Wishbone
TV-Y71995•28m•8.0/10
Action & AdventureComedyKidsSci-Fi & Fantasy
Ratings
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8.0/10(35)
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.
Production
Big Feats! Entertainment
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 10, 1995
Last Aired
March 12, 1997
Networks
PBS Kids
Created By
Rick Duffield
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
A Tail in Twain (1)
Air date: 1995-03-23
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.
E2
A Tail in Twain (2)
Air date: 1995-03-24
Part One continued.
E3
Twisted Tail
Air date: 1995-03-25
A crime wave hits Oakdale, making the kids selective in choosing friends and giving Wishbone a chance to dream of Oliver Twist.
E4
Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!
Air date: 1995-03-25
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
E5
Homer Sweet Homer
Air date: 1995-03-26
Wishbone tells the story of Homer's ""The Odyssey.""
E6
Bark That Bark
Air date: 1995-03-30
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.
E7
Cyranose
Air date: 1995-03-31
Wishbone is Cyrano de Bergerac, serenading Roxanne with poetry.
E8
The Slobbery Hound
Air date: 1995-04-01
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.
E9
Digging Up the Past
Air date: 1995-04-02
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.
E10
Bone of Arc
Air date: 1995-04-03
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.
E11
The Impawssible Dream
Air date: 1995-04-05
Wishbone, while watching Joe pursue his impossible dream of making the book of world records, thinks of Don Quixote.
E12
Fleabitten Bargain
Air date: 1995-04-05
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.
E13
Sniffing the Gauntlet
Air date: 1995-04-06
Keeping oneself in the right frame of mind, Wishbone draws into Rebecca's world in Ivanhoe.
E14
The Hunchdog of Notre Dame
Air date: 1995-10-26
Wishbone is the Hunchback of Notre Dame, standing for and defending Esmerelda.
E15
Golden Retrieved
Air date: 1995-10-27
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.
E16
A Tale of Two Sitters
Air date: 1995-10-30
Guilt by association haunts Wishbone in his dream of A Tale of Two Cities.
E17
Frankenbone
Air date: 1995-10-31
David claims that through his experiments he has discovered the secret of life. Wishbone compares the mysterious experiment to the Mary Shelly horror, ""Frankenstein.
E18
Hot Diggety Dawg
Air date: 1995-11-01
Wishbone digs for Wanda, turning the day into the pages of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth.
E19
One Thousand and One Tails
Air date: 1995-11-02
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.
E20
Mixed Breeds
Air date: 1995-11-03
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.
E21
The Canine Cure
Air date: 1995-11-04
This time, Wishbone imagines The Imaginary Invalid by Molière.
E22
The Pawloined Paper
Air date: 1995-11-05
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
E23
Bark to the Future
Air date: 1995-11-06
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.
E24
Paw Prints of Thieves
Air date: 1996-03-02
When Joe gets under the crosshairs for what appears to be a good deed, Wishbone imagines himself as Robin Hood.
E25
Furst Impressions
Air date: 1996-03-03
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.
E26
The Prince and The Pooch
Air date: 1996-03-04
It's another tale in Twain for Wishbone, playing both The Prince and the Pauper.
E27
The Count's Account
Air date: 1996-03-05
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.
E28
Salty Dog
Air date: 1996-03-06
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"".
E29
Little Big Dog
Air date: 1996-03-07
In David and Goliath, Wishbone has more bravery than the David we know from this series.
E30
A Dogged Expose
Air date: 1996-03-08
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.
E31
Terrified Terrier
Air date: 1996-03-09
Now Wishbone feels wounded as he dreams of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.
E32
Shakespaw
Air date: 1996-03-10
David runs into no end of problems while staging a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.
E33
Muttketeer!
Air date: 1996-11-02
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.
E34
Hercules Unleashed
Air date: 1996-11-03
While Samantha seeks the perfect gift for her father's birthday, Wishbone plays up Hercules, seeking the Golden Apples of the Hesperides.
E35
!Viva Wishbone!
Air date: 1996-11-04
The power of love, for Wishbone, plays itself out in Our Lady of Guadalupe.
E36
The Entrepawneur
Air date: 1996-11-05
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
E37
Pantin' at the Opera
Air date: 1996-11-06
Wishbone tells the story of Gaston Leroux's ""The Phantom Of The Opera.""
E38
Dances With Dogs
Air date: 1996-11-07
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.
E39
Rushin' to the Bone
Air date: 1996-11-08
Wishbone dramatizes Gogol's The Inspector General.
E40
Picks of the Litter
Air date: 1996-11-09
The obligatory flashback episode (and the only best-of the series would ever see).
Cast
Larry Brantley
Wishbone
Mary Chris Wall
Ellen Talbot
Christie Abbott
Sam Kepler
Adam Springfield
David Barnes
Julio Cesar Cedillo
Travis del Rio
Shelley Duvall
Renee Lassiter
Amy Acker
Catherine Morland
Melissa Archer
Sarah Johnson
Jordan Wall
Joe Talbot
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