#paul herlinger

[fitsofgloom]

Blaring From Your Television, A Theater of Nightmares: Warren Reed and Paul Herlinger, hosts of "Nightmare Theater" on Seattle's KTNT.

#nightmare theater #warren reed #paul herlinger #horror hosts #late nite tv #late late show #seattle #ktnt

[z00r0p4]

Hey it’s 6:59 and I haven’t slept but everyone needs to know what my initial mental picture of mr Whittaker was when I first heard him

So here is a bad doodle

#I also imagined him having like maybe a tat on his arm #I literally can’t explain it to you ok #I have no idea how THIS was 12 year old me’s mental image of whit but #it probably had to do something with the fact that I found out he was a war vet very early on #and it was the Paul herlinger whit #he’s the most gruff whit voice #so I was like ah yes this is a bald old man #who is maybe a little intimidating and still quite strong #yet he runs an ice cream shop #now u could imagine my surprise when I found out what he really looked like #aio #I’ll start tagging my posts for y’alls sakes #we need some organizashun

[lightening816]

I thought I'd sit down and listen to all of Album 50 of Adventures in Odyssey, The Best Small Town. There's something so bittersweet about listening to it, knowing that this was the last mainstream album to feature multiple classic Odyssey characters. True, Edwin Blackgaard and Bernard showed up in at least one Odyssey Club episode, but this was the last album to have Cryin' Bryan Dern, Walter Shakespeare, Paul Herlinger's Whit, and whether you love him or hate him, Phillip Glossman, among others (some of which couldn't be helped of course, due to personal things happening off-radio like some actors either retiring or passing away).

Don't get me wrong, many of the new characters are great. Penny is sweet and artistic, the Parkers are nice, and Renee from the Club episodes is a great example of a currently non-Christian character who isn't a jerk (looking at you, Dern), just to name a few examples.

But I would've liked to have seen more of Kelly's journey after going through the updated Imagination Station, now that she's seen the Crucifixion for herself. I also wouldn't have minded an episode in which Emily and Matthew solve mysteries around the Harlequin Theatre. I felt genuinely bad for Lawrence Hodges after he lost his job and went to work for a laundromat, and genuinely want a happy ending-episode for him.

I suppose if I had to divide Odyssey into eras, I'd argue that Album 1-25 would be Era 1, Album 26-50 would be Era 2, and Album 51 onward would be Era 3. I say this because, in general, I wouldn't mind more overlap between Eras 2 & 3.

Forgive me for complaining, but these are just some thoughts I've been having. I still love Odyssey though, and think there are great things in all three eras. So I wouldn't necessarily call Era 3 a downward slope or anything. It's just different, is all :)

#Adventures in Odyssey #AiO #Lucy talks #Renee Carter #Cryin Bryan Dern #Walter Shakespeare #Edwin Blackgaard #Emily Jones #Matthew Parker #Kelly

[green-sweatered-spinster]

The very best episode(s) was The Search for Whit trilogy. The spy stuff, archaeology, Paul Herlinger begins as Whit, and most importantly: the sarcasm and jokes.

👆👆👆

[murphduude]

the weirdest thing about adventures in odyssey to me is how paul herlinger had the exact same voice as hal smith.

#what a coincidence #like there is .01% difference between the two voices #and have you all heard the story about how they found him? #he was on a radio commercial that one of the producers just happened to hear

[biboocat]

The half-believer: Pico Iyer on Graham Greene

by Chris Herlinger

March 14, 2013

To what can we ascribe the durability of Graham Greene as not only a literary figure but a figure “within people’s heads”?

That may arise out of his gift for intimacy on the page, the sense of vulnerability his characters incarnate and the fact that he seems to be as open in his fiction as he was guarded in real life. His novels read like confessionals, and to that extent they may speak to many readers—of any faith or none.

I was stunned at how many writers have been possessed by Greene, for better or worse. Paul Theroux, John Banville, Gloria Emerson and Alan Judd all wrote novels haunted by figures clearly based on Greene, who stands sometimes for prophetic wisdom (in Theroux’s Picture Palace) or moral clarity (in Emerson’s Loving Graham Greene), sometimes (in Banville and Judd) for almost demonic mischief making. David Lodge dedicated an early novel to Greene and yet included a parody of Greene in that same novel. Greene’s official biographer, Norman Sherry, who spent 27 years trying to catch Greene, seemed to end up as Greene the figure of self-doubt and failure, not Greene the fearless adventurer (whom perhaps he’d hoped to become).

