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655: The Inspiration Station I
| March 06, 2010 | Connie cannot get enough of Whit's newest invention, the Inspiration Station - and when a glitch shuts the machine down, her enthusiasm starts to look like something else. | |
| Take It from the Top | ||
| W: Paul McCusker & Bob Hoose D: Paul McCusker SD: GAP Digital |
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Camilla Parker, Connie Kendall, David Parker, Eugene Meltsner, Eva Parker, GPS, John Whittaker, Matthew Parker, Olivia Parker |
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656: The Inspiration Station II
| March 13, 2010 | The Inspiration Station is having odd effects on Connie but Whit wonders whether it might be exactly what young Matthew Parker needs. | |
| Take It from the Top | ||
| W: Paul McCusker & Bob Hoose D: Paul McCusker SD: GAP Digital |
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Connie Kendall, Eugene Meltsner, Eva Parker, Henry Ford, John Whittaker, Matthew Parker, Mortimer, Thomas Edison, Thomas Edison's Boss, William Ford |
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657: Clutter
| March 20, 2010 | After a near-miss with an avalanche of junk in his own garage, David Parker announces a yard sale. Whether the rest of the Parkers can part with their treasures is another matter. | |
| Take It from the Top | ||
| W: Bob Hoose D: Dave Arnold SD: Christopher Diehl |
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Camilla Parker, David Parker, Eva Parker, John Whittaker, Matthew Parker, Olivia Parker, Red Hollard |
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658: Game for a Mystery
| March 27, 2010 | Simon Jones only wants the hedge trimmed but his son Barrett cannot put down his handheld game - right up until the moment it disappears without a trace. | |
| Take It from the Top | ||
| W: Kirby Atkins D: Nathan Hoobler SD: Christopher Diehl |
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Barrett Jones, Dorothy Jones, Emily Jones, Matthew Parker, Nelson Swanson, Simon Jones |
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659: Target of the Week
| April 03, 2010 | Matthew Parker has been named Vance King's Target of the Week and rather than wait for the humiliation he plans a little payback of his own at the Coyotes game. | |
| Take It from the Top | ||
| W: Marshal Younger D: Dave Arnold SD: Jonathan Crowe |
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Bonnie, Chang Fang, Jay Smouse, John Whittaker, Ken Blaylock, Matthew Parker, Nelson Swanson, Vance King, Wooton Bassett |
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660: For the Birds
| April 10, 2010 | Camilla Parker wants a pet more than anything but the Parker family pet curse is against her. A baby blue jay gives her the chance to prove she is up to it. | |
| Take It from the Top | ||
| W: Paul McCusker & Phil Walton D: Paul McCusker SD: Jonathan Crowe |
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Camilla Parker, Connie Kendall, David Parker, Eugene Meltsner, Eva Parker, John Whittaker, Matthew Parker, Olivia Parker, Susie, Wooton Bassett |
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661: When You're Right, You're Right
| April 17, 2010 | Emily Jones is right about almost everything. When she turns her talents to finding her brother Barrett a girlfriend, the singing card she builds may not survive contact with reality. | |
| Take It from the Top | ||
| W: Paul McCusker & Kirby Atkins D: Dave Arnold SD: Nathan Jones |
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Barrett Jones, Card Voice, Emily Jones, Jay Smouse, Matthew Parker, Priscilla Peterson, Simon Jones |
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662: Grandma's Visit
| April 24, 2010 | Grandma arrives with news that Aunt Rosalita intends to elope next week - in Odyssey, at the Parkers' house - and the family is in for a very bumpy ride. | |
| Take It from the Top | ||
| W: Bob Hoose D: Bob Hoose SD: Christopher Diehl |
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Camilla Parker, David Parker, Eva Parker, John Whittaker, Lucia Ortega, Matthew Parker, Olivia Parker, Orlando, Aunt Rosalita |
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663: Finish What You...
