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The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

August 19, 2015: Everything you need to know about the creation of "Pinocchio: The Tale of a Foolish Puppet"

The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family

4.52.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2015

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Writer/director Dave Arnold goes back to the beginning to tell us how the Adventures in Odyssey adaptation of Pinocchio came to be. It's a story with an Italian author from the 1800s, a bunch of "old time" Odyssey actors, and the man who played Pinocchio in the 1940 Disney movie. Plus, hear about the lessons hidden throughout the story, from wisdom to salvation.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey Odyssey fans, I'm Bob, producer of the Odyssey Adventure Club.

0:08.5

And I'm Jesse, editor of Adventures in Odyssey Club House Magazine.

0:11.5

Welcome to the official Adventures in Odyssey podcast.

0:14.2

He you know, just the last few months on the club, we've gone on a wild ride with pigeons

0:18.6

and crickets, sea monsters and sprites, donkeys and coachmen, almost all of whom sounds

0:24.2

suspiciously like beloved characters in Odyssey.

0:26.8

That's right.

0:27.8

All of this mayhem was seen through the eyes of a wooden puppet.

0:30.3

That's quite the trip.

0:31.5

And we wanted to get more about the story behind Pinocchio, the tale of a foolish puppet.

0:36.4

So we decided to talk with writer director Dave Arnold, who has shepherded this story since

0:40.4

the beginning.

0:41.4

And as we'll find out, the beginning is even further back than you might think.

0:45.2

Let's chat with Dave.

0:48.3

Dave, thanks for being on the podcast with us today.

0:53.2

Thanks for asking.

0:54.2

Alright, let's start at the beginning.

0:55.2

We're going to lot to cover, but I can't help but think.

0:57.3

People associate Pinocchio with the 1940 Disney version, which is now 75 years old.

1:02.4

I can't believe that.

1:04.2

The original story and character actually go back further than that to an 1883 novel

1:08.5

by an Italian writer named Carlo Colodi.

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