Farewell to our friend Jim Custer

The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Jim Custer - the voice of young John Avery Whittaker among others - passed away on May 5, 2019. Former executive producer Chuck Bolte, writer/director Bob Hoose, and actor Gary Reed (voice of Jeff Lewis) knew Jim for a collective period of over one hundred years. The three of them share memories and stories from Jim’s life - and his time on Adventures in Odyssey.

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0:00.0	It's good for us to dream and imagine what our lives might be.
0:06.3	But the dreams get changed by our circumstances.
0:11.1	Or for some of us, our relationship with God puts us on unexpected paths to follow.
0:16.1	Well, what about the other things on your list?
0:19.0	My list?
0:20.0	Yeah, the one you made with Jack, all the things she wanted to do with your life.
0:24.8	Some of those things could still happen.
0:27.2	But whether I do anything on that list or not isn't as important as doing what God has
0:31.6	called me to do.
0:33.6	That's the philosophy I'm trying to live by.
0:42.0	Hi there, Odyssey fans, I'm Bob.
0:43.7	And I'm Jesse.
0:44.9	Welcome to the official Adventures in Odyssey podcast.
0:47.4	Today we're remembering a dear friend of ours, Jim Custer, who passed away on May 5th.
0:51.8	Jim played young adult John Avery Whitaker for three decades, appearing in shows like
0:56.7	Rescue from Manitugo Point, The Triangle, and Charlotte.
1:00.5	Jim voiced a number of other characters on the show too, but his contributions to Odyssey
1:04.2	went beyond just acting.
1:05.7	We gathered a few of his closest friends to talk about Jim, and the stamp that he left
1:10.8	not just on Adventures in Odyssey, but on the lives of the people who work on the program.
1:17.4	Well, we have a very full studio today in a matter of speaking.
1:26.6	We've got a number of guests with us on the phone, and of course Bob Huss, who's here
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