Information :
Writer and Director: John Beebee
Production Engineer: Rob Jorgensen
Music: John Campbell
Songs Composed by John Beebee
Songs Arranged by John Campbell
Bible verse: John 14:6
First Air Dates: 30th September, 7th October 2000
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Description :
It's a Kids Radio musical! A young girl called Dotty and her dog Nono are whisked off to
a strange land, where the Fairy Oddmother send her off down the Big Fat Road to see the Great
Wishy Woz!
Review (by Audrey) :
Part 1:
Okay, I'll say it right now--I have never really liked musicals but some how The Great Wishy Woz 1 was just a little (no tribute to the episode intended) different.
This episode. had some good lines and excellent sound effects and music (by music I am not talking about the lyrics, though they are fairly good). One of the lines I liked the best was when the mannequin said "Some people are out of their minds... my mind is out of me." Dave Madden's character is so much like Bernard it's almost scary. And my favourite line out of this episode. "I'd like power... please."
This may be insignificant but Dottie seemed a little too friendly with the people she met along the way. I mean this world isn't safe. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I could just picture something happening to a kid because of talking to strangers while walking to and from school or what not. I don't mean to bash the AIO team when I say that. Also the shoe turning into a pizza? Strange... but I must admit I liked it.
Okay in summary, this episode was very well done. On the most part I felt it was for children who were between ages 9 and 11. (A big improvement over the ages I was suggesting for some of the spring episodes.) Although I felt like I was slightly too old to be listening to this episode, I am glad I did. It was funny and it goes back to an old lesson we learned with Jimmy Barclay in "Wonderworld" - you're never too old to use your imagination."
Rating :
Eight and a Half (Out of Ten)
Links :
These are links to other reviews and discussions on the new episodes:
AIO-HQ's Review Page
The Town Hall - Message Board
Whit's End - the offical site
The Ultimate Adventures in Odyssey reviews
I know I've missed some, so please e-mail me with
the addresses of your pages or pages you know of!
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