As some of you may know, framing is a literary technique used to set up a story-within-a story. While Adventures in Odyssey is certainly allowed to have mindless fun every so often, the reason I believe Push the Red Button fails as an Adventures in Odyssey episode, is that it didn't properly frame its story. After all, this is the same show that once let a goldfish narrate its own episode ("Sunset Bowlawater") so it was always in the realm of possibility that it would someday double dip into the bowl of ludicrousness again. I did hope it was a dream however, there were simply no real clues to tell one way or another. I should have been smart enough to think, This is a dream. You see, I hadn't seen the live show or heard much about it before listening to "Push the Red Button How on earth can KYDS Radio merge with the Imagination Station? Why is it that this merging affects Wooton Bassett's voice? And why is it that Imagination Station was affecting real-life historical events? The more I listened to the episode, the more my heart began to sank and the angrier I became. You can imagine my surprise when the programs start to merge together in completely illogical ways. What happens next, I never would have imagined. At this point in the episode ―although there may have been too many story-lines for my liking ―I'm still involved and listening. Meanwhile, Penny ventures off to find inspiration watching Michelangelo paint the Sistine chapel, and Wooton Bassett sets up a Captain Absolutely KYDS Radio adventure. The episode starts off with Eugene trying to unite all programs under one system ―even though he's already learned the consequences of doing such a thing back in "A Bite of Applesauce". They're the ones I think will be confused and, ultimately, disappointed. And then there are fans who will listen to it without ever knowing that a live show version ever existed. There are those who were familiar with, and entertained by, the "25th Anniversary Birthday Bash" show in Texas that will enjoy owning this professionally recorded, abridged version. "Eugene's merge program for Whit's End had bizarre consequences for Connie and Penny in the Imagination Station, and for Wooton in the Kids' Radio studio." -AIOĪt the end of the day, "Push the Red Button" is a difficult episode to review primarily because I know fans will have vastly different opinions of it.
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