25 Years...And So Many Memories

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25 Years...And So Many Memories

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Adventures in Odyssey, with God's help, defied all the odds. Remember? A radio drama being started in 1987, the era of televison. Radio drama had not been the main form of entertainment for three decades, yet Focus on the Family tried it. Now look what's happened. 25 years, a quarter of a century later, it's still running, and stronger than ever might I add. It's touched so many hearts and lives, and made so many great memories. I would like this to be a topic where we can share our favorite AIO memories.

I'll go first. When we first came in contact with AIO, I didn't know it was AIO. A teacher in my fifth grade class played The Case of the Secret Room, Parts 1 & 2. I loved it, but I didn't know what it was. About a year later, my grandmother got us Albums #1-4. I remember thinking, "Why'd she get us these? We won't use them." We fell in love right from the start. Now we have Albums #1-52 plus the Lost Episodes and The Truth Chronicles, and anticipating more.
One more memory: We were listening to Darkness Before Dawn, and we got to one of the climax episodes. My sister, six then, got so intense she screamed out, "I DON'T LIKE DOCTOR BLACKGAARD!!!!" It was hilarious.
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My first AIO episode was "The Star--Part 1." Yeah. So, I had NO idea what the Imagination Station was, what the town was like, none of that. But I was hooked from the moment I heard Connie and Eugene screaming like crazy as the Station took off. (I thought it was a real time machine before I knew better--and I love time travel more than anything.) Then I started hearing more episodes, and fell in love with the whole operation.
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I've been listening to AIO ever since I was 4. Thats 7 years. My AIO memory would be listening to AIO in the car with my dad while we drove places.
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I've been listening probably ever since I was born; our family has the first 4 albums (which are all my dad's; I recently found out) Though I started listening reguarly when my family moved into a VERY large house for a couple months and I practically had my own room (which I never had before) so I was sorta lonesome... so I decided to get out the old Odyssey tapes, and my mom got me some CDs from the library! And 1 and 1/2 years later (And having to share a room again) I continue to listen daily! :mrgreen:
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Some days after my grandmother died suddenly, I and my sibs listened to It is Well The episode drew to a close. No one was doing much, as the song played at the end. Everyone just stopped and stood or sat around. When it ended, a peaceful silence blanketed the house. PS, normally, or parents do NOT like listening to Odyssey that much. They're sick of it because we kids sometimes listen to as many as five or six shows in a single day! :)
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The first album we got was #39. We mostly were listening to it on the radio. Finally, my mom, after hearing it so much, got us a few more albums, and we've been avid listeners every since!
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The first album that I actually owned (we got albums from the library for, like a year) was Album 48, because it was the newest album at the Christian book store back then. I enjoyed all the episodes, especially Prequels of Love and The Other Side of the Glass. (I don't like the latter episode much now, however.)
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The first episode I ever listened to was Bernard and Job. As I said before I started listening about two and a half years ago.
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Aww, thanks, Meltsner Girl! As for your Nova Com experience, I'd say most of us can relate to THAT experience! Huh, guys? ;)
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