

Wishbone
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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Cast
Seasons

1.A Tail in Twain (1)
23-03-199528mThe 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...

2.A Tail in Twain (2)
24-03-199528mPart One continued.

3.Twisted Tail
25-03-199528mA 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!
25-03-199528mWishbone, 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...

5.Homer Sweet Homer
26-03-199528mWishbone tells the story of Homer's ""The Odyssey.""

6.Bark That Bark
30-03-199528mDavid 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
31-03-199528mWishbone is Cyrano de Bergerac, serenading Roxanne with poetry.

8.The Slobbery Hound
01-04-199528mWishbone 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...

9.Digging Up the Past
02-04-199528mWishbone 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...

10.Bone of Arc
03-04-199528mSamantha 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...

11.The Impawssible Dream
05-04-199528mWishbone, while watching Joe pursue his impossible dream of making the book of world records, thinks of Don Quixote.

12.Fleabitten Bargain
05-04-199528mJoe 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...

13.Sniffing the Gauntlet
06-04-199528mKeeping oneself in the right frame of mind, Wishbone draws into Rebecca's world in Ivanhoe.

14.The Hunchdog of Notre Dame
26-10-199528mWishbone is the Hunchback of Notre Dame, standing for and defending Esmerelda.

15.Golden Retrieved
27-10-199528mWishbone 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...

16.A Tale of Two Sitters
30-10-199528mGuilt by association haunts Wishbone in his dream of A Tale of Two Cities.

17.Frankenbone
31-10-199528mDavid 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
0.001-11-199528mWishbone 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
02-11-199528mWhile 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
03-11-199528mSecrets 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
04-11-199528mThis time, Wishbone imagines The Imaginary Invalid by Molière.
- Ep 22
22.The Pawloined Paper
05-11-199528mJoe 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
06-11-199528mJoe 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
02-03-199628mWhen Joe gets under the crosshairs for what appears to be a good deed, Wishbone imagines himself as Robin Hood.
- Ep 25
25.Furst Impressions
03-03-199628mWhile 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
04-03-199628mIt's another tale in Twain for Wishbone, playing both The Prince and the Pauper.
- Ep 27
27.The Count's Account
10.005-03-199628mDamont 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
06-03-199628mSamantha 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
07-03-199628mIn David and Goliath, Wishbone has more bravery than the David we know from this series.
- Ep 30
30.A Dogged Expose
08-03-199628mWishbone 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
09-03-199628mNow Wishbone feels wounded as he dreams of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.
- Ep 32
32.Shakespaw
10-03-199628mDavid runs into no end of problems while staging a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.
- Ep 33
33.Muttketeer!
02-11-199628mWishbone 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
03-11-199628mWhile 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!
04-11-199628mThe power of love, for Wishbone, plays itself out in Our Lady of Guadalupe.

36.The Entrepawneur
05-11-199628mBased 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
10.006-11-199628mWishbone tells the story of Gaston Leroux's ""The Phantom Of The Opera.""
- Ep 38
38.Dances With Dogs
07-11-199628mLee 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
08-11-199628mWishbone dramatizes Gogol's The Inspector General.
- Ep 40
40.Picks of the Litter
09-11-199628mThe obligatory flashback episode (and the only best-of the series would ever see).
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