Is there a core to Greene’s work?

I think it’s precisely the fact that Greene doesn’t sit easily or simply within any religious tradition that allows him to speak to so many. He read theology constantly and always refers to God, but it’s a God he doesn’t always claim to know and often doesn’t even claim to believe in. He called himself a “Catholic agnostic” and often said that he had faith (the emotional pull that for many lies at the heart of religion) but not belief (the rational conviction).

To me, he always placed kindness before anything, and many of his novels are illustrations of how anyone can act compassionately and with understanding, even if faith is flagging. The whisky priest in The Power and the Glory famously does everything possible to violate the letter of his creed—drinking, taking on a mistress, being negligent in his duties—and yet in a moment of crisis acts with self-sacrifice and devotion, embodying the spirit of his faith in a way that even a cardinal or saint might envy.

Did Greene redefine what it might mean to be a religious person in a world without a set of defined markers?

As I see it, Greene was extending a forgiving hand toward even the most fallen person and noting how even if we—as he—can never quite make it to the belief we want, we can still try to act from the sense of compassion and sympathy that faith speaks for. If nothing else, he seemed to believe that religion gave stakes to events and turned right and wrong into a matter of good and evil.

If Greene could never be a perfect Catholic, he was certainly always much further from a nonbeliever’s position, and even tougher on cynicism or disengagement. More than almost any writer I can think of, Greene was fascinated by goodness—and peace and kindness—even though, and sometimes because, he felt those qualities weren’t his. His books could be said to be hymns to selflessness and purity written by one who longed for those graces but felt he had never deserved them.

He disarms us because he comes at faith through the back door, through the sinner rather than the saint and by stressing humanity rather than holiness. But if you pursue those deeply enough and steadfastly enough you can arrive at a man giving up his life for others.

You’ve said that Greene the Catholic doesn’t interest you because that role was not of interest to him at the deepest level. Yet it’s impossible to talk about him without talking about religion.

I would say he is the poet laureate of the half-believer, or of the person who longs for belief, and most of his work takes place in that shadowland where the man of faith suddenly encounters doubt and the nonbeliever is suddenly shaken by something that looks very close to a miracle or an act of faith.

Greene did famously convert to Catholicism in his early twenties in order to marry his devout wife Vivien (who had first written to him because he had misrepresented an aspect of the Virgin Mary); but I would say he took the church into his life as he took his wife: both became frequent sources of solace and guidance and inspiration but also frequent antagonists, whom he deserted and treated badly.

The day after the mass shootings in Colorado last year, I heard some people say that they could never do what that shooter did. I don’t agree—I think good people have the capacity to murder. And I think that’s a perspective Greene would share.

A Greene character isn’t a churchgoer who says, “I could never act like the devil.” Rather, he’s a self-proclaimed (self-chastised) nonbeliever who says, “I could never act like a saint”—and then does so, almost in spite of himself. Greene is always reminding us of how little we know of one another. And intentions in his work are slippery, which is why he keeps on flaunting his paradoxical belief that good motives can be the quickest way to hell. Greene shows imperfect men transcending themselves.

Were he writing of the terrible tragedy in Colorado, Greene wouldn’t concentrate on the deranged killer; he would describe a man taking his girl-friend to the movies, even though he’s not faithful to her—and is on the brink of breaking up with her and is secretly texting some new love. And then, when the violence breaks out, Greene would show that man giving up his life to save the girlfriend he no longer loves.

#graham greene #pico iyer

[hedgehogofhope]

I Saw Someone Else do this and Apparently, I’m Just that unoriginal Welcome to my First-ever Tumblr Post.

Favorite character: Eugene Meltsner, Katrina Meltsner, Buck Oliver

Least favorite character: Rodney Rathbone

Favorite ship: Eugene/Katrina, Wooton/Penny, Buck/Jules, Dion/Jay

Least favorite ship: JILLIAN / JASON STOP

Favorite episode: The Other Woman

Least favorite episode: Find a Penny Parts 1 and 2 I just can’t listen to them anymore they were shit I’m sorry

Favorite album: Album 59: Taking the Plunge

Least favorite album: Idk they all have decent enough episodes that it would be hard to commit to a least favorite.

