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Trinarius · Just Moved In Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 28

I'll post my review later (or should I say earlier Wink

) in the morning.

Trinarius · Just Moved In Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 28

Wow, what a difference one actor can make! Ever since the return of Will Ryan, Odyssey seems more like, well, Odyssey! Today's show proves that point. From Harlow to the boxing announcer, his voice adds so much to the show. Ok, let me give some of the positives for this ep. The Biblical boxing scene was great. Townsend Coleman did a really good job with Lance, and his exchange with Bruno was hilarious! The Pray Way commercials were really funny. They reminded me of some older Kid's Radio shows. And lastly, we get a Bible story with Edwin and Harlow! Listening to the two of them battle it out using rhymes was classic, and Katie Leigh also gave a fine performance as Delilah. While I thought this segment was rather long, it still kept me interested nonetheless. Not only was today's show well written and acted, but it also gave a great lesson about depending on God. Even Chris gave a scripture at the end to tie into the show's theme, something I don't think we've heard in a while. Overall, The Power of One continues in a line of great shows this season! I give it 4/5 stars.

Fletcher · Junior Member Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 229

This was a pretty good episode. It had some humorous segments, and it had a good message. It was good to hear Harlow again, and him and Edwin had some great interaction. But the episode also had some problems. . .

I think the main problem with this episode is that it couldn't decide wether it wanted to be a "Hidden in Your Heart," "The Devil Made Me Do It" kind of episode (with three long skits) or a fast paced B-TV style episode. I would have preferred if they had chosen on firmly fast paced, because the skits in the episode, while somewhat funny, drag at times. The "Prayer Way" skit didn't need to be so long, and neither did the "Samson and Delilah" skit. They would have been much funnier if they had been shorter pieces and there had been a few more skits added. The "David and Goliath" boxing skit and "St. Paul" shorties were the best parts of the episode, and that's because they were funny, got a point across, and weren't overlong. The beginning of the "Samson and Delilah" story was funny, with Harlow ad-libbing, but the joke got boring after a while, and eventually distracted from the story itself.

Overall this episode wasn't great, but it did feature the return of Harlow, some hillarious lines from Edwin, some funny parts, and a good lesson. It was enjoyable, but not as much as last week's episode. 2 1/2 stars out of 5.

Broadcast · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:11 am Post subject:

Time and time again, Odyssey has defferentiated themselves from other series with Kids' Radio broadcasts. Where else can you find a series that breaks every so often with an episode just to entertain you for the sole purpose of teaching a specific lesson.

Not on 'Down Gilead's Lane', that's for sure.

I'd like to say that these have been a success, but, sadly, they haven't.

After learning this would be yet another Kids Radio Episode, I thought, "Oh No." Don't get me wrong, I enjoy these episodes on occasion, but the last episode we heard, (and which was also from John Fornof) placed itself on my top ten episodes which I most probably won't listen to again.

Was this John Fornof's comeback? Was he trying to redeem himself for doing 'Fairy Tal-E-Vision' which was soely un-entertaining in every aspect?

But wait, this review isn't an attack on the writer. Afterall, his 'No Way Out1&2' made it on my list of 25 most greatest episodes.

So, was this succesful?

First off, when I first heard that Harlow and Edwin would be starring in an episode about the true source of power, my mind concocted all sorts of slice of life story ideas. Afterall, both haven't been seen in quite a while!

And after listening to each other, I kindv'e wished they couldv'e been in a slice of life episode. It would be nice if Harlow learned a lesson about where the source of true power comes from...instead of learning it from a script.

HOWEVER, this episode was excellent. The comedy was fresh, and halarious. The dialogue was superb, and, yes, hearing Will Ryan was cool, because I realised that he brought a lot of comedy to the show, as well.

Okay, so we know it beat the worse episodes; but did it beat the two most popular Variety Kyds Radio episodes, 'The Devil made me Do it', and especially, 'Hidden in my Heart.'?

No, it did not beat 'Hidden in my heart'. Afterall, I'm still laughing at its Expendable Crewman jokes. But, it did beat 'The Devil made me Do it'.

The comedy I like is not based on people changing their voices and trying to act silly. I like the things that are supposed to be serious, but has these guys acting amazingly stupid with witty sayings.

Hehe; 'Was it in my delivery?'.

This episode also answered the question if Harlow was now too stale to come back to the show. Indeed, he was not. His performance was halarious; wrestling a Lion, acting muscly, and being rhymy and romantic.

I remember several years ago when they released a page to the fans about upcoming episodes. The episode was called, 'The Dangerous Haircut'. I commented a while back that they never actually aired that show. But, today, it has come.

The story of Samson has always been one of my favourites. It was just the fact that he was almost a Superhero. He had supernatural strength. That almost struck me as amazing.

Still, this was never the way that I imagined they'd do this story. I thought maybe they would do a Bernard Story...or a 'OT Action News' since it was part of the book of Judges, and they've repeatedly done a story from the book of judges. Another reason I felt that they couldv'e done more was the fact that this story was the only actual bible story left that they couldv'e done something big with.

I've also always imagined that this would be the only story that Nick Mulligan could relate too. Smile

Also on the plus side, their are many quotes I could do from this episodes...which means that this was a success...since this was purposely a comedy.

So, all in all,
Congrats Odyssey!
Broadcast

PS:(EDIT)

Fletcher · Junior Member Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 229

Don't get me wrong, I like the three long skits style too, in episodes like "Hidden In My Heart." But this episode wasn't suited to that style, I think. Some of the skits just dragged on too long.

Jeremy · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:56 pm Post subject:

AIOHQ has an article from January 2000 about the Spring 2000 season, which says:

Trinarius · Just Moved In Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 28

Gandalf · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:23 pm Post subject:

I'm not going to go in-depth with this review. Usually I would tend to hold off and listen to an episode at least twice before writing a review, but I'm afraid for this one I didn't need to.

While some people liked the David & Goliath section, I didn't. I failed to catch a lot of the 'humor' (what does Ashley have to do with D&G?). Again, perhaps upon a second listen this will become funnier. It also reminded me of a McGee skit from the series 'McGee and Me', which isn't a positive thing.

The Prayer Way skit seemed to be a BTV skit instead of a KYDS radio skit, but it was still enjoyable.

I enjoyed that they put the St. Paul skit into the episode, but was somewhat bothered by the way Connie didn't mention it at the end. Will it be included on the album version or was it just a time-filler? I have said since the release of album 33 that the shorties that aired in fall 1999 and spring 2000 should have been included on the album versions of the episodes they originally aired with. They weren't and, unfortunatly, it's been nearly impossible to get a hold of them, especially some of the 'rarer' ones like the History Moment. I enjoyed them a lot when they originally aired and this St. Paul was one of the better ones. I'm thrilled that the AIO team is trying to incorporate them into new episodes (BTV: Obedience and now The Power of One). I hope to hear these in more episodes in the future.

Something that many fans probably DON'T know (or remember) that should be considered is that 'The Dangerous Haircut' was originally written as a split episode to air in 2000. It was one of the several episodes that was cut from the lineup, which is a shame because I think it turned out quite nicely. No, it was not 'extended' so they wouldn't have to write a new one, this is the way it was originally written. I'm glad that it was incorporated into this one.

Overall, the show really wasn't that outstanding but I gave it two stars because of the wise choices AIO made in incorporating the St. Paul shorty and 'The Dangerous Haircut'.

Trinarius · Just Moved In Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 28

Dave · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject:

It was a good show. Lots of good dialouge and great music and sound effects. It failed in one area though...find out where in my review.

Dave