Wishbone

Name: Wishbone
Genre: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Rating: 8.2

★ 8.2 (40 votes)

1995📺 2 Seasons🎞 50 Episodes⏱ 28m / epTV Series

Action & Adventure Comedy Kids Sci-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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First Aired

1995-09-10

Status

Ended

Network

PBS Kids

Seasons

Season 1

40 eps

Season 2

10 eps

Season 1 Episodes

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E1. 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.

E2. A Tail in Twain (2)

Continuation of previous episode exploring The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

E3. Twisted Tail

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!

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

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

E6. 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.