Wishbone
Wishbone
TV ShowEnded

Wishbone

8.0 / 10
1995
2 seasons
50 episodes
Action & AdventureComedyKidsSci-Fi & Fantasy

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.

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Seasons

  • A Tail in Twain (1)

    1.A Tail in Twain (1)

    23-03-199528m

    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 Adventur...

  • A Tail in Twain (2)

    2.A Tail in Twain (2)

    24-03-199528m

    Part One continued.

  • Twisted Tail

    3.Twisted Tail

    25-03-199528m

    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!

    4.Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!

    25-03-199528m

    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 Shakespear...

  • Homer Sweet Homer

    5.Homer Sweet Homer

    26-03-199528m

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

  • Bark That Bark

    6.Bark That Bark

    30-03-199528m

    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

    7.Cyranose

    31-03-199528m

    Wishbone is Cyrano de Bergerac, serenading Roxanne with poetry.

  • The Slobbery Hound

    8.The Slobbery Hound

    01-04-199528m

    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...

  • Digging Up the Past

    9.Digging Up the Past

    02-04-199528m

    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, Wish...

  • Bone of Arc

    10.Bone of Arc

    03-04-199528m

    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...

  • The Impawssible Dream

    11.The Impawssible Dream

    05-04-199528m

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

  • Fleabitten Bargain

    12.Fleabitten Bargain

    05-04-199528m

    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 immedi...

  • Sniffing the Gauntlet

    13.Sniffing the Gauntlet

    06-04-199528m

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

  • The Hunchdog of Notre Dame

    14.The Hunchdog of Notre Dame

    26-10-199528m

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

  • Golden Retrieved

    15.Golden Retrieved

    27-10-199528m

    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 h...

  • A Tale of Two Sitters

    16.A Tale of Two Sitters

    30-10-199528m

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

  • Frankenbone

    17.Frankenbone

    31-10-199528m

    David claims that through his experiments he has discovered the secret of life. Wishbone compares the mysterious experiment to the Mary Shelly horror, ""Frankenstein.

  • Ep 18

    18.Hot Diggety Dawg

    0.0
    01-11-199528m

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

  • Ep 19

    19.One Thousand and One Tails

    02-11-199528m

    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.

  • Ep 20

    20.Mixed Breeds

    03-11-199528m

    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.

  • Ep 21

    21.The Canine Cure

    04-11-199528m

    This time, Wishbone imagines The Imaginary Invalid by Molière.

  • Ep 22

    22.The Pawloined Paper

    05-11-199528m

    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 see...

  • Ep 23

    23.Bark to the Future

    06-11-199528m

    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 t...

  • Ep 24

    24.Paw Prints of Thieves

    02-03-199628m

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

  • Ep 25

    25.Furst Impressions

    03-03-199628m

    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.

  • Ep 26

    26.The Prince and The Pooch

    04-03-199628m

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

  • Ep 27

    27.The Count's Account

    10.0
    05-03-199628m

    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 Mont...

  • Ep 28

    28.Salty Dog

    06-03-199628m

    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. W...

  • Ep 29

    29.Little Big Dog

    07-03-199628m

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

  • Ep 30

    30.A Dogged Expose

    08-03-199628m

    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.

  • Ep 31

    31.Terrified Terrier

    09-03-199628m

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

  • Ep 32

    32.Shakespaw

    10-03-199628m

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

  • Ep 33

    33.Muttketeer!

    02-11-199628m

    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.

  • Ep 34

    34.Hercules Unleashed

    03-11-199628m

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

  • Ep 35

    35.!Viva Wishbone!

    04-11-199628m

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

  • The Entrepawneur

    36.The Entrepawneur

    05-11-199628m

    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...

  • Ep 37

    37.Pantin' at the Opera

    10.0
    06-11-199628m

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

  • Ep 38

    38.Dances With Dogs

    07-11-199628m

    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.

  • Ep 39

    39.Rushin' to the Bone

    08-11-199628m

    Wishbone dramatizes Gogol's The Inspector General.

  • Ep 40

    40.Picks of the Litter

    09-11-199628m

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

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