Sunset Bowlawater

437a: Sunset Bowlawater

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Airdate

March 4, 2000

Last Aired

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Album

34: In Your Wildest Dreams

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Genre

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Scripture

Luke 16:10-11

Written By

John Fornof

Directed By

Phil Lollar

Produced By

Rob Jorgensen
Phil Lollar

Executive Producer

Al Janssen

Post-Production

Rob Jorgensen

Engineer

Rob Jorgensen

Music By

John Campbell

Songs By

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Rating

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Sunset Bowlawater

Long Way Home

Summary

Mandy enlists Harlow Doyle's help to find out why her goldfish died, and the goldfish explains why in his own words.

Plot

Tragedy! Mandy Straussberg's goldfish died and she seeks out Harlow Doyle to solve the case. How could this terrible crime have been committed? The goldfish tells the story of how Mandy adopted and loved him, but then began to pay less and less attention to him. He is tortured by her lack of enthusiasm and by her cat and her brother, David. Then Mandy comes to the realization herself...she killed the goldfish by not paying attention to him.

Discussion Questions

1. How did Crackers the Goldfish die?
2. Jesus said (in Luke 16:10) "Whoever can be trusted with little things can also be trusted with much." What did Jesus mean?
3. If your parents ask you to do something around the house, how can you prove that you can be trusted?
4. How can doing a little thing well-like your chores-lead to bigger responsibilities?

Cast

Characters	Actors
Crackers	Nathan Carlson
David Straussberg	Jeff Ellison
Eugene Meltsner	Will Ryan
Harlow Doyle	Will Ryan
John Whittaker	Paul Herlinger
Mandy Straussberg	Aria Curzon

Notes

• This is the first of two mini-episodes comprising one half-hour of Adventures in Odyssey, with the second one being "Long Way Home."
• During his narration, in lamenting how Mandy lost interest in him, Crackers references the chorus of the song "Mandy" made popular by Barry Manilow: "Oh Mandy, well you came and you gave without taking."
• The name of the episode references Sunset Boulevard, a movie in which the dead character tells the story, just like Crackers.
• Harlow Doyle and Mandy say "Get it?" "Got it!" "Good!" , which is probably a reference from the Danny Kaye movie, The Court Jester

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Quotes

Mandy Straussberg: Uh. The first part of my name is Strauss.
Harlow Doyle: The stress is on Strauss, huh? Never fear Miss Strauss-stress.

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Crackers: That's me up-side-down there in the fish bowl.

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Mandy Straussberg: Do you have any advice on how I should take care of him?
Eugene Meltsner: Well, as a matter of fact, there are a few items to keep in mind. Clean his water every other day. One meal per day is enough to sustain him. Supply him with a balanced diet of worms, breadcrumbs, water fleas and plants, and take care not to overfeed him. Keep his water temperature at 18.4 degrees Celsius, of course, and make sure he has plenty of shade, because goldfish do not have eyelids. Do you understand?
Mandy Straussberg: Um...clean his water how often?
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