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The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

Dec. 28, 2011: FREE EPISODE: The Barclay Family Ski Vacation, plus an interview with writer and co-star Jeff Parker

The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family

4.52.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2011

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode from 1989, Donna gets a crush on her ski instructor while on a vacation with her family. Her dad realizes that his young daughter is quickly growing up. After the show, writer and co-star Jeff Parker talks about this episode and his cameos on Adventures in Odyssey over the years.

Transcript

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0:00.0

MUSIC

0:09.1

Merry Christmas everybody, I'm Jesse, editor of Focus on the Family Clubhouse Magazine.

0:13.3

And a Happy New Year too, I'm Bob Senior Editor with Plugged In.

0:16.7

Jesse, how's your Christmas season going so far?

0:18.8

You know, it's been great.

0:20.4

We've gone to a couple fun Christmas parties and in fact last week,

0:24.4

I went to a white elephant gift exchange and came home with a Justin Bieber biography.

0:29.8

Oh wow, which was pretty cool and also a teapot in the shape of a strangely overweight

0:35.3

horse and jockey.

0:36.5

Hmm, I don't know what to do with that exactly.

0:39.1

But as something that our listeners will actually enjoy, a good Christmas present,

0:44.0

we've got a free episode coming up called The Barkley Family Ski Vacation.

0:48.1

You know, this episode first aired December 30th, 1989.

0:51.8

Now after the show, we'll be talking with Jeff Parker, the writer of the episode.

0:55.3

So be sure to stay tuned for that.

0:57.0

But before we hear the show, we should remind people about the college writer's scholarship contest.

1:01.9

That's right, Jesse.

1:02.6

This contest gives aspiring script writers the chance to submit an Odyssey script.

1:06.8

If yours is chosen, it could be recorded and produced for adventures in Odyssey.

1:10.4

Oh, and you'll win a thousand dollar scholarship.

1:13.3

But the deadline is coming up January 15th, which is only a few weeks away.

1:18.0

So if you've been waiting on turning in your entry, the wait is over.

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