The OAC Episodes

[HomeschoolCowgirl]

The first episode was tied in with Christian Veterinary Mission.

Oh my.
Is there such a thing?
I want to go/join/help!!!!!

ah, well, they'll have to wait several years

[Pound Foolish]

Seriously? That would be dreadful.

All this would perhaps explain why OAC has such a madcap feeling to it. It's the product of desperate circumstances.

Still, between having only one AIO album a year and turning AIO shows into commercials, wouldn't one album a year be preferable?

[Wakko]

Seriously? That would be dreadful.

All this would perhaps explain why OAC has such a madcap feeling to it. It's the product of desperate circumstances.

Still, between having only one AIO album a year and turning AIO shows into commercials, wouldn't one album a year be preferable?

Well said. I'd much rather have commercials for AIO shows.

[Reddo]

only a few of the episodes each year are for partner organisations there are normal episodes in the club too

[The Old Judge]

PF, just so I can get a better grasp of your statement, could you elaborate more on the term "madcap feeling"?

[Pound Foolish]

It seems like they're doing desperate things. They're taking half their shows and letting only listeners who belong to a club hear them. They're charging a ridiculous amount for it. It's somewhat poorly thought out, it seems to have been slapped together pretty fast (for those of you who haven't read Audrey's doozy of a post on OAC, she says a lot about that and says it entertainingly.) And, to cap it all of, they're compromising the integrity of some of the episodes, choosing their plots based on a partnership with a company.

[The Old Judge]

But it's not like partnership/promotion of a company is new to AIO. They've been supporting the NSA and FBI for 19-20 years.

[Wakko]

But it's not like partnership/promotion of a company is new to AIO. They've been supporting the NSA and FBI for 19-20 years.

I wouldn't say that was partnering. Chris didn't go on at the end and say, "Whit made a good point about helping out in Goverment. You should ask a parent or adult how you can involved NSA/FBI." They just had charcters who involved with both.

[The Old Judge]

I know. The statement was made in jest. I'm not too happy about them going to a company for sponsorship either, but it's better to go to a Christian organization that shares the same values than, say, General Mills. I'm not overly crazy about animals, though I enjoy them, so I don't really anticipate an episode in correlation with the "Christian Veterinary Mission." But we've all been shocked by episodes in the past. This could become a fan favorite. (I make this statement hesitatingly.)

[Stella C.]

... Has anyone else heard the preview for March's episode..?

[Pound Foolish]

Yes, Stella. It sounds lovely. It's actually making me somewhat regret that I'm not a member for the first time. I expect this will be happening a lot. It stinks that some of the shows are being plotted around company partnerships. (Or have I mentioned that.) But the other episodes will be as good as ever. They are going to be hard to miss.

OJ, I got your FBI joke. And it was very funny.

Tthat's true. The veterinary ministry episodes may be good. And it would be great to hear an animal themed AIO. Due to the complications of sound design, as many of us know, they've avoided animal episodes. (For the Birds doesn't count. Baby birds don't bark, moo or whinny.)

[Wakko]

Apparently I didn't read your post very close. Now that I read it close it's pretty funny. XD
EDIT:
Where can you here the preview?

[SirWhit]

The preview can be heard in the ads for the online broadcast.

[Wakko]

It stinks that some of the shows are being plotted around company partnerships.

Here's what AIO Wiki said about the partnership for this episode.

The featured charity for this episode is Glen Eyrie Castle.

So I don't know if the episode is centered around the partnership. It didn't sound like it from the preview, but it very well could be.

[BHGodlyGovt]

I will honestly say that OAC is not worth $15 a month. I did purchase a subscription for this month, and I was not impressed with The Launch. I think that if they reduced the price down to more like $5 a month, it would be more worth it. It is nice having access to every single AIO episode ever made, but I do not really have as much time to listen to AIO as I would like.

Just a word of advice, unless you listen to a lot of AIO, and do not own the majority of the episodes, it is not worth it to purchase a subscription to OAC, especially at the price that they are asking for and requiring.

[Wakko]

I will honestly say that OAC is not worth $15 a month. I did purchase a subscription for this month, and I was not impressed with The Launch. I think that if they reduced the price down to more like $5 a month, it would be more worth it. It is nice having access to every single AIO episode ever made, but I do not really have as much time to listen to AIO as I would like.

Just a word of advice, unless you listen to a lot of AIO, and do not own the majority of the episodes, it is not worth it to purchase a subscription to OAC, especially at the price that they are asking for and requiring.

Thanks for the review. Haven't heard/seen very many real reviews for the Club.

[Pound Foolish]

So far, the one thing no one's done much of here is actually talk about the OAK episodes. Have they been much good? Any memorable quotes? Do they ever feel at all forced?

[Doll]

So far, the one thing no one's done much of here is actually talk about the OAK episodes. Have they been much good? Any memorable quotes? Do they ever feel at all forced?

What ARE OAK episodes? I have no clue what those would be...

But, okay, fine. My favorite OAC episode was...well...honestly, they haven't been that great. The first two were a bit suspensful, somewhat entertaining, but not ones I would count in my favorite episodes...I think the problem with trying to make episodes that could be anywhere in the AIO timeline..is you miss out on normal AIO things, I would honestly rather see more character development, than just Mr. Whittaker telling stories...which is what they pretty much all have been.

The 3rd episode, was also interesting, but I felt it lacked a good resolution, it was too sudden. The lesson they were trying to teach was a very good one, but it seemed to be lacking something.

The 4th episode was interesting. Really interesting.

The way they told the story was one of my favorite ways, and reminded me a lot of a passage my 5th grade teacher read to the class. It was the story of a weird culture..and listed things like how the people who were a marriageable age decorated their teeth with metal glued to it, and how all the people kept a chest of all the remedies the doctor had given them, and every morning, they bowed before the chest, but it turned out, that it was a perspective of someone else of Americans! The metal being braces, and the "chest" being a medicine cabinet, and the bowing was actually just bending down to wash their face. I don't think anyone in the class saw that plot twist coming.

But, unfortunately, I did see the plot twist in this episode within 7 or minutes, which made me really disappointed, that it didn't just appear out of the blue. :/ Otherwise, it was a good episode, and a great lesson on perspective.

[Ameraka]

I liked the fourth episode a lot! It might have been my favorite one. Partly because it was science fiction, and it had Jason in it!
Overall, it was a fun episode. I need to listen to it again, since I was a little distracted while listening to it (playing with my cat:)).

[Wodfamchocsod]

I had a subscription to the OAC for one month, and the exclusive shows were pretty good/ok. But they are now also "advertising/supporting" Compasssion International. The Parker family went on some mission trip.