Favorite saga: Green Ring Conspiracy

Least favorite saga: Okay so I don’t want to say TTTB, cuz I really love some elements of it. Buck for one. The whole Meltsner saga is actually is great and I like Wooton. But yeah, it’s homophobic and completely ignorant and insulting to listen to as a lesbian. So, yeah I guess it’ll have to be The Ties That Bind.

Favorite era of child characters: Late 40′s: Mandy, Trent, Liz, Marvin, Tamika, Kelly, Grady. I think this current kid line up though could become my favorite.

Favorite whit voice: Paul Herlinger

A plot element you really really wish could have been expanded on: Leonard and Everett post-New Era. I know that Leonard was only supposed to have a few years left after the transplant but Eugene has not /once/ mentioned the fact that he has a brother and living father in the *decade* since 49 came out. Is Leonard alive? Does Eugene keep in contact with his family? Do they know about Buck? Does Buck know about them???? (These aren’t my words, but I agree 100%)

A plot element you really really wish could have been dead and buried before it actually was: Rodney Rathbone. He should have left so much sooner than he did what even

#aio

[astudyinimagination]

002 for Jason Whittaker?

Sorry it’s taken me this long to get to this! I live in Michigan, so this past week I was mostly surviving the onslaught of Siberian weather. :P

002 | Give me a character & I will tell you

How I feel about this character: You know, as a kid, I would have said that I loved Jason. As an adult now... particularly one who’s responsible for several of her younger siblings... I’m... frustrated. Jason has zero impulse control, and that’s led repeatedly to people—kids especially, given the show—getting hurt. (He had no right to reinstate the Israelites and use them as he did in DBD. I know that for the show and the plot to work, the Israelites had to reband, but he still had no right to put them in danger like that. He literally asked Jack whose right it was to put kids in danger. No one’s, Jason. No one has that right.) I still like him... but... I also get frustrated with him.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: • Tasha. Yeah, after all this time, I still ship Jason/Tasha, and I’m gonna forever be frustrated with how that played out because I really liked her.• Monica Stone. Whoops. Look, they had chemistry, okay???• The mom in that one episode whose name I shamefully cannot remember. Wherein Jason stays at her house all evening with her and her son and does stuff with and for them. It’s just really cute and sweet.

My non-romantic OTP for this character: I feel like that should be brotp, then? Probably... Jason and Connie. They have a good dynamic.

My unpopular opinion about this character: I’m not really in the fandom proper, I just lurk... I’m not sure, sorry!

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Erm... Jason/Tasha, with a ring on it. Or Jason/Monica. I’m flexible. :P I’d say “Jason growing up” but I never listened to the show past... oh, I’m not sure 2008 or something? about the time Paul Herlinger left? (RIP, dear man) ...so... maybe he has? Idk. *blushes*

my OTP: Jason/Tasha, definitely.

my cross over ship: Argh, I hate being boring but I really don’t have anything! Sorry...

a headcanon fact: Um... I’m sure I had something ten years ago! Darn it, I really don’t have anything, I’m sorry. :(

001 | send me a ship and I will tell you // 002 | Give me a character & I will tell you // 003 | send me 5 characters and I will rank them in order of preference

#replies #loverlylight #Jason Whittaker #Adventures in Odyssey #AIO #sorry in advance to Jason fans! #I'm not trying to rain on anybody's parade!

[graham-greene]

This article wonderfully explains the appeal of Graham Greene to believers and nonbelievers alike.❤️

The half-believer: Pico Iyer on Graham Greene

by Chris Herlinger

March 14, 2013

To what can we ascribe the durability of Graham Greene as not only a literary figure but a figure “within people’s heads”?

That may arise out of his gift for intimacy on the page, the sense of vulnerability his characters incarnate and the fact that he seems to be as open in his fiction as he was guarded in real life. His novels read like confessionals, and to that extent they may speak to many readers—of any faith or none.

