August 31, 2016: Goodbye, Alan Young and Janet Waldo -- the voices behind Jack and Joanne Allen

The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

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🗓️ 31 August 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The Adventures in Odyssey cast and crew remember our friends Alan Young (voice of Jack Allen) and Janet Waldo (voice of Joanne Allen), who passed away this year. Featuring: Dave Arnold (executive producer), Paul McCusker (former executive producer), Phil Lollar (writer/director), Chuck Bolte (former executive producer), Katie Leigh (voice of Connie), Will Ryan (voice of Eugene), Townsend Coleman (voice of Jason), Mark Drury (sound designer), Marshal Younger (writer/director), Bob Luttrell (sound designer), Rob Jorgensen (sound designer), Nathan Hoobler (writer/director), and John Fornof (writer/director)

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0:00.0	We weren't very wealthy in Canada and we had one radio, no television then, but to listen
0:11.7	to radio with the whole family would gather around.
0:13.7	My mother, my father, my sister and I, the radio was so good that way and I think what
0:19.3	is the same way.
0:20.3	I owe a lot of focus on the family because of the experiences that I've had and the encouragement
0:27.4	and the inspiration that they've given me.
0:36.2	Hi, I'm Dave Arnold and I'm Paul McCusker and we're here to talk today about two of our
0:41.0	very dear friends, Alan Young and Janet Waldo.
0:45.1	Alan Young was 96 years old and passed away on May 19th of this year and Janet Waldo
0:52.4	was also 96 years old and passed away two or three weeks later on June 12th of this year.
0:59.3	We're very sorry for the loss of these wonderful friends but celebrate the amazing years
1:04.3	we had with them together.
1:11.4	I've been interested in acting since I played a doll at three years old.
1:16.6	You know that I have had four careers.
1:19.6	TV.
1:20.6	Number one.
1:21.6	I love Lucy where there's a teenager named Peggy who's in love with Ricky.
1:25.9	You've seen it.
1:26.9	She's the teenager.
1:27.9	Look at her face.
1:28.9	Once the teenager, always the teenager.
1:31.7	Radio number two.
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