysteries: A Soul in Torment | Sept. 9, 16 |
| A Horse & His Boy | Sept. 23, 30; Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28; Nov. 4, 11 |
| The Legend of Squanto | Nov. 18, 25; Dec. 2 |
| The Luke Reports | Dec. 9, 16, 23, 30 |
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