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Wishbone

Wishbone: Season 1 (1995)

  • Episodes: 40
  • Premiered March 23, 1995

Episodes

  1. A Tail in Twain (1)

    Episode 1 · · 28m

    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.

  2. A Tail in Twain (2)

    Episode 2 · · 28m

    A Tail in Twain (2)

    Continuation of previous episode exploring The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

  3. Twisted Tail

    Episode 3 · · 28m

    Twisted Tail

    A crime wave hits Oakdale, making the kids selective in choosing friends and giving Wishbone a chance to dream of Oliver Twist.

  4. Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!

    Episode 4 · · 28m

    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

  5. Homer Sweet Homer

    Episode 5 · · 28m

    Homer Sweet Homer

    Wishbone tells the story of Homer's ""The Odyssey.""

  6. Bark That Bark

    Episode 6 · · 28m

    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.

  7. Cyranose

    Episode 7 · · 28m

    Cyranose

    Wishbone is Cyrano de Bergerac, serenading Roxanne with poetry.

  8. The Slobbery Hound

    Episode 8 · · 28m

    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.

  9. Digging Up the Past

    Episode 9 · · 28m

    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.

  10. Bone of Arc

    Episode 10 · · 28m

    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.

  11. The Impawssible Dream

    Episode 11 · · 28m

    The Impawssible Dream

    Wishbone, while watching Joe pursue his impossible dream of making the book of world records, thinks of Don Quixote.

  12. Fleabitten Bargain

    Episode 12 · · 28m

    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.

  13. Sniffing the Gauntlet

    Episode 13 · · 28m

    Sniffing the Gauntlet

    Keeping oneself in the right frame of mind, Wishbone draws into Rebecca's world in Ivanhoe.

  14. The Hunchdog of Notre Dame

    Episode 14 · · 28m

    The Hunchdog of Notre Dame

    Wishbone is the Hunchback of Notre Dame, standing for and defending Esmerelda.

  15. Golden Retrieved

    Episode 15 · · 28m

    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.

  16. A Tale of Two Sitters

    Episode 16 · · 28m

    A Tale of Two Sitters

    Guilt by association haunts Wishbone in his dream of A Tale of Two Cities.

  17. Frankenbone

    Episode 17 · · 28m

    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.

  18. Hot Diggety Dawg

    Episode 18 · · 28m

    Hot Diggety Dawg

    Wishbone digs for Wanda, turning the day into the pages of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth.

  19. One Thousand and One Tails

    Episode 19 · · 28m

    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.

  20. Mixed Breeds

    Episode 20 · · 28m

    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.

  21. The Canine Cure

    Episode 21 · · 28m

    The Canine Cure

    This time, Wishbone imagines The Imaginary Invalid by Molière.

  22. The Pawloined Paper

    Episode 22 · · 28m

    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

  23. Bark to the Future

    Episode 23 · · 28m

    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.

  24. Paw Prints of Thieves

    Episode 24 · · 28m

    Paw Prints of Thieves

    When Joe gets under the crosshairs for what appears to be a good deed, Wishbone imagines himself as Robin Hood.

  25. Furst Impressions

    Episode 25 · · 28m

    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.

  26. The Prince and The Pooch

    Episode 26 · · 28m

    The Prince and The Pooch

    It's another tale in Twain for Wishbone, playing both The Prince and the Pauper.

  27. The Count's Account

    Episode 27 · · 28m

    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.

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  28. Salty Dog

    Episode 28 · · 28m

    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"".

  29. Little Big Dog

    Episode 29 · · 28m

    Little Big Dog

    In David and Goliath, Wishbone has more bravery than the David we know from this series.

  30. A Dogged Expose

    Episode 30 · · 28m

    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.

  31. Terrified Terrier

    Episode 31 · · 28m

    Terrified Terrier

    Now Wishbone feels wounded as he dreams of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.

  32. Shakespaw

    Episode 32 · · 28m

    Shakespaw

    David runs into no end of problems while staging a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

  33. Muttketeer!

    Episode 33 · · 28m

    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.

  34. Hercules Unleashed

    Episode 34 · · 28m

    Hercules Unleashed

    While Samantha seeks the perfect gift for her father's birthday, Wishbone plays up Hercules, seeking the Golden Apples of the Hesperides.

  35. ¡Viva Wishbone!

    Episode 35 · · 28m

    ¡Viva Wishbone!

    The power of love, for Wishbone, plays itself out in Our Lady of Guadalupe.

  36. The Entrepawneur

    Episode 36 · · 28m

    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

  37. Pantin' at the Opera

    Episode 37 · · 28m

    Pantin' at the Opera

    Wishbone tells the story of Gaston Leroux's ""The Phantom Of The Opera.""

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  38. Dances With Dogs

    Episode 38 · · 28m

    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.

  39. Rushin' to the Bone

    Episode 39 · · 28m

    Rushin' to the Bone

    Wishbone dramatizes Gogol's The Inspector General.

  40. Picks of the Litter

    Episode 40 · · 28m

    Picks of the Litter

    The obligatory flashback episode (and the only best-of the series would ever see).

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