Wishbone

Wishbone

ENDED2 Seasons50 Episodes8.0
NetworkPBS Kids
First AiredSep 10, 1995
Last AiredMar 12, 1997
Runtime28 min
Created ByRick Duffield

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.

Cast

L
Larry Brantley
Wishbone
Mary Chris Wall
Mary Chris Wall
Ellen Talbot
Christie Abbott
Christie Abbott
Sam Kepler
A
Adam Springfield
David Barnes
Julio Cesar Cedillo
Julio Cesar Cedillo
Travis del Rio
Shelley Duvall
Shelley Duvall
Renee Lassiter
Amy Acker
Amy Acker
Catherine Morland
Melissa Archer
Melissa Archer
Sarah Johnson
J
Jordan Wall
Joe Talbot

Seasons & Episodes2 seasons · 50 episodes

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E1
E1Halloween Hound: The Legend of the Creepy Collars (1)
Mar 3, 199728m
Joe and his two best friends, David and Samantha, form a team to go on a Halloween scavenger hunt. Damont also competes in the game, but he tries to win by cheating. Meanwhile, Wishbone imagines himself as Ichabod Crane in Washington Irving's ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"".
E2
E2Halloween Hound: The Legend of the Creepy Collars (2)
Mar 4, 199728m
Continuation of Part 1.
E3
E3The Prince of Wags
Mar 5, 199728m
The weight of leadership weighs heavy on Joe as captain of the school basketball team, and on Wishbone in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I.
E4
E4Groomed for Greatness
Mar 6, 199728m
A statue to honor Wishbone consumes David's every waking moment, or at least that's what his friends think. It appears to Wishbone that David strikes a chord with Pip in Dickens's Great Expectations.
E5
E5Bone of Contention
Mar 7, 199728m
Joe and David's friendship is tested when they both are interested in the same girl. Wishbone, as John Alden, and his best friend have to decide how valuable their friendship really is in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, ""The Courtship of Miles Standish.""
War of the Noses
E6War of the Noses
Mar 8, 199728m
A betrayed Wishbone lapses into the character Richard Shelton in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow.
E7
E7Moonbone
Mar 9, 199728m
Would you believe a missing Super Bowl ring could be traced to Wishbone? Hard for him to notice, as he imagines himself as Franklin Blake in Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone.
E8
E8Barking at Buddha
Mar 10, 199728m
Wishbone wants to be a hero and tries to rescue two misguided youngsters when they set out to impress the older kids. As ""Monkey,"" he yearns to be immortal and seeks a position of importance in Wu Ch'eng-en's Chinese folktale.
E9
E9Pup Fiction
Mar 11, 199728m
Intrigue and mystery surrounds a letter addressed to Wanda. In trying to trace the anonymous note, Wishbone drifts into Jane Austen's gothic horror novel Northanger Abbey.
E10
E10The Roamin' Nose
Mar 12, 199728m
It's graduation time for the middle-school students, as they face the uncertain future in more ways than one. Wishbone sees a future with just as many question marks in Virgil's The Aeneid.

About Wishbone

Wishbone is a action & adventure, comedy, kids, sci-fi & fantasy series on PBS Kids. The show first aired on Sep 10, 1995 and currently has 2 seasons and 50 episodes. Wishbone has ended after 2 seasons. It has a rating of 8.0/10 based on 35 votes. The cast includes Larry Brantley, Mary Chris Wall, Christie Abbott, Adam Springfield, Julio Cesar Cedillo. Created by Rick Duffield.

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