I was stunned at how many writers have been possessed by Greene, for better or worse. Paul Theroux, John Banville, Gloria Emerson and Alan Judd all wrote novels haunted by figures clearly based on Greene, who stands sometimes for prophetic wisdom (in Theroux’s Picture Palace) or moral clarity (in Emerson’s Loving Graham Greene), sometimes (in Banville and Judd) for almost demonic mischief making. David Lodge dedicated an early novel to Greene and yet included a parody of Greene in that same novel. Greene’s official biographer, Norman Sherry, who spent 27 years trying to catch Greene, seemed to end up as Greene the figure of self-doubt and failure, not Greene the fearless adventurer (whom perhaps he’d hoped to become).

Is there a core to Greene’s work?

I think it’s precisely the fact that Greene doesn’t sit easily or simply within any religious tradition that allows him to speak to so many. He read theology constantly and always refers to God, but it’s a God he doesn’t always claim to know and often doesn’t even claim to believe in. He called himself a “Catholic agnostic” and often said that he had faith (the emotional pull that for many lies at the heart of religion) but not belief (the rational conviction).

To me, he always placed kindness before anything, and many of his novels are illustrations of how anyone can act compassionately and with understanding, even if faith is flagging. The whisky priest in The Power and the Glory famously does everything possible to violate the letter of his creed—drinking, taking on a mistress, being negligent in his duties—and yet in a moment of crisis acts with self-sacrifice and devotion, embodying the spirit of his faith in a way that even a cardinal or saint might envy.

Did Greene redefine what it might mean to be a religious person in a world without a set of defined markers?

As I see it, Greene was extending a forgiving hand toward even the most fallen person and noting how even if we—as he—can never quite make it to the belief we want, we can still try to act from the sense of compassion and sympathy that faith speaks for. If nothing else, he seemed to believe that religion gave stakes to events and turned right and wrong into a matter of good and evil.

If Greene could never be a perfect Catholic, he was certainly always much further from a nonbeliever’s position, and even tougher on cynicism or disengagement. More than almost any writer I can think of, Greene was fascinated by goodness—and peace and kindness—even though, and sometimes because, he felt those qualities weren’t his. His books could be said to be hymns to selflessness and purity written by one who longed for those graces but felt he had never deserved them.

He disarms us because he comes at faith through the back door, through the sinner rather than the saint and by stressing humanity rather than holiness. But if you pursue those deeply enough and steadfastly enough you can arrive at a man giving up his life for others.

You’ve said that Greene the Catholic doesn’t interest you because that role was not of interest to him at the deepest level. Yet it’s impossible to talk about him without talking about religion.

I would say he is the poet laureate of the half-believer, or of the person who longs for belief, and most of his work takes place in that shadowland where the man of faith suddenly encounters doubt and the nonbeliever is suddenly shaken by something that looks very close to a miracle or an act of faith.

Greene did famously convert to Catholicism in his early twenties in order to marry his devout wife Vivien (who had first written to him because he had misrepresented an aspect of the Virgin Mary); but I would say he took the church into his life as he took his wife: both became frequent sources of solace and guidance and inspiration but also frequent antagonists, whom he deserted and treated badly.

The day after the mass shootings in Colorado last year, I heard some people say that they could never do what that shooter did. I don’t agree—I think good people have the capacity to murder. And I think that’s a perspective Greene would share.

A Greene character isn’t a churchgoer who says, “I could never act like the devil.” Rather, he’s a self-proclaimed (self-chastised) nonbeliever who says, “I could never act like a saint”—and then does so, almost in spite of himself. Greene is always reminding us of how little we know of one another. And intentions in his work are slippery, which is why he keeps on flaunting his paradoxical belief that good motives can be the quickest way to hell. Greene shows imperfect men transcending themselves.

Were he writing of the terrible tragedy in Colorado, Greene wouldn’t concentrate on the deranged killer; he would describe a man taking his girl-friend to the movies, even though he’s not faithful to her—and is on the brink of breaking up with her and is secretly texting some new love. And then, when the violence breaks out, Greene would show that man giving up his life to save the girlfriend he no longer loves.

#graham greene #pico iyer

[networthandsalaryoffi]

[david558me]

[lizhortons]

i was tagged by no one, i just wanted to do this

Favorite character: connie

Least favorite character: philip glossman

Favorite ship(s): liz/aex

Least favorite ship(s): jules/buck. it just seems really forced.

Favorite episode: “the other side of the glass 1, 2 & 3″ or “suspicious minds”

Least favorite episode: “it’s a wrap” just because i can’t handle the image of connie cutting her finger and needing stitches. i always skip that episode. 

