Wishbone (1995)
Synopsis
Wishbone is a children's television show. The show's title character is a Jack Russell Terrier of the same name. Wishbone lives with his owner Joe Talbot in the fictional modern town of Oakdale, Texas. He daydreams about being the lead character of stories from classic literature He was known as "the little dog with a big imagination". Only the viewers and the characters in his daydreams can hear Wishbone speak. The characters from his daydreams see Wishbone as whatever famous character he is currently portraying and not as a dog.
Network
PBS Kids
Episodes
A Tail in Twain (1)
The kids have an end-of-summer adventure in Jackson Park and learn about the power of stories. Wishbone, as Tom Sawyer, has an adventure with Huck Finn in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
A Tail in Twain (2)
Part One continued.
Twisted Tail
A crime wave hits Oakdale, making the kids selective in choosing friends and giving Wishbone a chance to dream of Oliver Twist.
Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!
Wishbone, not wearing his collar, gets taken to the pound where he meets a beautiful female dog named Rosie. The inside story is that of ""romeo and Juliet"" by William Shakespeare
Homer Sweet Homer
Wishbone tells the story of Homer's ""The Odyssey.""
Bark That Bark
David overloads on responsibilities and doesn't understand the wisdom of asking for help. Wishbone explores the power of wisdom as it lies within two African-American folk tales.
Cyranose
Wishbone is Cyrano de Bergerac, serenading Roxanne with poetry.
The Slobbery Hound
Wishbone searches for a wandering dog who is wreaking havoc with garbage cans and items in people's yards and porches. Wishbone imagines himself as Sherlock Holmes in ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"", where he works to track down a murderer who uses a giant hound to commit his crimes.
Digging Up the Past
Wishbone and Joe meet a charming elderly Oakdale resident who has returned after a long absense, and together they search for a ""time capsule"" in Joe's backyard. Meanwhile, Wishbone imagines himself as Rip van Winkle, who falls asleep in the forest and wakes up twenty years later to discover that a whole new nation (the USA) has been born.
Bone of Arc
Samantha becomes the heroine of the boys' soccer team, while Wishbone becomes her ally. Meanwhile, Joan of Arc leads the men of the French Army against the English in Mark Twain's Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. Wishbone is her friend, Louis de Conte.
The Impawssible Dream
Wishbone, while watching Joe pursue his impossible dream of making the book of world records, thinks of Don Quixote.
Fleabitten Bargain
Joe is dazzled by a virtual-reality machine demonstrated by a cunning salesman at a town fair. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Faust, learns that making big sacrifices just to gain immediate satisfaction is not necessarily the wisest choice in the long run.
Sniffing the Gauntlet
Keeping oneself in the right frame of mind, Wishbone draws into Rebecca's world in Ivanhoe.
The Hunchdog of Notre Dame
Wishbone is the Hunchback of Notre Dame, standing for and defending Esmerelda.
Golden Retrieved
Wishbone is distressed with his owner Joe's infatuation with his new mountain bike, which causes Joe to pay less attention to Wishbone, and to act less caring and patient towards him. Then when Wishbone goes missing for a day, Joe realizes how much Wishbone means to him, and how his dog's company is so much more important than his new bike. Meanwhile, as Silas Marner, Wishbone learns the value of human warmth and companionship as opposed to acquired wealth.
A Tale of Two Sitters
Guilt by association haunts Wishbone in his dream of A Tale of Two Cities.
Frankenbone
David claims that through his experiments he has discovered the secret of life. Wishbone compares the mysterious experiment to the Mary Shelly horror, ""Frankenstein.
Hot Diggety Dawg
Wishbone digs for Wanda, turning the day into the pages of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth.
One Thousand and One Tails
While greed threatens to grip the humans around him, Wishbone imagines himself as Ali Baba among forty thieves. The sheer power of 1001 Arabian Nights seems overwhelming.
Mixed Breeds
Secrets abound in all people. Wanda and Mr. Pruitt find that out themselves, as does Wishbone in his visions of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
The Canine Cure
This time, Wishbone imagines The Imaginary Invalid by Molière.
The Pawloined Paper
Joe has a substitute teacher for his class, who he likes a lot. After a word puzzle he makes up about her gets snatched, courtesy of Curtis, Joe must get it back before anyone sees it. Meanwhile, Wishbone tears the living room upside down looking for his toy newspaper, which is right under his nose the whole time, just like where the stolen letter is hidden in today's story ""The Purloined Letter"" by Edgar Allen Poe
Bark to the Future
Joe learns that his own intellect can never be replaced by modern technology. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as The Time Traveler, finds that in the year 802,701 the lazy Eloi have allowed their intellect to be replaced by technology in H.G. Wells' The Time Machine.
Paw Prints of Thieves
When Joe gets under the crosshairs for what appears to be a good deed, Wishbone imagines himself as Robin Hood.
Furst Impressions
While Sam, David, and Joe agonize over finding a date for the pending dance, Wishbone goes over the story of ""Pride and Prejudice"" by Jane Austin.
The Prince and The Pooch
It's another tale in Twain for Wishbone, playing both The Prince and the Pauper.
The Count's Account
Damont gets David into trouble after he uses one of David's inventions. Meanwhile, Wishbone as Edmond Dantes seeks revenge against his enemies in Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo.
Salty Dog
Samantha convinces Joe and David to help her look for a ""magic"" horseshoe that is rumored to be nailed somewhere inside an old rickety barn in a remote wooded area of Oakdale. Wishbone notes Sam's adventurous spirit and her eager determination to fulfill her quest, and compares her to Jim Hawkins in Robert Louis Stevenson's book ""Treasure Island"".
Little Big Dog
In David and Goliath, Wishbone has more bravery than the David we know from this series.
A Dogged Expose
Wishbone is Sherlock Holmes, deftly trying to stop a mastermind from the pages of A Scandal in Bohemia while Samantha is unwillingly tangled in a scandal at Oakdale.
Terrified Terrier
Now Wishbone feels wounded as he dreams of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.
Shakespaw
David runs into no end of problems while staging a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Muttketeer!
Wishbone is always eager to make friends. He does so in the real world at the local school. And as D'Artagnan, Wishbone makes friends of the Three Musketeers.
Hercules Unleashed
While Samantha seeks the perfect gift for her father's birthday, Wishbone plays up Hercules, seeking the Golden Apples of the Hesperides.
!Viva Wishbone!
The power of love, for Wishbone, plays itself out in Our Lady of Guadalupe.
The Entrepawneur
Based on a portion of the epic poem ""Metamorphoses,"" by the ancient Roman poet Ovid, this episode focuses on the story of King Midas. Meanwhile, Joe is in a ""touchy"" situation with his friends David and Samantha when he hires them to help run his summer grocery delivery business. See more at RECAP
Pantin' at the Opera
Wishbone tells the story of Gaston Leroux's ""The Phantom Of The Opera.""
Dances With Dogs
Lee Natonabah, a Native-American friend of Joe's, speaks about Navajo culture and story-telling, while Wishbone imagines himself as a young brave in a story that Lee tells.
Rushin' to the Bone
Wishbone dramatizes Gogol's The Inspector General.
Picks of the Litter
The obligatory flashback episode (and the only best-of the series would ever see).
Cast
Details
Original Title
Wishbone
Status
Ended
Seasons
2
Episodes
50
Production
Big Feats! Entertainment
