Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5639 in VHS
• Released on: 1998-09-01
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, Live, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 60 minutes

Customer Reviews

Great Video
I never really watched Wishbone before this video, just the bits and pieces I caught when my daughter watched. If anything I thought it was a pretty silly idea for a show. However, I have always loved The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, so when she checked this movie out from the library, I had to watch it with her. I absolutely fell in love with Wishbone! This movie is perfect, especially for little ones, it has tons of atmosphere but isn't too scary. I can't wait to own this one!

WISHBONE BECOMES ICHABOD CRANE
When my 13 year old was young, Wishbone was one of his favorite TV shows. We now have a 2 1/2 year old and I'm glad we saved our old video tapes since the show is no longer on. Wishbone is a cute little Jack Russell Terrier. Our neighbors have one just like him so my little one thinks he's the one on the tape and loves to watch them all. They are fun, imaginative and kids just love dogs.

In this version of Washington Irving's classic early American ghost story, Wishbone steps into play Ichabod Crane, the nervous school teacher who comes to Sleepy Hollow. The producers did a good job of capturing the look of early colonial America and you know the budgets sure were not very big for these shows. This is a good way for kids to learn about this classic story without having quite the frights of the actual story or theatrical versions.

The fact that my little one loves Halloween and all things scary even make this more of a treat. Just wonderful!

Wishbone in the terrifying tale of Ichabod Crane
If you are wondering why this "Wishbone" adventure is entitled "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" rather than something cute like the rest of the episodes, then you might be interested to know that this was originally broadcast in the fall of 1997 as a prime-time special in time for Halloween. In it, the Jack Russell terrier with the vivid imagination imagines himself to be Ichabod Crane in the Washington Irving classic. Yes, this particular episode is faithful enough to the original that it might prove too scary for the small fry, but Wishbone is clearly aimed at elementary students/pre-teens (i.e., kids who would reasonably be expected to be able of reading some, but clearly not all, of these books). Even if you just judge this video in terms of Irving's original story, it is an above-average effort; reminds me a lot of "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol," where you are surprised how effective comic characters can be when they take something seriously. The show tried to up the ante for their first hour-long effort and I think they succeeded admirably.