About
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
Larry Brantley
as Wishbone
Mary Chris Wall
as Ellen Talbot
Christie Abbott
as Sam Kepler
Adam Springfield
as David Barnes
Julio Cesar Cedillo
as Travis del Rio
Shelley Duvall
as Renee Lassiter
Amy Acker
as Catherine Morland
Melissa Archer
as Sarah Johnson
Jordan Wall
as Joe Talbot
Episodes
Season 1
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.
A Tail in Twain (2)
Part One continued.
Twisted Tail
A crime wave hits Oakdale, making the kids selective in choosing friends and giving Wishbone a chance to dream of Oliver Twist.
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
Homer Sweet Homer
Wishbone tells the story of Homer's ""The Odyssey.""
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.
Cyranose
Wishbone is Cyrano de Bergerac, serenading Roxanne with poetry.
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.
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