Season 1
40 episodes · Mar 23, 1995
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S1E1A Tail in Twain (1)
Mar 23, 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 Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
S1E3Twisted Tail
Mar 25, 199528mA crime wave hits Oakdale, making the kids selective in choosing friends and giving Wishbone a chance to dream of Oliver Twist.
S1E4Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!
Mar 25, 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 Shakespeare
S1E6Bark That Bark
Mar 30, 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.
S1E8The Slobbery Hound
Apr 1, 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 of the Baskervilles"", where he works to track down a murderer who uses a giant hound to commit his crimes.
S1E9Digging Up the Past
Apr 2, 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, 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.
S1E10Bone of Arc
Apr 3, 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 Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. Wishbone is her friend, Louis de Conte.
S1E11The Impawssible Dream
Apr 5, 199528mWishbone, while watching Joe pursue his impossible dream of making the book of world records, thinks of Don Quixote.
S1E12Fleabitten Bargain
Apr 5, 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 immediate satisfaction is not necessarily the wisest choice in the long run.
S1E13Sniffing the Gauntlet
Apr 6, 199528mKeeping oneself in the right frame of mind, Wishbone draws into Rebecca's world in Ivanhoe.
S1E14The Hunchdog of Notre Dame
Oct 26, 199528mWishbone is the Hunchback of Notre Dame, standing for and defending Esmerelda.
S1E15Golden Retrieved
Oct 27, 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 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.
S1E16A Tale of Two Sitters
Oct 30, 199528mGuilt by association haunts Wishbone in his dream of A Tale of Two Cities.
S1E17Frankenbone
Oct 31, 199528mDavid claims that through his experiments he has discovered the secret of life. Wishbone compares the mysterious experiment to the Mary Shelly horror, ""Frankenstein.
- S1E18
Hot Diggety Dawg
Nov 1, 199528mWishbone digs for Wanda, turning the day into the pages of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth.
- S1E19
One Thousand and One Tails
Nov 2, 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.
- S1E20
Mixed Breeds
Nov 3, 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.
- S1E21
The Canine Cure
Nov 4, 199528mThis time, Wishbone imagines The Imaginary Invalid by Molière.
- S1E22
The Pawloined Paper
Nov 5, 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 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
- S1E23
Bark to the Future
Nov 6, 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 their intellect to be replaced by technology in H.G. Wells' The Time Machine.
- S1E24
Paw Prints of Thieves
Mar 2, 199628mWhen Joe gets under the crosshairs for what appears to be a good deed, Wishbone imagines himself as Robin Hood.
- S1E25
Furst Impressions
Mar 3, 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.
- S1E26
The Prince and The Pooch
Mar 4, 199628mIt's another tale in Twain for Wishbone, playing both The Prince and the Pauper.
- S1E27
The Count's Account
Mar 5, 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 Monte Cristo.
- S1E28
Salty Dog
Mar 6, 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. 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"".
- S1E29
Little Big Dog
Mar 7, 199628mIn David and Goliath, Wishbone has more bravery than the David we know from this series.
- S1E30
A Dogged Expose
Mar 8, 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.
- S1E31
Terrified Terrier
Mar 9, 199628mNow Wishbone feels wounded as he dreams of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.
- S1E32
Shakespaw
Mar 10, 199628mDavid runs into no end of problems while staging a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.
- S1E33
Muttketeer!
Nov 2, 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.
- S1E34
Hercules Unleashed
Nov 3, 199628mWhile Samantha seeks the perfect gift for her father's birthday, Wishbone plays up Hercules, seeking the Golden Apples of the Hesperides.
- S1E35
!Viva Wishbone!
Nov 4, 199628mThe power of love, for Wishbone, plays itself out in Our Lady of Guadalupe.
S1E36The Entrepawneur
Nov 5, 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 with his friends David and Samantha when he hires them to help run his summer grocery delivery business. See more at RECAP
- S1E37
Pantin' at the Opera
Nov 6, 199628mWishbone tells the story of Gaston Leroux's ""The Phantom Of The Opera.""
- S1E38
Dances With Dogs
Nov 7, 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.
- S1E40
Picks of the Litter
Nov 9, 199628mThe obligatory flashback episode (and the only best-of the series would ever see).