Favorite album: darkness before dawn

Least favorite album: the ties that bind (it could have been a great mystery series but noooo)

Favourite saga: Novacom

Least favourite saga: the ties that bind and the whole ‘let’s get together festival’ thing

Favorite era of child characters: mandy/liz/sarah/alex/david all those ones

Favorite whit voice: Paul Herlinger, just because he was the first mr. whittaker i heard 

A plot element you really really wish could have been expanded on: richard maxwell should have got a bigger redemption arc. he was on the right side at the end but mostly just for revenge on regis and then they just abandoned him in the hospital when they could’ve kept him on and we could’ve seen him truly change

A plot element you really really wish could have been dead and buried before it actually was: the ‘let’s get together’ festival and also mitch coming back. 

#adventures in odyssey #lauren talks

[drblackgaard]

just aio things

@trentdewitty tagging me in probably the hardest ask since this one (it’s AIO stuff either way) this has literally been sitting in my reading list for years because you gotta mull this stuff over

favourite character: Eugene Meltsner

least favourite character: Danny Schmidt :P

favourite ship: Eugene/Katrina, Barrett <3 Priscilla <> Jay <3< Barrett

least favourite ship: Connie/Mitch? Just let it go people, it’s been like 15 years

favourite episode: Life Expectancy, Parts 1-3 hands down

least favourite episode: Game For A Mystery was pretty weaksauce

favourite album: album 48: The Moment of Truth (such a hard question)

least favourite album: album 51: Take It From The Top (:S)

favourite saga: Novacom

least favourite saga: this really comes down to what you technically want to define as a saga. let’s go with The Ties That Bind for being so appallingly homophobic on every level, such that I feel ill just thinking back to remember it exists. thanks, Paul.

favourite era of child characters: late 40′s: Mandy, Trent, Liz, Marvin, Tamika, Kelly, Grady.

favourite whit voice: Paul Herlinger. you can’t let go of your first Whit

a plot element you really really wish could have been expanded on: Leonard and Everett post-New Era. I know that Leonard was only supposed to have a few years left after the transplant but Eugene has not /once/ mentioned the fact that he has a brother and living father in the *decade* since 49 came out. Is Leonard alive? Does Eugene keep in contact with his family? Do they know about Buck? Does Buck know about them????

a plot element you really really wish could have been dead and buried before it actually was: This is the question that has kept me from posting this for so long. I have no idea what to put here. I feel like this show is much more wont to leave ideas behind rather than overly flesh them out. In the case of things that were drawn out for a long time, they were usually things I really like, and any complaints would be to resolve them quicker, not bury them. I mean I guess the only thing that comes to mind is people letting go of Mitch, but that’s more about the fandom than the show. I like how Kathy brought that final resolution with Something Old, Something New. I abstain.

and now, to tag people: @girlster93 @tunameltsner @the-girl-in-the-shop @hubert-meltsdon @eugene-meltsner @wod-fam-choc-sod @theodyssian

#finally getting this out of my list so i can do the other things people tag me in #you can only put it off for so many years :S #asks #asks for me #aio #adventures in odyssey

[z00r0p4]

Just AIO things

Tagged by @drblackgaard

I’m upsetti bc I had almost finished answering everything but bc I was on mobile, the app crashed. 

Favorite character: Eugene Meltsner (not like my username or the fact that I used to draw him 24/7 didn’t make that obvious).

Least favorite character: Harlow Doyle or Hadley Bassett

Favorite ship: Eugene x Katrina & Connie x Jason

Least favorite ship: Every preteen/teen girl X buck. (ok that’s an exaggeration but come on, does eVERYONE have to have a crush on him?) 

Favorite episode: The Time Has Come or Poor Loser  (Not much tops Eugene having a mental break).

Least favorite episode: First of all, I can’t remember like 90% of episode titles, but Connie’s mom dying was brutal and it isn’t to say it wasn’t good I just feel so bad for my girl. 

Favorite album: Darkness before dawn or The Moment Of Truth, + Into The Light (first album) and Eugene Returns bc of sentimental attachments. 

Least favorite album: Ties that bind 

Favourite saga: Novacom

Least favourite saga: depends on the definition of ‘saga’ but I can’t really choose, considering that I’ve liked most of the ‘sagas’...

