Snow Day

466: Snow Day

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Airdate

March 17, 2001

Last Aired

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Album

36: Danger Signals
Life Lessons 06: Perseverance
A Christmas Odyssey
AIO Encore Collection
Ultimate Christmas Collection

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Determination

Genre

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Scripture

Galatians 6:9

Written By

John Fornof

Directed By

John Fornof

Produced By

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Executive Producer

Paul McCusker

Post-Production

Rob Jorgensen

Engineer

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Music By

John Campbell

Songs By

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Rating

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Summary

Alex Jefferson must endure many trials and tribulations to deliver cookies to his grandmother.

Plot

Monday morning, 7 a.m. Alex Jefferson is intensely studying the insides of his eyelids when suddenly...his alarm startles him to consciousness. The radio announcer informs him (slowly) that many schools have been canceled for the day, including - glory be! - Campbell County. Wahooo! Alex is free to frolic in the snow all day, and his cousin Cal invites him out to play! But a funny thing happens on the door...his mother asks him to deliver cookies to his grandmother. It's a dangerous job, but someone has to take it. And Alex happens to be the only one in sight.

It's an arduous journey. First, Alex has to endure the hungry pangs of his cousin and his friends Nathaniel and Mandy, but he manages to fend them off. Then he has to defend himself in the snowball fight of his life against Rodney Rathbone and the Bones of Wrath who want nothing more than to take the cookies for themselves. After Nathaniel and Mandy fool the Bones, Cal Jordan and Alex take off across town.

But the Bones aren't outwitted that easily. Alex and Cal are assaulted with snowballs again and it's only through the use of the Super Anti-Snow Missile Defense System (a.k.a. garbage can lid) that they escape once again. They're nearly home-free when the come to Gumper's Hill, the biggest, meanest hill in all of Odyssey. The boys race down the hill on their Super Anti-Snow...er...their garbage can lid. But Rodney is in hot pursuit after swiping another kid's sled. He lands in the creek at the bottom of the hill and lures the boys away from their victory by pretending to be drowning.

Having outwitted the poor boys, Rodney pops open the tin and stares inside. The cookies have Macadamia nuts in them...and he's allergic to nuts! Alex grabs the tin and runs, but Rodney isn't to be outwitted so easily...at least not for the fourth time! He chases after them and just when it looks like curtains for Alex and Cal, Mandy and Nathaniel show up to finish Rodney off with snowballs from a hidden location. Alex sees his chance. He runs for his grandmother's door...and makes it!

After the completed quest, Alex hands over the cookie tin to his grandmother, but when she opens the lid, all that's left is cookie crumbs! Alex ask for forgivness, but his grandmother doesn't even know why he's apoligizing; they'll make the perfect topping for her equally famous apple crisp!

Discussion Questions

1. Why did Alex think it was so important to deliver the cookies to his grandma? Why didn't he give up?
2. The Bible says we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. How was that illustrated in this adventure?
3. Have you ever had a hard challenge like Alex? Did you accomplish your goal?

Cast

Characters	Actors
Alex Jefferson (b)	Travis Tedford
Cal Jordan	Adam Pavlakovich
Mrs. Jordan	Jennifer Naimo
Mandy Straussberg	Aria Curzon
Nathaniel Graham	Blake Ewing
Rachel Jefferson	Jennifer Naimo
Rodney Rathbone	Steve Burns

Notes

• This show is one of the 36 classic Adventures in Odyssey stories from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s included on The Encore Collection.

Goofs

• When Alex and Cal are sledding down Gumper's Hill, Alex said he put the Golden Cookie Tin inside his jacket. It wasn't his jacket, it was Mandy's.

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Quotes

Alex Jefferson: All right, it's time for plan zebra-alpha-Charlie-fettuccine-water buffalo!
Cal Jordan: Wow, sounds like a great plan!

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Cal Jordan: Come on, the paper bag?
Alex Jefferson: Okay, I guess maybe you can use it to cover his... face.

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Cal Jordan: Alex, I bequeath to you my lime green glow in the dark yo-yo.

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Alex Jefferson: Snowflakes drifted down like dandruff from the sky…

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Alex Jefferson: The pond in the park was iced over and people were gliding around on ice skates like ballerinas wearing really slippery socks on a linoleum floor.

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Alex Jefferson: Mr Smiley...isn't with us anymore.
Cal Jordan: To put it gently, he was decimated by a sniper snowball.

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Alex Jefferson: Come on men! Are we warriors, or are we whimps?!
Everyone: We are whimps, sir!

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Alex Jefferson: Snow, snow snow, how Alex loves snow, snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow. Snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow...
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