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by Bob
Thu Feb 20, 2025 6:19 pm
Forum: The Front Counter
Topic: AIO phasing out non-Club episodes
Replies: 2
Views: 3435

AIO phasing out non-Club episodes

From their release via Facebook: BIG NEWS: We’re saying goodbye to CDs in the spring of 2026 and going fully digital. That means longer storylines for your favorite characters. Less waiting between multi-part stories. More flexibility for fun, one-off episodes. But what about downloads? Will there s...
by Bob
Fri Jan 03, 2025 11:45 am
Forum: The Front Counter
Topic: Getting Clubhouse Back Issues?
Replies: 1
Views: 2775

Getting Clubhouse Back Issues?

Does anyone know any reliable way of purchasing back issues for Clubhouse magazine? Some of my old ones have been lost or damaged, and I'd love to be able to fill in gaps. Some of the features have made it into later compilations (like "Degrees of Kelvin", which is now in its own complete ...
by Bob
Mon Nov 04, 2024 10:24 pm
Forum: Episode Study
Topic: #992: Unmanageable
Replies: 1
Views: 2363

Re: #992: Unmanageable

I've been uninvested in the "Jules' band" arc. In fact, this is the first episode I've listened to that featured it, although it is alluded to in the Buck two-parter. In full honesty, the reason why I haven't before is because I pictured it as being stories about ungodly people doing ungod...
by Bob
Tue Oct 29, 2024 12:22 am
Forum: Episode Study
Topic: #991: Making Nice
Replies: 0
Views: 1760

#991: Making Nice

General episode observations: • Jay's status as a noncombatant has been reinforced in this episode, given that his leading motivation here is avoiding being beaten up. • The loss could not have been the worst in Odyssey history: Odyssey lost 63-2, against Connellsville in "Easy Money". • ...
by Bob
Sat Oct 12, 2024 11:44 pm
Forum: The Front Counter
Topic: VERY IMPORTANT ODYSSEY QUESTION
Replies: 4
Views: 3386

Re: VERY IMPORTANT ODYSSEY QUESTION

If I remember the episode correctly, Mr. Gottlieb ("No Stupid Questions") used to get coffee at Whit's End. From a practical angle, I imagine with such a large building and so many things to maintain, there's a lot of work to do, and it can't hurt to have extra time to prep for when things...
by Bob
Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:23 pm
Forum: Episode Study
Topic: #989: The Smouse Show
Replies: 0
Views: 2532

#989: The Smouse Show

I was a little surprised to see there was no topic for this one. Abigail Geiger looks like the show's troubleshooter; when there's an arc that has ongoing issues, she's brought in to fix it. I don't know if this is intentional, or is a side effect of her specialty, which seems to be writing episodes...
by Bob
Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:58 am
Forum: Attic of the Future
Topic: Album 75
Replies: 4
Views: 5242

Re: Album 75

When I read the above post, I honestly thought it was some sort of joke, but after I listened to the podcast, it made more sense. Curiously, there was a ToO topic within the last couple of years that actually seemed to predict something like this, based on the use of a computer-generated voice (CGV)...
by Bob
Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:26 pm
Forum: Episode Study
Topic: #955: Value in the Process
Replies: 1
Views: 3039

Re: #955: Value in the Process

It is a shame it had to omit Emily to achieve this, but this episode didn't have the flaws that previous Rydell episodes have had. Morrie is accurately described as a jerk throughout most of this episode, but strangely enough, that might actually be something of a good sign for his personal develop...
by Bob
Sat Mar 11, 2023 2:52 pm
Forum: Episode Study
Topic: #953 Renee Renewed
Replies: 3
Views: 3695

Re: #953 Renee Renewed

Broadly speaking, there are two areas of particular interest in this episode, one being the philosophical quandaries relating to and societal ramifications of this technology, and secondly the legal aspects. The potential downsides of the former seem obvious (although they escaped Renee), so I will...
by Bob
Thu Mar 02, 2023 4:05 pm
Forum: The Front Counter
Topic: Avery Awards 2022
Replies: 3
Views: 3680

Re: Avery Awards 2022

I listened to this yesterday, and I admit that I enjoyed it more than any of the other AIO podcasts that I remember. It was so good that I like it and have re-listened to it multiple times even though I don't agree with most of the real results. (Maybe the plot softened my impression of it, since Dr...
by Bob
Tue Feb 07, 2023 10:30 am
Forum: Episode Study
Topic: #045: What Are We Gonna Do About Halloween?
Replies: 1
Views: 3475

Re: #045: What Are We Gonna Do About Halloween?