Favorite era of child characters: early to mid 00′s kids.

Favorite whit voice: Paul Herlinger- basically what @drblackgaard said, but I also think his voice fit the best tbh. Warm but rough around the edges, like you know he’s been through some stuff (which yes he definitely has).

A plot element you really really wish could have been expanded on: This is kinda nitpicky, but I really wish that Eugene’s memory loss could’ve been actually dramatized instead of just catalogued. Don’t get me wrong, the tape Eugene made was cool and edgy, but I’ve got this idea where Eugene is seething about the situation with their research, can’t sleep, and storms off in the middle of the night to go experiment (It’s not hard to theorize that this is exactly what happened just by listening to his account). Katrina wakes up a little later, realizes he’s gone, and goes after him and gets there to find him unconscious in a mess of wires and smoke. She manages to get him to wake up, and he promptly begins to freak out like Where am I? Who are you?

Idk I’d just eat that stuff right up, personally. I love angst.

A plot element you really really wish could have been dead and buried before it actually was: Idk, personally. Maybe Connie x Mitch but the recent ep brought closure, I guess. Just,,, very brutal for Connie. 

(Idk who to tag who’s not already tagged except for @katecreatescutestuff )

[katecreatescutestuff-blog]

Tagged by @tunameltsner THANKS FRIEND

Favorite character: Connie Kendall, because I can relate to her the most. Sooo much, good grief lol….

Least favorite character: Jay or Olivia as they are sooo obnoxious/whiny…or at least constantly these things. 

Favorite ship(s): Jason x Connie, PAST Mitch x Connie, Eugene x Katrina, and for a bit I kindaaa shipped Emily x Buck 

Least favorite ship(s): Jules x Buck (she’s too edgy for him…) Jason x Tasha

Favorite episode: More Like Alicia –I don’t know why per say, I just always found this one to be really fun to listen to.

Least favorite episode: To find a Penny parts I and II– Such a pointless and plot-less episode…

Favorite album: Signed Sealed, and committed, In Hot Pursuit, and any and all involving Novacom/Andromeda 

Least favorite album: Lets Put on a Show

Favourite saga: Novacom

Least favourite saga: The Ties that Bind  Because it was so…complex yet incomplete. It wasn’t bad per say just kind of bland comparing to the other ‘sagas’.

Favorite era of child characters: 90′s-00′s

Favorite whit voice: Paul Herlinger- just because I grew up more on his voice. Honestly he and Hal Smith sound similar enough so it’s kind of tied. I cannot get used to Whit’s newest voice though….

A plot element you really really wish could have been expanded on: Really random but all I can think of atm is Regis and Edwin’s relationship…them being twins and both being important characters it was just weird never seeing them act as brothers/explain their relationship in depth. Granted one was EVIL….but still, they’re twins for gosh sakes.

A plot element you really really wish could have been dead and buried before it actually was: MITCH ANNOUNCING HIS ENGAGEMENT. JUST THAT ENTIRE EPISODE. Why did it need to happen? Just UGH. –Also killing off character’s that didn’t necessarily need to have closure of their departure…? idk just me.

#aio #adventures in odyssey #whits end #whitsend #christian #meme

[theragamuffininitiative]

@aceofstars16 Yes, Amy is from the episode “Best Laid Plans” (Album: The Big Picture). This is one of my all-time favorite episodes, right smack in what I personally see as the Second Golden Age of Odyssey - basically between The Search for Whit and Novacom - and I adore pretty much everything about it, including Amy and her son precocious son Josh. You should listen to it if you get the chance.

@amerraka XD Yeah, it’s not a very big ship at all. XD

@agent1132 I don’t think Adventures in Odyssey has any inclination to bring them back, and I have no idea what plans are in store for Jason. But then again, I honestly don’t have any knowledge of what is going on in Odyssey these days. I don’t have the heart to listen to it without Whit (I’m sorry, they had a blessing with Paul Herlinger, and the new guy I just can’t believe), Tom, Bernard, Jack, and a few of the others. It just isn’t the show I love, and I’m okay with that. I have decades of story to listen to and enjoy. But yes, I believe they were two characters brought in to beautifully state a beautiful message, and I love them for it.

and I also still ship it so XD

#replies #amerraka #agent1132 #aio #jason whittaker #and amy and josh