Product Description

Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 11/25/2008

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74839 in DVD
• Brand: Lions Gate
• Released on: 2005-04-26
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 56 minutes

Customer Reviews

One of the best television shows of all time!
"Wishbone" is the name of a terrier that lives with his human family, a boy named Joe and Joe's widowed mother, Ellen, who is a librarian. This excellent series follows the adventures of Wishbone, Joe, and Ellen in their daily lives and illustrates the relevance of classic literature to pre-teens. As Joe faces a challenge at school or with a friend, Wishbone "dreams" of a similar situation faced by a character in a great novel, and often points the way to the solving of Joe's dilemma. This wonderful series destroys the ridiculous theory all-too-prevalent in academia that today's children can't relate to works of fiction that may be centuries old. In each 30-minute episode, "Wishbone" introduces works of Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Homer, and many others, in ways both imaginative and humorous. Children will be fascinated, and I am sure many who viewed this series went on to read the books presented here. I am glad this series is being released on DVD. Every single episode is blessed with great scripts, and high production values; and Wishbone's period costumes must be seen to be believed!! Highly recommended!

One Cool Dog
Wishbone is the little dog with a big imagination as seen on PBS. In this two-pack he imagines himself to be Sancho Panza in Don Quixote's classic tale and Quasimodo in a retelling of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. These episodes are classics. Wishbone has received several Emmy awards and has inspired many viewers, including myself, to pick up some classic books and read the works of these great authors. I first saw Wishbone in 2000 on PBS and was immediately hooked on the storytelling and general talent that went in to each of these episodes. I seem to be the only one writing reviews to the Wishbone series but each episode is a classic. I've never seen anything like this. Wishbone rules!!!

Wishbone is terrific!
I loved this show when it aired on public broadcasting and miss it. What's NOT to like? A classic novel told with the cutest darn dog in the lead. This show needs to come back on the air, but in the meantime, these DVD's are terrific and fun.