House Guest

#FD2: “House Guest”

Download Podcast!

 General   Crew   Links 

Paired with

[[{{{split}}}|“{{{split}}}”]]

Airdate

November 23, 1985

Last aired

November 23, 1985 ↓

• November 23, 1985
  

Original Release Date

{{{rel_date}}}

Date Recorded

{{{rec_date}}}

Recorded at

[[{{{rec_location}}}]]

Album

06: Mission: Accomplished

Album

06: Mission: Accomplished ↓

• 06: Mission: Accomplished

Cassette No.

{{{cassette}}}

Intro

[[:Category:Episodes with {{{intro}}} intro| {{{intro}}}]]

Intros

Click to show or hide ↓

• [[:Category:Episodes with {{{intro}}} intro| {{{intro}}}]]

Wraps

[[:Category:Episodes with {{{wraps}}} wraps| {{{wraps}}}]]

Wraps

Click to show or hide ↓

• [[:Category:Episodes with {{{wraps}}} wraps| {{{wraps}}}]]

Theme

Not Being Overprotective

Genre

[[:Category:{{{genre}}} Episodes| {{{genre}}}]]

Scripture

Songs Included

[[{{{song}}}]]

Inventions Used

[[{{{invention}}}]]

Featured Charity

[[{{{charity}}}]]

Short Used

[[{{{short}}}]]

Spanish Name

{{{spanish_name}}}

Spanish Airdate

Soundtrack length

{{{soundtrack}}}

Previous title

“{{{name2}}}”

Host

None

Written by

Steve Harris

Directed by

Unknown

Produced by

Steve Harris

Executive Producer

None

Post-Production by

Unknown

Production Assistant

[[{{{production_assistant}}}]]

Engineered by

Unknown

Music by

Unknown

Songs by

Unknown

Other websites

Odyssey Scoop

Promo

Not Available

Sample

Not Available

Spare Tire

House Guest

Gone Fishing

“House Guest” is the second Focus on the Family pilot episode. It was written by Steve Harris, and originally aired on November 23, 1985.

Summary

A father lives at his adult daughter's house for a while.

Plot

Norman Harper just got out of the hospital after surgery! However, all he wants to do is go home. Instead, he is at his adult daughter's house and forced to use a diet that he does not like. He is forced to give up coffee and gravy, and even eat broccoli casserole. In addition, his daughter, Jennifer Walters is being overprotective. Soon, he starts recovering and can walk a little ways without getting exhausted. Then, she and him have a good talk and start forgiving each other for their mistakes.

Discussion Questions

There are no discussion questions listed for this episode. »

Cast

Relative Importance / Chronological

Role	Actor
Adam Walters	Chuck Bolte
Nurse	Unknown
Doctor	Unknown
Jennifer Walters	D.J. Harner
Norman Harper	Hal Smith

Relative Importance / Chronological

Role	Actor
Jennifer Walters	D.J. Harner
Adam Walters	Chuck Bolte
Norman Harper	Hal Smith
Doctor	Unknown
Nurse	Unknown

Notes

Trivia

• Steve Harris based this story on his own experience when his father stayed at his house.
• When Adventures in Odyssey began, actors Hal Smith and D.J. Harner would go on to play another father-daughter duo with a contentious relationship very similar to the one seen in this episode: John Whittaker and Jana Whittaker-Dowd.
• This was the first appearance on any Focus on the Family productions of Hal Smith, the actor that would eventually voice John Whittaker

Allusions

• Adam jokingly refers to the converted master bedroom of their house as a miniature Mayo Clinic.

Quotes

Norman Harper: One cup of coffee is not gonna kill me, but this diet you got me on just might!

---

Adam Walters: Unless your dad was incredibly young when you were born, he's over twenty-one. And we can't exactly hold him prisoner.