The rest of the original "key" characters were voiced by Katie Leigh, Will Ryan, and Walker Edmiston, who, along with Hal Smith, had all previously worked together extensively at Disney. Hal Smith voiced the lead character John Avery Whittaker in one of his favorite roles.
Several well-known voice actors were brought in to provide the lead roles. While the show aimed to promote Christian values, according to Odyssey's co-creator Phil Lollar, the goal was not to be "a preaching program" but to be an "entertaining program." Large amounts of work were put into each individual story for the first few years, each thirty-minute episode typically took over one hundred hours to produce. The goal of the Odyssey staff was to create a "values based" radio show with production values comparable with or surpassing those of most mainstream audio dramas. The title was later changed to Adventures in Odyssey in order to "increase international appeal." The test episodes engendered a favorable audience response, and led to a continuing radio program in November 1987, called Odyssey USA. It was created by Steve Harris and Phil Lollar, who set it in a small Midwest town they called Odyssey.
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This effort culminated with a 13-week test series titled Family Portraits which aired in early 1987. James Dobson as an alternative to Saturday-morning cartoons. In 1983, Focus on the Family began creating several short dramas for inclusion in the ministry's daily half-hour radio show these radio dramas were commissioned by Focus on the Family founder and then-president Dr. The series centers on the fictional town of Odyssey, and in particular, an ice-cream emporium named 'Whit's End,' and its proprietor, John Avery Whittaker. John Campbell composed music for over 300 episodes of Adventures in Odyssey. The Odyssey series also includes several spin-off items, including a home-video series, books, and several computer games.
The show's daily audience averages around 1.2 million within North America.
Adventures in Odyssey ( AIO), or simply Odyssey, is an Evangelical Christian-themed radio drama/ comedy series created by Focus on the Family in 1987.
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