Oct. 31, 2007: Go undercover with Townsend Coleman, the voice of Jason Whittaker!

The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family

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🗓️ 31 October 2007

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Actor Townsend Coleman (Jason Whittaker) tells how he first started with 'Adventures in Odyssey', why he loves the show and more... plus hear his very first audition! See Jason and other favorite characters up-close and personal in the 2008 Odyssey Calendar, available at WhitsEnd.org/Podcast or by calling 1-800-A-FAMILY.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Jesse, Editor of Folks in the Family Clubhouse Magazine.
0:14.2	And I'm Bob, Editor of Plugged In Magazine.
0:16.3	We're your hosts on this October 31st, 2007 edition of the official Adventures in Odyssey
0:21.2	Podcasts.
0:22.2	Today on the podcast, we have an interview with Townsend Coleman, the guy who plays ever
0:25.6	mysterious bad guy-bouncer Jason Whitaker.
0:28.0	You know, Townsend's great at bouncing those bad guys.
0:30.8	He also is Corporal Cape Man on Inspector Gadget, and he plays The Tick.
0:34.8	He's also been the voice of NBC for almost 20 years, which doesn't usually include bouncing
0:39.2	the bad guy.
0:40.2	And he's the 7-up dot from those TV commercials.
0:42.3	And unless you call quenching thirst bouncing a bad guy, that one really doesn't apply
0:46.3	either.
0:47.3	Well, Townsend has played Jason Whitaker for almost 15 years now.
0:50.8	Just listen as he talks about how he came to Adventures in Odyssey.
0:59.5	Well, when I first latched onto Odyssey, was Katie Lee, who of course is Connie.
1:05.7	We had done cartoons here in Hollywood before, and she was a Christian.
1:10.5	She knew that I was a Christian, and we were talking one time.
1:13.4	She said, Townsend, I got to get you in to meet these guys.
1:16.9	They're great guys.
1:17.9	I'd always love focus on the family anyway, because we had been a part of their ministry
1:22.2	and really enjoyed their ministry and what Dr. Dopson had been doing for years anyway.
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