Greetings and salutations. An unexpected news item has just come up!
In the comments section for “The Way of the Comic Book”, a Club moderator made the following statement:
Hi, friends. We hope that you enjoy this latest adventure. In part of our celebration of this 100th Club episode, we are releasing Extended Web Version of some episodes! Just go to any of the special collection albums to listen! The episodes in these albums will now feature never-before heard content, from cut lines and scenes to Chris intros. Thank you for all your support, and we look forward to sharing the updated Club with you!
-ModeratorSam
This is very surprising! I immediately went to the special albums in the Club, and sure enough, found that the running time had indeed been expanded!
Would you believe that “A Christmas Conundrum” is now nearly an hour long?
I listened to it, and it initially wasn’t too different. It sounded as though the AIO Team had just released cut lines into the episode: There’s additional lines about Connie being late to work, more argument between Bart and Tom, and longer dialogue by Whit about the meaning of Christmas at the end. Although it was interesting (the extended scene with Bart and Tom was my favorite part), I didn’t find it that big of a deal as the moderator made it to be. But then things got interesting right after the final scene with Eugene and Grady. After the final line, “Merry Christmas”, the scene continues! Grady runs into Tom after breaking the stereo. I don’t have time to give my thoughts in detail, but this now explains that weird comment in The Official Guide about the cut scene in this episode:
A short subplot about Tom’s five-legged dog, Cheddar, was cut from “A Christmas Conundrum.” Don’t ask.
The Official Guide, page 460
Well, the fans now may ask, since it has been released! The story Tom tells about Cheddar consoles Grady and is very touching. Although it is a very poignant scene, I can see why it was unnecessary; it seems a bit odd. However, I am glad that it has been released. Any content with Walker Edminson is great and his performance was very well-done.
After many decades of cut stuff sitting in the AIO Team’s archives, they are finally being released! This is absolutely unbelievable! Words cannot describe how crazy I’m going.
I then went on to listen to “You Gotta Be Wise” and was quite surprised.
I was very surprsied that they included more of The Bones of Rath’s songs. I will definitely be listening to the rest of these extended episodes in the compilation albums. Someone had better update the AIOWiki page.
Well, that’s all the news for now. What are your thoughts on the extended episodes?
-Signed, Polehaus53
Odyssey Obsessors 
🤣🤣
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Hey so I can see the extended editions in the app, but every time I click on one (say 56 minutes) it will play the 26 minute version. Additionally, if you look at the Blackgaard Chronicles collection, some of them say they are an hour long now and some say 5 minutes or 7 minutes, and none of them will play the ‘extended’ version correctly. Is this issue exclusive to me or are you having it too? Thanks!
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Yep, I’m seeing the same thing in the app as well and I’m pretty sure that everyone else is having the same issue too. This seemingly permanent glitch of durations of the episodes being longer or shorter but only playing the regular length when pressing play has been an issue on the app for quite a few months. When I first saw it, inspiration hit me to do this prank post partly because I’ve often thought about an explanation for that strange comment in the Official Guide about Tom’s dog, but mostly because some people might fall for it when they see that the duration of the episodes actually are different in the app, giving some plausibility for the news before finding out that it was a prank. The only thing is that I didn’t account for were the episode durations that were labeled as shorter, which I probably should have thought through more.
By the way, the Odyssey Nerds have been a source of entertainment for the team here at the Odyssey Obsessors for a while (particularly the issues of The Nerdlies, those were great); you did a good job on the blog! Thanks for leaving a comment!
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Ahh, you got me! I’ve been so out of the loop lately I guess I shouldn’t be surprised lol. Glad you liked the Nerdlies! I’ve noticed a lot of Odyssey satire lately and I’m glad people are carrying on the tradition.
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