Wishbone

An intelligent and witty dog imagines himself in the role of characters from classic books and gets involved in similar real-life adventures.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family

Cast:Larry Brantley , Jordan Wall , Christie Abbott , Adam Springfield , Mary Chris Wall , Angee Hughes , Soccer the Dog , Sean Hennigan , Cliff Stephens , Kevin Page , Joe Duffield , Joe Nemmers , Brent Anderson , Christopher Carlos , Lynn Mathis , Jeanne Simpson , Julio Cesar Cedillo , Dee Hennigan

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ A Tail in Twain: Part One

Mon, Oct 9, 1995

Joe, Samantha, and David investigate the mysterious behavior of a man who is digging up a historical site in the local park; Wishbone experiences life as Tom Sawyer in Twain's classic novel.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ A Tail in Twain: Part Two

Mon, Oct 9, 1995

Joe, Samantha, and David seek help from Ellen (Joe's mother), and neighbor Wanda, who is leader of the local historical society, in the mystery of the man digging up the unknown grave in the park; Wishbone continues as Tom Sawyer.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Twisted Tail

Mon, Oct 9, 1995

Joe befriends a new boy, Max, from school. When Max gets involved with another boy who may be a thief, Wishbone is reminded of the story of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!

Tue, Oct 10, 1995

Wishbone falls in love with a dog from the pound and is reminded of the story of Romeo and Juliet.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Homer Sweet Homer

Wed, Oct 11, 1995

The kids work to save their favorite park from developers; Wishbone plays Odysseus from Homer's The Odyssey.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Bark That Bark

Thu, Oct 12, 1995

The kids help put on a traditional story-telling show to raise money. David's Uncle Homer is the star and throughout the episode, tells verbal African folk tales. Wishbone plays the part of Anansi and others in the folk tales.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Cyranose

Fri, Oct 13, 1995

Wishbone takes on the 'prominent' role of Cyrano de Bergerac as the kids have to study poetry in school. David struggles the most with having to write his own poem and uses his own anonymous Cyrano to cheat.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ The Slobbery Hound

Mon, Oct 16, 1995

A stray dog is causing trouble in the neighborhood and Wishbone is getting the blame. As Joe, Sam, and David try to track the dog down, Wishbone is reminded of Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of Baskervilles.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Digging Up the Past

Tue, Oct 17, 1995

Joe, Ellen and Wishbone meet a woman who lived in their home over 40 years ago, who comes to see the house and find the treasures she left behind as a kid. Wishbone imagines himself as Rip Van Winkle who falls asleep for 20 years and doesn't recognize anything or anybody, and can't get anyone to believe who he is.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Bone of Arc

Wed, Oct 18, 1995

With their star player injured, Sam offers to help the boys win their soccer championship against an unbeatable team. Sam's bravery reminds Wishbone of the story of Joan of Arc.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ The Impawssible Dream

Thu, Oct 19, 1995

Joe tries to set a world record for shooting baskets which inspires Wishbone to recall the story of Don Quixote. Wishbone plays the part of Sancho Panza.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Fleabitten Bargain

Fri, Oct 20, 1995

Joe runs into a shady businessman at the town fair who's marketing a new virtual reality helmet that sucks Joe into a different world. This reminds Wishbone of Faust, a scholar who traded his soul to the devil for fun, but everything he wants comes at a price.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Sniffing the Gauntlet

Mon, Oct 23, 1995

The kids have to do a spelling bee, Samantha has an allergic reaction to coconut which takes her out of the competition, and Wishbone plays Ivanhoe.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ The Hunchdog of Notre Dame

Thu, Oct 26, 1995

Wishbone takes on the role of Quasimodo as the trio face off against bully Damont in hockey. A new boy, Nathaniel, is so clumsy that no one wants him to play - until he reveals his hidden worth.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Golden Retrieved

Fri, Oct 27, 1995

Wishbone is Silas Marner; Joe has a new mountain bike that is absorbing his attention, causing him to neglect and fail to appreciate Wishbone.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ A Tale of Two Sitters

Mon, Oct 30, 1995

Wishbone brings Charles Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities' to life by playing Charles Darnay, while the boys feel like theirs is ruined. They have to babysit David's sister and her friend.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Frankenbone

Tue, Oct 31, 1995

David is making a secret project for the school science fair. This leads Wishbone to recite the classic story Frankenstein.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Hot Diggety Dawg

Wed, Nov 1, 1995

In this episode, the kids digging a hole for an Arbor Day tree causes Wishbone to imagine himself as Professor Lidenbrock in Jules Verne's classic adventure story, Journey to the Center of the Earth.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ One Thousand & One Tails

