December 5, 2018: Writers Bob Smithouser (yes, Bob Smithouser) and Phil Lollar (plus surprise guest) dive deep into "Out to Sea"

The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Three years ago, Bob Smithouser didn’t want to make waves when his boss Dave Arnold asked him to write an Odyssey script, but he felt like a fish out of water. He was green around the gills in the ways of script-writing and it was sink or swim. Over the long voyage of writing the script, Bob weathered the storm to get to final draft with the help of Phil Lollar and others to keep things on course. Don’t rock the boat as we hear the story of how that happened!

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0:00.0	Hi Odyssey listeners, I'm Jesse Editor of Focus on the Family Clubhouse Magazine.
0:09.3	And I'm Bob, producer of the Adventures in Odyssey Club.
0:11.8	Welcome to the official Adventures in Odyssey podcast.
0:14.8	You know, everybody has hidden talents.
0:16.8	For example, you might not have known that Jesse here has been an awards club with his
0:20.2	wife for about 10 years.
0:22.0	We're actually going to a ball tonight and Bob, you have a hidden talent too.
0:26.0	You mean my uncanny ability to recite the alphabet backwards?
0:28.9	Really?
0:29.9	ZYXWVTSRQPO and MLK, J-I-H-G-F-E-D-C-B-A?
0:34.3	Well, I didn't mean that, but that's really impressive.
0:37.6	No, what I meant was that we heard at the end of this month's club adventure.
0:42.2	Out to see was written by Bob Smith-Hauser and Phil Waller.
0:46.6	I didn't know you could write Adventures in Odyssey episodes.
0:49.0	Actually, I didn't either.
0:50.6	And for a while, it looked like I wouldn't.
0:52.1	Oh, well, we can't let this milestone pass without proper recognition.
0:55.8	Let's hear the whole story, Bob.
0:57.3	Get over to the other side of the table.
0:59.3	Okay, but why?
1:01.0	Well, we're getting your co-writer Phil Waller on the line, and I'm going to interview
1:04.9	you both.
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