Bark That Bark

March 30, 1995

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Wishbone - S1 - E6

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.

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Wishbone: Season 1 - 40 Episode s

1x1 - A Tail in Twain (1)
March 23, 1995
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.
1x2 - A Tail in Twain (2)
March 24, 1995
Part One continued.
1x3 - Twisted Tail
March 25, 1995
A crime wave hits Oakdale, making the kids selective in choosing friends and giving Wishbone a chance to dream of Oliver Twist.
1x4 - Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!
March 25, 1995
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
1x5 - Homer Sweet Homer
March 26, 1995
Wishbone tells the story of Homer's ""The Odyssey.""
1x6 - Bark That Bark
March 30, 1995
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.
1x7 - Cyranose
March 31, 1995
Wishbone is Cyrano de Bergerac, serenading Roxanne with poetry.
1x8 - The Slobbery Hound
April 1, 1995
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.
1x9 - Digging Up the Past
April 2, 1995
Wishbone 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.
1x10 - Bone of Arc
April 3, 1995
Samantha 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.
1x11 - The Impawssible Dream
April 5, 1995
Wishbone, while watching Joe pursue his impossible dream of making the book of world records, thinks of Don Quixote.
1x12 - Fleabitten Bargain
April 5, 1995
Joe 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.
1x13 - Sniffing the Gauntlet
April 6, 1995
Keeping oneself in the right frame of mind, Wishbone draws into Rebecca's world in Ivanhoe.
1x14 - The Hunchdog of Notre Dame
October 26, 1995
Wishbone is the Hunchback of Notre Dame, standing for and defending Esmerelda.
1x15 - Golden Retrieved
October 27, 1995
Wishbone 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.
1x16 - A Tale of Two Sitters
October 30, 1995
Guilt by association haunts Wishbone in his dream of A Tale of Two Cities.
1x17 - Frankenbone
October 31, 1995
David claims that through his experiments he has discovered the secret of life. Wishbone compares the mysterious experiment to the Mary Shelly horror, ""Frankenstein.
1x18 - Hot Diggety Dawg
November 1, 1995
Wishbone digs for Wanda, turning the day into the pages of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth.
1x19 - One Thousand and One Tails
November 2, 1995
While 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.
1x20 - Mixed Breeds
November 3, 1995
Secrets abound in all people. Wanda and Mr. Pruitt find that out themselves, as does Wishbone in his visions of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
1x21 - The Canine Cure
November 4, 1995
This time, Wishbone imagines The Imaginary Invalid by MoliÃ¨re.
1x22 - The Pawloined Paper
November 5, 1995
Joe 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
1x23 - Bark to the Future
November 6, 1995
Joe 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.
1x24 - Paw Prints of Thieves
March 2, 1996
When Joe gets under the crosshairs for what appears to be a good deed, Wishbone imagines himself as Robin Hood.
1x25 - Furst Impressions
March 3, 1996
While 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.
1x26 - The Prince and The Pooch
March 4, 1996
It's another tale in Twain for Wishbone, playing both The Prince and the Pauper.
1x27 - The Count's Account
March 5, 1996
Damont 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.
1x28 - Salty Dog
March 6, 1996
Samantha 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"".
1x29 - Little Big Dog
March 7, 1996
In David and Goliath, Wishbone has more bravery than the David we know from this series.
1x30 - A Dogged Expose
March 8, 1996
Wishbone 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.
1x31 - Terrified Terrier
March 9, 1996
Now Wishbone feels wounded as he dreams of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.
1x32 - Shakespaw
March 10, 1996
David runs into no end of problems while staging a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.
1x33 - Muttketeer!
November 2, 1996
Wishbone 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.
1x34 - Hercules Unleashed
November 3, 1996
While Samantha seeks the perfect gift for her father's birthday, Wishbone plays up Hercules, seeking the Golden Apples of the Hesperides.
1x35 - !Viva Wishbone!
November 4, 1996
The power of love, for Wishbone, plays itself out in Our Lady of Guadalupe.
1x36 - The Entrepawneur
November 5, 1996
Based 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
1x37 - Pantin' at the Opera
November 6, 1996
Wishbone tells the story of Gaston Leroux's ""The Phantom Of The Opera.""
1x38 - Dances With Dogs
November 7, 1996
Lee 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.
1x39 - Rushin' to the Bone
November 8, 1996
Wishbone dramatizes Gogol's The Inspector General.
1x40 - Picks of the Litter
November 9, 1996
The obligatory flashback episode (and the only best-of the series would ever see).

1x1 - A Tail in Twain (1)

1x2 - A Tail in Twain (2)

1x3 - Twisted Tail

1x4 - Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!

1x5 - Homer Sweet Homer

1x6 - Bark That Bark

1x7 - Cyranose

1x8 - The Slobbery Hound

1x9 - Digging Up the Past

1x10 - Bone of Arc

1x11 - The Impawssible Dream

1x12 - Fleabitten Bargain

1x13 - Sniffing the Gauntlet

1x14 - The Hunchdog of Notre Dame

1x15 - Golden Retrieved

1x16 - A Tale of Two Sitters

1x17 - Frankenbone

1x18 - Hot Diggety Dawg

1x19 - One Thousand and One Tails

1x20 - Mixed Breeds

1x21 - The Canine Cure

1x22 - The Pawloined Paper

1x23 - Bark to the Future

1x24 - Paw Prints of Thieves

1x25 - Furst Impressions

1x26 - The Prince and The Pooch

1x27 - The Count's Account

1x28 - Salty Dog

1x29 - Little Big Dog

1x30 - A Dogged Expose

1x31 - Terrified Terrier

1x32 - Shakespaw

1x33 - Muttketeer!

1x34 - Hercules Unleashed

1x35 - !Viva Wishbone!

1x36 - The Entrepawneur

1x37 - Pantin' at the Opera

1x38 - Dances With Dogs

1x39 - Rushin' to the Bone

1x40 - Picks of the Litter

S0: Specials

S1: Season 1

S2: Season 2