Thu, Nov 2, 1995

Wishbone becomes the magical Ali Baba in Scheherazade's Arabian Nights. The trio gets into trouble with a new computer and Wanda loses her purse. David's sister, Emily, finds it but doesn't want to return it.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Mixed Breeds

Fri, Nov 3, 1995

Wanda finds a fresh experience with a new man, leaving Bob Pruitt to wonder what's going on and causing him to act out of the ordinary. The shift in personality is mirrored in Wishbone's telling of Jekyll and Hyde as the title character's friend, Gabriel John Utterson.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ The Canine Cure

Sat, Nov 4, 1995

Joe's highly allergic friend Nathaniel stays at the Talbots' for the weekend but his overprotective mother announces he's allergic to dogs so Wishbone has to stay in the yard. Wishbone likens Nathaniel's affliction to that of Argon in Moliere's play The Imaginary Invalid, whose family convince him he's sick so they can collect his inheritance.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ The Pawloined Paper

Mon, Nov 6, 1995

Wishbone plays C. Auguste Dupin in Poe's 'The Purloined Letter'. Joe has a crush on a teacher and a classmate, Curtis, sees Joe writing a love note, which ends up in the teacher's hands. Will Joe be able to get it back before she reads it or Curtis uses it against him?

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ Bark to the Future

Tue, Nov 14, 1995

Joe thinks using a calculator instead of his own mind will help him do better in math. Meanwhile, Wishbone as The Time Traveler in H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, travels to the year 802701 A.D. and finds the human race has diminished all forms of intelligence.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ Paw Prints of Thieves

Wed, Nov 8, 1995

Wishbone is Robin Hood as Joe helps a cafeteria worker friend break the rules to help others. They get caught by the stern director who cares more about time and money than charity and Wishbone distracts him as they get away. But that isn't the end of their problems.

25Season 1

S1.E25 ∙ Furst Impressions

Thu, Nov 9, 1995

Based on "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. Wishbone stars as Mr. Darcy while Joe has to deal with David and Sam falling out over rumors about who's asking who to the school dance.

26Season 1

S1.E26 ∙ The Prince and the Pooch

Fri, Nov 10, 1995

Wishbone and Joe live parallel stories of experiencing how the other half lives in this adaptation of 'The Prince and the Pauper'. Joe believes he'd be better at coaching than the coach, so he gets his shot to prove it.

27Season 1

S1.E27 ∙ The Count's Account

Mon, Nov 13, 1995

'The Count of Monte Cristo' and Edmond Dantes are brought to life by Wishbone as David builds a snow machine that Damont uses to make trouble. But the revenge David and the others take is not the best path.

28Season 1

S1.E28 ∙ Salty Dog

Tue, Nov 14, 1995

Samantha enlists Joe and David's help to find a legendary horseshoe in a condemned barn before it's torn down. Wishbone plays Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island, where he also encounters dangerous obstacles to search for a great treasure.

29Season 1

S1.E29 ∙ Little Big Dog

Wed, Nov 15, 1995

Wishbone delivers the Biblical story of David and Goliath. Meanwhile, Joe and Ellen go on a trip and leave Wishbone with David's family. Emily and David both cause some trouble, but David's is dangerous and destructive. He must tell the truth before it gets worse.

30Season 1

S1.E30 ∙ A Dogged Expose

Thu, Nov 16, 1995

Somebody has secretly taken embarrassing pictures of Sam and posted them all over the school and signing an alias to his fliers. Sam, Joe and David try to figure out who the mysterious photographer is while Wishbone plays Sherlock Holmes, going in disguise to retrieve a stolen photograph in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Scandal in Bohemia".

31Season 1

S1.E31 ∙ A Terrified Terrier

Fri, Nov 17, 1995

Joe starts hanging with a new bunch of guys, ignoring Sam and David, and even Wishbone. He starts to imitate the behavior of his new friends and soon realizes it could cost him his best friends. Wishbone imagines himself as Henry Fleming, a boy who also takes on more than he can handle when he goes off to fight in the Civil War in The Red Badge of Courage.

32Season 1

S1.E32 ∙ Shakespaw

Mon, Nov 20, 1995

The school is putting on a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest, with David directing, Joe working as stage manager, and Sam as Miranda. Meanwhile, in the fantasy sequences, Wishbone portrays Ariel in the same play.

33Season 1

S1.E33 ∙ Muttketeer!

Tue, Nov 21, 1995

Wishbone is d'Artagnan in one story, while also trying to join the kids in school in the other. Once inside, he hunts down Mort the rat, who has been chewing up the school.

