Kidsboro

Career Day is a bust - Ryan gets stuck in a zoning meeting, Alice is buried in police paperwork, and the kids come home wanting real work of their own. So Whit builds Kidsboro, a town of clubhouses in the woods where children make the laws and no adult may enter uninvited. Ryan becomes mayor, Alice chief of police, and Nelson the town inventor, but their first council meeting can't even agree on how to vote. With a nudge from Whit and the Apostle Paul, they set out to promote good and punish evil... which proves harder than it sounds. A bicycle ban, a brand-new currency, and a flood of new citizens later, Kidsboro is booming. Then a foul-smelling canister turns up planted under the wall of Nelson's clubhouse - the young town's first deliberate attack - and Mayor Ryan vows the culprit will not escape justice.

Found on The Truth Chronicles Album 50½ · 11 episodes

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2 of 2 0642 The Imagination Station, Revisited A trip through an unfinished Imagination Station drops Kelly into the final days of Jesus' life, where she can only watch as betrayal and injustice unfold around her.

TTC01 Here Am I When Whit's newest invention drops Connie into a series of surreal scenarios, she must defend the idea of absolute truth against game-show pundits, talk-show guests, and a very persuasive adversary.

TTC02 The Truth Be Told When a new newspaper editor asks a young reporter to dig up dirt on Whit's End, her investigation unfolds alongside a homespun superhero tale about a librarian transformed into a champion of absolute truth.

TTC03 The Science Club When a young science club president is assigned a presentation on Darwin, a curious question from Whit turns his topic into a test of whether the club really follows the truth wherever it leads.

TTC04 Three in One When a new cable access channel comes to Odyssey, Connie steps up to be a voice for what kids really need - while everyone around her keeps stumbling onto the same big idea.

TTC05 In My Image Fed up with rules, a village boy declares he's done with God - and a mysterious traveling showman just happens to sell replacements.

1 of 3 0643 Kidsboro When Career Day leaves them disillusioned with adult jobs, a group of Odyssey kids get the chance to build and govern a town of their very own - and quickly learn that running a society is harder than it looks.

2 of 3 0644 Kidsboro When a citizen sues Kidsboro's young government over a ruined shirt, Mayor Ryan must untangle a financial crisis and a string of mysterious stink attacks that may be coming from closer to home than anyone suspects.

3 of 3 0645 Kidsboro With Kidsboro's trust crumbling and a mysterious crime wave gripping the town, Mayor Ryan must decide whether protecting his young government is worth the secret it's built on.

1 of 2 TTC06 Stepping Stones A study session at Whit's End turns into an imagination-powered voyage back to 1620, where a band of persecuted believers risks everything for a new life across the ocean.

2 of 2 TTC07 Stepping Stones With winter closing in and no home yet found, the Mayflower pilgrims must brave freezing expeditions, sickness, and the fear of attack in search of a place to plant their new colony.

TTC08 The Final Call When Whit tells the story of Jonah on Kids Radio, Connie and the young listeners of Odyssey discover that a biblical worldview is about far more than obedience.

N/A B-TV: Live! When Bernard and the B-TV cast go live to explore how God calls each person, comedy sketches, surprise guests, and one very bad Whit impression put the theme to the test.

Featured characters

John Whittaker Paul Herlinger

Minor characters & crew 9 more roles

9 supporting roles

Ryan Cummings Adam Wylie Nelson Swanson Georgina Cordova Fred Holstein Kenneth Mars Captain Richard Quinn Kenneth Mars Jill Segler Kelly Stables Pete Marcus Toji Chuck Actor Unknown Alice Funderburk Ashleigh Prather Town Secretary Actor Unknown

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Chris Anthony Host Marshal Younger Writer · Director · Producer GAP Digital Sound Designer · Producer Bob Hoose Producer Dave Arnold Executive Producer

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Career Day disappoints Ryan Cummings and his ambitious friends. Ryan expects to watch Odyssey's mayor but spends hours in a zoning meeting. Alice Funderburk is sent to police paperwork after trying to arrest a jaywalker. Jill Segler's planned newspaper investigation of banned books becomes a misunderstanding about books for school bands. Only Nelson Swanson enjoys the day because Whit lets him help invent a solar-powered air conditioner.

The children tell Whit that they wanted firsthand experience doing meaningful adult work. He responds by building Kidsboro, a small town of clubhouses in the woods behind Whit's End. Children may visit with their parents' permission, and no adults may enter without an invitation. The citizens themselves will govern, work, run businesses, and solve problems.

Ryan becomes mayor, Alice chief of police, Jill newspaper editor, and Nelson an inventor and business owner. Their first council meeting accomplishes little because they cannot agree on how to vote, let alone choose a flag, anthem, or military uniform. Ryan asks Whit what government is for.

Whit points Ryan toward the Bible. Every government rests on some foundation, and the Apostle Paul describes its purpose as promoting good and punishing evil. The council adopts that principle but soon discovers how difficult it is to apply.

When Pete leaves a bicycle on a path, Alice threatens to arrest him under a rule she invents on the spot. After discussion, the council bans bicycles because the narrow wooded paths make them unsafe. Pete objects that he cannot be fined under a law posted only after he arrived, then points out that Kidsboro has no money with which to pay fines.

Pete uses his father's computer to design a currency and becomes secretary of the treasury. The council recognizes that taxes can fund services, but with only five citizens, everyone would merely pay money that circles back into their own salaries. They invite more children, and Kidsboro rapidly fills with citizens, houses, businesses, committees, and even the zoning meetings Ryan once found so dull.

Nelson struggles to find a purpose because no one buys his inventions. He asks to help guard the new jail, but Ryan insists that Kidsboro needs his scientific gifts. Soon a terrible odor makes Nelson's clubhouse unusable.

Alice finds no natural source for the smell. Nelson discovers that someone has tunneled under a wall and deliberately left a canister of foul liquid inside. The new town faces its first planned attack, and Ryan promises that the culprit will not escape justice.