| May 01, 2010 | Doors keep opening for Olivia Parker and she keeps walking through them. Guitar lessons with Eugene and a starring role in Connie's play may be one door too many. | |
| Take It from the Top | ||
| W: Paul McCusker & Tim Hodge D: Bob Hoose SD: Christopher Diehl |
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Connie Kendall, David Parker, Eugene Meltsner, Eva Parker, John Whittaker, Lucia Ortega, Olivia Parker |
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664: The Jubilee Singers I
| May 08, 2010 | Olivia Parker gets a history lesson from an unlikely teacher - a talking portrait in the Gallery - about the singers who set out to save Fisk University. | |
| Take It from the Top | ||
| W: Dave Arnold D: Paul McCusker SD: Jonathan Crowe & Nathan Jones |
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Benjamin Holmes, Mr. Billings, Ella Sheppard, Frederick Douglass, George Leonard White, Maggie Porter, Olivia Parker, Phoebe Anderson, Principal Spence, Red Hollard, Thomas Rutling, Mr. Wheeler |
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665: The Jubilee Singers II
| May 15, 2010 | The portrait of Frederick Douglass carries on with the story, as the Jubilee Singers set out to sing for a cause far larger than themselves. | |
| Take It from the Top | ||
| W: Dave Arnold D: Paul McCusker SD: Jonathan Crowe & Nathan Jones |
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Benjamin Holmes, Mr. Billings, Ella Sheppard, Frederick Douglass, George Leonard White, Maggie Porter, Matthews, Olivia Parker, Pastor (d), Phoebe Anderson, Principal Spence, Red Hollard, Stevens, Thomas Rutling, Train Conductor, Dr. Wolcott |
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666: The Jubilee Singers III
| May 22, 2010 | Olivia hears how the story of the Jubilee Singers ends, and what their voices finally bought. | |
| Take It from the Top | ||
| W: Dave Arnold D: Paul McCusker SD: Jonathan Crowe & Nathan Jones |
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Benjamin Holmes, Clerk, Ella Sheppard, Frederick Douglass, George Leonard White, Henry Ward Beecher, Olivia Parker, Phoebe Anderson, Preacher, Red Hollard, Thomas Beecher, Thomas Rutling, Dr. Wolcott |
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667: The Mystery of the Clock Tower I
| October 02, 2010 | The clock tower at City Hall keeps resetting itself to 11:45 and Eugene and Matthew suspect the answer lies twenty years back, with a love that was lost. | |
| Cause and Effect | ||
| W: Paul McCusker D: Paul McCusker SD: Jonathan Crowe |
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Alicia Jennings, Andrew Drevil, Connie Kendall, Dredlocks Answering Machine Voice, Eugene Meltsner, John Whittaker, Matthew Parker, Michael Butler, Spencer Hicks, Veronica |
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668: The Mystery of the Clock Tower II
| October 09, 2010 | The countdown at City Hall keeps running while Eugene and Matthew chase the trail to Odyssey Bank - and to a suspect much closer to home. | |
| Cause and Effect | ||
| W: Paul McCusker D: Paul McCusker SD: Jonathan Crowe |
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Alicia Jennings, Andrew Drevil, Connie Kendall, Eugene Meltsner, John Whittaker, Kevin Killerman, Matthew Parker, Michael Butler, Oliver Drevil, Police Officer, Reporter (a), Reporter (b), Spencer Hicks |
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669: Wooton's Broken Pencil Show
| October 16, 2010 | Handed the microphone at the last second, Wooton Bassett must fill an entire half-hour of Kids' Radio off the top of his head. Whether the show has a point remains to be seen. | |
| Cause and Effect | ||
| W: Paul McCusker D: Paul McCusker SD: Nathan Jones |
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Astronaut, Captain Absolutely, Commercial Narrator, Connie Kendall, Eugene Meltsner, Fair Citizen, Harlow Doyle, John Whittaker, Random Boy Caller, Red Hollard, Roundhouse, Science By Design Announcer, Thug Clockripper, Wooton Bassett |
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670: Stage Fright
| October 23, 2010 | Barrett lands the lead in the school play but a booming voice from nowhere interrupts the first rehearsal and Emily takes on the case of the phantom of the school play. | |
| Cause and Effect | ||
| W: Paul McCusker & Kirby Atkins D: Dave Arnold SD: Nathan Jones |
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Barrett Jones, Charlie Stolfitz, Emily Jones, Jay Smouse, Matthew Parker, Priscilla Peterson, Rhonda Adelaide, Winnifred |
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671: Fast As I Can
| October 30, 2010 | Wooton, Eugene, Connie, and Matthew each take up the discipline of fasting and discover it is a great deal harder than any of them expected. | |
| Cause and Effect | ||
