The Joke's on You

391: The Joke's on You

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January 31, 1998

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Album

30: Through Thick and Thin

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Theme

Encouragement

Genre

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Scripture

Romans 12:10
Romans 12:15

Written By

Marshal Younger
Phil Lollar

Directed By

Phil Lollar

Produced By

Duane Harms
Dave Arnold

Executive Producer

Kurt Bruner

Post-Production

Duane Harms

Engineer

Duane Harms

Music By

Library

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Summary

To help 'bear one another's burdens' Julie Zeeke tells Dwayne Oswald he is funny, with some seemingly tragic effects.

Plot

On a Sunday morning in Odyssey, Jason Whittaker encourages his Sunday School class to look for ways to encourage people. Julie decides to that someone who really needs to be encouraged is Dwayne Oswald, who always seems to fail. She tries taking him roller skating, but he repeatedly falls down, incredibly embarrassed. Desperate for ways to encourage him, she tells him he has a nice sense of humor.

Jared DeWhite and Sarah Prachett later criticize her for this compliment because Dwayne has now unsuccessfully attempted to position himself as the local comedian. Afraid to tell him the truth, Julie laughs at his jokes even though they aren't funny. Jason challenges (and practically begs) her to be honest. When she learns that he has signed up for the school talent show, she wants to talk him out of it, but instead relies on the hope that he'll fail the audition.

To her disappointment, the show is desperate for acts, and Dwayne passes without even telling a joke. Admonished a second time by Jason that encouragement does not mean lying to someone, Julie promises to confront Dwayne. But when she learns he is going out of town and will miss the show anyway, she again fails to confront him. When Jared informs Julie that Dwayne's plans changed and he is, in fact, in the show, she rushes off to the school to prevent him from going on stage.

When she arrives, Dwayne is just beginning his act. To her surprise, however, he is performing a very successful magic show instead of his comedy routine. He later explains to Julie that his Dad told him the truth about the comedy and taught him the magic tricks to perform instead. Julie apologizes for not being honest with him and tells him that she still believes he is funny. He pulls a silver dollar from her ear, and they go to Whit's End to celebrate his success.

Discussion Questions

1. Why was it wrong for Julie to tell Dwayne that he was funny to encourage him?
2. Would it have been easier to tell Dwayne the truth at the beginning instead of waiting so long?
3. Can you think of any ways that you can "bear one another's burdens"?

Cast

Characters	Actors
Dwayne Oswald	Kris Kachurak
Jared DeWhite	Brandon Gilberstadt
Jason Whittaker	Townsend Coleman
Jet Black	Unknown
Julie Zeeke	Tracy Bassett
Loraine Benton	Unknown
Sarah Prachett	Scarlett Pomers

Notes

• This episode contains background dialogue, which can be read here.

Quotes

Dwayne Oswald: Waddaya do when your nose goes on strike? Picket!

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Dwayne Oswald: That reminds me of a story. There were three prisoners who were gonna be executed by a firing squad. They put the first prisoner up against the wall and were about to shoot him when he yelled, "Earthquake!". And everybody ran for cover and the prisoner got away. Well, they finally realized there was no earthquake, so they brought out the second prisoner and put him against the wall. They were just about to shoot him when he yelled, "Tornado!". And everybody ran for cover. And again the second prisoner got away. When they realized there was no tornado, they put the third prisoner against the wall, a real duffus. The commander said, "Ready, aim-" and the duffus yelled, "Fire!". Get it? Earthquake, tornado, fire? Firing squad? Get it?

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Dwayne Oswald: How will it look when everyone is rolling over me?

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Jared DeWhite and Sarah Pratchett: We'll get you for this Julie.
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