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Premiered

Thursday, March 23, 1995

Ended: Saturday, November 9, 1996

When does Wishbone Season 1 come out?

Wishbone Season 1 premiered Thursday, March 23, 1995 on PBS Kids and ended Saturday, November 9, 1996. The season has 40 episodes.

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Wishbone Season 1 release schedule

Wishbone Season 1 episode release dates
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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.

Thursday · 31 years ago

2. A Tail in Twain (2)

Continuation of previous episode exploring The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Friday · 31 years ago

3. Twisted Tail

A crime wave hits Oakdale, making the kids selective in choosing friends and giving Wishbone a chance to dream of Oliver Twist.

Saturday · 31 years ago

4. 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

Saturday · 31 years ago

5. Homer Sweet Homer

Wishbone tells the story of Homer's ""The Odyssey.""

Sunday · 31 years ago

6. 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.

Thursday · 31 years ago

7. Cyranose

Wishbone is Cyrano de Bergerac, serenading Roxanne with poetry.

Friday · 31 years ago

8. 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.

Saturday · 31 years ago

9. Digging Up the Past

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.

Sunday · 31 years ago

10. Bone of Arc

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.

Monday · 31 years ago

11. The Impawssible Dream

Wishbone, while watching Joe pursue his impossible dream of making the book of world records, thinks of Don Quixote.

Wednesday · 31 years ago

12. Fleabitten Bargain

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.

Wednesday · 31 years ago

13. Sniffing the Gauntlet

Keeping oneself in the right frame of mind, Wishbone draws into Rebecca's world in Ivanhoe.

Thursday · 31 years ago

14. The Hunchdog of Notre Dame

Wishbone is the Hunchback of Notre Dame, standing for and defending Esmerelda.

Thursday · 31 years ago

15. Golden Retrieved

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.

Friday · 31 years ago

16. A Tale of Two Sitters

Guilt by association haunts Wishbone in his dream of A Tale of Two Cities.

Monday · 31 years ago

17. Frankenbone

David claims that through his experiments he has discovered the secret of life. Wishbone compares the mysterious experiment to the Mary Shelly horror, ""Frankenstein.

Tuesday · 31 years ago

18. Hot Diggety Dawg

Wishbone digs for Wanda, turning the day into the pages of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Wednesday · 31 years ago

19. One Thousand and One Tails

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.

Thursday · 31 years ago

20. Mixed Breeds

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.

Friday · 31 years ago

21. The Canine Cure

This time, Wishbone imagines The Imaginary Invalid by Molière.

Saturday · 31 years ago

22. The Pawloined Paper

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

Sunday · 31 years ago

23. Bark to the Future

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.

Monday · 31 years ago

24. Paw Prints of Thieves

When Joe gets under the crosshairs for what appears to be a good deed, Wishbone imagines himself as Robin Hood.

Saturday · 30 years ago

25. Furst Impressions

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.

Sunday · 30 years ago

26. The Prince and The Pooch

It's another tale in Twain for Wishbone, playing both The Prince and the Pauper.

Monday · 30 years ago

27. The Count's Account

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.

Tuesday · 30 years ago

28. Salty Dog

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"".

Wednesday · 30 years ago

29. Little Big Dog

In David and Goliath, Wishbone has more bravery than the David we know from this series.

Thursday · 30 years ago

30. A Dogged Expose

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.

Friday · 30 years ago

31. Terrified Terrier

Now Wishbone feels wounded as he dreams of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.

Saturday · 30 years ago

32. Shakespaw

David runs into no end of problems while staging a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Sunday · 30 years ago

33. Muttketeer!

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.

Saturday · 30 years ago

34. Hercules Unleashed

While Samantha seeks the perfect gift for her father's birthday, Wishbone plays up Hercules, seeking the Golden Apples of the Hesperides.

Sunday · 30 years ago

35. !Viva Wishbone!

The power of love, for Wishbone, plays itself out in Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Monday · 30 years ago

36. The Entrepawneur

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

Tuesday · 30 years ago

37. Pantin' at the Opera

Wishbone tells the story of Gaston Leroux's ""The Phantom Of The Opera.""

Wednesday · 30 years ago

38. Dances With Dogs

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.

Thursday · 30 years ago

39. Rushin' to the Bone

Wishbone dramatizes Gogol's The Inspector General.

Friday · 30 years ago

40. Picks of the Litter Finale

The obligatory flashback episode (and the only best-of the series would ever see).

Saturday · 30 years ago

Wishbone Season 1 guest stars

  • Jensen Ackles

    Jensen Ackles

    Michael Duss

  • John Walpole

    John Walpole

    Janitor

  • Lisa-Gabrielle Greene

    Weena

  • Chamblee Ferguson

    Chamblee Ferguson

    Guest #1

  • Bob Eric Hart

    Guest #2

  • Rene Moreno

    Mr. Delgado

  • Rodger Boyce

    Rodger Boyce

    Pushy Man

  • Elena Hurst

    Elena Hurst

    Amanda

  • Justin Reese

    Nathaniel Bobelesky

  • Michael Hulsey

    Pizza Boy

  • Peggy Lu

    Peggy Lu

    Annoyed Woman

  • Vincent McGill

    Customer

Wishbone Season 1 FAQ

When does Wishbone Season 1 come out?

Wishbone Season 1 premiered Thursday, March 23, 1995 on PBS Kids.

How many episodes are in Wishbone Season 1?

Wishbone Season 1 has 40 episodes.

Are new episodes of Wishbone Season 1 released weekly?

New episodes are released daily.

When is the Wishbone Season 1 finale?

The Wishbone Season 1 finale (Episode 40) aired Saturday, November 9, 1996.

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