The Town of Odyssey

1. You would go to Whit's End just to hear Whit read riddles to you?
2. All of the girls had irritatingly nasally voices?
3. The cool lingo included phrases such as "way out"?
4. Every boy was "son"?
5. Whit actually invented things?
6. Whit was skinny?
7. You could eat a pizza without chewing and talk whilst doing so?
8. It was possible to write letters at a breakneck speed -- as fast as you can read the words aloud?
9. There were three boys named Freddy, all of whom you were lucky to meet once in a lifetime?
10. Receiving six presents for Christmas -- one of them being a bracelet and two being dolls -- was considered a huge assortment?
11. Old women and gang members sounded exactly alike?
12. The kids would refer to Whit by his nickname -- not "Mr. Whittaker"?
13. The old joke "Orange you glad I didn't say banana?" received resounding laughter from your friends?
14. Police officers held people up with cucumbers?
15. Teenage girls used phrases such as, "Everything went kablooey!"?
16. There were more than a half-dozen schools around the small town, and all of them only appeared once?
17. You could "invent" a photo-copier and not get sued?
18. Every kid always had one irritating trait, which was quickly resolved one afternoon just before the kid moved away?
19. You could go back to Bible times just by hearing about them?
20. You would go to Whit's End just for the ice cream?


Odyssey sure has changed over the years!

Waluigi Freak 99 wrote:3. The cool lingo included phrases such as "way out"?

And "Radical!"

Waluigi Freak 99 wrote:6. Whit was skinny?

I don't remeber Whit being skinny.

I remeber hearing some of these episodes.

jasonjannajerryjohn wrote:

Waluigi Freak 99 wrote:6. Whit was skinny?

I don't remeber Whit being skinny.

I remeber hearing some of these episodes.

Check out the original cover art for albums 2-9.

Jonathan wrote:

jasonjannajerryjohn wrote:

Waluigi Freak 99 wrote:6. Whit was skinny?

I don't remeber Whit being skinny.

I remeber hearing some of these episodes.

Check out the original cover art for albums 2-9.

Oh, yes, I remeber now.

hmmm can someone pleez post a skinny whit bc i tried googlin it an whit didnt rly look that lil...

haha that's funny, it sure has changed.

...a skinny Whit??????

5. Whit actually invented things?

yeah, he use to always be saying, "I have a new program..."

^^ hehe mkes me think of the theme when he would b all like "now, lets see if this thing works" an it never ever worked until one day, then he had no clue what it was supposed to be pooor whit

oooooooooh yeah! I'd forgotten about that! Hahahaha!

FrayedAroundTheEdges wrote:hmmm can someone pleez post a skinny whit bc i tried googlin it an whit didnt really look that lil...

Look at the top album picture.

lol... Yeah, good list, Waluigi Freak 99! I remember those. AIO sure has changed over the years. Some good, and some not as good.

Aaaand why are people complaining about the new shows?

yeah, I like the new ones!

It's funny, the way people complain about Bethany's wild imagination. I was just listening to an old Lawrence and am like 'they're different how'? I luv 'm all.

When did a police officer hold somebody up with cucumbers?

Rachel Maxwell wrote:It's funny, the way people complain about Bethany's wild imagination. I was just listening to an old Lawrence and am like 'they're different how'? I love 'm all.

When did a police officer hold somebody up with cucumbers?

That would be David Harley in ep 11 Addictions can be Habit-Forming.

That was also probably the ep that doomed Harley. After that, it was only a matter of time.

Waluigi Freak 99 wrote:12. The kids would refer to Whit by his nickname -- not "Mr. Whittaker"?

When did that happen?

Jonathan wrote:That would be David Harley in ep 11 Addictions can be Habit-Forming.

I've always thought that was the funniest episode title.

Jeremy

Has anybody heard the first Family Portraits episode? I believe it's called "The Visitor" or something like that. Almost the entire episode is just this one scene between Whit and a little boy. Just talking. And yet the conversation holds up the entire episode and keeps your attention in a way that this fast-paced bouncy music and cheap jokes that fill up new episodes never can.

For the longest time I preferred the new episodes to the old ones. But a while back I took a year-long break from Odyssey, and after that I listened to one of my favorite old episodes and one of my favorite new episodes back-to-back. I couldn't sit through the new episode. I got bored and shut it off.

That list you posted, Waluigi Freak, brought back a lot memories. Those first few years of Odyssey really were something special.

Oh, and as a side note:

11. Old women and gang members sounded exactly alike?

Too true!

Applesauce wrote:Has anybody heard the first Family Portraits episode? I believe it's called "The Visitor" or something like that.

"Whit's Visitor".

Jeremy wrote:

Waluigi Freak 99 wrote:12. The kids would refer to Whit by his nickname -- not "Mr. Whittaker"?

When did that happen?

Amanda in "Whit's Flop", Lucy in "A Question of Loyalty", and others. It's started happening recently, though.

Applesauce wrote:

11. Old women and gang members sounded exactly alike?

Too true!

When did this happen, what episode?

"The Day after Christmas".