34Season 1

S1.E34 ∙ Hercules Unleashed

Wed, Nov 22, 1995

Sam searches for the perfect present for her father's 40th birthday, which reminds Wishbone of Hercules' quest for the golden apples of the Hesperides.

35Season 1

S1.E35 ∙ ¡Viva Wishbone!

Thu, Nov 23, 1995

Ellen befriends a young man who has recently lost his own mother, which causes Joe to wrestle with his jealousy. To help him, Senora Julia, an old friend who is like a second mother to him, tells him the story of Juan Diego (played by Wishbone, of course) and Our Lady of Guadalupe.

36Season 1

S1.E36 ∙ The Entrepawneur

Fri, Nov 24, 1995

Joe starts a grocery delivery business, but learns that his single-minded pursuit of money could cost him his friendship with Sam and David. In the fantasy sequence, Wishbone tells the story of Midas and his golden touch.

37Season 1

S1.E37 ∙ Pantin' at the Opera

Mon, Nov 27, 1995

After a magazine article is published praising Ellen's computerized library cataloging system, mysterious things begin to happen at the library reminding Wishbone of The Phantom of the Opera

38Season 1

S1.E38 ∙ Dances with Dogs

Tue, Nov 28, 1995

Wishbone becomes a Native American warrior in the Dakota tale told by visiting storyteller Lee Natonabah. Joe and David volunteer to tell their own family stories as well at a story-telling performance, which leads to Joe feeling inadequate in his father's shadow.

39Season 1

S1.E39 ∙ Rushin' to the Bone

Wed, Nov 29, 1995

Wishbone stars in a Mr. MacPooch dog commercial. The play, "The Inspector General" by Nikolai Gogol.

40Season 1

S1.E40 ∙ Picks of the Litter

Thu, Nov 30, 1995

In a recap of many of the episodes, Wishbone is one again everyone from Tom Sawyer to Oliver Twist. Wanda leaves a friend's dog with the Talbots, for them to dog-sit, and Wishbone tries to entertain her by re-telling his favorite stories.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Halloween Hound: The Legend of Creepy Collars: Part 1

Wed, Oct 15, 1997

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' dominates as Halloween comes to Oakdale. Wishbone imagines himself as Ichabod Crane while Joe and his two schoolmates participate in Oakdale's scavenger hunt.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Halloween Hound: The Legend of Creepy Collars: Part 2

Wed, Oct 15, 1997

Wishbone and the gang participate in Oakdale's first annual Halloween scavenger hunt, complete with a haunted house.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ The Prince of Wags

Thu, Oct 16, 1997

Joe is elected captain of the basketball team. Wishbone, as Prince Hal, in Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part I" must learn to be a leader as well.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Groomed for Greatness

Thu, Oct 30, 1997

Wishbone is chosen to be the model for a dog statue built in Jackson Park, but the 'famous' artist, Wanda's cousin, is a snob. 'Great Expectations' is the book of the day, with Wishbone as Pip.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ A Bone of Contention

Thu, Oct 23, 1997

Joe can't find the nerve to ask Sarah to the dance, so he gets David to ask her for him. But David and Sarah really hit it off, and Joe feels betrayed. Wishbone, as John Alden in "The Courtship of Miles Standish" is asked by Captain Standish to court the orphaned Priscilla for him, with a similar result.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ War of the Noses

Thu, Nov 6, 1997

Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Black Arrow: A Tale of Two Roses' is the backdrop for Wishbone's portrayal of Richard Shelton. In reality, Wishbone is being taken to the vet and feels betrayed by Ellen. What's worse, Wanda accidentally sends his chair to be reupholstered and Joe has to deal with a pathological liar.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Moonbone

Thu, Nov 13, 1997

The full moon is out and Wishbone goes 'loony', burying everything in sight. Sam is accused of stealing a ring. And Wishbone alternatively sees himself as Franklin Blake in 'The Moonstone' by Wilkie Collins.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Barking at Buddha

Thu, Nov 20, 1997

Wishbone is impressed by, yet jealous of, a hero dog named Rex and wants to be a hero, too. Some younger boys in town wish they could hang out with the older kids. And Wishbone imagines himself as the ambitious Monkey in traditional Asian tales.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Pup Fiction

Thu, Nov 27, 1997

Based on Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. Wishbone tries to discover who's been sending Wanda letters with mysterious meanings.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ The Roamin' Nose

Thu, Dec 4, 1997

Wishbone plays Aeneas, a hero of Troy, in Virgil's 'Aeneid'. There is a gas leak in the neighborhood and the area is forced to evacuate. They spend the time reminiscing about high school and getting to know each other better.