Lincoln, Part 1

104: Lincoln, Part 1

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Airdate

February 17, 1990

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Album

07: On Thin Ice
07: Courageous Characters, Fabulous Friends
Classics 06: Star-Spangled Stories
For God and Country
Look Out, Lincoln! (activity pack)

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Genre

History

Scripture

Romans 13:1-5

Written By

Phil Lollar

Directed By

Phil Lollar

Produced By

Bob Luttrell
Dave Arnold

Executive Producer

Chuck Bolte

Post-Production

Bob Luttrell

Engineer

Bob Luttrell

Music By

Martie Echito

Songs By

Unknown

Inventions Used

Imagination Station

Rating

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Summary

Jimmy uses the Imagination Station to travel back to the 1800's! He meets up with a fellow named Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., but events soon take a drastic turn!

Plot

Jimmy Barclay thinks history is one long snooze and that the Imagination Station isn't nearly as exciting as the Zapazoids video game. But when Whit programs the Station to take Jimmy back to 1865, he soon discovers how wrong he is.

There, he meets a tall, elderly gent who teaches him how to hunt squirrels with a sling. The gent, it turns out, is the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Jimmy experiences firsthand the last days of the Civil War, including the Battle of Richmond, General Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox, and the assassination of Honest Abe. Zappazoids better than the Imagination Station? History boring? Not anymore, according to Jimmy Barclay!

Discussion Questions

• Why did Jimmy think history is boring?
• When did the Civil War end? Why was it fought?
• Why did Whit think Lincoln was the greatest president the U.S. has ever had?

Cast

Characters	Actors
Abraham Lincoln	Walker Edmiston
David Herold	Jim Custer
Edwin Stanton	Bob Hoose
Hunk	Jim Custer
Jimmy Barclay	David Griffin
John Whittaker	Hal Smith
Mr. Johnston	Jim Custer
Lewis Paine	Bob Hoose
Moes	Hal Smith
General Ulysses S. Grant	Will Ryan
Salmon P. Chase	Dave Arnold

Notes

Trivia

• Yet another element of the Imagination Station was introduced in "Lincoln" - a remote control that allows you to "fast forward" through the adventure.
• This was the first time the Imagination Station was used for a historical adventure rather than a Biblical one.
• This Imagination Station features a white button instead of a red one.

Quotes

John Whittaker: Far be it from me to compare any of my measly inventions to the brilliance of zapizoids.

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John Whittaker: Just sit down, and after I close the door, push that white button.
Jimmy Barclay: The one that's flashing?
John Whittaker: That's the one.

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Jimmy Barclay: This is worse than free ice cream day at Whit's End.

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