Tom for Mayor, Part 2

287: Tom for Mayor, Part 2

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Airdate

November 5, 1994

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Album

22: The Changing Times
Blackgaard Chronicles
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Theme

God's guidance

Genre

Blackgaard Saga

Scripture

John 17:1

Written By

Paul McCusker

Directed By

Paul McCusker

Produced By

Dave Arnold
Bob Luttrell

Executive Producer

Chuck Bolte

Post-Production

Bob Luttrell

Engineer

Bob Luttrell

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Summary

Philip Glossman arrives in town to run tests on Tom Riley's farm. Meanwhile, Mayor Bill Jenkins steps down which forces both Tom and Bart Rathbone to run for mayor.

Plot

The Environmental Detection guys aren't as they seemed. They want to collect evidence to try and implicate Tom in some sort of scandal. When they can't find real evidence, they make it up!

Along the way, it's revealed that Glossman is not acting on his own but is on orders from a mysterious person "higher up." Despite Glossman's best efforts, Tom clears his name and wins the election. But even as Tom celebrates his victory, Glossman vows that Odyssey hasn't seen the last of him or his mysterious boss.

Discussion Questions

1. Do you think Christians should run for public office? Explain.
2. What was wrong with the way Bart ran his campaign?
3. Could Tom have done anything to avoid the scandal? Why was Glossman so intent on ruining Tom? Explain.

Cast

Characters	Actors
Bart Rathbone	Walker Edmiston
Bernard Walton	Dave Madden
Bryan Dern	Corey Burton
Burt Ferder	Bob Luttrell
Connie Kendall	Katie Leigh
Curt Morse (a)	Curt Morse
Eugene Meltsner	Will Ryan
Frank Ernest	Corey Burton
Jack Allen	Alan Young
Philip Glossman	Paul McCusker
Sam Johnson	Kyle Ellison
Tom Riley	Walker Edmiston

Notes

Trivia

• As evidenced by Glossman's phone conversation, Tom becoming mayor must have been a major problem to Regis Blackgaard's bigger plan.
• Walker Edminston plays both Bart Rathbone and Tom Riley, so he was actually debating himself in this episode. According to Dave Arnold, Walker was so talented at switching voices and personalities that hardly any post-production editing was needed for the debate.
• Tom's fuss over makeup for the televised debate may have been a sly reference to the 1960 Presidential debate, where Nixon didn't wear makeup, much to his detriment.

Quotes

Bart Rathbone: I'm into freedom. You're a, whaddayacallit, an intolerant hatemonger...Unlike you, Riley, I believe in toleration. And as mayor, I won't put up with anybody who isn't tolerant.
Tom Riley: ...So you're intolerant of people who tolerate intolerance.
Bart Rathbone: Yeah. My first act as mayor will be to form a committee to investigate intolerance and stamp it out!
Tom Riley: But what about things like free speech?
Bart Rathbone: What about things like that? People can have free speech.
Tom Riley: As long as they agree with you.
Bart Rathbone: Well, yeah. Nobody likes disagreeable people.

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Philip Glossman: Ok Riley. You go ahead and move yourself into your mayors office. But you don't have the slightest idea what you've gotten yourself into. You haven't seen the last of us, not by a long shot.

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