| W: Paul McCusker & Marshal Younger D: Dave Arnold SD: Christopher Diehl |
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Connie Kendall, Eugene Meltsner, Guy in Audience, John Whittaker, Matthew Parker, Mrs. Randolph, Mr. Romer, Spiritual Disciplines Display, Thomas Jefferson, Wooton Bassett |
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672: Opposite Day
| November 06, 2010 | Opposite Day at Odyssey Middle School nudges Olivia into a friendship with a girl unlike anyone she knows, while Barrett sets about collecting online friends by the hundred. | |
| Cause and Effect | ||
| W: Kathy Buchanan D: Nathan Hoobler SD: Jonathan Crowe |
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Amber (b), Barrett Jones, Drama Club Teacher, John Whittaker, Olivia Parker, Priscilla Peterson, Wooton Bassett |
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673: The Owlnapping
| November 13, 2010 | The Odyssey Middle School basketball team loses its mascot to a thief and promptly loses everything else, leaving the players weighing some drastic ways to get their luck back. | |
| Cause and Effect | ||
| W: Paul McCusker & Marshal Younger D: Nathan Hoobler SD: Jonathan Crowe |
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Barber, Basketball Player (a), Basketball Player (b), Brad Ralph, Chang Fang, Diner Customer, John Whittaker, Movie Theater Patron (a), Movie Theater Patron (b), Murray (c), Owl Mascot, Pete, Ryan Cummings, Vance King |
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674: Square One
| November 20, 2010 | Matthew joins a mysterious new club and will not say a word about what goes on there, which is all the invitation Emily Jones needs. | |
| Cause and Effect | ||
| W: Paul McCusker & Marshal Younger D: Paul McCusker SD: Christopher Diehl |
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Emily Jones, John Whittaker, Matthew Parker, Nelson Swanson, Pete, Ryan Cummings |
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675: A Thankstaking Story
| November 27, 2010 | A Thanksgiving snowstorm strands Whit, Connie, Eugene, and a few friends at Whit's End so they pass the hours inventing a zany tale of the Scrunch and his plan for Thankstaking. | |
| Cause and Effect | ||
| W: Dave Arnold D: Dave Arnold SD: Nathan Jones |
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Abominable Turkey, Arctic Blast, Burger Blitzer Blitzer Burger, Connie Kendall, Eugene Meltsner, Harlow Doyle, Jay Smouse, John Whittaker, Katie Muglue, Papa Muglue, Scrunch, Wally Haggler, Wooton Bassett |
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676: An Agreeable Nanny
| December 04, 2010 | The Parker children are quite certain they have outgrown babysitters. A parents' night out, a nanny named Maria and the neighbour's dog Bruno give them their chance to prove it. | |
| Cause and Effect | ||
| W: Paul McCusker & Bob Hoose D: Dave Arnold SD: Christopher Diehl |
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Camilla Parker, Charlotte Maria, David Parker, Eva Parker, John Whittaker, Matthew Parker, Olivia Parker |
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677: The Malted Milkball Falcon
| December 11, 2010 | A pinata full of chocolate vanishes from Whit's End with only a handful of people in the room and Emily Jones sets about working out whodunit. | |
| Cause and Effect | ||
| W: Dave Arnold & Kirby Atkins D: Dave Arnold SD: Christopher Diehl |
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Barrett Jones, Emily Jones, Jay Smouse, John Whittaker, Matthew Parker, Nelson Swanson, Priscilla Peterson |
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678: Grandma's Christmas Visit
| December 18, 2010 | Grandma arrives for Christmas in the middle of an elaborate celebration of Eugene and Connie's devising, leaving the Parker parents wondering whether a stress-free Christmas exists. | |
| Cause and Effect | ||
| W: Dave Arnold & Kirby Atkins D: Paul McCusker SD: GAP Digital |
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Camilla Parker, Connie Kendall, David Parker, Emily Jones, Eugene Meltsner, Eva Parker, John Whittaker, Lucia Ortega, Matthew Parker, Olivia Parker |
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2010
Episodes
656: The Inspiration Station II
657: Clutter
658: Game for a Mystery
659: Target of the Week
660: For the Birds
661: When You're Right, You're Right
662: Grandma's Visit
663: Finish What You...
664: The Jubilee Singers I
665: The Jubilee Singers II
666: The Jubilee Singers III
667: The Mystery of the Clock Tower I
668: The Mystery of the Clock Tower II
669: Wooton's Broken Pencil Show
670: Stage Fright
671: Fast As I Can
672: Opposite Day
673: The Owlnapping
674: Square One
675: A Thankstaking Story
676: An Agreeable Nanny
677: The Malted Milkball Falcon
678: Grandma's Christmas Visit