FREE EPISODE: "House Guest," a Focus on the Family drama from 1985.

The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family

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🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Merry Christmas! "House Guest," one of the early dramas Focus produced, was a sequel to the first drama ever ("Spare Tire") It was also the first to feature Hal Smith who would, of course, became the first voice of John Avery Whittaker. Hear this drama that helped lay the foundation for Adventures in Odyssey.

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0:00.0	MUSIC
0:10.0	Merry few days after Christmas everyone, I'm Bob, producer of the Adventures in Odyssey Club.
0:15.0	And I'm Jesse, editor of Focus on the Family Clubhouse Magazine, wishing you a happy New Year's Eve Eve.
0:21.0	Welcome to the official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast.
0:24.0	We're here with our yearly Christmas free episode giveaway.
0:27.0	I love this tradition. In the last few years we've given away several of the early dramas that focus on the family produced.
0:34.0	Spare Tire and Gone Fishing were produced by many of the same people who would go on to create Adventures in Odyssey.
0:40.0	If you haven't heard those dramas, check our podcast feed or find links on our website.
0:45.0	Today we're giving away another of those dramas, this one's called House Guest.
0:49.0	If you've heard Spare Tire, this one is sort of a sequel. Adam and Jennifer are back,
0:54.0	but this time her father Norman joins the cast.
0:58.0	Norman was played by House Smith, who would later go on to play John Avery Whittaker.
1:01.0	This was his first appearance in any sort of focus on the family production.
1:05.0	House Guest first aired on the Focus broadcast on November 23rd, 1985.
1:11.0	Let's sit back and enjoy this drama together.
1:14.0	I'm looking for Mr. Harper, Norman Harper.
1:32.0	Harper, um...
1:35.0	That's coronary care. That's down this corridor, follow the yellow line next to the nurse's station on the left.
1:41.0	Thank you.
1:47.0	Can I help you? Yes, yes. Norman Harper, I'm Adam Rogers. He's my...
1:52.0	Oh Adam.
1:55.0	Jan, I'm sorry, it took me so long the traffic. How's he doing? Has the... has the binning changed?
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