Wishbone - Season 1

Wishbone - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes40
DatesOct 9, 1995 - Dec 1, 1995
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Episodes

A Tail in Twain (1)
Season 1Episode 130 min

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.
Oct 9, 1995
A Tail in Twain (2)
Season 1Episode 230 min

A Tail in Twain (2)

Part One continued.
Oct 9, 1995
Twisted Tail
Season 1Episode 330 min

Twisted Tail

A crime wave hits Oakdale, making the kids selective in choosing friends and giving Wishbone a chance to dream of Oliver Twist.
Oct 10, 1995
Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!
Season 1Episode 430 min

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
Oct 11, 1995
Homer Sweet Homer
Season 1Episode 530 min

Homer Sweet Homer

Wishbone tells the story of Homer's ""The Odyssey.""
Oct 12, 1995
Bark That Bark
Season 1Episode 630 min

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.
Oct 16, 1995
Cyranose
Season 1Episode 730 min

Cyranose

Wishbone is Cyrano de Bergerac, serenading Roxanne with poetry.
Oct 17, 1995
The Slobbery Hound
Season 1Episode 830 min

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.
Oct 18, 1995
Digging Up the Past
Season 1Episode 930 min

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.
Oct 19, 1995
Bone of Arc
Season 1Episode 1030 min

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.
Oct 20, 1995
The Impawssible Dream
Season 1Episode 1130 min

The Impawssible Dream

Wishbone, while watching Joe pursue his impossible dream of making the book of world records, thinks of Don Quixote.
Oct 23, 1995
Fleabitten Bargain
Season 1Episode 1230 min

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.
Oct 24, 1995
Sniffing the Gauntlet
Season 1Episode 1330 min

Sniffing the Gauntlet

Keeping oneself in the right frame of mind, Wishbone draws into Rebecca's world in Ivanhoe.
Oct 25, 1995
The Hunchdog of Notre Dame
Season 1Episode 1430 min

The Hunchdog of Notre Dame

Wishbone is the Hunchback of Notre Dame, standing for and defending Esmerelda.
Oct 26, 1995
Golden Retrieved
Season 1Episode 1530 min

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.
Oct 27, 1995
A Tale of Two Sitters
Season 1Episode 1630 min

A Tale of Two Sitters

Guilt by association haunts Wishbone in his dream of A Tale of Two Cities.
Oct 30, 1995
Frankenbone
Season 1Episode 1730 min

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.
Oct 31, 1995
Hot Diggety Dawg
Season 1Episode 1830 min

Hot Diggety Dawg

Wishbone digs for Wanda, turning the day into the pages of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Nov 1, 1995
One Thousand and One Tails
Season 1Episode 1930 min

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.
Nov 2, 1995
Mixed Breeds
Season 1Episode 2030 min

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.
Nov 3, 1995
The Canine Cure
Season 1Episode 2130 min

The Canine Cure

This time, Wishbone imagines The Imaginary Invalid by Molière.
Nov 6, 1995
The Pawloined Paper
Season 1Episode 2230 min

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
Nov 7, 1995
Bark to the Future
Season 1Episode 2330 min

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.
Nov 8, 1995
Paw Prints of Thieves
Season 1Episode 2430 min

Paw Prints of Thieves

When Joe gets under the crosshairs for what appears to be a good deed, Wishbone imagines himself as Robin Hood.
Nov 9, 1996
Furst Impressions
Season 1Episode 2530 min

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.
Nov 10, 1995
The Prince and the Pooch
Season 1Episode 2630 min

The Prince and the Pooch

It's another tale in Twain for Wishbone, playing both The Prince and the Pauper.
Nov 13, 1995
The Count's Account
Season 1Episode 2730 min

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.
Nov 14, 1995
Salty Dog
Season 1Episode 2830 min

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"".
Nov 15, 1995
Little Big Dog
Season 1Episode 2930 min

Little Big Dog

In David and Goliath, Wishbone has more bravery than the David we know from this series.
Nov 16, 1995
A Dogged Expose
Season 1Episode 3030 min

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.
Nov 17, 1995
Terrified Terrier
Season 1Episode 3130 min

Terrified Terrier

Now Wishbone feels wounded as he dreams of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.
Nov 20, 1995
Shakespaw
Season 1Episode 3230 min

Shakespaw

David runs into no end of problems while staging a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Nov 21, 1995
Muttketeer!
Season 1Episode 3330 min

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.
Nov 22, 1995
Hercules Unleashed
Season 1Episode 3430 min

Hercules Unleashed

While Samantha seeks the perfect gift for her father's birthday, Wishbone plays up Hercules, seeking the Golden Apples of the Hesperides.
Nov 23, 1995
!Viva Wishbone!
Season 1Episode 3530 min

!Viva Wishbone!

The power of love, for Wishbone, plays itself out in Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Nov 24, 1995
The Entrepawneur
Season 1Episode 3630 min

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
Nov 27, 1995
Pantin' at the Opera
Season 1Episode 3730 min

Pantin' at the Opera

Wishbone tells the story of Gaston Leroux's ""The Phantom Of The Opera.""
Nov 28, 1997
Dances with Dogs
Season 1Episode 3830 min

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.
Nov 29, 1995
Rushin' to the Bone
Season 1Episode 3930 min

Rushin' to the Bone

Wishbone dramatizes Gogol's The Inspector General.
Nov 29, 1995
Picks of the Litter
Season 1Episode 4030 min

Picks of the Litter

The obligatory flashback episode (and the only best-of the series would ever see).
Dec 1, 1995

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