Wishbone

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<p>Hey,</p>

<p>So… I don’t know how many of you have heard of the tv series that went under the name of Wishbone. If you haven’t heard of it, the series was priceless. It was about a Jack Russell Terrier named Wishbone who imagined that he was a character (usually the protagonist) in a piece of literature (ex.: Frankenstein, Robin Hood, Journey to the Center of the Earth, etc.). His dreams also followed the “real” stories concerning his owner, Joe, and his friends. </p>

<p>I used to watch this show when I was little, and I still love it. I’m wondering if anyone knows where I can find more episodes (especially the Frankenstein episode). They’re really difficult to locate these days as the series originally aired between 1995 and 1998. Also, my mom is a middle school English teacher, and she’s looking for more episodes to show her classes. Here are the list of episodes that I already own:</p>

<p>The Hunchdog of Notre Dame (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Paw Prints of Theives (Robin Hood)
Hot Diggity Dog (Journey to the Center of the Earth)
The Impawssable Dream (Don Quixote)
Dog Days of the West (a movie… based on short stories by O. Henrey)</p>

<p>Thanks for the help!</p>

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<p>I can’t help you out…but that show definitely rocked!</p>

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<p>Have you tried eBay and/or the used move/game places such as CD Tradepost? We’ve found some older stuff that had faded from popularity by the time my youngest was into it–like the Goosebumps videos and such.</p>

<p>Edited to add: I just checked eBay, and it has some 30+ listings for Wishbone videos! :)</p>

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<p>what was that cartoon with the reaallly smart dog who traveled through time?</p>

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<p>I think the cartoon was the episode of “Mr. Peabody” during the Rocky and Bullwinkle show.</p>

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<p>cgm, Karen is right. It was Sherman and Mr. Peabody. Great cartoon!</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Wishbone-Shelleys-Frankenstein-Soccer-Dog/dp/1571322442[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Wishbone-Shelleys-Frankenstein-Soccer-Dog/dp/1571322442&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Googled Wishbone plus Frankenstein. Used copies cheap on amazon.com</p>

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<p>Mr Peabody!!! thank you…that and fractured fairy tales…</p>

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<p>Another Wishbone fan here.</p>

<p>(If my math/science geek kid knows anything about literature-- he learned it from Wishbone!)</p>

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<p>I still miss Bill Nye the Science Guy!!! I swear my kid learned most of his science on there.</p>

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<p>Its funny-- there are 2 threads going on here-- the “younger” crowd reminiscing about “wishbone” , and us oldies remembering Sherman & Mr. Peabody and Bill Nye the Science guy. However, Bill Nye is a relative newbie. How many of your remember Mr. Wizard?? His real name was Don Herbert. Not only did I watch him religiously, but I have his book of experiments right here (I pulled if off my s’s shelf). It was mine originally. Published in 1959. Any of you remember the cartoon Tom Terrific and his mighty dog Manfred??</p>

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<p>Uh oh-- I am now waxing nostalgic for Andy’s gang (anyone here old enough to remember Andy Devine and Froggy the gremlin… with that famous line “Plunk your magic twanger, froggie!” and the Buster Brown show) <a href=“http://michelesworld.net/dmm/frog/gremlin/andy.htm[/url]”>http://michelesworld.net/dmm/frog/gremlin/andy.htm&lt;/a&gt;
Oops… sorry to hijack the thread, reeses… :o</p>

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<p>Oh, jym, I LOVED Tom Terrific! Sadly, I’m old enough to remember him :frowning:
Didn’t he used to have a funnel on his head as a hat? Also loved Mighty Mouse and Hekyll and Jekyll…</p>

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<p>Patsmom-
Yup-- he wore a funnel. And I’d forgotten about those crows, Hekyll and Jekyll. We had a thread about this a year or so ago… and had a siscussion about the correct lyrics of the mighty mouse theme song. But, we are really hijacking the OP’s thread. I feel bad.</p>

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<p>I watched Mr. Wizard and Rocky and Bullwinkle when I was young and Wishbone and Bill Nye with my daughter. At our Cornell tour last November, the tour guide says that Bill Nye is sometimes a substitute science teacher for some of the Cornell classes. How cool would that be!</p>

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<p>We got a few more episodes: Tom Sawyer, Frankenstein, The Odyessey, and The Red Badge of Courage. Ten years alater and I’m still getting a kick out of them… </p>

<p>I’d be in heaven if Bill Nye subbed for one of my classes! :)</p>

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<p>I was lame enough to buy a dvd that contained several old Captain Kangaroo episodes, supposedly so I could show the kids–
I didn’t mind the poor picture or sound quality, but DID mind that NONE of the episodes contained the running gag with the ping pong balls! Mr. Moose would trick the Captain into saying some phrase, then hundreds of ping pong balls would rain down on him and bounce all over the place – it was my favorite part of the show! Oh well…</p>

<p>The only shows I remember watching as a young kid were Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room, and occasionally those really violent old Bugs Bunny cartoons. Fewer movies too. Each year we’d watch The Birds, The Wizard of Oz, and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Family shows were Bonanza, Wild Kingdom, and Walt Disney. Sorry to get off the OP’s topic - it triggered a fit of nostalgia!</p>

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<p>patsmom - my older brother was obsessed with Mighty Mouse! My mother always made our halloween costumes, and one year made him a Peter Pan costume with feathered hat, scabard, green tights (yikes), the works… But- he insisted on wearing his plastic Mighty Mouse mask with it. She was annoyed, but knew it was something he just HAD to do.</p>

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<p>I’m one of the oldies, and I adored Wishbone. I loved, particularly, the Joan of Arc one, but I can never remember if it’s called Joan of Bark or Bone of Arc, or something completely different.</p>