Well, I don't think there's a strong correlation between an episode's strength and its age. Although it'd be hard to argue that the first season was the best, most of the episodes were at least decent, and some were very good. They also tended to have more 'slice of life' than later on, which is app...
by Bob
Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:53 am
Forum: Episode Study
Topic: What am I listening to?
Replies: 1
Views: 3276

Re: What am I listening to?

(For the record, the episode is "The Bad Hair Day".)
by Bob
Mon Jan 30, 2023 7:11 pm
Forum: Episode Study
Topic: Legally Wooton
Replies: 3
Views: 4028

Re: Legally Wooton

I haven't heard this episode yet, not being a Club member, but I wanted to reply while the 'iron is hot'. Like with the other review thread I posted on the other day, I may post a review of my own here when it is available. Could the negative influence be referring to the rowdy kids in the opening s...
by Bob
Wed Jan 25, 2023 5:41 pm
Forum: Community Courtyard
Topic: The Plus-Minus Game
Replies: 0
Views: 4547

The Plus-Minus Game

Cross-posted from ToO. I implemented this a little while ago , and thought it was worth mentioning, since I also announced Fill in the Blanks earlier. It's basically a count game, except done with a single-purpose PHP script, and automatically managed, instead on message boards and manually managed...
by Bob
Sat Jan 21, 2023 9:39 pm
Forum: Episode Study
Topic: King of My Heart
Replies: 2
Views: 3980

Re: King of My Heart

Would that be the best role model for the listeners? I literally have read a Club comment that said something along the lines of, "I use buck and jules as an example for my own relationship." I haven't had the opportunity to hear this episode yet (perhaps I'll make a review post at a late...
by Bob
Tue Dec 20, 2022 3:48 am
Forum: Interview Booth
Topic: Bespeak Bob II
Replies: 28
Views: 23275

Re: Bespeak Bob II

What video games do you play? I used to play a lot more than I do now. As of 2018, a mixed selection of the kind of games I might have played or thought about playing might have included Game Dev Tycoon, SpaceChem, Super Tux, Backyard Baseball (1997 edition), along with other Humongous Entertainmen...
by Bob
Sat Nov 19, 2022 11:42 am
Forum: The Front Counter
Topic: A clue to what state Odyssey can be in
Replies: 10
Views: 6414

Re: A clue to what state Odyssey can be in

the writers can't even agree on Eugene's age for the same episode! in As Buck would have it Eugene is meant to be a kid when Buck was 2, putting him in his early to mid 20's, then the writers stated that in that same episode Eugene is supposedly in his mid 30's! If that's so, that's a definite faul...
by Bob
Fri Nov 18, 2022 12:05 am
Forum: The Front Counter
Topic: A clue to what state Odyssey can be in
Replies: 10
Views: 6414

Re: A clue to what state Odyssey can be in

I have to admit this concept slightly frustrates me. When most people study events in works of fiction, the assumption is that the fictional world is basically orderly and logical like ours and that there are objective truths, even if they are sometimes obscure and even if we occasionally have to re...
by Bob
Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:45 pm
Forum: The Front Counter
Topic: Should Hoobler Airlines be canonical?
Replies: 2
Views: 3405

Re: Should Hoobler Airlines be canonical?

It is a deviation from the real world, so from the perspective of keeping the AIO world as closely aligned to ours as possible, it isn't desirable, and you might say it 'shouldn't' be canonical. However, using a fictional airline might have been a forced decision, since it seems that using a real on...
by Bob
Wed Sep 07, 2022 10:02 am
Forum: Community Courtyard
Topic: Anyone play Nitro Type?
Replies: 9
Views: 4626

Re: Anyone play Nitro Type?

I went through and changed some of the colors of vehicles to ones that I think are better-suited, but I have to admit I haven't actually used many of them yet. Now that I'm back on my Chromebook, though, it might be easier to work up the nerve. Not incidentally, I've found that the built-in keyboard...